BEREA Kevin Zeitler Jersey , Ohio (AP) — Myles Garrett interrupted linebacker Joe Schobert’s interview session and then took his place at the podium — shirtless.Pro Bowlers can do whatever they want.The former No. 1 overall pick earned his first — and probably not his last — Pro Bowl selection on Tuesday, a personal accomplishment the dominating defensive end said is merely the initial stage of his journey toward greatness.“It’s nice,” he said. “Step one of many steps to come.”And then?“Step two? All-Pro,” he said. “Step three? Defensive player of the year. Step four, win it all.”Closing in on Cleveland’s team record for sacks in a season, Garrett was acknowledged for his strong second season along with Browns rookie cornerback Denzel Ward, the No. 4 pick this year who has quickly become one of the game’s top players at a premium position.While two of the Browns’ most unassuming, soft-spoken players, Garrett and Ward can be fearsome together.“It can only get better with time. The sky is the limit for us on defense,” Garrett said. “I feel like the more time we have to grow and mesh together, we’ll be able to really terrify some quarterbacks.”The pair work in concert as Garrett’s eye-popping quickness off the snap — he has 12½ sacks this season and 19½ in 25 games — can influence a quarterback to make a quick decision while Ward’s ability to cover some of the NFL’s top receivers makes QBs hang onto the ball, giving Cleveland’s linemen and blitzing linebackers more chances to get sacks.The kind of 1-2 punch Garrett and Ward deliver can be devastating.“Today’s NFL is a passing game, so to have a bookend defensive end who can get after the quarterback, get a lot of sacks or make him hurry throws and having a corner who can go and make plays on the balls when they’re in the air, it works hand in hand,” said Schobert, Cleveland’s lone Pro Bowler last season.“If corners are shutting down the passing and the quarterback is holding it longer, you know Myles is going to get there. If Myles is pressuring the quarterback and he’s going to be forced to make some hurried throws, you know our secondary is going to be able to take advantage of it.“You’ve seen that this season.”And now that the Browns (6-7-1) are winning, they’re being rewarded.Along with Garrett and Ward being voted as Pro Bowlers, Cleveland, which had several other players named alternates, including guard Joel Bitonio (first alternate), rookie running back Nick Chubb (second), punter Britton Colquitt (second), receiver Jarvis Landry (third), right guard Kevin Zeitler and rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield (fourth).Mayfield, who is more accustomed to winning bigger honors, was not impressed by his recognition.“What am I? The fourth alternate?” Mayfield said with a playful smirk. “Until the other three get sick or do not want to play, I am not going in. No Joel Bitonio Color Rush Jersey , it is not that good.”For Ward, the Pro Bowl further validated his selection by Browns general manager John Dorsey, who raised some eyebrows when he snagged the former Ohio State standout so high. He had been expected to go later in the first round, but Dorsey saw something in Ward that quickly became apparent to his teammates.Ward has three interceptions, 11 passes defensed, 48 tackles, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble in 12 games. He returned to practice Wednesday after missing two games with a concussion.“In the beginning of the year, people tried to test him early on,” Mayfield said. “But he made a lot of plays. Yeah, he has been a little banged up, but he has been that guy all year. People just are not testing him as much as they used to. They have seen that he is able to make plays. He is comfortable. I just think that where he is at in our defense, he is in the right spot at the right time because he is doing his job at a high level. He is instinctive, and he obviously makes plays.”Ward credited his teammates with getting him the early accolades. But the humble 21-year-old didn’t want to take too much credit for Garrett’s success.“I feel I helped him a little bit, just covering up guys,” he said. “Myles is already a freak of nature, so he’s going to do his job and get to the quarterback whether I was here or not.”NOTES: With the Bengals coming to town, Mayfield said nothing has changed in his relationship with former Browns coach Hue Jackson. When the Browns won in Cincinnati last month, Mayfield gave Jackson a cold shoulder following the game and later called him “fake.” ”I said what I said. It is another week. We have to hit the reset button,” said Mayfield, who wouldn’t comment on whether he has reached out to Jackson since their previous meeting. The turning point for the Denver Broncos' scrambled secondary came on cutdown day last summer more than a thousand miles away in Cincinnati.Davontae Harris' cellphone buzzed and the Bengals’ 2018 fifth-round draft pick from Illinois State wasn't really surprised Cincinnati was cutting him. The team had a new coaching staff and was set at cornerback and gunner."They wanted me to come back later that day to sign on for the practice squad," Harris said Thursday. "And I didn't go in. I didn't show up. I went and did my own thing because I felt like if they would have wanted me, then they would have kept me. I guess I bet on myself and just waited for an opportunity to come."He said it’s not that he begrudged the Bengals for giving up on him after just one season, most of which was spent on IR with a knee injury.He actually thanked them for cutting him."I think they made the best decision for them," Harris said. "But it was something that I needed. I think it was a wakeup call that I needed.”Harris went home to clear his head."I just put my phone down and I meditated for most of the day," Harris said.Pondering his past brought his future into focus. He emerged from his self-reflection with a determination to make sure he was never on the roster bubble again."I basically told myself I don't know where I'm going to end up, but wherever I go it's going to end better than this," Harris said. "So, that was my goal, to go somewhere, make plays https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Terrance-Mitchell-Jersey , be positive in my contribution, really just try to go make a name for myself and never have the feeling of being cut ever again."He turned his phone back on and all the texts and messages flashed on the screen with a ding. Then, there was a call from the Broncos.Cornerback Bryce Callahan, their key defensive free agent acquisition, was injured again and the Broncos were scrambling to reinforce their secondary, also trading for cornerback Duke Dawson from New England.When Harris got to Denver, he told coach Vic Fangio he was going to make a name for himself — on special teams.But Harris soon supplanted Isaac Yiadom in the secondary, moving into the starting lineup in Week 6, where he made a pair of unassisted tackles in a 16-0 shutout of Tennessee.Famously parsimonious in his praise, Fangio said afterward, “He did all right for his first start in the NFL. Obviously, they caught some balls on him, but I think overall he did fine considering where he came from. What's that saying, 'One man's trash is another man's treasure?' He didn't make Cincinnati's squad so we're glad to have him."Harris' tackles have gone up with each subsequent start and his best game was his last, when he broke up a pass to Antonio Calloway in the end zone and then batted down Baker Mayfield’s final pass on fourth-and-4 at the Denver 20-yard line to preserve the Broncos’ 24-19 win over the Browns.That was more than he had envisioned."I'm going to be honest, when I first got here I came in with the mindset like, hey, I want to fly around, I want to make plays, I want to make the best of my opportunities — but more so that was from the special teams standpoint," Harris said.The Broncos (3-6), who visit Minnesota (7-3) this weekend, aren't doing all that much better than the winless Bengals but they are 3-2 since Harris' role increased, and he's at least a small part of that turnaround.He’s not bitter over the Bengals cutting him."I'm happy the situation occurred because I think it struck a fire in me that I needed," Harris said.And provided the Broncos will exactly what they were missing.Notes: Von Miller praised rookie QB Drew Lock (thumb), who's practicing this week for the first time since the preseason, calling him a "star in the making" and saying, "I just want to be here when he gets famous. He's going to kill it. He's got everything you need. The other day he ran out and did like a little bootleg and threw it. It was an incomplete pass, but I've seen a lot of good ones play and that was probably the best incomplete pass that I've seen thrown."Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton