Browns Final Roster

[Hunt Daddy]

Hagg will be a starter at safety.

[Tim Couch Pulls Out]

@magico234 said:

Don't know if there has been a topic like this before, but this is a topic for listing out who YOU think should be on The roster. For corner back and other positions, I listed strings such as Joe Haden Being Paired with Dimitri Patterson and such.

OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK

1. Brandon Weeden (BW3!)

2. Colt Mccoy

3. Seneca Wallace/Thad Lewis

RUNNINGBACK

1. Trent Richardson (of course)

2. Brandon Jackson

3. Chris Ogbonnya/ Montario Hardesty

WIDE-RECIEVER

1. Greg Little

2. Josh Cribbs

3. Jordan Norwood

4. Josh Cooper/Travis Benjamin

5. Josh Cooper/Travis Benjamin

6. MoMass/Carlton Mitchell

TIGHT END

1. Evan Moore

2. Ben Watson

3. Jordan Cameron

4. Alex Smith

O-LINE

LT-Joe Thomas

LG-Jason Pinkston

C-Alex Mack

RG-Ryan Miller/Shaun Luavo

RT-Mitchell Schwartz

Fullback

1. Owen Marcieic(Until he dosen't deliver)

2. Brad Smelley

DEFENSE

CORNERBACK

1. Joe Haden/Dimitri Patterson

2. Trevin Wade/Buster Skrine/Sheldon Brown (Possible move to safety)

LINEBACKERS

MLB-D'qwell Jackson

ROLB-Scott Fujita/Emmanuel Ocho(I believe Ocho will earn the permanent starting spot while Fujita serves his suspension)

LOLB-Chris Gocong/Kaluka Maiva

SAFETY

1. SS T.J. Ward/FS Eric Hagg

2. Sheldon Brown/ Usama Young

D-LINE

DE

1.Jaball Sheard/ Frostee Rucker

2.Marcus Bernard/ Juqua Parker/Billy Winn/ Emmanuel Stephens

DT

1.Athyba Rubin/ John Hughes (Would be Phil Taylor)

2.Scott Paxson/ Brian Schaffering

PLAYERS OF NOTE NO LONGER ON TEAM

Montario Hardesty-Too injury Prone, too underperforming.

MoMass-Too inconsistent and unreliable

Seneca Wallace-Too big of a contract for third string

If I made any mistakes in Names, or you don't agree with my roster, please reply below.

Hardesty will be the main backup to Richardson with Jackson coming in as a "third down back", which I believe is an asinine term.

I believe Smelley will be the opening day starter at FB.

The WR corps will be:

1- Greg Little

2- Mohamed Massaquoi

3- Cribbs/Norwood

4- Travis Benjamin/Carlton Mitchell

5- Josh Cooper/ Carlton Mitchell

Shurmur has said recently he really likes Norwood in the slot, and I believe that is primarily where he'll play alongside Cribbs. MoMass so far has impressed at OTA's/minicamp and I believe if he can get this concussion thing in the pst he could be a solid #2. Cooper is the wild card, because of his history with Weeden. He could skyrocket up the depth chart, but I doubt it.

James Michael-Johnson will start opening day for Fujita if fujita is suspended. He's had a good rookie camp and is impressing coaches. He's versatile, having played at Sam, Mike and Will so he could be a good utility guy as well.

I pretty much agree with everything else except Winn will be ahead of Paxson on the depth chart and Skrine will be the primary nickelback,

@kerrigan91 said:

Why do you only have six offensive linemen?

Because we only have six offensive linemen worth mentioning. We are probably the most shallow at OL in the league.

[Represent]

@magico234 said:

Don't know if there has been a topic like this before, but this is a topic for listing out who YOU think should be on The roster. For corner back and other positions, I listed strings such as Joe Haden Being Paired with Dimitri Patterson and such.

OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK

1. Brandon Weeden (BW3!)

2. Colt Mccoy

3. Seneca Wallace/Thad Lewis

RUNNINGBACK

1. Trent Richardson (of course)

2. Brandon Jackson

3. Chris Ogbonnya/ Montario Hardesty

WIDE-RECIEVER

1. Greg Little

2. Josh Cribbs

3. Jordan Norwood

4. Josh Cooper/Travis Benjamin

5. Josh Cooper/Travis Benjamin

6. MoMass/Carlton Mitchell

TIGHT END

1. Evan Moore

2. Ben Watson

3. Jordan Cameron

4. Alex Smith

O-LINE

LT-Joe Thomas

LG-Jason Pinkston

C-Alex Mack

RG-Ryan Miller/Shaun Luavo

RT-Mitchell Schwartz

Fullback

1. Owen Marcieic(Until he dosen't deliver)

2. Brad Smelley

DEFENSE

CORNERBACK

1. Joe Haden/Dimitri Patterson

2. Trevin Wade/Buster Skrine/Sheldon Brown (Possible move to safety)

LINEBACKERS

MLB-D'qwell Jackson

ROLB-Scott Fujita/Emmanuel Ocho(I believe Ocho will earn the permanent starting spot while Fujita serves his suspension)

LOLB-Chris Gocong/Kaluka Maiva

SAFETY

1. SS T.J. Ward/FS Eric Hagg

2. Sheldon Brown/ Usama Young

D-LINE

DE

1.Jaball Sheard/ Frostee Rucker

2.Marcus Bernard/ Juqua Parker/Billy Winn/ Emmanuel Stephens

DT

1.Athyba Rubin/ John Hughes (Would be Phil Taylor)

2.Scott Paxson/ Brian Schaffering

PLAYERS OF NOTE NO LONGER ON TEAM

Montario Hardesty-Too injury Prone, too underperforming.

MoMass-Too inconsistent and unreliable

Seneca Wallace-Too big of a contract for third string

If I made any mistakes in Names, or you don't agree with my roster, please reply below.

QB Check

RB Check

WR Little, Momass, Cribbs

TE Check (I am a big supporter of Evan Moore) Dude played 5-10 plays or less and made plays Pat Shurmur underutilized him like a motherfucker last year hopefully Pats ego has sheltered itself.

OL Check

CB Sheldon is gonna start alongside Haden there is no question.

S/FS Ward and Young are gonna start, Young Def earned his fulltime role last year imo

DE Check

DT Rubin and Hughes are gonna start and rotate the others in.

[Harry Buffalo]

@represent said:

QB Check

RB Check

WR Little, Momass, Cribbs

TE Check (I am a big supporter of Evan Moore) Dude played 5-10 plays or less and made plays Pat Shurmur underutilized him like a motherfucker last year hopefully Pats ego has sheltered itself.

OL Check

CB Sheldon is gonna start alongside Haden there is no question.

S/FS Ward and Young are gonna start, Young Def earned his fulltime role last year imo

DE Check

DT Rubin and Hughes are gonna start and rotate the others in.

Patterson could very well be starting ahead of Brown and Hagg looks like he is going to be the starting FS.

[ballpeen]

Because we only have six offensive linemen worth mentioning. We are probably the most shallow at OL in the league

Maybe so, but we will keep 8 or 9 on the roster.

[thenew23]

Too early to tell for sure, but here's my 53 right now.

QB – Weeden / McCoy / Wallace

RB – Richardson / Jackson / Hardesty

FB – Smelley

WR 1 – Little / Cribbs / Norwood

WR 2 – Massaquoi / Benjamin / Cooper

TE – Watson / Moore / Smith / Cameron

LT – Thomas

LG – Pinkston / Alford

C – Mack / Greco

RG – Lauvao / Miller

RT – Schwartz / Cousins

RDE – Rucker / Benard

RDT – Rubin / Hughes

LDT – Taylor / Witt (Paxson)

LDE – Sheard / Parker

WLB – Gocong / Acho

MLB – Jackson / Maiava

SLB – Fujita / Johnson (Robertson)

CB 1 – Haden / Skrine / Dockery

CB 2 – Patterson / Brown / Wade

FS – Hagg / Young

SS – Ward / Ventrone

K – Dawson

P – Hodges

LS - Yount

[cribbs is the man]

@magico234 said:

Don't know if there has been a topic like this before, but this is a topic for listing out who YOU think should be on The roster. For corner back and other positions, I listed strings such as Joe Haden Being Paired with Dimitri Patterson and such.

OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK

1. Brandon Weeden (BW3!)

2. Colt Mccoy

3. Seneca Wallace/Thad Lewis

RUNNINGBACK

1. Trent Richardson (of course)

2. Brandon Jackson

3. Chris Ogbonnya/ Montario Hardesty

WIDE-RECIEVER

1. Greg Little

2. Josh Cribbs

3. Jordan Norwood

4. Josh Cooper/Travis Benjamin

5. Josh Cooper/Travis Benjamin

6. MoMass/Carlton Mitchell

TIGHT END

1. Evan Moore

2. Ben Watson

3. Jordan Cameron

4. Alex Smith

O-LINE

LT-Joe Thomas

LG-Jason Pinkston

C-Alex Mack

RG-Ryan Miller/Shaun Luavo

RT-Mitchell Schwartz

Fullback

1. Owen Marcieic(Until he dosen't deliver)

2. Brad Smelley

DEFENSE

CORNERBACK

1. Joe Haden/Dimitri Patterson

2. Trevin Wade/Buster Skrine/Sheldon Brown (Possible move to safety)

LINEBACKERS

MLB-D'qwell Jackson

ROLB-Scott Fujita/Emmanuel Ocho(I believe Ocho will earn the permanent starting spot while Fujita serves his suspension)

LOLB-Chris Gocong/Kaluka Maiva

SAFETY

1. SS T.J. Ward/FS Eric Hagg

2. Sheldon Brown/ Usama Young

D-LINE

DE

1.Jaball Sheard/ Frostee Rucker

2.Marcus Bernard/ Juqua Parker/Billy Winn/ Emmanuel Stephens

DT

1.Athyba Rubin/ John Hughes (Would be Phil Taylor)

2.Scott Paxson/ Brian Schaffering

PLAYERS OF NOTE NO LONGER ON TEAM

Montario Hardesty-Too injury Prone, too underperforming.

MoMass-Too inconsistent and unreliable

Seneca Wallace-Too big of a contract for third string

If I made any mistakes in Names, or you don't agree with my roster, please reply below.

Id bet BIG money that both MoMass and Hardesty are on our team this year. We have too much invested in them to discard them after 1 year in the system with no offseason and injuries. They both have at least one more year. Mitchell on the other hand...

[Canton Mike]

@cribbs-is-the-man said:

Id bet BIG money that both MoMass and Hardesty are on our team this year. We have too much invested in them to discard them after 1 year in the system with no offseason and injuries. They both have at least one more year. Mitchell on the other hand...

I don't know. While it's far too early to predict who will & won't be here, here are my thoughts on the above...

Hardesty...He is of no value to us running as tentatively as he did last year. He also showed poorly as a receiver.

Mitchell...A project with huge upside set back with a bad finger injury last year. More potential & faster than MoMass, but has some new kids staring him down.

MoMass...Two years with 2 glaring weaknesses..1) Lousy YAC & 2) Poor at coming back for the ball plus past concussions may be an issue. So far, mediocre at best & we need better than that. I would rather take a chance on a kid kid with upside than continue with what we have had.

We'll see, but Mitchell just may be the best of these three. I think he deserves another year more than the other two.

Just my thoughts...I could well be wrong, but we'll see.

Mike

[Coltcussion]

@magico234 said:

Don't know if there has been a topic like this before, but this is a topic for listing out who YOU think should be on The roster. For corner back and other positions, I listed strings such as Joe Haden Being Paired with Dimitri Patterson and such.

OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK

1. Brandon Weeden (BW3!)

2. Colt Mccoy

3. Seneca Wallace/Thad Lewis

RUNNINGBACK

1. Trent Richardson (of course)

2. Brandon Jackson

3. Chris Ogbonnya/ Montario Hardesty

WIDE-RECIEVER

1. Greg Little

2. Josh Cribbs

3. Jordan Norwood

4. Josh Cooper/Travis Benjamin

5. Josh Cooper/Travis Benjamin

6. MoMass/Carlton Mitchell

TIGHT END

1. Evan Moore

2. Ben Watson

3. Jordan Cameron

4. Alex Smith

O-LINE

LT-Joe Thomas

LG-Jason Pinkston

C-Alex Mack

RG-Ryan Miller/Shaun Luavo

RT-Mitchell Schwartz

Fullback

1. Owen Marcieic(Until he dosen't deliver)

2. Brad Smelley

DEFENSE

CORNERBACK

1. Joe Haden/Dimitri Patterson

2. Trevin Wade/Buster Skrine/Sheldon Brown (Possible move to safety)

LINEBACKERS

MLB-D'qwell Jackson

ROLB-Scott Fujita/Emmanuel Ocho(I believe Ocho will earn the permanent starting spot while Fujita serves his suspension)

LOLB-Chris Gocong/Kaluka Maiva

SAFETY

1. SS T.J. Ward/FS Eric Hagg

2. Sheldon Brown/ Usama Young

D-LINE

DE

1.Jaball Sheard/ Frostee Rucker

2.Marcus Bernard/ Juqua Parker/Billy Winn/ Emmanuel Stephens

DT

1.Athyba Rubin/ John Hughes (Would be Phil Taylor)

2.Scott Paxson/ Brian Schaffering

PLAYERS OF NOTE NO LONGER ON TEAM

Montario Hardesty-Too injury Prone, too underperforming.

