Browns Make Several Roster Moves, Including a New Punter

by Chris Pokorny on Aug 3, 2011 9:34 PM EDT in General News

The Cleveland Browns spent Wednesday holding tryouts for punters in Berea. One of those players who was trying out was undrafted free agent Rob Lang, but instead the team decided to go with Texas' Richmond McGee.

McGee, however, is not a rookie by any stretch of the imagination despite not having played in an NFL game. He went undrafted in 2006 and spent training camp with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2008. McGee then went to training camp with the Chicago Bears in 2009, playing for the team's new special teams coordinator, Chris Tabor. McGee was good enough to warrant a spot on the Bears' practice squad in 2010 (how often do you hear that?) and was just waived two days ago.

Because McGee has had some experience with two organizations with connections to the Browns in both places, I'd say that he is a prime candidate to be the team's new punter this year. Tom Heckert said the team would still pay attention to the waiver wire when other punters get released and that McGee would need to compete for the job.

In other moves, the team waived two linebackers -- Derrick Addai and Alex Wujciak, both of whom were undrafted free agents. They were replaced with linebackers Archie Donald and Eric Gordon, both of whom are also undrafted free agents. Lastly, punter Reggie Hodges was officially placed on the injured reserve.

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not to happy w/ the cutting of wujciak, but i have faith in Heck’s decisions. hopefully these 2 new linebackers will make a better impression

by Stan Wizz - Go Browns on Aug 3, 2011 10:13 PM EDT reply actions

i have no idea who any of these UDFAs are so it doesn’t bother me much at all.

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by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 3, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions

go watch a video or 2 of wujciak and it may make u like him. although it wont matter anymore cuz hes gone

by Stan Wizz - Go Browns on Aug 3, 2011 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions

There are 100 guys out there that are UDFAs that have nice tape but will probably never make it in the NFL. I really don’t care.

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by bross09 on Aug 4, 2011 3:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Hope this kid works out at punter. Losing hodges is bumming me out.

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by troy145 on Aug 3, 2011 10:22 PM EDT reply actions

I’m sorry your guy got hurt, but if it had to happen at least it happened early when there are still plentiful options to try out.

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by Bro Namath on Aug 3, 2011 10:23 PM EDT reply actions

I’m sorry to hear about Braylon. Wait… no I’m not.

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by Brownie's Year on Aug 3, 2011 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

He’s not a Jet any more so I doubt he’s not too worried about Braylon either.

by dvbb on Aug 3, 2011 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions

IO think he means the fact that Braylon ever even played for the Jets.

cautiously realistic

by North Coast Flea on Aug 4, 2011 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions

definitely this. because we also felt the pain. we know my son… we know.

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by pwndabear on Aug 4, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions

wahoo a new punter! :o|

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by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 3, 2011 10:30 PM EDT reply actions

I’m hoping the new punter is even just half as good as the last two…

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by Simmsinns on Aug 3, 2011 11:26 PM EDT reply actions

The stupid counter-intuitive idea might be that it’s time to have a shitty punter.
We ain’t emphasizing punting!

or is that like a mooncamping thing?

by DPS on Aug 3, 2011 11:30 PM EDT reply actions

if having a crappy punter meant that we would convert more 3rd downs then i’d take it.

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by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 3, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Or, more realistically, be emboldened enough to go for more 4th downs, which statistics show we should be doing anyways.

by TKilbane on Aug 4, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions

this is true, statistically, teams should go for 4th downs. but the risk is generally too high in comparison to the reward in coaches eyes

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by pwndabear on Aug 4, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions

There was a really interesting fanshot about this last season. Maybe I’ll try and dig it up.

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by notthatnoise on Aug 4, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Found it:
http://www.dawgsbynature.com/2011/2/2/1971685/going-for-it-on-4th-down-is-the-best-decision

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by notthatnoise on Aug 4, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Mostly because if it doesn’t work you get crucified for the decision.

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by rufio on Aug 4, 2011 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions

but if it does, you are praised as an offensive-minded genious. damn double standards….

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by pwndabear on Aug 5, 2011 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Heres a thought… Whos going to start at OLB now that roth is gone? Has it been gocong?

by lightninmcqueen on Aug 4, 2011 12:17 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Gocong at the Will, Fujita at Sam. Roth would be a DE in our scheme now anyway.

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by rufio on Aug 4, 2011 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Eric Gordon is awesome. Archie Donald looks intriguing, he led Toledo in tackles three years straight. While not super, Kaluka Maiava is still in the my kind of linebacker group. Mooncamping says dibs on this trio. D´Quell Jackson is acceptable as well.

by mooncamping on Aug 4, 2011 5:54 AM EDT reply actions

Another Horn – hook em Richmond and Browns. \m/

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by realmccoy on Aug 4, 2011 6:57 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Even though it’s been awhile, how was Richmond’s consistency back in his days with the Longhorns?

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by Chris Pokorny on Aug 4, 2011 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions

He was an excellent punter in college. Was nice to have a true punter – now we use the roll out punt with inconsistent results.

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by realmccoy on Aug 4, 2011 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Man… oh well. I was hoping for Rob Long to make the cut. Rob thanked Cleveland via Twitter (translated out of Twit-speak):

I want thank the Cleveland Browns organization for having me in Cleveland, and thank you Browns fans for your support and wish you the best of luck this season. Congrats to Richmond McGee. Thank you everyone for your support this is only the begining of something special.

by NYSteelersFan4 on Aug 4, 2011 10:15 AM EDT reply actions

original message probably read something like:

+1 to cle n fans. GLHF

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by pwndabear on Aug 4, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

The only thing I changed was the @officalbrowns, which I changed to Cleveland Browns, in the first sentence.

by NYSteelersFan4 on Aug 4, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions

good translation then.

so NYSteelersFan, huh? where abouts in ny?

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by pwndabear on Aug 4, 2011 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Upstate, near Utica and Rome. Pretty much middle of the state. Nice area, relatively quiet, which I like.

by NYSteelersFan4 on Aug 4, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions

dont you hate when people say “what part of the city are you from”?

im from rochester. i know your pain.

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by pwndabear on Aug 4, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Hate, hate, hate, hate it.

When I travel, I always get the “oh, you don’t have the NY accent”, or the occaisonal “what borough are you from” and stuff like that. I always tell people, you see that huge mass of land to the north-west of that relatively small city? That is NY too. All the time with that stuff, I don’t even like NYC personally.

by NYSteelersFan4 on Aug 4, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions