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Cargile Waived; 2 DB's added

kjc — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:55:28 -0000

The Cleveland Browns have waived DB Steve Cargile and have signed DB Travis Key and DB Brandon Mitchell, the club announced today.

Key, 5-10 and 185 lbs., was a former walk-on at Michigan State and played in 40 career games with 113 tackles. A native of Three Rivers, Mich., Key started the 2007 season at strong safety for the Spartans and collected 69 tackles and two interceptions.

Mitchell, 6-3 and 205 lbs., joins the Browns after spending his rookie season in 2007 on the Houston Texans practice squad. Mitchell played in 45 career games at Ohio State at both the free and strong safety positions. As a senior at Ohio State, Mitchell ranked fourth on the club with 51 tackles and added two interceptions.

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This was a move that needed to happen and I am hopeful that these guys can do better than the guys we had play on Thursday. I was a fan of Cargile because of his Cleveland roots, but he was the weak link and he needed to go.

Gary Baxter Terminated

kjc — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:50:42 -0000

[Gary Baxter's] improbable nearly two-year comeback from two severely damaged knees -- one of the most remarkable injury stories in the history of the Browns, if not the NFL overall -- has been brought to a halt.
"Last year we were able to hold a roster spot open for Gary as he attempted to make a monumental comeback," said Phil Savage, Cleveland Browns Senior Vice President and General Manager, in a statement released by the team on Saturday afternoon. "After he underwent a knee scope last week, we are unfortunately not in a position to hold a roster spot this year. We are releasing Gary today in hopes he will be able to continue his rehab and get back into the NFL, either with another team, or possibly with the Browns. Gary has made tremendous strides thus far and we believe he can play professional football again in the future."

Link (Official Site)

I can understand why we terminated his contract completely and I agree with the move... We can't afford to waste roster spots especially if we need to carry 2 fullbacks and maybe 4 tight ends. We can't afford to keep extra players around just in case they make a comeback.

They did say they might bring him back if he gets healthy and if we do, fine, but if not I am not going to be upset by it. I hope he makes a comeback, and if he does, great. I just don't see him doing it as a Brown.

Edit by Chris: Promoted to front page and added quote by Phil Savage.

Romeo Rumors

kjc — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:11:14 -0000

Im hearing a lot about Romeo Crennel possibly going to Miami to coach. I am not saying these rumors are true nor that I believe them, but it brings up an interesting point. How can Romeo leave to coach another team and yet Cowler had to wait a year? What kinda of clause does Romeo's contract have?

Go Browns! Go Browns! Go Browns! Go Browns! This is a filler for 300 characters!

Irony

kjc — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:37:11 -0000

With the gold glovers announced I have noticed that Adrian Beltre won the gold glove for third base. Isn't it ironic that he won? I mean in the game that got cancelled in Cleveland in early April he had something like 4 errors, but they didn't count because the game was not official.

Do you think he would of won the gold glove if that game would have counted? I don't. He had like 4 errors.

Player Waived: Leonard Signed

kjc — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:24:10 -0000

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/article.php?id=7502

It looks like Dave Zastudil might be ready to return to his punting duties for the Browns.

Monday, the Browns released punter Scott Player, who had been handling Zastudil's job while he recovered from a back injury.

Player punted 13 times for a 45.6-yard average during three games as a Brown, landing 6 of his kicks inside the 20.

The team started the season off with Paul Ernster handling the punting for Zastudil. Zastudil tried to play in Week Two against Cincinnati but reaggravated the injury and was forced to sit out the past three games.

To fill Player's roster spot, the Browns have claimed defensive tackle Louis Leonard via waivers from the Rams. Leonard, a 6-foot-4 and 330-pound rookie from Fresno State, originally joined the league as an undrafted free agent with the San Diego Chargers.

and he is my opinion on it via my site

Lastly, the final thing we will cover today is that the Browns have waived Scott Player and claimed Louis Leonard from the Rams. The good thing is that the release of Player means Zastudil is ready to play. Also with the signing of Leonard could mean the end of Ted Washington's career with the Browns. As many of you know Ted was inactive against the Patriots and with the way the Defensive Line is playing we needed to make a move.

note: i tried to do block quotes but it didnt work

OT: Other Sites

kjc — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:43:55 -0000

Alright guys this is a little off topic.

