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Mario Alford is fast, has lots of siblings and is getting his shot to prove people wrong

BEREA, Ohio -- The Browns' newest return man, Mario Alford, calls himself a risk taker.

"A good risk taker," he clarified. "I don't want to do nothing crazy."

"I am always for the risk taker, the smart risk taker," special teams coordinator Chris Tabor said last week when asked about Alford grabbing a bouncing football, spinning out of a tackle for a 12-yard return vs. Buffalo. "That was a good play by him because had he just let the ball roll, that gunner is going to be there and probably wait for it to stop about the 3-yard line.