'Browns Notes'
Browns’ Owen Marecic is focusing on getting better
Smooth isn’t how you’d describe the start to Owen Marecic’s NFL career.
The first play of his first preseason game was an impromptu lateral from quarterback Colt McCoy, who couldn’t find anyone else open. Marecic didn’t expect the dump-off, didn’t catch it and didn’t jump on the live ball. Luckily for the Browns, no one from [...]
Who will start at guard for Browns?
BEREA — For all but two games from 2007-10, the Browns knew who’d start at left guard. With less than a week to go before the start of the 2011 season, there’s a giant question mark where Eric Steinbach used to stand.
Rookie fifth-round pick Jason Pinkston officially holds down the spot with the first-team offense [...]
Browns update: Right tackle Tony Pashos in walking boot
BEREA – Browns right tackle Tony Pashos’ left foot was in a walking boot Monday at practice with what coach Pat Shurmur termed a “sore foot.”
“We want to let it settle down,” Shurmur said. “Those boots have magical powers sometimes. I wouldn’t read much into it yet.”
Pashos missed the last 10 games of 2010 after [...]
Not finished yet: Day after roster cuts, Browns GM Tom Heckert still tinkering with roster
General manager Tom Heckert entered the offseason with a plan to make the Browns younger. He accomplished it by cutting former coach Eric Mangini’s beloved veterans, signing free agents in their mid-20s and keeping all eight rookies he drafted.
Heckert began the weekend with the plan to play the 2011 season with just two quarterbacks on [...]
Browns make cuts, place Brandon Jackson on season-ending IR
BEREA – Brandon Jackson was signed by the Browns as an insurance policy, just in case one of their top two running backs was injured.
Ironically, Peyton Hillis and Montario Hardesty both made it through the preseason healthy, while the former Green Bay starter did not.
Jackson was placed on season-ending injured reserve Saturday with a severe [...]
Browns cut 17 players, have 10 more to go tonight
BEREA – The Browns began to trim their roster Saturday morning, as NFL teams must get down to the regular-season limit of 53 by 6 o’clock tonight.
The Browns waived 16 players and terminated the contract of receiver Demetrius Williams to get down to 63. Ten more moves are needed by tonight.
Cornerback Coye Francies, a sixth-round [...]
Scott Petrak: Depth looks like Browns’ biggest problem as opener approaches
The preseason finale is forgotten faster than the story your spouse tells you while you’re watching the preseason finale.
The Browns and Bears rested nearly all of their starters Thursday night to prevent injuries, and the night belonged to a bunch of men who won’t be professional football players come Sunday.
But the game wasn’t a total [...]
Browns sign Evan Moore to two-year extension
The Browns are counting on big things from tight end Evan Moore in their new West Coast Offense. And now they’re paying him like it.
The Browns continued Friday with the plan of keeping their talented youngsters, signing Moore to a two-year extension through 2013 reportedly worth just under $3 million a year. Moore, 26, signed [...]
Browns: Tonight’s preseason game a big deal for subs
Browns running back Quinn Porter isn’t trying to pretend tonight’s preseason finale is just another game. He knows exactly what will be at stake when he steps onto Chicago’s Soldier Field.
“Make-or-break? Not necessarily break. I’m more of a make man,” Porter said Tuesday. “Not to sound cocky or anything, I’ve just been playing this game [...]
Browns safety Mike Adams believes he’s a starter, wants to prove it
BEREA – Browns safety Mike Adams feels disrespected, and has for years.
He doesn’t understand while the coaches and general managers of his past – Mike Nolan in San Francisco and Romeo Crennel, Phil Savage and Eric Mangini in Cleveland – raved about his versatility yet refused to commit to him as a full-time starter.
He can’t [...]