BROWNS Winslow eager to make an impact

The tight end missed most of last season with a broken leg.
BEREA (AP) -- Kellen Winslow Jr. rolled down his sock, revealing a scar on top of his left ankle where doctors fixed the Cleveland tight end's broken leg. It has healed fine and will soon be 100 percent.
The ache of missing most of his NFL rookie season hasn't gone away, though.
Winslow reported that he's begun running and cutting on the leg, which he broke in Week 2 of last season when he got caught in a pileup while trying to recover an onsides kick in the closing minutes at Dallas.
Winslow fractured his fibula -- the outer bone in his lower leg -- and tore ligaments in the scramble. He underwent two operations, the second one a procedure to stabilize the syndesmotic joint.
The first-round draft pick said sitting out wasn't easy.
"It was real tough," he said. "But I matured from it."
New appreciation
Winslow said he has a new appreciation for how quickly one play can shape a game, a season or a career. But the injury won't scare off the former University of Miami star from playing on special teams.
"I'll still do that," he said. "I think I'm pretty good at it."
Winslow recently began running on his leg and will increase his activity each week in hopes of being ready for minicamp.
"It feels great. I can run and cut on it, just not 100 percent," he said.
The loss of Winslow was a crushing blow for Cleveland's offense last season.
The Browns had designed much of its attack around the speedy tight end, who frequently drew double teams when he was in college.
New Browns coach Romeo Crennel beamed when asked if Winslow will be key piece in Cleveland's offensive plans.
"Kellen will fit in very well to this offensive puzzle piece," he said.
"Kellen has a tremendous amount of ability. He has size. He does things to a defense that your average tight end does not.
"He can catch the ball so well with his size, speed and the attitude that he has. There are things that we are going to have to work on with him. If he continues to progress we will be able to use him to the best benefits of the team."