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Browns Ogbo Okoronkwo Receives Life-Changing News Before Steelers Game

As Cleveland gets ready to host the Steelers on Sunday, Ogbo Okoronkwo was getting ready for a new phase of life
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Browns Ogbo Okoronkwo Receives Life-Changing News Before Steelers Game
Browns Ogbo Okoronkwo Receives Life-Changing News Before Steelers Game

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On the eve of a the Browns crucial AFC North showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers, defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo was focused on something much more important. 

Less than 12 hours before kickoff, Okoronkwo took to social media to share that he was officially a dad. 

While the 28-year-old has made a career out of chasing around opposing quarterbacks, pretty soon he'll be chasing a child around the house. Which job is harder is up for debate.

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The Browns signed Okoronkwo to a three-year, $19 million contract this offseason in free agency back in March as general manager Andrew Berry worked to rebuild the offensive line around Myles Garrett. The move, along with other key additions like veteran Za'Darius Smith have proven to be brilliant moved by Berry and his staff.

Cleveland's defense currently leads the league in total yards allowed per game, passing yards allowed per game and expected points added per play. They're top 10 in rushing yards allowed per game, total takeaways and points allowed per game. 

Okoronkwo has accounted for 19 total tackles, including two and a half sacks this season. He also has one pass defensed which came last week against Baltimore on what was a game changing play. It was Okoronkwo who got his hands on a Lamar Jackson pass in the fourth quarter that wound up tipped and intercepted by Greg Newsome for a pick-six. The score at the time brought Cleveland within one point of the Ravens and set up Dustin Hopkins to hit a game-winning field goal at the end of regulation.

It's not every day you become a father. Whether or not Okoronkwo spends the rest of his career with the Browns or not, he'll always be able to remember that Cleveland is where that honor was bestowed upon him.

One things for sure, the Browns could certainly use his new found "dad strength" against the Steelers, Sunday.

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SPENCER GERMAN

Spencer German is a contributor to the Northeast Ohio cluster of sites, including Cavs Insider, Cleveland Baseball Insider and most notably Browns Digest. He also works as a fill-in host on Cleveland Sports Radio, 92.3 The Fan, one of the Browns radio affiliate stations in Cleveland. Despite being a Cleveland transplant, Spencer has enjoyed making Northeast Ohio home ever since he attended college locally at John Carroll University, where he graduated in 2013.

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