Dave Zastudil Out for Season, Floyd Womack and Shawn Lauvao Sidelined

by Chris Pokorny on Aug 17, 2010 2:04 PM EDT in General News

The Cleveland Browns announced a few injury-related notes today, with the most notable one being that punter Dave Zastudil has been placed on the injured reserve, ending his season. It's too bad that Zastudil couldn't recover from his right knee injury, but head coach Eric Mangini has confidence in Reggie Hodges, who was with the team last year and has had a lot of work in camp this year.

In other injury-related news, Mangini announced that right guard Floyd Womack will miss the rest of the preseason with a knee injury. I assume that means he'll be back in time for opening day, and that the team is just being cautious with the veteran. Also, rookie right guard Shawn Lauvao will be excused the rest of the week for a personal issue. That would lead me to believe that he won't play against the St. Louis Rams this Saturday. Our first-string offensive line on the right side for that game is going to be something to watch.

Tony Grossi of the Plain Dealer noted that the first-string right side featured Billy Yates and Scott Kooistra in Tuesday morning's practice. Yikes!

Thanks to Buckeye Brad for the tip on Zastudil.

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Very sad about D-Zas. I do not find Hodges to be adequate even if Mangini does.

"I spoil a lot of people with my play." -Lebron James

by Roger Dorn on Aug 17, 2010 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

no.. he was terrible last year.

no.. he was terrible last year.but:

no.. he was terrible last year.but:- he’s improving
- our special teams is pretty solid anyway
- we won’t be punting NEARLY as much (or as far) this year.

no.. he was terrible last year.but:- he’s improving
- our special teams is pretty solid anyway
- we won’t be punting NEARLY as much (or as far) this year.i’m not worried.

by discoinferno083 on Aug 17, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Exactly what I thought when I read this. Depressing that Zastudil is out for the year; we can use all the help we can get.

by RelapsingDawgCatcher on Aug 18, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

cool. glad that screwed up so much.

by discoinferno083 on Aug 17, 2010 2:17 PM EDT reply actions

I am not a fan of Hodges. There’s gotta be at least another free agent punter that’s worth looking at.

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by TheDriveStillHurts on Aug 17, 2010 2:38 PM EDT reply actions

is he the fill-in punter that was (is?) a Steelers fan, or was it someone else? Like the guy with the awesome mustache?

You are reading my signature.

by rolub on Aug 17, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Scott Player?

by Dawg Nuts on Aug 17, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I hated looking at that dude and his facemask. So embarrasing.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 17, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I loved that facemask.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

by notthatnoise on Aug 17, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Mike Holmgren’s first task should be making everyone grow that exact same mustache. I don’t do the whole photoshop thing, but someone should get us a good idea what Colt McCoy, Joe Thomas, Shaun Rogers and Alex Mack look like with that lip sweater.

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 17, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh no, I love the fumanchu, the guy was just kind of weird.

And I would but my photoshop computer is down.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 17, 2010 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Jake is my hommeboy

by davus on Aug 17, 2010 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs

No Hulk or Paulie Sr. blonde please.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 17, 2010 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions

i tried recoloring it a few times so it would match his hair color, but i could never get it to look right, so i just decided to use a picture of him when he was bald.

Jake is my hommeboy

by davus on Aug 17, 2010 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Still freaking awesome though.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 17, 2010 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I actually prefer it

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 17, 2010 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Freaking awesome.

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 17, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

i love it. even though Joe Thomas already embodies coolness, this somehow makes him cooler.

by Dawg Nuts on Aug 18, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought the ‘stache and facemask were cool, and he wasn’t a bad punter. But I gotta think that he’s getting to the age where after he holds for a FG attempt he’s gonna need someone to help him stand up again.

by JustBob on Aug 17, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions

he looks like hulk hogan

Jake is my hommeboy

by davus on Aug 17, 2010 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Hulkamania.

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 17, 2010 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions

From Wikipedia:

Player is currently the only player wearing a 1-bar facemask, which was restricted by NFL in 2004. This led to his nickname, Punty McOnebar.

Moisture is the essence of wetness.

by troy145 on Aug 17, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes, he is allowed via the Gradfather clause.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 17, 2010 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Gradfather — is that a cross between grandfather and godfather?

. . . says the man from Columbus.

by Buckeye Brad on Aug 17, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Much like how the word “hear” can be also used for “here”, it’s interchangeable with those terms.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 17, 2010 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Ouch.

. . . says the man from Columbus.

by Buckeye Brad on Aug 17, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Sorry. Apparently, I’m a little overfilled on sarcasm fluid today

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 17, 2010 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions

No need to apologize, that was a good one.

. . . says the man from Columbus.

by Buckeye Brad on Aug 17, 2010 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I just thought “Punty McOnebar” was completely hilarious.

Moisture is the essence of wetness.

by troy145 on Aug 18, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

I had no idea that Zastudil looked so much like Corbin Bernson.

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by golanbatrac on Aug 17, 2010 3:38 PM EDT reply actions

well at least it opens up a roster spot.

by BrutalMovement on Aug 17, 2010 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

Not really, that spot was gonna open up either way with Z or Hodges being cut. I would raher hve seen Hodges go because he just isnt consistantly good like Z is. Sometimes he gets great contact othertimes I wonder if we should have just tried for the forth down conversion because its only a difference of like 5 yards.

by LiveandDiefortheDawgPound on Aug 17, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Poor Z. He was our best player for the first half of the seaon last year.

It’s not a lie if you believe it.

by Brownie's Year on Aug 17, 2010 8:05 PM EDT reply actions

He certainly got the most work.

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by Spidey on Aug 17, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

For those of you concerned, Veikune returned from injury and ran with the 2’s today at ILB.

"I spoil a lot of people with my play." -Lebron James

by Roger Dorn on Aug 17, 2010 9:28 PM EDT reply actions

Vaikune should play, we must motivate him.

by mooncamping on Aug 18, 2010 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions

He opened camp last year at 257 lbs. This year he’s 235. Motivation isn’t the issue.

Dawgs By Nature -- where Hitler, apparently, 'did some good things'.

by golanbatrac on Aug 18, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions

I vote for paying a couple of waterboys to chase him around with cattle prods.

by RelapsingDawgCatcher on Aug 18, 2010 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions

And then watch him catch them and stick them into the ground head first as yard markers?

by mooncamping on Aug 19, 2010 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Good point. Another form of motivation might prove more effective, although this does sound fairly entertaining to watch!

by RelapsingDawgCatcher on Aug 19, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Prior to last year´s draft everyone was looking for the vaunted DE/OLB hybrid. Vaikune was a real sleeper at that designation, the real deal so to say. Strong enough to bust a move around the offensive tackle, yet quick and agile enough to seal the space outside the offensive tackle and drop back into the flats. I don´t know what the heck happened. I remember that some people thought he could compare favorably to Rey Mauluga as a middle linebacker, the cheap version out of miniscule Hawaii.
I wasn´t terribly excited, because I´m seeking the pure 3-4 outside linebacker. I was however enthusiastic about him, having seen his outstanding agility for a such a large linebacker, in a video that was posted here. I think with the current depth chart he can certainly take a spot with a good showing in the preseason games.

by mooncamping on Aug 19, 2010 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Vaikune was a real sleeper at that designation, the real deal so to say. Strong enough to bust a move around the offensive tackle

I know will refer to David Veikune as Young MC.

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 19, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

“YAY!” – This is Indonesian for the excited term “yay”; the closest language I could put with Hawaiian was Indonesian.

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 17, 2010 9:36 PM EDT reply actions

“Sial balasan gagal” – Indonesian for “Damn Reply Fail.”

I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.

LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 17, 2010 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions

We should forgo the punt, gives us an extra down, and puts the defense on the spot.

by mooncamping on Aug 18, 2010 9:15 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs

But surely we should still punt if we get stuck in one of those rare 4th-and-25 situations, right?

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by Chris Pokorny on Aug 18, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

We need some attitude, why ever give the ball to the opponent? In fact lets onside kick all the time too. Burn some bridges.

by mooncamping on Aug 19, 2010 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions

TMQ

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 Aug 19, 2010 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I’d so like to see the team you’d assemble and oversee in action, mooncamping.

by RelapsingDawgCatcher on Aug 18, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m betting it would look something like this.

Dawgs By Nature -- where Hitler, apparently, 'did some good things'.

by golanbatrac on Aug 18, 2010 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

That made me literally laugh out loud, and very loud at that.

by Simmsinns on Aug 18, 2010 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Heh. I’d wager on far more entertainment value, and I was a big fan of electric football in my misspent youth. Tiny felt footballls rule.

by RelapsingDawgCatcher on Aug 20, 2010 2:54 AM EDT up reply actions

I took a closer look at Lauvao in the GB game and was pretty impressed. I was not extremely high on him in the draft, but he did a better job than I expected vs. B.J. Raji and others.

What really impressed me was when Mack was assigned to block the NT, Lauvao was uncovered, and the RT’s blocking assignment was the LDE. Lauvao was especially good at helping Mack get the nose under control, keeping his head on a swivel, noticing St Clair needing help, and getting there to help.

On the play where he (kinda) gave up the sack, he got over-aggressive with this, and moved way over to the right too quickly. This vacated space for Hawk to come through on the delayed blitz, and Lauvao couldn’t get back in time to block him.

Another thing Lauvao can work on is his stability. You can see his strength when he can lock on and drive into a guy. But too often, he was off balance, looked a little like a “bull in a china shop” had his hands were too “light”. This is improvable, and should get better as he has time to work on his technique.

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by rufio on Aug 18, 2010 7:19 PM EDT reply actions

I concur on the Hawk Play. I saw the same thing. That is more of a mental issue than a physical one. He didn’t recognize the blitz quick enough and was out of position. this is stuff that i believe will come with experience.

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by bross09 on Aug 18, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions