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August 28, 2013Tuesday afternoon the Browns made several roster moves in order to comply with the NFL roster limit of 75.
First the additions. Cleveland was awarded LB Paul Hazel from Jacksonville and P Colton Schmidt from San Francisco from waivers.
The Browns also waived linebacker Kendrick Adams, offensive lineman Dominic Alford, wide receiver Dominique Croom, defensive lineman Nicolas Jean-Baptiste, fullback Owen Marecic, offensive lineman Ryan Miller and tight end Travis Tannahill. In addition, the team placed running back Montario Hardesty on injured reserve and offensive lineman Chris Faulk on reserve/non-football injury.
Hazel, a 6-5, 227-pound outside linebacker from Western Michigan, was waived by the Jaguars Sunday. Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Jacksonville following the 2013 draft, he had four tackles this preseason. In college, Hazel played 49 games with 19 starts, posting 104 tackles (55 solo), 24 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks, six pass breakups, seven forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. He also saw action on the WMU basketball team during the 2012-13 season. Hazel was all-county in both football and basketball at South Miami (Fla.) High School.
Schmidt, a 5-11, 220-pound punter in his rookie season out of California-Davis, originally signed with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent on July 15. He appeared in all three of San Francisco’s preseason games and booted four punts for 201 yards (50.3 average) with a net of 47.0 yards, landing two inside the 20-yard line. At UC-Davis, Schmidt set a school record with a 41.1-yard career gross average. A native of Bakersfield, Calif., he graduated from Liberty High School.
The Browns still have punter Spencer Lanning on the roster. It is likely that Schmidt will compete with Lanning for the job.
Ryan Miller never participated fully in practice after suffering a concussion early in camp.
[Related: Mingo not expected to be placed on IR]
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A much more fitting title would be “Browns drop Owen Marecic.”
Schmidt sounds legit
“Browns hope division rival picks up Marecic”
Nobody needs him maybe Denver can use him.
About time!
I heard he was going to sign with TB to end Hillis’ career again.
Looks like someone’s moving back in with mama. Owen!!!
And Mo-Hard goes back to the IR… from a direct snap.
ok, it’s a dirty job but someone’s gotta do it. Marecic:
– had a heckuva back story as a competent 2-way player.
– was never arrested and never complained bout nuthin’.
– has a much brighter post-NFL career then, say, Josh Gordon what with his genuine Stanford degree.
The death watch is officially over. Godspeed, Owen. WFNY peeps: he’s gone, and Russell Branyan and David Delucci aren’t walking back through that door. Time for a new punchline guy.
Yes I am hoping this news will inspire WFNY to create a position by position “Worst Browns Ever” list. It would be quite an entertaining list, especially a post-1999 edition.
I’m already torn between Ken Dorsey and Spergon Wynn. Spergon is the common punchline, but Dorsey was just as bad with more snaps, a marginally better team, and no discernible skills other than a decent touch on his non-stop screen passes. And suspect that wasn’t touch, that was his full arm strength. Yeah going with the Coach Wanna Be.
BUT HECKERT CAN’T MISS! I refuse to believe this is possible. IT IS UNPOSSIBLE!
If we change it to “Dreamiest Team” I know who’s the first name on that list! BQ I Choose You!
Chaun Thompson.
Quiet Storm.
Beau Bell.
I’m not writing an actual post on this, but you intrigued me. So, Browns 2.0 (’99 and up). I’m throwing a wrinkle at you. Forget guys that played a few games because of injury. (S. Wynn, etc) I’m limiting this to guys that were starters from the get go. They were the plan at that position.
Offense:
LT Barry Stokes
LG Jim Bundren. Because I think Enoch Demar was an injury replacement.
C Melvin Fowler (This has not been a completely awful group to be honest.)
RG Kelvin Garmon. (Pork Chop Womak you are so lucky.)
RT Oh the horror. Roger Chanoine/John St. Clair/Tony Pashos. I’m going with St. Clair. Good grief.
QB Charlie Frye. Again, there have been some stinkers here, but Frye was supposed to be the guy. He went into 2007 as the starter and was traded after week 1. Unprecedented.
FB Owen Marecic (Though I could have easily added a third WR instead here.)
RB Travis Prentice. 2 year career. 11 starts. All with the Browns.
WR Brian Robiskie.
WR Donte Stallworth
TE Darnell Sanders
I’ll do defense another time. Unless someone else wants to pick up the ball and run. I’m sure Prentice fumbled it, or Marecic dropped it.
I would hold off on Heckert draft jokes until we see what kind of group Lombardi brings in here.
I knew my man Turnstile had to be on that list. Love me some St. Clair!
William Green is my RB choice. I hear you on Prentice, but if you want to talk TOTAL FLAME OUT CAREER, Green is it.
What about Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar? I thought that guy was going to be awesome!
with Frye you’re morphing Sam’s guidelines from “worst by position” to “most dashed expectations.” You do that and Courtney better limp through the smoky tunnel first when you introduce your defense.
