Is the Browns return game on the rise?

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty ImagesThe Cleveland Browns special teams have been anything but special in recent years.

But the situation might be turning around thanks to the work of running back Jerome Ford and wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones in the return game.

Ford came off the injured reserve list in time for the Week 10 game against the Miami Dolphins and provided an immediate spark by returning the opening kickoff 48 yards, one of three kickoffs he returned that day for 95 total yards.

The rookie was back at it again this past week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as he returned a pair of kickoffs for 67 yards, which included a 44-yard return late in the second…