May 23, 2013

Browns Rookie & Former Ohio State Linebacker Andrew Sweat Will Not Play In NFL

May 11, 2012 by 22 Comments

As late as Thursday night, Browns’ head coach Pat Shumur expressed excitement about the 37 players who were set to partake in this weekend’s rookie minicamp in Berea. Then, on Friday morning, only 36 took the field with former Ohio State linebacker Andrew Sweat noticeably absent. The club did not release any details on why Sweat was missing from the first workout, and Shumur addressed it to the media in the afternoon, announcing that Sweat had decided not to play in the NFL.

Sweat had been accepted to multiple law schools and was coming off a senior season in which he dealt with a concussion and an elbow injury. But he was still one of the first undrafted free agents signed by the Browns, and he expressed his excitement to the Plain Dealer’s Doug Lesmerises about the prospects of competing in camp with the Browns. Now it appears that he has decided to end his football career.

[Related: Browns sign UDFA Andrew Sweat]

 

Filed Under: Headlines Tagged With: , ,

Undrafted Free Agent Recap: Browns Look for WR, OL and DB Help

April 29, 2012 by 13 Comments

According to Pat Shurmur after the draft, the Browns planned on adding roughly about 15 new players to the roster via undrafted free agency. We all know now about the drafted players that the team picked up over the last few days, so let’s look at the various players that reports are linking to Berea.

Adding up the positions, it appears the Browns have nabbed three more WRs, four more OLs and three more DBs. The remaining positions are one DE and two LBs. Looking back at the team’s main pre-draft needs — QB, RB, OT, WR, DB, OLB — this makes perfect sense.

Here’s the current list of 14 according mostly to www.mockingthedraft.com: [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browns Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Buckeye 12-Pack: The Purdue Game

November 14, 2011 by 2 Comments

Each week after re-watching the Ohio State game I bring you my take-aways from the game in a little something I call the Buckeye 12-Pack…

This week the 12-pack is coming to you early. A couple reasons for that, first I really don’t want to re-live that game later, and second because we didn’t have a game recap and wanted to give you a place to discuss the game.

No. 1- Missed opportunities. It’s hard to know where to even begin with a loss like that. The botched extra point is the most obvious, but there were plenty more. There was a missed field goal. There were at least 4 opportunities for turnovers that the defense couldn’t come up with, including a pass that flew right into the breadbasket of C.J. Barnett. Penalties killed the offense. OSU has a hard enough time getting 10 yards for a first down (especially Saturday) they don’t need to have to get 15 or 20. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buckeyes Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,