Browns Playing Tough with Dawson

Pro Football Talk is saying the Browns are blowing off Dawson. Doesn't sound like he is going to win this one.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Suisham

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He’s a kicker. Kickers are in a perpetual state of non-leverage.

Art Modell gives me a hard one

by gahnki on May 18, 2010 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Which is ironic considering the leverage a kicker actually possesses.

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by SpecialBrownie on May 18, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

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"Spartans never die Jorge. They're just missing in action."

by SpecialBrownie on May 18, 2010 11:28 PM EDT reply actions

Let him walk.
I’ve really liked and respected Phil Dawson, but he’s a kicker.

by Simmsinns on May 19, 2010 1:52 AM EDT reply actions

I don’t think he’ll actually walk until he hits FA.

I really could care less if he holds out for training camp.

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by rufio on May 19, 2010 3:59 AM EDT up reply actions

He’s probably just hoping for some extra coin and getting a little extra rest on his legs.

They gone have to stop sleeping on me one day.. I gotta be one of the best

About 3 hours ago by Eric Wright Cleveland Browns – Cornerback

I understand, as a big daddy come and take my spot type of demeanor?

by mooncamping on May 14, 2010 7:24 AM EDT

by Villeslgr on May 19, 2010 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Nobody wants to admit it but having a good kicker wins more games than people want to give them credit for. Dawson is one of the freak kickers that gets better with age. Sometimes its better to swallow the pride and sign the guy.

Also, all the RFAs are going to threaten a hold out because they’re probably going to be screwed next year

by HenryDawg on May 19, 2010 5:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I will admit it: kickers win you games.

The problem is that at the NFL level, there is a huge supply of kickers, and the added production that Dawson will bring you over the next guy isn’t all that big of a deal.

In college, there are far more teams that need kickers, and far fewer quality kickers available, which means having a good one is much more important there.

In the NFL, the VORP just isn’t that big.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on May 20, 2010 2:49 AM EDT up reply actions