Bret Lockett Claimed by Patriots, Scouting Cedric Peerman, and Shaun Rogers Returns to Practice

by Chris Pokorny on Sep 7, 2009 9:40 PM EDT in General News

Say 'Bye Bye' to Bret Lockett; Benard Next?

For those of you who really wanted to see S Bret Lockett make the Browns' practice squad, you can forget about it. The undrafted free agent was claimed off waivers by the New England Patriots today. The Patriots wanted him so much that they waived WR Greg Lewis in the process. Back in March, the Patriots traded a fifth-round draft choice to Philadelphia for Lewis. Lockett had a good camp and seemed to make some nice tackles in one-on-one situations. Hopefully Mangini really likes the players we claimed off waivers to lose Lockett in the first place. [Visit Pats Pulpit for their take]

Next up, we'll see if LB Marcus Benard clears waivers and makes the Browns' practice squad.

Here are some other headlines today:

Beatdown's Take on Cedric Peerman

One of the players the Browns claimed off waivers yesterday was Baltimore Ravens running back Cedric Peerman. I asked Baltimore Beatdown's Bruce Raffel how Peerman's camp had gone for the Ravens:

"Cedric Peerman was the Baltimore Ravens 6th round draft pick, out of University of Virginia. He is an ordained minister and was fighting for a spot behind the Ravens "3-headed monster," comprised of Willis McGahee, Ray Rice and Le'Ron McClain. His competition was both Jalen Parmele and Matt Lawrence. While the team was expected to only keep one of the three between Peerman, Parmele and Lawrence, they decided to keep both Parmele and Lawrence, leaving Peeman as the odd man out. Parmele had some good gains during the preseason and Lawrence also proved his value with solid work on special teams."

"While Peerman had a decent outing in the final preseason game, it was not enough to land him on the team's roster, although they might have signed him to the practice squad had he not be gobbled up by the Ravens AFC North division foes, the Cleveland Browns."

"Good luck with Peerman, he's a good guy and will make a decent backup."

-Bruce Raffel, Baltimore Beatdown

Rogers, Harrison, Bowens, and Pool Return to Practice

After missing what ended up being most of the second half of training camp, DT Shaun Rogers returned to practice, at least for individual drills. Mangini would not comment on whether he would play this Sunday, but it's probably safe to assume he'll be ready to go.

Other players returning to practice or practicing included LB David Bowens, S Brodney Pool, and RB Jerome Harrison.

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Why did we take that 29 year old pointless guy and waive Lockett

" 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 Sep 7, 2009 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

I’m equally confused.

by SpecialBrownie on Sep 7, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions

why keep sorensen and waive lockett?

Cleveland and OSU homer

by rockybrown on Sep 8, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions

as a virginia alum, i’ve followed peerman a bit, and i actually think this is a very good pickup for the back end of the 53. he’s a really talented guy, very fast, and runs hard. could be an effective special teamer to start.

he’s the type of a guy you’d like to have on the roster once lewis is done (at the end of this year) to absorb some carries … and could turn into a good 2nd back. some durability issues here, which probably limited his attractiveness in the draft. that, and virginia sucks.

I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx

by DontCallMeJoey on Sep 8, 2009 6:49 PM EDT reply actions

But you guys are still producing some high NFL picks: Long, Sintim, Monroe, wasn’t there another LT/LG recently?

by rufio on Sep 9, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah, it’s frustrating beyond all belief. branden albert is the other OL you’re thinking of … the chiefs took him the same year that long went 2. some pretty good players along either line pass through charlottesville.

it appears that uva is able to recruit some decent talent, but once they get on campus al groh (which a friend of mine has coined Get Rid Of Him as the acronym) can’t seem to put them together … as evidenced by the loss last week to in-state powerhouse william & mary…

I reserve the right to complain about Gimenez at 1B and Carroll in the OF, no matter the facts. - FredOx

by DontCallMeJoey on Sep 9, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Brett Lockett

Mangini made a critical error in exposing Brett Lockett to the waiver wire as New England claimed this free agent prospect. Lockett looked better than most of the draft picks this pre-season and would have competed for a starting safety position in 2010. This was the second personel error, the first being exposing Don Carey to waivers when all he had to do was wait a couple days and put Carey on the IR.

by dej1221 on Sep 8, 2009 8:05 PM EDT reply actions