Browns players quotes for 9-9-2010

BEREA, Ohio - LB Scott Fujita

On being voted one of the team captains - “It’s obviously an incredible honor to be here for six or seven months with the great group of guys in this locker room. I don’t take that responsibility lightly.”

On if he has played in hot conditions like what is expected in Tampa Bay Sunday - “Yes, I’ve played against Tampa maybe 10 times now. I’ve had some early season games and it gets hot, but it’s nothing to fear by any means. We’ve all played in hot games before. It’s hot for them too.”

On how much he thinks Shaun Rogers can contribute - “We’ll see. He’s come along pretty well these last couple of days. I hadn’t had a chance to work with him this offseason. He does some things now on the field that are pretty impressive. I got first sight of that yesterday.”

On why he thinks the run defense will be improved - “I just feel better about it. I don’t know what the issues were in the past or anything, but it’s something we worked hard at this past offseason and we worked hard at through the preseason. If you want to win in this league, especially in this division, you have got to be able to stop the run. We will have to get that done.”

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DL Shaun Rogers

On how much he will play Sunday - “Whatever they ask of me. It’s still a process that we are going through to try to get the best me out there. Whatever I’m allowed to do and whatever they think is best, is what we are going to do.”

On how Ahtyba Rubin has done - “Tremendous. Rubin is a solid nose tackle and it looks like he is going to play this game for a long time. I’m real proud of him. We have worked together and I’ve tried to give him as much knowledge as I can. He’s using it and he’s doing very well.”

On if it is easier to jump right in after missing camp because he is a veteran - “There’s always a learning curve, every year is a new year. There are things you have got to learn, defenses, chemistry. Again, I’m happy to be back and I’m working to develop all of those things and hopefully we are going to do a good job with it.”

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DL Robaire Smith

On how it feels to be elected a team captain for the first time in his career - “It’s good. Any time your peers elect you to be anything on the team like that, the guys you work with every day, you battle with every day, I think that’s as big of an honor as you can get. Whether it’s in football or it’s things outside of football, like first team this and that, the biggest thing is being chosen to be a captain of your team.”

On if being elected captain is a gratifying feeling - “It is in a sense that it seems like a lot of hard work is paying off and the guys are really seeing it. As you could probably tell, I don’t talk that much. I’m not the most vocal guy in this locker room. That goes to show you that they see that I’m working hard in other ways. Hopefully, they can just pick up on some of those things. When I came in, there were older guys that showed me the way by doing certain types of things and hopefully I can show them.”