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• Cleveland Plain Dealer - Browns add TE Estanda, DB Madison, waive 2008 draft pick Martin Rucker

  Eric Mangini continues to play "out with the old, in with the new" with the Browns' roster....

  Posted: 9/22/2009 9:25:38 PM

  Topics: EricMangini martinrucker GregEstandia MarquisFloyd AnthonyMadison

  
  
• Official Site - Browns add two, waive two

  The Browns today were awarded tight end Greg Estandia off waivers from Jacksonville and signed free agent defensive back Anthony Madison, the club announced....

  Posted: 9/22/2009 8:02:49 PM

  Topics: GregEstandia AnthonyMadison martinrucker MarquisFloyd

  
  
• Columbia Daily Tribune - "Browns waive Rucker"

  The Cleveland Browns have waived second-year tight end and former Missouri All-American Martin Rucker, Rucker confirmed on his Twitter page....

  Posted: 9/22/2009 7:16:25 PM

  Topics: martinrucker GregEstandia

  
  
• ProFootballTalk - Browns change tight ends

  When the Browns traded a third-round pick to select Martin Rucker in the 2008 draft, there was much excitement in Cleveland about the catch-first tight end....

  Posted: 9/22/2009 6:53:41 PM

  Topics: martinrucker GregEstandia

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal Blog - Monday, Aug. 17: No starter named

  Coach Eric Mangini said it was too early to name a starting quarterback, even though Brady Quinn put the Browns in position for 10 points in a 17-0 preseason-opening loss to Green Bay Saturday night....

  Posted: 8/17/2009 7:45:08 PM

  Topics: EricMangini bradyquinn derekanderson HankFraley PhilDawson braylonedwards MikeFurrey EricBarton LanceLeggett JordanNorwood MarcusBernard BrianRobiskie MohamedMassaquoi KalukaMaiava BretLockett NickSorensen shaunrogers JeromeHarrison martinrucker DavidBowens ryantucker BoRuud

  
  
• Lorain Morning Journal - No rough-housing: Mangini hopes players are careful

  Eric Mangini wants to make sure all his players get the memo, so he will remind them again just before kickoff:...

  Posted: 8/8/2009 6:29:48 AM

  Topics: EricMangini JamalLewis braylonedwards bradyquinn derekanderson JamesDavis martinrucker CarlSmith BradSeely PhilDawson DaveZastudil TrainingCamp

  
  
• Canton Repository - Browns Notebook for Aug. 7: Rucker feeling his oats in second season

  Martin Rucker is psyched. The 24-year-old tight end hit training camp cautiously optimistic, but a week of mostly strong practices has widened his smile into a glow....

  Posted: 8/8/2009 6:22:34 AM

  Topics: martinrucker BrettRatliff derekanderson joshcribbs PhilDawson bradyquinn EricMangini DonCarey BrandonAnderson AlexMack RexHadnot TrainingCamp

  
  
• Warren Tribune Chronicle - Heiden back in full pads after knee surgery

  There was a time when Jamal Lewis held most of the career rushing records at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta....

  Posted: 8/4/2009 7:27:34 AM

  Topics: SteveHeiden RobertRoyal martinrucker JohnMadsen AaronWalker EricMangini braylonedwards shaunrogers ericwright DonCarey bradyquinn LanceLeggett JamesDavis KamerionWimbley derekanderson BrianRobiskie MikeAdams ryantucker PorkChopWomack AlexMack EricSteinbach JoeThomas TrainingCamp

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal Blog - Saturday PM Aug. 1

  With the extensive renovation in Berea, the Browns may as well have added a running track around the practice field. The second practice of training camp turned into a lap-fest....

  Posted: 8/1/2009 9:04:39 PM

  Topics: EricMangini shaunrogers CoreyWilliams MelilaPurcell bradyquinn derekanderson AlexMack LanceLeggett JamesDavis JamalLewis JeromeHarrison brandonmcdonald RobertRoyal AaronWalker martinrucker JohnMadsen TrainingCamp

  
  
• Kansas City Star - Former Tiger Rucker hopes his NFL time is now

  In many ways, Martin Rucker heads into his second NFL season with the Cleveland Browns no more a known professional commodity than heading into his first....

  Posted: 7/16/2009 7:10:41 AM

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• Official Site - New year, new chances for Rucker

  For another week or so, Martin Rucker will enjoy his time away from the game....

  Posted: 7/8/2009 6:15:22 PM

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• Canton Repository Blog - What happens if Lewis is a captain?

  Our final invitations to Berea before training camp come this weekend. We’ll be there for three days of mandatory minicamp, trying to semi-answers the semi-tough questions....

  Posted: 6/8/2009 12:08:06 PM

  Topics: beaubell martinrucker D'QwellJackson EricBarton derekanderson JamalLewis

  
  
• Canton Repository - Browns Notebook: Edwards works on going deep

  Braylon Edwards is getting plenty of work on deep routes....

  Posted: 5/28/2009 10:49:21 PM

  Topics: braylonedwards brandonmcdonald HamzaAbdullah derekanderson PorkChopWomack BrianDaboll EricMangini martinrucker bradyquinn HankFraley AlexMack DavidPatten BrianRobiskie EricSteinbach joshcribbs

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Hood had other offers, but likes Mangini’s vision

  The Bengals, Lions and Bears were reportedly interested in him, and the Rams made an offer. But cornerback Rod Hood chose the Browns, signed Tuesday and was at practice Wednesday as the team continued minicamp....

  Posted: 5/28/2009 5:29:09 AM

  Topics: RoderickHood EricMangini brandonmcdonald ericwright HankPoteat CoreyIvy derekanderson PhilDawson ParkerDouglass DonteStallworth bradyquinn LanceLeggett BrettRatliff SyndricSteptoe martinrucker NickSorensen RichardBartel DonCarey KenyonColeman AlexMack JamalLewis CoreyWilliams SteveHeiden KalukaMaiava braylonedwards Minicamps

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Hood says he and Browns are good fit

  Rod Hood has started 42 games in six NFL seasons, but didn't arrive in Cleveland expecting to be handed a job with the first team....

  Posted: 5/27/2009 9:52:28 PM

  Topics: RoderickHood EricMangini RobRyan JeromeHenderson PhilDawson ParkerDouglass martinrucker KamerionWimbley DonteStallworth Minicamps

  
  
• ESPN.com - Meet the replacements

  First-year Browns coach Eric Mangini is familiar with Royal after battling the former AFC East division rival Buffalo Bills during Maginin's days with the New York Jets....

  Posted: 3/11/2009 2:55:39 PM

  Topics: EricMangini RobertRoyal kellenwinslow SteveHeiden martinrucker DavidBowens AndraDavis williemcginest

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns sign former Buffalo tight end Robert Royal

  The Browns finally got the message that NFL free agency has begun....

  Posted: 3/5/2009 8:04:25 PM

  Topics: RobertRoyal SteveHeiden martinrucker GeorgeKokinis EricMangini C.J.Mosley DavidBowens EricBarton

  
  
• Canton Repository - Browns sign building block in tight end Royal

  The Browns aren’t making much of a free agency splash, but they went for some mash Thursday in acquiring physical tight end Robert Royal....

  Posted: 3/5/2009 8:01:26 PM

  Topics: RobertRoyal kellenwinslow SteveHeiden martinrucker

  
  
• Official Site - Senior Bowl reflections: Martin Rucker

  My memories of the Senior Bowl last year are good ones. It was a hectic week and a busy week but it was a fun one, too....

  Posted: 1/22/2009 6:47:13 PM

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• Dallas Morning News - Rick Gosselin: Rick Gosselin's team-by-team draft review

  The Browns didn't have a draft pick until the fourth round, and he wound up on injured reserve:...

  Posted: 1/11/2009 11:07:41 AM

  Topics: DraftGrades BeauBell AlexHall MartinRucker

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Structural problems need new engineer

  Count Rich McKay as a candidate to run the front office of the Browns....

  Posted: 12/30/2008 11:53:03 AM

  Topics: RichMcKay ScottPioli RandyLerner BillCowher PhilSavage RomeoCrennel RobChudzinski MelTucker BeauBell MartinRucker JeromeHarrison JoshCribbs AntonioPerkins BabatundeOshinowo DavidMcMillan DeMarioMinter IsaacSowells BradyQuinn DerekAnderson BraylonEdwards JohnCollins ToddGrantham

  
  
• Cleveland Plain Dealer - It's the Pitts: Browns woeful in finale rout as off-season housecleaning begins

  There are two ways to look at the Browns' 31-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday....

  Posted: 12/29/2008 1:12:40 AM

  Topics: PhilSavage RandyLerner BillCowher RomeoCrennel KamerionWimbley AndraDavis JoshCribbs JamalLewis WillieMcGinest D'QwellJackson BruceGradkowski JeromeHarrison DonteStallworth MartinRucker BraylonEdwards CharlesAli PhilDawson DaveZastudil Pissburgh WeekSeventeen

  
  
• Official Site - Rucker starts; James Harrison out

  Martin Rucker will make his first NFL start for the Browns today....

  Posted: 12/28/2008 1:08:48 PM

  Topics: MartinRucker KellenWinslow DarnellDinkins HamzaAbdullah JohnMadsen TravisDaniels PaulHubbard LeonWilliams SantonioThomas Pissburgh WeekSeventeen

  
  
• Official Site - Tight end injuries continue to mount

  The Browns have been hit hard by injuries at many positions this year, and the hits to the tight end position keep coming....

  Posted: 12/24/2008 3:33:13 PM

  Topics: BradCieslak DarnellDinkins RomeoCrennel KellenWinslow SteveHeiden JedCollins JohnMadsen MartinRucker Pissburgh WeekSeventeen

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Browns notes: Rucker moves up depth chart by attrition

  Martin Rucker might finally be getting the chance to play in a regular-season game the way the rookie from Missouri played the first time he faced an NFL opponent in the preseason....

  Posted: 12/18/2008 12:08:26 PM

  Topics: MartinRucker DarnellDinkins KellenWinslow SteveHeiden RomeoCrennel BeauBell JoshCribbs PaulHubbard LeonWilliams DaveZastudil ShaunRogers ShaunSmith JeromeHarrison Eagles WeekFifteen Bengals WeekSixteen

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Rucker’s up, ready or not: Winslow, Heiden injuries thrust rookie tight end into the spotlight

  Asked last week for a scouting report on Martin Rucker, tight end Kellen Winslow said the rookie has a lot of potential...

  Posted: 12/18/2008 12:06:18 PM

  Topics: MartinRucker KellenWinslow RomeoCrennel SteveHeiden DarnellDinkins KenDorsey Eagles WeekFifteen Bengals WeekSixteen

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Heiden slated for knee surgery

  The Browns’ worst fears about tight end Steve Heiden were realized Tuesday when medical tests revealed a torn right anterior cruciate ligament and a strained medial collateral ligament....

