Roderick Hood is the Surprise Cut as Browns Trim Roster to 78

by Chris Pokorny on Aug 31, 2009 12:57 PM EDT in General News

The Cleveland Browns trimmed their roster from 80 players to 78 players Monday morning, with one of the cuts standing out: CB Roderick Hood. When the Browns first signed Hood, he was expected to compete with CB Brandon McDonald for a starting role. If he couldn't beat out McDonald, then the former member of the Arizona Cardinals seemed to be a lock for the nickel back position.

Hood did not come on strong enough in camp to unseat McDonald, but the cut is still a surprising one. It was expected that either Corey Ivy or Hank Poteat would be released before Hood. Perhaps the fact that Hood had a bad game this past Saturday against the Tennessee Titans, coupled with the emergence of sixth-round CB Coye Francies, led to the decision.

Here is the list of the cuts the Browns made this morning:

LB Roderick Hood
LB Robert McCune
TE Nate Jackson

None of the other cuts are very surprising.

Also among the news this morning is that OL Ryan Tucker underwent arthroscopic knee surgery last Wednesday. Tucker probably won't be ready for the opener, meaning our depth against the Minnesota Vikings will be slim with Rex Hadnot not scheduled to return until Week 2 at the earliest.

OL Branndon Braxton was re-signed, presumably due to the offensive line situation. Mangini also declined to name a strarting quarterback at this point.

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I am thoroughly confused by this. Disheartening…

by danvail on Aug 31, 2009 1:29 PM EDT reply actions

what? the guy didn’t pan out and some of the younger guys are better. how is that disheartening?

Cleveland and OSU homer

by rockybrown on Aug 31, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Ivy and Poteat are both older…

" Of course Steroids should be allowed! I wanna see 700 foot home runs and 90 yard field goals! I litterally want to see someone's d**k get shoved in the dirt!"

by BradyQuinnisBeast on Aug 31, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I’d take a look at the depth chart. That’s how it’s disheartening.

by danvail on Sep 1, 2009 8:29 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m surprised by this cut but the only time I’ve noticed Hood this preseason was either when he was getting beat or dropping an easy interception (however, he had excellent coverage on Justin Gage on the touchdown pass). I never saw Hood getting involved in the run defense but I did noticed McDonald, Ivy, Wright, Francies, and Poteat doing so. Maybe mediocre coverage, poor ball skills, and Deion Sanders-esque run support equals cut. Still, I think he was cut this early so that he would have a chance to make another team, because he was not one of the three worst remaining players on our roster.

by Bumblyjack on Aug 31, 2009 1:46 PM EDT reply actions

I don’t like this either, but if Francies is better, then I guess someone had to go, I just thought it would be Poteat, but, I hadn’t seen Hood stand out, so…I don’t know….

by cboldt12 on Aug 31, 2009 2:26 PM EDT reply actions

Saw on the Rotowire side bar that Hadnot returned to practice today.

by Roger Dorn on Aug 31, 2009 3:13 PM EDT reply actions

Now Rotowire is saying that Ryan Tucker has been released.

by Roger Dorn on Aug 31, 2009 3:42 PM EDT reply actions

I saw Tucker coming if not this season shortly down the road. He plays well but has a history of injuries and is getting older. Still scratching my head about Hood though.

by tjk_doc on Aug 31, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

and he was gonna miss the first few games because of surgery

" Of course Steroids should be allowed! I wanna see 700 foot home runs and 90 yard field goals! I litterally want to see someone's d**k get shoved in the dirt!"

by BradyQuinnisBeast on Aug 31, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions