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October 24, 2014When the Browns cut Ray Agnew recently, it was surmised on Twitter by some that the Browns were making a move so that they could protect Kiero Small from being plucked from their practice squad. It was suggested to me by someone (sorry, can’t remember who but I think it was a member of the DraftBrowns crew) that Seattle was the team targeting the Browns’ practice squad fullback due to Derek Coleman’s broken foot. The Seahawks have signed a former Browns player, but it wasn’t Ray Agnew. The Seahawks have signed former Browns linebacker L.J. Fort and listed him as their fullback.
With Derek Coleman still hanging in limbo with a broken foot — he hasn’t been placed on the injured reserve yet and Pete Carroll was vague when asked what the plan with him was this week — the Seahawks signed free agent linebacker L.J. Fort and are apparently looking to groom him as a fullback.
Fort spent the 2012 season with the Browns, appearing in 16 games and registering 20 tackles, 3 passes defensed, and 1 interception. Fort didn’t play in 2013 but signed a futures deal with the Broncos last December. He was recently waived by Denver and Seattle quietly picked him up this week and signed him to the practice squad. The interesting part of this roster-churn move is that Fort is listed on the Seahawks’ roster as a fullback and has taken the number 44.
Fort was undrafted in 2012 and helped the Browns out when Chris Gocong was injured. I don’t remember much about his playing time – good or bad – but this is certainly an interesting development for his career. Pete Carroll taking a pretty athletic, if undersized, linebacker and trying to develop him at a different position is just the kind of creativity I’d expect from Carroll and his staff. That doesn’t mean it’s going to work, of course, but when the available options at linebacker aren’t that appealing, you have to make due.
Do you think he considered calling Lawrence Vickers? That would have been the only thing that could have made this the perfect Cleveland Browns side story. You know, because Vickers…
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I’m pretty sure it was Fort that dropped the sure INT thrown by Vick in the end zone in the 4th quarter that would have won the game for the Browns in the home opener versus the Eagles a couple years ago (Weeden’s 1st game where he got trapped under a flag).
That’s correct
impressive memory