As foreshadowed in the set-up of my piece on the bizarre history of the Browns’ 80 jersey, Travis Benjamin has shed the doomed digits. He told me in March he wanted number 10, but then that went to free agent signee Earl Bennett. So he swapped with the wearer of #11, Charles Johnson, a fellow wide receiver who is also recovering from a torn ACL, discovered soon after the Browns poached him from the Green Bay practice squad last October.

Coach Pettine said recently that the only two players with an outside chance of missing the start of training camp due to injury were Benjamin and Johnson. Based on the latest jersey swap and the long tortured history of the Browns’ number 80, it’s now advantage Travis.

Johnson during his standout career at Grand Valley State