  Posted: 12/17/2008 11:29:38 AM

  Topics: SteveHeiden RomeoCrennel KellenWinslow DarnellDinkins MartinRucker BeauBell BraylonEdwards BrandonMcDonald BernieParrish SeanJones ShaunRogers LawrenceVickers JoshCribbs ShaunSmith CoreyWilliams DaveZastudil JeromeHarrison BruceGradkowski KenDorsey Eagles WeekFifteen Bengals WeekSixteen

  
  
• Canton Repository - Todd Porter: Two more weeks of this Browns torture? Painful, isn't it?

  Yawn. A guy could develop a bad case of sleep apnea watching these Browns....

  Posted: 12/17/2008 12:07:56 AM

  Topics: RomeoCrennel MartinRucker BeauBell BrandonMcDonald BraylonEdwards DerekAnderson JoeThomas JoshCribbs KellenWinslow BradyQuinn Eagles WeekFifteen

  
  
• Official Site - Heiden, Bell done for season

  Steve Heiden will have surgery to repair a torn ACL on Thursday, Browns coach Romeo Crennel said....

  Posted: 12/17/2008 12:03:26 AM

  Topics: SteveHeiden RomeoCrennel BeauBell KellenWinslow DarnellDinkins MartinRucker JoshCribbs BrandonMcDonald ShaunRogers ShaunSmith DaveZastudil LawrenceVickers Bengals WeekSixteen

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Winslow says he wants to be back

  Kellen Winslow says he wants to return to the Browns in 2009. Whether that happens could hinge on who shapes the roster next season....

  Posted: 12/12/2008 1:07:43 PM

  Topics: KellenWinslow PhilSavage RandyLerner RomeoCrennel MartinRucker

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Crennel won't play Rucker

  Browns coach Romeo Crennel is turning a deaf ear to those clamoring for playing time for the Browns' rookies, especially tight end Martin Rucker....

  Posted: 12/12/2008 3:34:00 AM

  Topics: RomeoCrennel MartinRucker KellenWinslow BeauBell SteveHeiden DarnellDinkins JeromeHarrison LouisLeonard ShaunSmith CoreyWilliams JoshCribbs RexHadnot CharlesAli ShanteeOrr ShaunRogers AndraDavis AllenPatrick JedCollins Eagles WeekFifteen

  
  
• WarrenTribune Chronicle Blog - Wasted year

  Missing on NFL draft picks can be devastating to a NFL team....

  Posted: 12/11/2008 6:18:48 PM

  Topics: BeauBell MartinRucker AhtybaRubin AlexHall PaulHubbard BradyQuinn CoreyWilliams ShaunRogers

  
  
• New Philadelphia Times-Reporter - Expect the Browns to shuffle the deck on offense in ’09

  It wasn’t supposed to be this way....

  Posted: 12/11/2008 4:17:53 AM

  Topics: BradyQuinn JoeThomas JamalLewis BraylonEdwards EricSteinbach LawrenceVickers JoshCribbs JeromeHarrison MartinRucker KellenWinslow RyanTucker KevinShaffer RexHadnot IsaacSowells DerekAnderson DonteStallworth HankFraley SteveHeiden KenDorsey JasonWright SethMcKinney BruceGradkowski CharlesAli ScottYoung SyndricSteptoe DarnellDinkins Eagles WeekFifteen

  
  
• Official Site - Williams, Smith will start

  The Browns' starting defense will be intact for today's game....

  Posted: 12/7/2008 1:39:58 PM

  Topics: CoreyWilliams ShaunSmith DarnellDinkins MartinRucker KellenWinslow JedCollins CharlesAli ScottYoung HamzaAbdullah TravisDaniels SantonioThomas BeauBell Titans WeekFourteen

  
  
• Official Site - Ali doubtful, three questionable

  There was good news and bad news on the Friday injury report as the Browns prepare for the challenge of facing the 11-1 Tennessee Titans...

  Posted: 12/6/2008 1:14:00 PM

  Topics: PhilDawson DerekAnderson BradyQuinn KenDorsey KellenWinslow SteveHeiden DarnellDinkins MartinRucker CharlesAli JamalLewis LawrenceVickers CoreyWilliams ShaunSmith BeauBell SyndricSteptoe Titans WeekFourteen

  
  
• New Philadelphia Times-Reporter - Browns' Pool making a difference on defense

  Browns’ free safety Brodney Pool is waist deep in the NFL now...

  Posted: 12/6/2008 2:58:45 AM

  Topics: BrodneyPool PhilSavage MartinRucker ToddGrantham MelTucker JoshCribbs KenDorsey Titans WeekFourteen

  
  
• New Philadelphia Times-Reporter - Now’s time for Browns to experiment

  With playoff hopes long gone, it seems foolish for the Browns not to get what they can from the remains of 2008....

  Posted: 12/3/2008 5:27:15 AM

  Topics: RomeoCrennel JeromeHarrison JamalLewis JoeThomas PhilSavage MartinRucker KellenWinslow SteveHeiden DarnellDinkins KenDorsey BradyQuinn DerekAnderson DonteStallworth SyndricSteptoe JoshCribbs BeauBell AlexHall WillieMcGinest AhtybaRubin Titans WeekFourteen

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Players rallying around Crennel

  As the losses mount and the likelihood of coach Romeo Crennel returning for 2009 shrinks, the players in the locker room continue to voice their support....

  Posted: 12/2/2008 5:08:10 PM

  Topics: RomeoCrennel WillieMcGinest DerekAnderson KevinShaffer D'QwellJackson KellenWinslow MartinRucker DarnellDinkins BradyQuinn CharlesAli SyndricSteptoe CoreyWilliams ShaunRogers

  
  
• Official Site - Anderson out for season

  Derek Anderson is done for the season after suffering a torn MCL in his left knee Sunday...

  Posted: 12/2/2008 4:58:02 PM

  Topics: DerekAnderson KellenWinslow DarnellDinkins MartinRucker RomeoCrennel CharlesAli SyndricSteptoe

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Winslow says sprained shoulder won’t keep him out of Sunday’s game

  Tight end Kellen Winslow lined up with the starters Friday in the 30 minutes of practice open to reporters, and looked ready for Sunday’s visit by the Houston Texans....

  Posted: 11/22/2008 9:48:26 AM

  Topics: KellenWinslow RomeoCrennel SteveHeiden DarnellDinkins ShaunSmith SantonioThomas SeanJones JeromeHarrison LawrenceVickers AndraDavis BradyQuinn JasonWright CoreyWilliams EricSteinbach JoshCribbs MartinRucker WillieMcGinest MelTucker Texans WeekTwelve

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Cribbs gets to meet Will Smith at preview

  Browns kick returner Josh Cribbs had the opportunity to meet one of his favorite actors Thursday when Will Smith spent a few hours in Cleveland promoting his new movie Seven Pounds....

  Posted: 11/22/2008 9:41:57 AM

  Topics: JoshCribbs LeBronJames MartinRucker JeromeHarrison SeanJones AndraDavis KellenWinslow Texans WeekTwelve

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: TE Rucker hoping to get his chance

  Rookie tight end Martin Rucker is waiting and hoping....

  Posted: 10/25/2008 9:48:21 AM

  Topics: MartinRucker KellenWinslow RomeoCrennel SteveHeiden DarnellDinkins CoreyWilliams RyanTucker ShanteeOrr MikeAdams AntwanPeek Jaguars WeekEight

  
  
• Official Site - Rucker ready if called upon

  Steve Heiden is spending the week trying to get healthy enough to make his third straight start....

  Posted: 10/24/2008 3:00:42 PM

  Topics: SteveHeiden MartinRucker Jaguars WeekEight

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Browns notes: Rookie Rucker ready to make Browns debut

  Martin Rucker was the leading receiver in the first game he ever played as a professional football player....

  Posted: 10/23/2008 11:47:44 AM

  Topics: MartinRucker RomeoCrennel KellenWinslow SteveHeiden Jaguars WeekEight

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Rookie says he's ready to play tight end

  Kellen Winslow's one-game suspension could mean the first playing time of the season for Browns rookie tight end Martin Rucker....

  Posted: 10/23/2008 11:06:47 AM

  Topics: KellenWinslow SteveHeiden MartinRucker DarnellDinkins RomeoCrennel Jaguars WeekEight

  
  
• Official Site - Heiden, Dinkins will be ready

  Former Browns tight end Aaron Shea, back working for his old team in a support capacity, walked toward the locker room before Wednesday's practice....

  Posted: 10/22/2008 6:28:35 PM

  Topics: RomeoCrennel KellenWinslow SteveHeiden DarnellDinkins MartinRucker Jaguars WeekEight

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Winslow back at team headquarters

  Tight end Kellen Winslow was back at Browns headquarters Thursday but didn’t practice....

  Posted: 10/17/2008 10:49:10 AM

  Topics: KellenWinslow RomeoCrennel KevinShaffer RyanTucker LawrenceVickers BrodneyPool BeauBell MartinRucker Redskins WeekSeven

  
  
• Dayton Daily News Blog - More evidence of a season gone sideways

  It’s shaping up as one of those seasons when everything that can possibly go wrong will....

  Posted: 10/11/2008 1:12:36 AM

  Topics: KellenWinslow Testicles RomeoCrennel SteveHeiden DarnellDinkins MartinRucker Giants WeekSix

  
  
• Lorain Morning Journal - Browns' bye comes at rough time

  Just as the Browns finally started getting their act together offensively, what happens?...

  Posted: 10/2/2008 11:27:49 AM

  Topics: BraylonEdwards DerekAnderson MartinRucker WillieMcGinest RyanTucker SeanJones RomeoCrennel PhilSavage SyndricSteptoe JoeJurevicius ShaunRogers KevinShaffer KellenWinslow JasonWright

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Stallworth, Tucker plan to play against Giants

  The Browns expect to be at their healthiest so far this season when they return from the bye to face the Giants on “Monday Night Football” on Oct. 13....

  Posted: 10/2/2008 11:17:30 AM

  Topics: DonteStallworth RyanTucker KevinShaffer WillieMcGinest JoshCribbs D'QwellJackson RomeoCrennel ShaunRogers KellenWinslow JasonWright ShaunSmith SeanJones JoeJurevicius PhilSavage DerekAnderson BraylonEdwards JamalLewis BradyQuinn MartinRucker Giants WeekSix

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Just what doctor ordered

  NFL bye weeks are about two things: Getting healthy and getting your bearings....

  Posted: 10/2/2008 11:03:24 AM

  Topics: DerekAnderson BraylonEdwards KellenWinslow JamalLewis DonteStallworth RobChudzinski LawrenceVickers PhilSavage SeanJones ShaunRogers KevinShaffer ShaunSmith JasonWright MartinRucker WillieMcGinest JoeJurevicius

  
  
• Official Site - Rucker begins road back

  Browns rookie tight end Martin Rucker had plenty of time to rest since mid-August, but he still wanted to be on the safe side....

  Posted: 10/1/2008 8:53:39 PM

  Topics: MartinRucker BraylonEdwards DonteStallworth JoeJurevicius

  
  
• Official Site - Notes: Division, injuries and improving

  The Browns got a win last Sunday, then watched Monday night as the Steelers slugged out an overtime win over the Ravens to get to 3-1 on the year and drop the Ravens to 2-1....

  Posted: 10/1/2008 11:27:04 AM

  Topics: PhilSavage RomeoCrennel WillieMcGinest DonteStallworth MartinRucker ShaunRogers KevinShaffer KellenWinslow JasonWright ShaunSmith SeanJones

  
  
• Official Site - Getting Cribbs going could be key

  There are all kinds of theories from all kinds of people about how to correct what ails the Browns....

  Posted: 9/25/2008 7:29:02 PM

  Topics: PhilDawson DaveZastudil JoshCribbs EricSteinbach WillieMcGinest RyanTucker SethMcKinney RomeoCrennel ShaunRogers DonteStallworth SeanJones MartinRucker Bengals WeekFour

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Offensive linemen still hurting

  Browns left guard Eric Steinbach may miss a second straight game with an injured shoulder, but the team won’t be able to plug Ryan Tucker into his spot Sunday in Cincinnati....

  Posted: 9/25/2008 10:47:51 AM

  Topics: EricSteinbach RyanTucker RomeoCrennel HankFraley SethMcKinney JimBrown DerekAnderson ShaunRogers KrisGriffin WillieMcGinest SeanJones MartinRucker BraylonEdwards DonteStallworth Bengals WeekFour

  
  
• Warren Tribune Chronicle - Browns’ Tucker cleared for practice

  Browns offensive lineman Ryan Tucker has been cleared to participate in all practice drills, but that doesn't mean he'll be available to play Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens....

  Posted: 9/19/2008 7:27:59 AM

  Topics: RyanTucker RomeoCrennel EricSteinbach SethMcKinney PhilDawson KrisGriffin WillieMcGinest MartinRucker DonteStallworth JoshCribbs DaveZastudil RobaireSmith AhtybaRubin Rats WeekThree

  
  
• Official Site - Cribbs will practice, six others won't

  Joshua Cribbs will practice Thursday afternoon, but the Browns will still be without six other injured players....

  Posted: 9/18/2008 12:39:25 PM

  Topics: JoshCribbs EricSteinbach WillieMcGinest KrisGriffin DonteStallworth RomeoCrennel MartinRucker SeanJones RyanTucker Rats WeekThree

  
  
• Warren Tribune Chronicle - Stallworth might not be ready for Ravens

  Receiver Donte Stallworth, who missed the first two games with a strained quadriceps, doesn't sound confident about playing Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens....

  Posted: 9/18/2008 11:40:21 AM

  Topics: DonteStallworth JoshCribbs ShaunSmith KrisGriffin WillieMcGinest MartinRucker EricSteinbach BraylonEdwards JamalLewis MikeAdams AndraDavis LeonWilliams RomeoCrennel Rats WeekThree

  
  
• Dayton Daily News Blog - Nothing hurts more than injuries

  It would be wrong to blame the Browns’ 0-2 start entirely on injuries. I mean, every team has them....

  Posted: 9/16/2008 9:10:55 PM

  Topics: Injuries DerekAnderson DonteStallworth BraylonEdwards JoshCribbs SeanJones MikeAdams AntwanPeek LeCharlesBentley WillieMcGinest JoeJurevicius JamalLewis RyanTucker DavenHolly RobaireSmith BrodneyPool BeauBell MartinRucker RomeoCrennel

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Steelers' offense presents problems

  If the Pittsburgh Steelers' offense hoped to grab the attention of the Browns' defense with their 38-17 win over the Houston Texans — mission accomplished....

  Posted: 9/13/2008 10:38:26 AM

  Topics: D'QwellJackson KamerionWimbley BrodneyPool BraylonEdwards SeanJones MartinRucker DonteStallworth RyanTucker JoshCribbs RexHadnot KrisGriffin BenDavis Pissburgh WeekTwo

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Browns' Thomas will have hands full with Cowboys' Ware

  Joe Thomas was on the field for every one of the Browns’ 1,104 offensive plays last year and in all that time, according to NFL.com, gave up only 1 1/2 sacks....

  Posted: 9/5/2008 8:41:02 PM

  Topics: JoeThomas KamerionWimbley JamalLewis RomeoCrennel JasonWright JeromeHarrison JoshCribbs BrodneyPool RexHadnot RyanTucker KrisGriffin MartinRucker PhilDawson Cowboys WeekOne

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Jamal Lewis’ status for Sunday’s opener to be game-time decision

  Running back Jamal Lewis was limited in practice for the third straight day Friday and was officially listed as questionable for the opener Sunday with a sore hamstring....

  Posted: 9/5/2008 8:37:49 PM

  Topics: JamalLewis JasonWright JeromeHarrison RomeoCrennel JoshCribbs BrodneyPool RexHadnot RyanTucker MartinRucker KrisGriffin PhilDawson KellenWinslow AntwanPeek BeauBell Cowboys WeekOne

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Steptoe is prepared to step in

  If the Browns have big shoes to fill in Sunday's season opener against the Dallas Cowboys, Syndric Steptoe has the right name and the right attitude for the task....