This is a little off topic but I really enjoy the game threads we have here and was wondering what other websites you guys participate in?

Went to Camp

kjc — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:05:41 -0000

I went to my first training camp session of the season today.

Alright so I went and i was excited to be able to see Quinn, Steptoe, Thomas and so in practice during todays morning session. I got to say I left very disappointed.

Our Qb's looked terrible. Quinn was inconsitent on his trhows. One throw would be great and the next would be way off. Anderson kept underthrowing the receivers and it just looked like he struggled today. Frye looked ok but also made some bad throws Frye also stared down his receivers like crazy at practice and to me that is one think that seperates a mediocre QB from a good QB.

as for steptoe he dropped some passes and was just very disappointing. I really doubt he makes the team afterseeing him first person. He just couldnt hang on to the ball and i dunno i guess im like chris when i went i was expecting him to be spectacular.

Also the receivers coach was going off on the guys and how the kept messing up the routes and not blocking correctly they also couldnt hang on to the ball. u could hear him scream "take some f**** pride in wat u do." Braylon ran a couple bad routes and well today the offense just didnt look good to me.

i have a couple pics i took but only a few ended up being good. ill upload them later as a comment

Nat Dorsey Now hurt

kjc — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:42:58 -0000

This may not be anything serious but www.clevelandbrowns.com reports

OUCH: The Browns suffered another injury to their offensive line when tackle Nat Dorsey rolled his ankle. "We'll know more later on," Crennel said. Dorsey is competing with Kirk Chambers for the starting job on the right side while Ryan Tucker recovers from arthroscopic knee surgery. ... Safety Shawn Mayer (ankle) is still limited, while nose tackle J'Vonne Parker (ankle) is in a boot.

Alonzo Ephraim Suspended

kjc — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:48:55 -0000

Here is what i sent to the chmura sports readers in the breaking newsletter

The Browns Center Alonzo Ephraim has been suspended for the first 4 games of the season. There has not been an official release yet, but if you go to http://www.cleveland.com/browns/photos/ and look at the lastest gallery pictures. On picture 8 of 8 the captain says he will be suspended.

Thank you for reading,
kevin chmura
www.chmurasports.com

Minor League Positional Grades

kjc — Fri, 12 May 2006 00:05:15 -0000

Welcome, This story is the positional grade of all the Indians Minor League Positions based on my opinion.

Starting Pitchers:
Grade: A
TPAP: Fausto Carmona, Jeremy Sowers, Aaron Laffey, Adam Miller, Dan Denham, Jake Dittler.

Relief Pitchers:
Grade:A-
TPAP: Edward Mujica, Rafael Perez, Tony Sipp, Brian Slocum, Jeremy Guthrie.

Catcher:
Grade: C+
TPAP: Kelly Shoppach, Javi Herrera, Wyatt Toregas

First Base:
Grade: B+
TPAP: Ryan Garko, Stephen Head, Michael Aubrey

Second Base:
Grade: C-
TPAP: Eider Torres, Micah Schilling, Niuman Rmero

Third Base:
Grade: A+
TPAP: Andy Marte, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Pat Osborn

Short Stop:
Grade: D+
TPAP: Brian Finnegan, Ivan Ochoa, Argenis Reyes

Left Field:
Grade: A-
TPAP: Brad Snyder, Brian Barton, Ben Francisco

Center Field:
Grade: B+
TPAP: Franklin Gutierrez, Juan Valdes, Trevor Crowe

Right Field:
Grade: B+
TPAP: Jason Cooper, Jason Dubois, Ryan Mulhern

Poll

What is our strongest position in the Minors?

Second Base

1 votes

Third Base

2 votes

Short Stop

0 votes

Left Field

0 votes

Center Field

2 votes

Right Field

0 votes

Starting Pitchers

23 votes

Relief Pitchers

2 votes

Catcher

0 votes

First Base

1 votes

31 votes | Poll has closed