Richmond McGee Placed on Injured Reserve

by Chris Pokorny on Sep 13, 2011 2:53 PM EDT

Note: We already reported earlier today that the Cleveland Browns signed veteran punter Brad Maynard.

Our punters are cursed, apparently. The Browns placed Richmond McGee on the injured reserve Tuesday, ending his season. This is the second punter the Browns have lost due to injury this season, and the third in the past two years.

Richmond McGee suffered a herniated disc in warm ups prior to Sunday's game and punted the whole game without much feeling in his right leg, his agent said today.

I believe McGee, and considering the circumstances (he is well-aware that fans "hate" him), I do feel bad for the guy. I noticed that after almost every punt, McGee looked agitated, as if something wasn't quite right. This also explains how McGee punted the ball terribly on Sunday compared to what he did in the last two preseason games. I wonder if McGee was trying to put an extra "oomph" into his punts during warmups in excitement. Either way, Maynard is the guy now, so hopefully he offers more stability.

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why was he in warm pus? that is absolutely disguesting. at least the pus wasn’t cold though otherwise i would probably throw up in my mouth

Smile big, hug bigger. Talk big, act bigger. Stop judging do something, shut the fck up do something.

by pwndabear on Sep 13, 2011 2:58 PM EDT reply actions

I thought “warmpus” was the name of the band he plays bass guitar for.

by scrumm on Sep 13, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Fixed. For once, I can say that it was not my typo, but Cleveland.com’s.

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by Chris Pokorny on Sep 13, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Hat tip to Special Brownie for commenting it earlier.

Pittsburgh is just jealous. We got Cudi and they have Wiz.

by SpecialBrownie on Sep 13, 2011 3:10 PM EDT reply actions

Also, feel really bad about how he was treated by us then.

Pittsburgh is just jealous. We got Cudi and they have Wiz.

by SpecialBrownie on Sep 13, 2011 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Why not just cut Shanks McGee?

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by Simmsinns on Sep 13, 2011 3:46 PM EDT reply actions

I don’t believe that teams are allowed to cut injured players.

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by woodsmeister on Sep 13, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, I should have known that.

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by Simmsinns on Sep 13, 2011 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Right. They can come to an agreement later on, and release him, but a team just can’t cut an injured player.

by Bernie19Kosar on Sep 13, 2011 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions

If a player plays in the first game they owe him his contract for the whole season. So it did not matter if they cut him or they placed him on injured reserve.

by gentryholdem on Sep 13, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Is that why he kicked the whole game?

by SBP on Sep 14, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

they owe him his contract for the whole season

Are we sure this is true?

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by notthatnoise on Sep 14, 2011 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

No.

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by rufio on Sep 14, 2011 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

That sucks, herniated discs are incredibly painful.

by HenryDawg on Sep 13, 2011 4:13 PM EDT reply actions

Now I feel bad.

I have to give him credit though for going out there with an injury and trying to make the best of it.

by SBP on Sep 13, 2011 4:29 PM EDT reply actions

There is one answer to our punting woes… I’ll start the chant.

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by Brownsyup on Sep 13, 2011 4:39 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

+1 for Scott Player and his awesome facemask / moustache combo

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by Adrock2099 on Sep 13, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions

"I want my unwarranted optimism back." -Dilbert

by Simmsinns on Sep 13, 2011 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Do you not understand that this guy basically scored 7 for the other team while playing for us and then signed with pittsburgh and talked about how much he hated the Browns?

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by rufio on Sep 13, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Only the Browns.

And today will be better than yesterday.

by johnf34 on Sep 13, 2011 4:54 PM EDT reply actions

Glad to see this – I had a huge WTF moment in the game where we declined a penalty against the Bengals on one of Richmond’s 30 yarders. I was thinking that Shurmur had a huge brain cramp to not punt again – but this explains it. As an fyi – Colt is a heckuva punter.

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by realmccoy on Sep 13, 2011 5:38 PM EDT reply actions

Second coming of Danny White or Tom Tupa?

by HenryDawg on Sep 13, 2011 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions

More like Tom Pupa

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Sep 13, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

In all seriousness, he would have prolly been a better option than McGee. He was a really good punter in HS, and then punted out of the shotgun for Texas. I swear – almost every punt he was able to down inside the 10. Of course, there was not a return guy back there because they had to protect against the potential pass – but it was still uncanny.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Sep 13, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions

If it’s 4th and less than 5, Colt should punt. I’m surprise the coaches don’t ask this of him, to be honest.

by scrumm on Sep 13, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Seahawks just took the our second practice squad FB of the season.

by crazyL80 on Sep 13, 2011 8:13 PM EDT reply actions

Should have signed this Maynard.

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by Brownie's Year on Sep 13, 2011 8:28 PM EDT reply actions

I don’t understand how this guy says he couldn’t feel his kicking leg and somehow the Browns didn’t have one guy capable of booming a 40 yard punt straight into the sky.

by gentryholdem on Sep 13, 2011 8:33 PM EDT reply actions

I will say that I am still preaching patience for Shurmur and the Browns, they have just faced a mountain of issues that has really screwed them. The most improvement comes between week 1 and 2 – so we should start gaining on the pack. I do have to admit I was really shocked on how bad the OL was, but even more so – I was expecting a whole lot more out of the WRs.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Sep 13, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Keep in mind our rotation of RTs had only been in camp one week and weren’t all pros to begin with. Not sure why Grecco isn’t in there. He’s supposed to be a good pass blocker and has experience. Pinkston did pretty well at LG but he’s no Steinbach.

by HenryDawg on Sep 14, 2011 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions

didn’t have one guy capable of booming a 40 yard punt straight into the sky.

What is confusing about this? there are about 30 guys in America who can do this, and they’re already in the NFL. Do you think one of the guys already on our team has some hidden punting talent?

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by notthatnoise on Sep 14, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions

dumb question: Dawson can’t punt a football?

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by discoinferno083 on Sep 13, 2011 10:10 PM EDT reply actions

That’s a good point. Mike Scifries of the Chargers filled in for Keading when he went down, and drilled a FG.

If McGee was that injured, shouldn’t have someone stepped up?

by Bernie19Kosar on Sep 13, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed, even if it wasn’t Dawson, there had to be at least one active guy on that roster who could punt farther than some guy that can’t even feel his leg.

"I want my unwarranted optimism back." -Dilbert

by Simmsinns on Sep 14, 2011 8:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Hmm, if a player is paid for the season if he plays in the first game, could it be that McGee didn’t tell anyone he was injured until he was “officially” in the game?

by Kaner on Sep 14, 2011 1:51 AM EDT reply actions