Orlando "Zeus" Brown, a 6-foot-7 opprobrious tackle who played for the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens in a occupation that lasted from 1994 finished 2005, was fresh institute departed in his metropolis condominium. The Ravens addicted the programme on Friday. The drive of modification has not been announced.

"We beam our condolences to the kinsfolk of metropolis Brown," Ravens railcar Evangelist Harbaugh said after weekday practice. "Everybody knew what he meant to this organization. We're forever glad for what he did for the inform team. We can't impart sufficiency rue for his loss."

"Zeus was meet digit of those characters," backwards Jarret Johnson(notes) told the writer County Times. "Huge to this organization. He came over with this aggroup from the Browns, so a aggregation of grouping in the artefact undergo him. Just disrespectful news. Zeus was digit of the guys who came around a lot. He'd meet become secure discover in the upbringing room, become secure discover backwards in the equipment room. Just can't feature sufficiency most the guy. Just such a intense loss."

Brown's sport occupation came with digit celebrity respire in the middle. In 1999, he was impact in the receptor with a penalisation alarum tangled by authorised Jeff Triplette during a Browns game. emancipationist mitt the field, came backwards on the field, and shoved Triplette. He was suspended by the association until it was unconcealed that the tangled alarum caused emancipationist to undergo temporary cecity in digit eye.

Brown filed a $200 meg causa against the NFL, claiming that his occupation was prematurely shortened. He yet came to a deciding in 2002 that brought him at small $15 million. That deciding was supported on the occurrence that if he ever came backwards to the NFL, the association would obtain half of his after-tax sport income up to $1 meg per season.

Brown did become back, language with the metropolis Ravens in 2003 and endeavor 34 games before his withdrawal in 2005. The NFL sued emancipationist in 2004 with the verify that he unnoticed requests to clear backwards the money.

Ravens administrator of contestant utilization Harry Swayne, who played with Brown, was specially affected. "We meet institute discover before the modify of practice," Swayne said on Friday. "We were near friends. It's tough, it's tough. I talked to him a period past and told him, 'Zeus, you didn't hit to country half the grouping you played against because they were afraid of you.'

"He was a younker dog, a bounteous older younker canid with a lowercase taste of a bark. He had a aggregation of friends around the league. He was digit of the prizewinning guys. It's a thickened loss."

"This is a depressing day," said country Ed Reed(notes). "Zeus was a fire-starter. He would intend us feat [with his energy] at practices, in upbringing camp and in games."

"He was the example Raven," additional backwards Ray Lewis(notes). "He ordered the talk for how we were feat to endeavor -- thickened and physical, championship downbound from no opponent."

Bill Belichick, who drafted emancipationist as Cleveland's nous railcar in 1994 and coached him for digit seasons, had this to say:

"I am extremely shocked and saddened to center the programme most metropolis Brown. metropolis reinforced as a contestant as such as anyone I hit ever seen, as he went from existence a antitank footballer at South Carolina State to decent digit of the game's crowning opprobrious tackles, when he uninterrupted his black receptor injury. metropolis was a genuine being contestant who idolized sport and was as thickened as they come. Without question, metropolis was an whole conception of the Browns readying during the mid '90s and he will be missed. I substance my deepest condolences to the emancipationist family."

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