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The addition of Browns free agent linebacker<\/strong><\/a> Sione Takitaki is a fairly notable one, especially considering the type of athlete he is.<\/p>\n

Eliot Wolf talked this offseason about wanting to try and get faster and more explosive on defense, and those are boxes Takitaki certainly checks.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a player that both Wolf an Alonzo Highsmith were high on after taking him in the 2019 draft out in Cleveland, and he\u2019s certainly produced on the field.\u00a0 He has\u00a0269 tackles including 4 sacks and 2 interceptions along with 4 passes defended during his five seasons in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

He did suffer a setback after sustaining a torn ACL back in Week 13 of his 2022 campaign, but it clearly didn\u2019t hamper him last season.\u00a0 In fact, he\u2019s currently coming off of his most productive year as a pro, with Takitaki finishing 2023 with 45 solo tackles, 2 sacks, an interception, and three passes defended.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally physical, exciting player,\u201d said Wolf\u00a0in his press conference with Highsmith after the Browns selected Takitaki<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cPlays super hard every play.\u00a0 Can run, can cover, can blitz.\u00a0 Played defensive end last year, so he has some pass rush to him.\u00a0 We\u2019re really excited and fortunate to get him here with this pick.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a physical, physical football player.\u00a0 I mean, he plays with violence and we felt like that was something that kind of separated him from some of the other linebackers in his class.\u00a0 So we feel really good about the value here and his ability to contribute to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was interesting to hear Wolf talk about Sione\u2019s rise in college, and it sounds like he matured quite a bit ahead of his arrival into the NFL.\u00a0 He also possesses a lot of the traits that Wolf talked about during his first press conference last month when he talked about building the culture here in New England.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that\u2019s exciting about Sione is he really turned his life around,\u201d said Wolf after Takitaki\u2019s selection.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a kid who came in immature, probably wasn\u2019t ready, he\u2019s from California, went to Utah, probably wasn\u2019t ready to be away from home.\u00a0 And the cool thing about this guy is he is a success story at BYU.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou talk to anyone there, they kind of didn\u2019t think he was going to make it after his first year or so, and he completely turned his life around.\u00a0 [He] became a team captain this year, he was just that guy in the program.\u00a0 You go out to practice, everyone\u2019s looking to him.\u00a0 He\u2019s a ball of energy, and he\u2019s a real leader and culture-changer.\u201d<\/p>\n

That sort of gives you some insight into how Eliot views certain players, and Takitaki clearly went on to be productive in the Browns\u2019 defense.\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

Now they\u2019re reunited here in New England.<\/p>\n

(Editor’s Note: The above appeared in a recent daily Patriots notebook column<\/strong><\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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