Official Browns' First Cuts Thread

by Chris Pokorny on Aug 26, 2008 12:12 PM EDT in General News

3:40 PM: The remainder of the roster moves are in. The Browns only cut one more player: DL Brian Schaefering. To reach the 75-man limit, the team confirmed that WR Joe Jurevicius will remain on the PUP list, and WR Kevin Kasper was placed on the injured reserve.

Jurevicius will miss the first six weeks of the regular season, and if he does return, it must be between Week 7 and Week 9.

I'm going to toot my own horn here by correctly guessing that one of our early moves would be to place Kasper on the IR. Because I don't expect him to be out all season, I wouldn't be surprised if the Browns paid him an injury settlement in a few weeks, officially releasing him from our roster altogether.

12:10 PM: According to the the Morning Call, RB Austin Scott has been released by the Browns. That means I'm currently 1-for-2 in my projection (I did not predict DB Damon Jenkins would be cut in the first go around).

"It's a little disappointing today," said Chris Lencheski, Scott's agent. "I'm trying to keep Austin upbeat. I reminded him that this is a business. If he's not with the Browns now, he may be in two or three weeks with the practice squad. And there are other teams. We are looking at solutions from a 360-degree perspective.

OFFICIAL CUT LIST:

DB Damon Jenkins
RB Austin Scott
DL Brian Schaefering

KEPT ON PUP LIST:

WR Joe Jurevicius

INJURED RESERVE:

WR Kevin Kasper

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Lives to see another day

Kasper was tossed on to the IR…

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by scottsargent on Aug 26, 2008 2:31 PM EDT reply actions

I’m going to go ahead and count that as a correct projection for me, even though it wasn’t in my front page list.

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by Chris Pokorny on Aug 26, 2008 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions

as im too lazy to research, is there a maximum amount of players one can place on the IR?

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by scottsargent on Aug 26, 2008 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I have never heard of a maximum, so I don’t believe there is one. However, if a team starts getting ridiculous with how many people are on the list, then the chances of the league doing an investigation increase.

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by Chris Pokorny on Aug 26, 2008 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

There is no maximum, however some teams have a limit that they will spend on IR. I remember reading a Peter King story (I believe…) on the Browns cuts a few years ago where the front office folk were talking about budgetary issues and one was how much the owner was willing to spend to keep players on the IR.

by Fundamentals on Aug 26, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions

and Joe Jurevicous is on the reserve pup list so we dont get him back till week 6

by Skov17 on Aug 26, 2008 3:04 PM EDT reply actions

Ricky Manning was cut by the Bears. He is worth a very cheap look see, even though he has had some off the field issues.

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 26, 2008 5:53 PM EDT reply actions

id sign him right now!

by kjc on Aug 26, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Not to pry…but Ricky Manning is terrible. Trust me, if the Bears can’t use him neither can the Browns. And he beats people up at Denny’s.

by ASC1980 on Aug 26, 2008 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

I know he is not as good as he was with Carolina, but he could be a decent dime guy.

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 26, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions

He was bitching up a storm about not being the nickel guy. The sad thing is the Bears don’t even have a good nickel guy to replace him with. They just wanted him gone. I know sometimes teams and players just don’t along and this might be one of those cases.

He was certainly good a few years ago and might be able to help. I saw in the Chicago Tribune article about his demand to be released the Browns were mentioned as a possible destination.

by ASC1980 on Aug 26, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions