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Cleveland Browns (2007 & prior)

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Bleed S & G;827928; said:
Moss ran like a 4.75 at the combine?
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Without reference to performances or whether or not these guys can actually make the team, I was just curious about the names that we have added. I've seen 2 so far, so I figured I missed some.

EDIT: Nevermind.

Brent Pousson, OT, McNeese State
Nick Davila, QB, Cincinnati (try-out)
Tyrone Moss, RB, Miami
Funtaine Hunter, LB, Vanderbilt

Must be why I didn't hear too much about it...
 
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Quinn focusing on the positives
By Graham Bensinger
Special to ESPN.com


Graham Bensinger interviewed high-profile prospects, including Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn, before last weekend's NFL draft. Today, he checks in with Quinn for his post-draft reaction.


Graham Bensinger: What'd you think of draft week?

Brady Quinn: Looking back on it, it was a little disappointing seeing the way that I dropped. I never expected that to happen, but in the end, I was extremely excited to be in Cleveland, which was one of the places that I really wanted to be. Did I feel like it was a bad experience? Not necessarily. I met a lot of great people. It was fun being there with my family and friends. In the end, I was happy with how everything worked out.

Bensinger: Having visited with a variety of teams, how misled, if at all, did you feel by particular organizations?

Quinn: A couple of the teams I felt pretty misled by. When they talk to you, they say certain things ? That was one thing I learned from A.J. [Hawk] and coach Weis. They both said that you can't believe a lot of what these people are saying. It doesn't matter if it's a coach or anyone else. They could be saying it to see if it gets out, as a smoke screen, or because that's how they really feel. There are a lot of things said with very little credibility behind them. Fortunately, I had great advice from a lot of different people.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft07/news/story?id=2854900
 
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ABJ

Browns preparing to release lineman

Guard Joe Andruzzi hampered by bad knees

By Patrick McManamon

Beacon Journal sportswriter

The Browns continued the reshaping of their offensive line Wednesday when they notified guard Joe Andruzzi that he will be released.
Andruzzi was the first free agent signed in the Phil Savage-Romeo Crennel era, but bad knees appear to have cut his time short.
The Browns were not commenting officially because the move cannot be made until Andruzzi takes a physical. Andruzzi becomes a free agent when he is released.

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ABJ

Don't forget quarterback misfortunes

By Terry Pluto

Talking to myself about the Browns... . .
Q: All the Browns fans are excited about Brady Quinn, so what's wrong with you?
A: I'm not going to hype any Browns quarterback, especially a young one.
Q: You're just a grump.
A: I'm just a realist. I'm already getting e-mails from fans thinking he's the next Bernie Kosar. Or that with Quinn, the Browns finally have a quarterback, so start him now. It's like the recent history of this franchise has been forgotten.

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ABJ

Quinn will debut as a Brown today

Draft picks, 9 others expected at minicamp. Frye isn't talking yet

By Patrick McManamon

Beacon Journal sportswriter

Brady Quinn gets his first chance as a Brown today when the team opens a three-day minicamp for rookies.
Charlie Frye, meanwhile, is laying low.

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Morning Journal

Coaches get first look at rookies
JEFF SCHUDEL, Morning Journal Writer
05/04/2007


http://www.zwire.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=1699&dept_id=46370&newsid=18299384

BEREA -- Brady Quinn's career with the Browns officially begins today when he and the rest of the 2007 draft class open a three-day rookie minicamp at the training complex in Berea.


Nine undrafted free agents signed by the Browns plus nearly three dozen tryout players will join the seven acquired in the draft.

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Thomas, Shaffer to vie at left tackle


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By Sean McClelland
Staff Writer

Saturday, May 05, 2007
BEREA ? Browns coach Romeo Crennel insists the team's two first-round draft picks, quarterback Brady Quinn and left tackle Joe Thomas, will have to win starting jobs.
A case can be made for breaking Quinn in slowly, but nobody drafts a left tackle No. 3 overall without thinking he'll be there from the beginning.

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Canton

Crennel: Thomas has to earn a job
Saturday, May 5, 2007
By STEVE DOERSCHUK

BEREA The Foxy Lady has docked. The fish have been fried.

No. 3 overall draft pick Joe Thomas had to go to work Friday.

Midway through a rookie minicamp practice, Offensive Coordinator Rob Chudzinski put the new left tackle's transition in real terms.

The offensive line had just broken huddle and was lining up for a snap when Chudzinski barked at Thomas:

"Get your (butt) up there and sit down."

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Morning Journal

Shaffer is going nowhere for now
JEFF SCHUDEL, Morning Journal Writer
05/05/2007


http://www.zwire.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=1699&dept_id=46370&newsid=18304447

BEREA -- Kevin Shaffer is staying with the Browns, at least for now. Trade rumors surfaced following the draft after the Browns took left tackle Joe Thomas with their first pick in the draft.


The Giants contacted the Browns to find out what they wanted for Shaffer, who is in the second year of a $36 million, six-year contract.

Shaffer's agent said Shaffer would rather play left tackle on another team than play another position with the Browns. Coach Romeo Crennel said he stopped Shaffer in the weight room and talked about the situation.

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With coin comes Browns' change of fortune


Sunday, May 06, 2007 Tony Grossi
Plain Dealer Reporter
After all their bad luck and bad drafts, could the turnaround of the expansion Browns ultimately be attributed to . . . a coin toss?
As it turned out, the coin flip between the Browns and Tampa Bay figured prominently in the first round of the NFL draft.
The flip was required because the NFL has only two tiebreakers to decide draft order for teams in different conferences, and the Browns and Tampa Bay had the same 4-12 record and the same strength of schedule.
On Feb. 23 at the NFL combine in Indianapolis, the Browns won the toss with Tampa Bay, earning the No. 3 spot in the draft.
Browns GM Phil Savage used that pick on Wisconsin left tackle Joe Thomas, and then traded his second pick and next year's No. 1 to Dallas to select Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn with the 22nd pick.
If the Browns had lost the coin flip, Savage said, "it would have changed the course of events."
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http://www.cleveland.com/nfl/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1178440451209180.xml&coll=2
 
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BROWNS MINICAMP
Blocking out past failures is top job

Browns rookie lineman to fill key gap
Sunday, May 06, 2007 Mary Kay Cabot
Plain Dealer Reporter
Joe Thomas approached former Browns left tackle Doug Dieken after his first minicamp practice and said, "Hey, man, I'm sorry I stole your number [No. 73]."
"It's OK," said Dieken, to the Browns' No. 3 overall pick. "There's still a lot of good hits in it. But I used up all the holding penalties."
If Thomas, the Browns' future starting left tackle, can wear the number as long and as proud as Dieken did, the Browns will be overjoyed.

Dieken, a sixth-round pick out of Illinois in 1971, replaced Dick Schafrath in Week 10 of his rookie season and went on to start a club-record 194 consecutive games.
In fact, Dieken was only the third starting left tackle the Browns had from 1948 through 1984, including Lou Groza and Schafrath.
Since then, they've had nine left tackles -- and six since the Browns returned in 1999. None of those six could hold the job for two straight full seasons.
The closest they came was in 2000 when Roman Oben started all 16 games his first season and then 13 in 2001 before being replaced by Ross Verba.
"It's a huge plus to have that position solidified," said Dieken, now the Browns' radio and television analyst. "If you've got one guy that every Sunday you put out there and say, You're going to take this guy and we won't have to waste a running back or tight end or anything that way,' then all of a sudden it helps the rest of the protection because they can do things on the other side."
Dieken had some advice for Thomas after watching new line coach Steve Marshall tweak his technique on the first day.
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http://www.cleveland.com/browns/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1178440901209180.xml&coll=2
 
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Pittman living the dream his big brother couldn't
Sunday, May 6, 2007
BY TODD PORTER

BEREA

Shortly after his first practice as an NFL player, Chase Pittman removed his shoulder pads and his T-shirt, and his tragedy was there. His story, one that will both scar him and carry him, is always there.

It's there when he showers. When he shaves.

When he brushes his teeth.


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ABJ

Pluto: Go with Frye, let Quinn mature

Rookie QBs don't fare well too often

By Terry Pluto

After two days of watching Brady Quinn throws passing into the wind, with the wind, on target and way off target, here's what we know: He's a rookie quarterback.
Here's what else we know: The NFL is an unforgiving place for rookie quarterbacks.
Here's the good news: The Notre Dame star impressed the Browns by showing some of the hype from Irish coach Charlie Weis is right; the kid is well-prepared for the pros.
``He's mentally sharp, he picks up things easily, the coaches enjoy him,'' Browns General Manager Phil Savage said. ``You can train him. He's a good student. He's in a unique situation, because he started for four years at Notre Dame and played the last two for a pro coach. That really helps.''

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SO much For Moss maing the team. I thought he might end up being the #2 or #3 back...guess not.

The Cleveland Browns have signed RB Jerome Jackson, OL Cliff Louis and LB Kevin Sears as undrafted rookie free agents and have also waived OL Rick Drushal, LB Funtaine Hunter and RB Tyrone Moss, the club announced today.
Jackson, 5-11 and 206 lbs., was a four-year letterman at the University of Michigan and appeared in 35 games and totaled 143 carries for 718 yards and eight touchdowns.

Louis, 6-8 and 300 lbs., was a two-year starter at offensive tackle at Morgan State. Louis played for a team that ranked among the top offenses in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during his junior year and was selected tot eh All-MEAC second-team as a senior in 2006.

Sears, 6-5 and 237 lbs., played in seven games last season at Auburn and totaled 13 tackles.

The NFL Europa announced today that Cleveland Browns return specialist/running back Chris Barclay was named as Special Teams Player of the Week. Barclay sparked the Berlin Thunder?s 31-28 win over the Cologne Centurions as he returned five kickoff returns for 180 yards and scored on a 99-yard return to spark the Thunder?s 21-point comeback
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