By Daniel Bates Thanks to players like Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates and Julius Peppers; more and more NFL teams have taken flyers on former college basketball players over the years. On Monday, the Cleveland Browns continued that trend with the signing of former Texas Tech forward Marcus Santos-Silva. Per Ian Rapoport, “The Browns signed TE Marcus Santos-Silva, a 6-foot-6, 261-pound forward who played hoops for Texas Tech the last two seasons. Now, he’ll make the switch to football.” Given the athletic traits it takes to play high-level college basketball marry well with tight end and edge pos…