And wide receiver: not even a second worst for Travis Wilson (a.k.a. the Best Receiver in his Draft)? Rick, that hurts. Donte Stallworth had a NFL career, and Robiskie actually caught a couple of passes and at least impressed in preseason.
with Frye you’re morphing Sam’s guidelines from “worst by position” to “most dashed expectations.” You do that and Courtney better limp through the smoky tunnel first when you introduce your defense.
And wide receiver: not even a second worst for Travis Wilson (a.k.a. the Best Receiver in his Draft)? Rick, that hurts. Donte Stallworth had a NFL career, and Robiskie actually caught a couple of passes and at least impressed in preseason.
If we’re talking LBs, I’ll see your Thompson and raise you a Rahim Abdullah in the second round. At least Thompson made some special teams tackles for a few years.
I hate to do it, but you really need LeCharles Bentley as C. I mean the highest profile UFA to sign with the Browns and he only makes it through 1 snap of training camp before ending his career (not to mention the calvacade of C’s that followed that injury).
he would be my one exception to the “games started” rule because it was just assumed he was our probowl center for the forseeable future when we signed him.
he was going with people that started games and Travis Wilson was a failed draft pick. I completely agree that we need a homegrown WR2 on that list though.
my vote would go to Quincy Morgan who managed to start for our team from 2001-2004 yet never managed more than 56rec (and that was an outlier for him).
Nooooooooooooooo-wen
If this game’s rules are morphing, Gary Baxter would be my CB. It takes a particular and powerful set of forces to tear a patella tendon in a knee. To do so in both knees simultaneously on the same play was the most suspicious Browns injury in my memory. Made no sense then or now, and it essentially ended his career. Something was up with the explanation or the player’s body.
Heckert’s draft picks can’t be bad if Lombardi’s are worse?
Lawrence Vickers. Totally sucked.
I am about to post my defense list and I considered him. There were just other CBs who hurt us more by being on the field than he ever did by not being on it.
why is that true with Frye? of the guys who were supposed to be starters and started, was Frye not the worst? honestly, Ty Detmer is the only one who I would put up against him and he did more outside the Browns in the NFL and was put into a worse scenario.
ok, here would be my list for the defense.
DT Mark Smith
DT Darius Holland
DE Tyrone Rogers (how did he last 6 seasons with us? He was
terrible)
DE Alvin McKinley (Corey Williams is pouting again)
*Wait, I didn’t include Brian Schaefering?
Going with 4 LBers because we have so many to choose from:
LB Chaun Thompson
LB Matt Stewart
LB Ben Taylor
LB Darren Hambrick (no really, this dude started an entire
season for us)
*Somehow missed? Rahim
Abdullah , Leon Williams, Kaluka Maiava, Barton, the corpses of Fujita/McGinest
SS Marquez Pope
FS Percy Elssworth (Devin Bush cannot even get disrespect)
CB Daven Holly (special props for killing what had been our
1 decent position since ’99)
CB Brandon McDonald (27 starts in 3 years for us, 4 starts
in 3 years rest of NFL career)
We did a fantasy draft last night and the guy had stickers for all the players and there was a Hillis sticker 🙂
Shapiro is still in charge, you never know when he might sign Branyan and trade him to Seattle.
ya little poop
he has the type of face that teammates like to punch
ok, I started to critique your list but the exercise alone started me on a depression spiral. Fine, list is fine. But must say:
– Ted Washington deserves at least honorable mention. Or as an opposing scout said of him: “he’s retired, he just doesn’t know it yet.”
– Chaun Thompson had enough skills/speed to make himself useful in one part of the game. Abdullah was a prime pick in the initial draft and was terrible at everything and out of the game. This must be reversed.
I’m just being snarky, but I caught a lot of flack (not here, but at work) for saying people only thought Heckert was amazing because the bar was set so low.
Watch your phalanges!
Shapiro is busy counting his t-shirt and weiner sales he’s not supposed to be involved in the other day to day baseball operations – INDIANS SPEAK.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I crack myself up.
That reminds me it’s 10:35 am is that to early for a cold frosty one?
yeah, I was doing the same with Rick’s offense list and just moved away slowly.
Teddie got a reprieve as Barton did. The body was broke down by the time we got him. I have no problem mentioning him above, but he cannot displace who is there.
Chaun had so much more hype (in my memory at least). He was “the guy” who was going to be amazing, blah, blah, blah. He did have ST skills, but we are saying who was the worse LBer. You can vote for either easily, my vote was for Chaun.
is Wendy’s open?
Not trying to get into a thing here, but just wanted to make sure that you also agree that expecting all draft picks, even 2nd round picks, to be successful is setting the bar too high. All in all, I’d say Heckert was slightly above average as a GM, and that the past woes of Browns GMs definitely makes me okay with that level of performance. I hope to get that much out of GM Joe Banner and VP of Player Personnel Mike Lombardi (I’m not planning to attribute their pretend roles at any point this season).
By “sounds” do you mean “rhymes with”? Just checking, I’m good with either.
must be a 40 team league
the stats cited sound pretty good, but I went with that particular noun to get in on the ground floor of any future marketing opportunities.
Nice. Way to cite precedent!
we’ll always have Atlanta
(cannot put a guy on the list that is the reason for the defining moment of our only playoff season no matter how much he sucked outside of it)