An unlucky moment brought Michael Hall Jr. and Zak Zinter together last November. They've been reunited in Cleveland as teammates. The Browns drafted Hall and Zinter this weekend in a strange twist after they were involved in a fateful play in last year's Ohio State-Michigan game.
FILE - Michigan team members look over offensive lineman Zak Zinter during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Ohio State, Nov. 25, 2023, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Browns draft picks Michael Hall Jr. and Zinter share an interesting past. Fierce rivals in college, they are connected by a play in last year’s Ohio State- Michigan game when Hall got blocked into Zinter and accidentally broke his left leg. Now they are teammates in Cleveland.
While engaged and blocking another Ohio State lineman, Zinter had the tibia and fibula broken in his left leg when Hall accidently fell onto him in the second half of Michigan’s 30-24 victory at Ann Arbor.“We’re building bridges,” joked Dan Saganey, the team’s director of player personnel. “Did you guys challenge them to a steel cage death match?” Saganey cracked. “Both those guys obviously are super competitive players and played some pretty good football at a high level. So that’ll be fun to watch that battle.”The Watson deal remains incomplete in terms of return for the Browns, who made a massive, franchise-altering investment in 2022.
Those picks have all been used, but Browns general manager Andrew Berry said he doesn’t evaluate the trade in those terms.
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