MoMass-Too inconsistent and unreliable

Seneca Wallace-Too big of a contract for third string

If I made any mistakes in Names, or you don't agree with my roster, please reply below.

Bw3. Such a good nickname

[Unsympathetic]

Little/MoMa/Norwood as starting WR

Cribbs/Mitchell/Benjamin as backups. Don't look now, but those 3 Browns are fast.

Not sure how many TE/FB they'll keep, but if all 6 stay, Cooper won't be on the 52.

OL-I guess we have to keep more than Luavua as a backup OL, but godalmighty.

FS - Who is this Hagg person?

QB - McCoy is a backup at a good price, cut Wallace.

[thenew23]

@canton-mike said:

I don't know. While it's far too early to predict who will & won't be here, here are my thoughts on the above...

Hardesty...He is of no value to us running as tentatively as he did last year. He also showed poorly as a receiver.

Mitchell...A project with huge upside set back with a bad finger injury last year. More potential & faster than MoMass, but has some new kids staring him down.

MoMass...Two years with 2 glaring weaknesses..1) Lousy YAC & 2) Poor at coming back for the ball plus past concussions may be an issue. So far, mediocre at best & we need better than that. I would rather take a chance on a kid kid with upside than continue with what we have had.

We'll see, but Mitchell just may be the best of these three. I think he deserves another year more than the other two.

Just my thoughts...I could well be wrong, but we'll see.

Mike

I don't mean to pick on you, but where is all this coming from about Mitchell??

He's played in what... 5 plays in 2 years... How can he be judged as better than anybody??

All I remember about him is when we drafted him Mel Kiper said it was a good pick. Haven't even seen the guy other than that. I understand he is big and fast, but if he was good, he'd play. right?

I hope he's everything I've heard he is by reading this board, but right now he's only a last option at WR - if he makes the team - b/c he's gotta show health, speed, hands, route running, ... everything this offseason in order to have a chance.

[thenew23]

@unsympathetic said:

Little/MoMa/Norwood as starting WR

Cribbs/Mitchell/Benjamin as backups. Don't look now, but those 3 Browns are fast.

Not sure how many TE/FB they'll keep, but if all 6 stay, Cooper won't be on the 52.

OL-I guess we have to keep more than Luavua as a backup OL, but godalmighty.

FS - Who is this Hagg person?

QB - McCoy is a backup at a good price, cut Wallace.

1st) now way we keep 4 TEs & 2 FBs on our 53. Marecic or Smelley will be cut. (period)

2nd) Hagg... played well last year when he was on the field. 7th round pick who did everything he was asked to do last year. Will probably start this year which is perfect b/c he would complement Ward very well. He's good in coverage, but a little too small to be a CB.

3rd) Why would we cut Wallace? We're not short on cap room, plus how many teams have to use their 3rd QB in the course of a season... answer: quite a few. We'll keep both.

[Canton Mike]

@thenew23 said:

I don't mean to pick on you, but where is all this coming from about Mitchell??

He's played in what... 5 plays in 2 years... How can he be judged as better than anybody??

All I remember about him is when we drafted him Mel Kiper said it was a good pick. Haven't even seen the guy other than that. I understand he is big and fast, but if he was good, he'd play. right?

I hope he's everything I've heard he is by reading this board, but right now he's only a last option at WR - if he makes the team - b/c he's gotta show health, speed, hands, route running, ... everything this offseason in order to have a chance.

I didn't judge Mitchell as better than anyone...I speculated that he MAY be the best of the three. While he was deemed very raw when drafted, his potential has always been said to be greater than MoMass'. MoMass has played for 2 years & shown darn little. He hasn't progressed at all, so why not see what Mitchell might do. He may fail, but how much worse than MoMass can he be? IMHO, too many Browns' Fans have grown to accept mediocrity (or less) as a "safe" choice.

Let's see what happens in Training Camp & pre-season. There's a reason they have kept Mitchell around. I'd like to see what that is.