  Posted: 9/5/2008 8:28:00 PM

  Topics: SyndricSteptoe RomeoCrennel JoshCribbs BraylonEdwards JoeJurevicius RobChudzinski DonteStallworth KrisGriffin MartinRucker JamalLewis BrodneyPool RyanTucker RexHadnot BeauBell PhilDawson SeanJones PhilSavage AntwanPeek Cowboys WeekOne

  
  
• Official Site - Five listed as 'gametime decisions'

  Browns head coach Romeo Crennel said before Friday's practice that the availability of five key players battling injuries...

  Posted: 9/5/2008 4:03:52 PM

  Topics: RomeoCrennel JamalLewis JoshCribbs RexHadnot RyanTucker BrodneyPool JasonWright JeromeHarrison SyndricSteptoe SethMcKinney MikeAdams LennieFriedman MartinRucker KrisGriffin AntwanPeek Cowboys WeekOne

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Pool misses practice, likely out for Dallas

  Brodney Pool missed practice Thursday because he has not fully recovered from the concussion he suffered Aug. 18. The setback means the Browns will likely be without their starting free safety Sunday when they face the Cowboys in the season opener....

  Posted: 9/4/2008 8:00:34 PM

  Topics: BrodneyPool MikeAdams TerryCousin SeanJones NickSorensen JamalLewis RomeoCrennel RyanTucker RexHadnot MartinRucker KrisGriffin Cowboys WeekOne

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Brodney Pool unlikely to play

  Browns free safety Brodney Pool's chances of playing in Sunday's season opener against the Dallas Cowboys look less likely after he missed practice Thursday....

  Posted: 9/5/2008 7:33:15 AM

  Topics: BrodneyPool RexHadnot KrisGriffin MikeAdams RomeoCrennel JoshCribbs RyanTucker JamalLewis SeanJones DerekAnderson BraylonEdwards MartinRucker BeauBell Cowboys WeekOne

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Anderson feeling fine, named a team captain

  A year ago, Derek Anderson was Charlie Frye’s backup. A week ago, Anderson wasn’t allowed to go through a full practice....

  Posted: 9/4/2008 7:27:20 AM

  Topics: DerekAnderson CharlieFrye BraylonEdwards JamalLewis BrodneyPool RomeoCrennel JoshCribbs KrisGriffin RexHadnot MartinRucker SeanJones RyanTucker AntwanPeek BeauBell HankFraley PhilDawson Cowboys GameOne

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Browns try to regroup before facing Cowboys

  The Browns are scrambling to put the pieces back together from an injury-riddled preseason before America's Team comes to town, but quarterback Derek Anderson relishes the work....

  Posted: 9/4/2008 7:07:51 AM

  Topics: DerekAnderson BraylonEdwards DonteStallworth RexHadnot MartinRucker KrisGriffin JoshCribbs SeanJones BrodneyPool JamalLewis RyanTucker BeauBell Cowboys WeekOne

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Browns notes: Odds are Cribbs will sit Sunday

  It is looking like Josh Cribbs will have to sit out the season opener Sunday against the Cowboys. As much as he would like to play, his sprained left ankle has not healed sufficiently....

  Posted: 9/2/2008 11:26:10 AM

  Topics: JoshCribbs SyndricSteptoe ScottYoung NathanBennett PracticeSquad BrodneyPool JamalLewis RexHadnot MartinRucker AntwanPeek BeauBell Cowboys GameOne

  
  
• Official Site - Browns trying to get healthy, ready

  The Browns have been practicing almost every day for almost six weeks....

  Posted: 9/2/2008 11:03:56 AM

  Topics: DerekAnderson BraylonEdwards SeanJones RyanTucker WillieMcGinest AntwanPeek BeauBell JoshCribbs JamalLewis BrodneyPool MartinRucker RexHadnot RomeoCrennel SethMcKinney ScottYoung Cowboys GameOne

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Anderson takes field for a bit

  As has become the norm this season, the Browns got some good news and some bad on the health front Tuesday....

  Posted: 8/27/2008 11:38:13 AM

  Topics: DerekAnderson RomeoCrennel JamalLewis BraylonEdwards WillieMcGinest BrodneyPool SeanJones JoeJurevicius KevinKasper DamonJenkins BrianSchaefering AustinScott RyanTucker BeauBell MartinRucker TyLaw BradyQuinn JoshCribbs SyndricSteptoe

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Ex-Lion Rogers has big day against old team

  Shaun Rogers showed Browns fans Saturday why general manager Phil Savage traded for him in the offseason....

  Posted: 8/24/2008 12:36:21 PM

  Topics: ShaunRogers PhilSavage KevinKasper BrodneyPool SeanJones MikeAdams NickSorensen TerryCousin DerekAnderson JamalLewis BraylonEdwards JoshCribbs WillieMcGinest LouisLeonard JoeJurevicius RyanTucker AntwanPeek BeauBell MartinRucker LeighBodden AlexHall RomeoCrennel Preseason Lions

  
  
• Massilon Independent - Browns’ injury list filled with their best

  They’re simply the best Browns players at their positions in the expansion era. Expansion era? Maybe you can throw in the Belichick era....

