Wally The Barber
06-01-2017, 02:54 PM
Posted by Michael David Smith on June 1, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT
https://nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/612064002-e1490131903589.jpg?w=233 Getty ImagesZach Brown (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/7510/zach-brown) was a Pro Bowl linebacker in Buffalo last season, but he spent a few weeks as a free agent, didn’t get any huge offers, and eventually settled for a one-year $2.3 million contract in Washington. Now he’s eager to prove he’s worth a lot more than that.
Brown told ESPN that he has his sights very high — on the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year award.
“I want to win the defensive MVP (http://www.espn.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/31476/zach-brown-eyes-defensive-mvp-says-he-can-play-with-the-best-of-them),” Brown said.
Brown thinks that with a huge year, he can send a message to the 31 teams that didn’t sign him.
“I’ll make other head coaches pay for not drafting me or picking me up,” Brown said. “I feel [people] still don’t respect me, so for me I have to prove myself again. I always play with a chip on my shoulder. If you don’t respect my game, I will make you respect my game. I can play with the best of them. I’m not just another linebacker that can be replaced. I feel I’m one of the top guys in the league at inside linebacker. I can do everything.”
Those are big ambitions. Washington would love to see Brown live up to them.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/06/01/washington-lb-zach-brown-thinks-he-can-be-nfls-defensive-mvp/ (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/06/01/washington-lb-zach-brown-thinks-he-can-be-nfls-defensive-mvp/)
https://nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/612064002-e1490131903589.jpg?w=233 Getty ImagesZach Brown (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/7510/zach-brown) was a Pro Bowl linebacker in Buffalo last season, but he spent a few weeks as a free agent, didn’t get any huge offers, and eventually settled for a one-year $2.3 million contract in Washington. Now he’s eager to prove he’s worth a lot more than that.
Brown told ESPN that he has his sights very high — on the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year award.
“I want to win the defensive MVP (http://www.espn.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/31476/zach-brown-eyes-defensive-mvp-says-he-can-play-with-the-best-of-them),” Brown said.
Brown thinks that with a huge year, he can send a message to the 31 teams that didn’t sign him.
“I’ll make other head coaches pay for not drafting me or picking me up,” Brown said. “I feel [people] still don’t respect me, so for me I have to prove myself again. I always play with a chip on my shoulder. If you don’t respect my game, I will make you respect my game. I can play with the best of them. I’m not just another linebacker that can be replaced. I feel I’m one of the top guys in the league at inside linebacker. I can do everything.”
Those are big ambitions. Washington would love to see Brown live up to them.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/06/01/washington-lb-zach-brown-thinks-he-can-be-nfls-defensive-mvp/ (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/06/01/washington-lb-zach-brown-thinks-he-can-be-nfls-defensive-mvp/)