53 Man Roster Projections

Flugel

@texasag1969 said:

And there it is in a nutshell. Worst vision I have ever seen in any pro back. That makes him useless.

Aggies, it's the most underrated intangible in football. Guys can be smart at the chalkboard but when they get on the field needing to apply it at the SPEED of the game - their LACK of vision makes them look stupid. That's why when we bring up pre-snap intellect, it facilitates good vision in tandem with a quick processer. If you can't throw to a receiver in synch with when he's breaking open - you're too late to be accurate. Those QB football sins that college football doesn't often punish...

As for Ford, the guy who likes/liked him is Stefanski while anyone that can average 5.4 yard per carry isn't doing it all by accident no matter how popular that theory is. Nick Chubb averaged 3.3 yards per carry the same season (last year) with the same teammates; so it wasn't all exclusively because of Ford's weaknesses. All that said, when you draft 2 RBs in 1 draft - that wasn't done by accident either. There was a bigger chorus with a higher volume in Stefanski's ear. And now 1 of them is waiting on Roger Goodell's pardon. Since it's the Browns, you know that ain't getting prioritized any time soon.

tiamat63

Just saw that Mikey Hall passed his physical. With Adin making the team, wasn't long before Sam Kamara had his contract terminated shortly after.

That's a bad beat, he was playing really well throughout pre-season. But I get it - you'd be stocking the Dline with three 4 techniques between Graham, Adidas, Kamara and Hall possibly returning.

Hoping he clears to our practice squad. God forbid we see injuries, he provides immediate quality depth if elevated to the roster.

Canton Dawg

The Browns claimed Raheim Sanders off waivers from the Chargers. Sanders is a guy we really liked during the pre-draft process.

College: South Carolina
Size: 6’0” 215 (23 yo)

In 2024, Sanders had 183 carries for 881 yards and 11 TDs.

In 2023 at Arkansas, Sanders dealt with knee and shoulder injuries. But in 2022, he went off with 222 carries for 1,443 yards and 10 TDs.

Also, the fact the Browns did not trade for a running back or claim a young veteran like Audric Estime tells me a Quinshon Judkins deal could be close.

Much easier to slide Sanders to your practice squad than it would be for a guy like Estime.

Just my opinion.

syd

Browns claim SEC RB while locking in nine camp fan favorites

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Orion

@syd said:

Browns claim SEC RB while locking in nine camp fan favorites

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Practice squad signings:

TE Sal Cannella
WR Kaden Davis
S Christopher Edmonds
DT Ralph Holley
CB LaMareon James
DT Sam Kamara
RB Ahmani Marshall
DE Julian Okwara
RB Trayveon Williams

Orion

@texasag1969 said:

And there it is in a nutshell. Worst vision I have ever seen in any pro back. That makes him useless.

Browns make two roster claims and announce nine practice squad signings

Sanders is an undrafted free agent rookie out of Arkansas and South Carolina from the Chargers. Los Angeles used a first-round pick on Omarion Hampton and signed Najee Harris, so making the 53-man roster was always going to be an uphill battle.

The rookie back was limited to just six games in 2023 with a knee injury, but he totaled 1,714 scrimmage yards with 12 touchdowns on Arkansas in 2022, and had another 1,197 scrimmage yards with 13 touchdowns on South Carolina this past year. Sanders is said to have strong vision and good size, but he's occasionally inconsistent with how powerful he runs. He adds needed power to this running back room without Quinshon Judkins, but isn't likely to see a significant role early on.

syd

TexasAg1969

In addition to Sanders the other picked up on waivers was CB Jarrick Bernard-Converse from the Jets.

PS- players including my fav RB Marshal and tia's DT Kamara.

Also WR Davis, TE Cannella, S Edmonds, DT Holly, CB James, DE Okwara and of course my Aggie RB Trayveon Williams

Waived were TE Bates and CB Dom Jones

Orion

I wish we'd have signed Huntley to the PS. Instead he signed onto the Ravens PS.

Reality

@orion said:

I wish we'd have signed Huntley to the PS. Instead he signed onto the Ravens PS.

Huntley/Zappe on practice squad is not really much of a difference

Orion

@reality said:

Huntley/Zappe on practice squad is not really much of a difference

True, except Huntley was privy to our playbook for this season. And now he's on the Rats.

Flugel

@orion said:

Practice squad signings:

TE Sal Cannella

WR Kaden Davis

S Christopher Edmonds

DT Ralph Holley

CB LaMareon James

DT Sam Kamara

RB Ahmani Marshall

DE Julian Okwara

RB Trayveon Williams

I think most of us saw some good things from these guy so I'm glad to see the Browns brought them back.

Flugel

@orion said:

True, except Huntley was privy to our playbook for this season. And now he's on the Rats.

Another way to look at it is Huntley was only here for about 2-3 weeks knowing the Browns weren't going to keep him anyway. I doubt he's leaving here thinking he has to stick it to the Browns. If anything, it helped remind the Ravens why they liked him as a back up for LJ.

FWIW, the Browns also had Huntley in training camp last year until final cuts in August.

syd

@flugel said:

Another way to look at it is Huntley was only here for about 2-3 weeks knowing the Browns weren't going to keep him anyway. I doubt he's leaving here thinking he has to stick it to the Browns. If anything, it helped remind the Ravens why they liked him as a back up for LJ.

FWIW, the Browns also had Huntley in training camp last year until final cuts in August.

then why not just keep him instead of bringing in zappe ?

Dutch Oven

@syd said:

then why not just keep him instead of bringing in zappe ?

They think Zappe is a better fit?

syd

@dutch-oven said:

They think Zappe is a better fit?

could be in dunno, wonder why snoop was even here ? was bailey with another team before we signed him ?

Flugel

@syd said:

then why not just keep him instead of bringing in zappe ?

I walked right into that one Syd! I guess it's because we're getting good at paying Huntley money to attend training camp only to give him back to the Rats for the start of the regular season 2 years in a row.

While we're at it, why trade a 5th round pick for Kenny Pickett only to trade him away for a 5th round pick before the season even starts? That's a lot of work to maintain a 5th round pick.

syd

@flugel said:

I walked right into that one Syd! I guess it's because we're getting good at paying Huntley money to attend training camp only to give him back to the Rats for the start of the regular season 2 years in a row.

While we're at it, why trade a 5th round pick for Kenny Pickett only to trade him away for a 5th round pick before the season even starts? That's a lot of work to maintain a 5th round pick.

Bonkers aint it

Reality

@orion said:

True, except Huntley was privy to our playbook for this season. And now he's on the Rats.

Meh...it really doesn't mean much

Orion

“We’ve signed WR Luke Floriea to the practice squad and released DE K.J. Henry from the practice squad,” the Browns announced.

...many here liked him during TC. Was a shame he pulled his hammy while making a one hand catch for Sheduer in preseason.