  Posted: 8/22/2008 12:01:47 AM

  Topics: JamalLewis BraylonEdwards KellenWinslow JoshCribbs JoeJurevicius LawrenceVickers DerekAnderson RyanTucker EricSteinbach JoeThomas Injuries DonteStallworth KevinKasper TravisWilson SyndricSteptoe RomeoCrennel JasonWright JeromeHarrison SteveHeiden MartinRucker DarnellDinkins RexHadnot Preseason Lions

  
  
• Warren Tribune-Chronicle - Cribbs limps off field during Monday’s game

  Joshua Cribbs limped off the field midway through the first quarter with an injury....

  Posted: 8/19/2008 12:26:44 PM

  Topics: JoshCribbs ShaunRogers LawrenceVickers KevinKasper MartinRucker BeauBell BraylonEdwards AntwanPeek SyndricSteptoe BrodneyPool KellenWinslow CoreyWilliams PhilDawson Preseason Giants

  
  
• Warren Tribune-Chronicle - Wilson will start in Edwards’ spot

  So far it's been smooth sailing in training camp for Browns third-year receiver Travis Wilson....

  Posted: 8/16/2008 11:18:12 AM

  Topics: TravisWilson BraylonEdwards DonteStallworth JoeJurevicius RomeoCrennel KevinKasper MartinRucker RyanTucker BeauBell AntwanPeek RobaireSmith TravisKey DerekAnderson Mil'VonJames

  
  
• Warren Tribune-Chronicle - Crennel upset with Wednesday's practice

  BEREA - Browns coach Romeo Crennel wasn't pleased with Wednesday's practice....

  Posted: 8/14/2008 11:18:32 AM

  Topics: RomeoCrennel RipScherer BradyQuinn JeromeHarrison PhilDawson MartinRucker

  
  
• Warren Tribune-Chronicle - Winslow gets bang out of teammate, practice

  The intensity of Wednesday's practice picked up when tight end Kellen Winslow and defensive back Travis Key collided....

  Posted: 8/14/2008 11:17:23 AM

  Topics: KellenWinslow TravisKey BraylonEdwards MartinRucker RomeoCrennel BeauBell BradyQuinn JamalLewis TravisWilson EricWright MikeAdams

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Rookie Rucker to have surgery

  Rookie tight end Martin Rucker will undergo arthroscopic surgery today after tearing cartilage in his knee in practice Monday. He will be out four to six weeks....

  Posted: 8/14/2008 10:58:02 AM

  Topics: MartinRucker RomeoCrennel DarnellDinkins KellenWinslow SteveHeiden BraylonEdwards DerekAnderson BradyQuinn TravisKey

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns camp 2008: Winslow only knows one way to play … all-out … even during practice

  Kellen Winslow Jr. treats every Browns training camp practice lile it’s a regular-season game....

  Posted: 8/14/2008 10:54:01 AM

  Topics: KellenWinslow TravisKey MartinRucker RomeoCrennel

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Rough practice fires up Browns

  Some might say it was a routine play, but there is no such thing in Kellen Winslow's world....

  Posted: 8/14/2008 10:49:22 AM

  Topics: KellenWinslow DerekAnderson TravisKey RomeoCrennel MartinRucker MikeAdams TerryCousin BradyQuinn PhilDawson SteveSanders

  
  
• Dayton Daily News - Another hit to the draft class

  Who will be the last draft pick standing? You wonder, because they’re dropping like flies....

  Posted: 8/13/2008 9:20:00 PM

  Topics: MartinRucker BeauBell

  
  
• Warren Tribune-Chronicle - Golfer Ben Curtis visits Browns’ camp

  Professional golfer Ben Curtis was in attendance for the Tuesday morning practice at Browns training camp....

  Posted: 8/13/2008 9:39:06 AM

  Topics: DerekAnderson Golf ShaunRogers MartinRucker PhilDawson D'QwellJackson LennieFriedman AustinScott BradyQuinn AlexHall ChasePittman

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Curtis shows his true colors in visit to Berea

  Pro golfer Ben Curtis, fresh off a second-place finish in the PGA Championship, was a guest of the Browns at practice Tuesday morning....

  Posted: 8/12/2008 8:54:48 PM

  Topics: DerekAnderson Golf MartinRucker BeauBell RomeoCrennel RyanTucker ShaunRogers AlexHall KamerionWimbley PhilDawson

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: PGA contender and former Kent State star Ben Curtis pays buddy Derek Anderson a visit at camp

  Less than 48 hours after tying for second in the PGA Championship, Ben Curtis stopped by training camp Tuesday morning to check on his favorite team and visit with a friend, quarterback Derek Anderson....

  Posted: 8/12/2008 8:45:15 PM

  Topics: DerekAnderson Golf MartinRucker RomeoCrennel ShaunRogers RyanTucker

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Stallworth down about mishap

  Donte' Stallworth said his Browns teammates are punishing him with Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan jokes....

  Posted: 8/12/2008 8:37:47 PM

  Topics: DonteStallworth BraylonEdwards RomeoCrennel MartinRucker ShaunRogers PhilDawson

  
  
• Official Site - Rucker may need MRI on knee

  Rookie tight end Martin Rucker missed practice Tuesday morning after twisting his knee on Monday....

  Posted: 8/12/2008 2:32:47 PM

  Topics: MartinRucker RomeoCrennel

  
  
• Canton Repository - Browns Notebook

  Hello, Mr. Rogers Shaun Rogers is a huge defensive lineman but not a big talker. In his first comments after his debut as a Brown, he said he still needs to improve his pad level and recognition of plays....

