Browns guard Wyatt Teller has found a home in Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio — If you happen to didn’t know any higher, you’d assume Wyatt Teller was born and raised in Northeast Ohio.

“I believe essentially the most lovely time in Northeast Ohio is the summer time,” Teller stated throughout an interview with cleveland.com final week. “Clearly, it’s slightly humid, however it’s completely beautiful.”

That is the place it’s good that Teller isn’t on social media as a result of true Northeast Ohioans would flood his mentions with how nice fall climate is or how lovely the snow in winter might be and the way spring, effectively, nobody likes spring, however the level is Teller actually likes it right here.

“The outside are so beautiful in Northeast Ohio, and I really feel like so many guys miss that,” Teller stated. “They arrive right here for soccer season and it begins getting chilly they usually’re like, ‘Oh, Cleveland, it’s chilly and it’s not enjoyable.’ It’s like, ‘Wait ‘til the spring and summer time. I’m telling you this place is beautiful.’”

Teller was traded to the Browns proper earlier than the beginning of the 2019 season. He was within the scorching tub in Buffalo on the brink of play a sport for the Payments when GM Brandon Beane advised him they wanted to speak. Similar to that, he was in Cleveland.

He began 9 video games for the Browns in 2019, flying principally below the radar earlier than making the suitable guard competitors in 2020 a moot level and establishing himself as among the finest run-blocking inside linemen within the league, thriving within the Browns’ scheme and managing to develop into the uncommon offensive lineman whose blocks went viral.

His sturdy efficiency on the sphere led to a measure of uncertainty away from it. He entered 2021 entrenched as a starter however gazing free company after the season. When he spoke to cleveland.com final August, it wasn’t troublesome to catch a vibe of Teller probably ending up because the odd man out because the Browns’ roster grew into its subsequent, dearer stage.

Teller knew the payday would come, he simply didn’t appear utterly certain it will be right here.

“It’s all concerning the work,” Teller stated again then. “I nonetheless have to work on a lot to enhance much more, to make that payday much more real looking.”

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He performed even higher final season and never solely did the payday develop into real looking, it got here from the Browns to the tune of 4 years and $56.8 million, making him the second-highest paid guard within the league when it comes to yearly common, not less than for a day. His fellow guard, Joel Bitonio, signed an extension a day later that made him the highest-paid guard within the league.

“I want he gave me slightly bit extra time so I might have loved it,” Teller stated, earlier than including emphatically, “He earned it, full truth.”

In some methods, Teller is following within the footsteps of Bitonio, who adopted within the footsteps of Joe Thomas earlier than him — offensive linemen beloved by Browns followers who aren’t from right here however discovered a house right here.

“I don’t know what number of T-shirts have offensive linemen on them, however there’s one going round with Joel and me on it,” Teller stated. “It’s a particular place and I believe there’s nowhere else like this on the earth.”

He sees it when he appears into the stands at coaching camp.

“You’ll see as many 73 jerseys as you do some other jersey and I believe that’s particular, clearly, due to what Joe Thomas has been in a position to do, but additionally who he’s as an individual,” Teller stated. “What Joel is ready to do, but additionally who he’s as an individual.”

Teller and his spouse, Carly, purchased a home right here and their first youngster is due on Christmas Eve. They spent their complete offseason in Cleveland with Teller understanding on the group’s facility till he got here down with strep throat a month earlier than coaching camp.

“What 27-year-old will get strep?” Teller joked.

Teller was born in northern Virginia, simply exterior Washington D.C., and his grandfather lived in Columbus, however he didn’t know a lot about Cleveland earlier than he was traded right here — apart from it will get chilly.

What he’s discovered is a spot he calls an “simple transplant.” He can drive half-hour and really feel like he’s again in Virginia. He loves the searching and fishing and seeing the cliffs on the Rocky River.

He feels a connection to Browns followers, spending time at camp signing autographs, and getting as a lot face-to-face interplay with followers as he can. Particularly after two years when COVID-19 made it unimaginable at coaching camp. His love for the followers is reciprocated.

“I believe that it’s simple to be like, ‘Oh, effectively, we love Wyatt as a result of Wyatt’s identical to any of us. He most likely grew up at Westlake Excessive College or no matter, Olmsted Falls Excessive College,’” Teller stated.

See? He’s even well-versed in his Northeast Ohio suburbs.

Teller stated it’s possible he and Carly will in the end settle again in Virginia in the future, near household. Even when he does, Cleveland received’t be forgotten. They’ve discovered safety right here. They’re beginning a household right here. After slightly uncertainty, they’ve discovered a house in Northeast Ohio.

“Cleveland’s lovely,” Teller stated. “Clearly, it will get chilly. I don’t thoughts the chilly.”

It’s like he’s been right here all alongside.

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