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BEREA, Ohio -- The Browns' first-round draft picks -- Trent Richardson and Brandon Weeden -- met with media this afternoon. Among the highlights:

• Richardson, a running back, said after two ankle injuries in high school required screws to be inserted, doctors told him he might never run again. At the same time, when he was 16, his girlfriend gave birth to his first daughter.

Said Richardson: "I didn't know where my life was going to be. It either was going to be that I was going to hang around the wrong kind of crowd and try to make fast money, or I could try to make something of myself. My little girls are happy now, and I'm here today, now."

• Weeden, the Oklahoma State quarterback who will turn 29 in the fall, said he views his age as an advantage. Said Weeden: "I use it as an advantage. My body's still fresh. I still have a lot of football in my tank. I think it's really going to help in the locker room."

• Richardson, on whether the Alabama product from Pensacola, Fla., can handle Cleveland winters: "It gets pretty cold in Alabama. It snowed up there twice. Football's football, no matter where you go. Cold, hot, you still gotta put on your pads, you still gotta put on your helmet. Football is football no matter where you go."

• Weeden on whether he has run into quarterback Colt McCoy, and his thoughts on the Browns' attempts to trade McCoy: "I haven't ran into Colt. As far as the other stuff, that's out of my control. I'm here to compete, and that's management's decision."

• Weeden on when he decided to give up his baseball career after five years in the minor leagues: "Basically I was playing in California in the High Desert and it was the worst experience of my life. The wind blew out to center field at 55 mph, and I gave up three broken-bat home runs. My ERA was something astronomical, 5.6 or something. I came home to my now-wife, and I told her, 'I think I'm going back to play college football.' She said, 'Are you crazy?' I didn't want to be a guy who spent 10 years in the minor leagues. I gave up a broken-bat home run, almost got hit with the barrel, and I said, 'This is for the birds.'"

Richardson on whether he anticipates making an immediate contribution to the Browns: "That's the plan. That's the standard I set. When it comes down to it, this town and this community, I know they expect the same thing. I wouldn't be here if they didn't expect the same thing."