  Posted: 8/10/2008 10:52:10 AM

  Topics: ShaunRogers RomeoCrennel GaryBaxter KellenWinslow MartinRucker

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Browns caught a break

  Martin Rucker during the preseason opener showed why General Manager Phil Savage traded a third-round pick next year to move back into the fourth round this year to draft the big tight end from Missouri....

  Posted: 8/10/2008 10:26:44 AM

  Topics: MartinRucker PhilSavage KellenWinslow

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal - Rookie receives an earful from star

  It's hard to tell what kind of rookie indoctrination Martin Rucker expected at his first Browns training camp....

  Posted: 8/10/2008 10:08:43 AM

  Topics: MartinRucker KellenWinslow DarnellDinkins BradCieslak

  
  
• Canton Repository - Browns Notebook

  No. 3 quarterback Ken Dorsey had a rough night (8-of-26, two interceptions), but he hooked up with rookie Round 6 pick Paul Hubbard on the play of the game....

  Posted: 8/9/2008 10:03:26 AM

  Topics: KenDorsey PaulHubbard DerekAnderson JamalLewis JeromeHarrison JasonWright KellenWinslow SteveHeiden MartinRucker KamerionWimbley Preseason Jets

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns: Rookie tight end active in preseason opener

  Ken Dorsey is no dummy. His intelligence — not his below-average throwing arm — is the reason he’s been an NFL quarterback for six years....

  Posted: 8/9/2008 9:45:58 AM

  Topics: KenDorsey MartinRucker

  
  
• Official Site - Rucker makes progress on busy night

  When it was all over, when Thursday night had spilled into Friday morning, when the Jets were headed back to the airport and the Browns were putting the wraps on a wild first preseason game, Martin Rucker knew what he needed....

  Posted: 8/9/2008 9:28:38 AM

  Topics: MartinRucker

  
  
• Elyria Chronicle-Telegram - Browns notes: Injuries giving backup tight ends a chance to show what they can do

  Few NFL teams have a better tight end combination than the Browns’ duo of Pro Bowler Kellen Winslow Jr. and savvy veteran Steve Heiden....

  Posted: 8/5/2008 9:43:58 AM

  Topics: KellenWinslow SteveHeiden DarnellDinkins BradCieslak MartinRucker RomeoCrennel

  
  
• Warren Tribune-Chronicle Blog - Young Guns

  One of the most interesting parts of training camp is watching the development of rookies, espcially draft choices....

  Posted: 8/4/2008 11:11:03 AM

  Topics: BradyQuinn CoreyWilliams ShaunRogers MartinRucker BeauBell AlexHall

  
  
• Offficial Site - Notes: Crennel looking for improvement

  If the Browns get to where they want to go -- and where many predict they will go -- then little things will end up meaning a lot....

  Posted: 7/29/2008 9:38:32 AM

  Topics: RomeoCrennel CoreyWilliams SteveHeiden SethMcKinney JasonWright LawrenceVickers KevinKasper DonteStallworth MartinRucker KellenWinslow DarnellDinkins ShaunRogers EricSteinbach BraylonEdwards DerekAnderson BrandonMcDonald AlexHall TravisThomas TerryCousin

  
  
• Official Site - Rookie Diary: Martin Rucker

  Martin Rucker provided first-hand accounts of his time at rookie minicamp and his experiences with and without the full squad in June. Following is his first diary entry during training camp......

  Posted: 7/28/2008 6:55:23 PM

  Topics: MartinRucker

  
  
• Mansfield News-Journal - Jason A. Kline's Waiting By The Lake: Training camp arrives, and so does K2

  The Brown are finally in camp, furnishing an outlet for fans' optimism and serving the dual purpose of putting some of the more tiresome offseason "stories" to rest....

  Posted: 7/28/2008 9:33:45 AM

  Topics: KellenWinslow LeCharlesBentley BradyQuinn DerekAnderson RobChudzinski DonteStallworth KevinKasper MartinRucker JoeJurevicius KamerionWimbley

  
  
• Pro Football Weekly - The Way We Hear It

  A Browns observer notes that the Browns’ collective attitude is completely different from a year ago at this time, when the team lacked a starting quarterback and was coming off its fourth losing season in a row....

  Posted: 7/27/2008 11:39:53 AM

  Topics: ShaunRogers CoreyWilliams MartinRucker

  
  
• Lake County News-Herald - Heiden's twisted knee doesn't appear to be serious

  Tight end Steve Heiden left practice Saturday morning with what Coach Romeo Crennel described as a twisted knee....

  Posted: 7/27/2008 11:11:18 AM

  Topics: SteveHeiden RomeoCrennel RobChudzinski SethMcKinney RexHadnot MartinRucker DarnellDinkins KellenWinslow WillieMcGinest RobaireSmith JamalLewis CoreyWilliams DonteStallworth ShaunRogers BradyQuinn LawrenceVickers

  
  
• Akron Beacon Journal Blog - Leave the diamonds at home

  Excuse me if I'm old fashioned, but why was rookie tight end Martin Rucker wearing diamond stud earrings in both ears at the team's first practice in pads? Doesn't that hurt with a helmet on?...

  Posted: 7/25/2008 11:11:07 AM

  Topics: MartinRucker TravisWilson BradyQuinn TedDaisher JamalLewis AndraDavis ShanteeOrr ShaunSmith KenDorsey BeauBell JeromeHarrison JasonWright LawrenceVickers DerekAnderson JoshCribbs KellenWinslow TrainingCamp