The Facts: Landry recently sent a video of his rehabilitation work to Dr. Chris Larson and vowed to make the fastest recovery of any patient on whom Larson has performed hip surgery. Landry reiterated he initially elected to not have surgery this offseason, but feeling pain while playing in the Pro Bowl on Jan. 26 led him to change his mind and have the procedure on Feb. 4. “If I waited another month, now they’re pushing me another couple weeks back for the start of the season," Landry explained. "Now I’m looking at an August return — maybe even before that — while if I’d had waited another couple weeks, I’m looking at a September return.”

Diehards Line:As Beacon Journal staffer Nate Ulrich noted, Landry anticipating an “August return” is consistent with a Browns spokesman saying Feb. 20 the player is expected to be back on the football field at some point during training camp, which begins in late July, and fully recover in time for the 2020 season. The regular season begins in early September, and Landry has no interest in sitting out the opener. He hasn’t missed a game in his six NFL seasons. “That’s something I hold like near and dear to my heart,” Landry said. ”[Playing every game is] something that I wanted to, you know, accomplish.”