Mike

[The Gipper]

@canton-mike said:

I didn't judge Mitchell as better than anyone...I speculated that he MAY be the best of the three. While he was deemed very raw when drafted, his potential has always been said to be greater than MoMass'. MoMass has played for 2 years & shown darn little. He hasn't progressed at all, so why not see what Mitchell might do. He may fail, but how much worse than MoMass can he be? IMHO, too many Browns' Fans have grown to accept mediocrity (or less) as a "safe" choice.

Let's see what happens in Training Camp & pre-season. There's a reason they have kept Mitchell around. I'd like to see what that is.

Mike

Mitchell has also been hurt for much of his time here, so perhaps the powers that be may want to see how he can do if he is ever healthy.

[Kerrigan91]

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:

Because we only have six offensive linemen worth mentioning. We are probably the most shallow at OL in the league.

But you're sure as shit not going into the season with only 6 OL.

[Harry Buffalo]

@thenew23 said:

1st) now way we keep 4 TEs & 2 FBs on our 53. Marecic or Smelley will be cut. (period)

2nd) Hagg... played well last year when he was on the field. 7th round pick who did everything he was asked to do last year. Will probably start this year which is perfect b/c he would complement Ward very well. He's good in coverage, but a little too small to be a CB.

3rd) Why would we cut Wallace? We're not short on cap room, plus how many teams have to use their 3rd QB in the course of a season... answer: quite a few. We'll keep both.

1: I see Smelley making the final roster over Alex Smith. Smith only works as a blocking TE, Smelly works as a versatile H Back who can play FB and a balanced TE spot. He is at least just as good at blocking and is much better at receiving. Seeing as how Marecic was injured a lot last year it would make sense to keep someone on the final roster who can play both TE and FB.

2: Hagg didn't do great but he did much better than what a 7th round pick should have done. I like what his coach in Nebraska said about him. He said he would be good in the NFL if he would just finally realize how naturally talented he is. Apparently Hagg doesn't think too highly of himself but has great ability. Means he is always working hard to make himself better. Oh and he isn't too undersized to play CB, if anything he is too big. 6'1 210 pounds.

3:You cut Wallace because he has no upside. His ability is degrading and he didn't have a lot to begin with. Basically what you get is a shorter QB who has mobility. We have that with McCoy and Lewis too who are much cheaper and have more upside as young guys.

[Tim Couch Pulls Out]

@kerrigan91 said:

But you're sure as shit not going into the season with only 6 OL.

Why mention the bottom of the barrel taxi squadders we throw in as the season progresses?

The six mentioned are the six we've invested time and money into.

If you've got six luxury cars and another 4 beat up POS's, you're not going to include the 4 POS's when someone asks what you're driving. You just say "...and these are my work cars".

[choco]

Mitchell still drops everything. He wont make the team at this rate. Braylon had great size and speed, but sucked because he can't catch.

[Kerrigan91]

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:

Why mention the bottom of the barrel taxi squadders we throw in as the season progresses?

The six mentioned are the six we've invested time and money into.

Because the thread is who makes the final roster, not who have the Browns invested time and money into.

I know this because the OP listed the entire depth chart for every other position except for OL. Unless you're trying to say the FO has invested more time and money into their 3rd string RB (Ogbonnaya) and 4th string DE (Emmanuel Stephens) and TE (Alex Smith) than on backup OL...

[Tim Couch Pulls Out]

@kerrigan91 said:

Because the thread is who makes the final roster, not who have the Browns invested time and money into.

I know this because the OP listed the entire depth chart for every other position except for OL. Unless you're trying to say the FO has invested more time and money into their 3rd string RB (Ogbonnaya) and 4th string DE (Emmanuel Stephens) and TE (Alex Smith) than on backup OL...

I am trying to say that the FO has invested more in Ogbannaya and Alex Smith than the OL, because it's true.

The backup OL had been a patchwork of cast offs and retreads and for the most part has been different every year. The lack of depth all over, OL included, had been a key problem for the past 6 years.

Honestly, the final roster behind the 6 already listed can't be named at this point, because some of them more than likely aren't on the roster yet to begin with.

John Greco? Oniel Cousins? Lou Groza?

Could be anyone on there. Makes no difference. You're nitpicking to nitpick about a team that you don't like or care about, so why bother?

Who's the backup longsnapper for the Skins?

And more importantly, who cares?