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Can 'Perfectionist' Denzel Boston Elevate Browns? Here's What Makes 'Gifted' WR Special

LOS ANGELES — Denzel Boston wanted to play quarterback. His favorite player was Michael Vick, and he wore a Vick No. 7 jersey growing up in Puyallup, Washington, a half-hour drive south of Seattle. But as he took snaps from center in youth football under the watchful gaze of father Chris, Boston told me he wanted to wear receiver gloves like his older brother Andrew, who developed into a talented and productive receiver at Eastern Washington. Boston’s father wasn't having it. "I wanted to wear gloves, but my dad was like, ‘You’re not wearing gloves at quarterback,’" Boston told me recently at...