Kruger Cut By Browns in roster trimdown

Alkid3

Terminated the contracts of:

QB Austin Davis

DL Nick Hayden

LB Paul Kruger

Waived:

DB Sean Baker

TE E.J. Bibbs

WR Josh Boyce

K Travis Coons

WR Ed Eagan

FB Robert Hughes

TE David Reeves

OL Cory Tucker

Placed on injured reserve:

DL Nike Lawrence-Stample (shoulder

Unsympathetic

Our long national nightmare is finally over.

Somewhere, Mud is happy

LogicIsForSquares

Glad that is over with.

miktoxic

Krueger was one of the worse FA signings in brown's history.

Didn't see bibbs or coons getting cut.

Damn, that just sounds bad. Like watchin a local affiliate's bad southern BBQ ad.

"Come down to shortys and get some ribs you coons make sure u got bibbs!"

Westside Steve

"Hey Mike, how's things in Cincinnati? This is Jimmy. Thanks for that tip on paying the league minimum of the salary cap!"

WSS

Browns1216

No big surprises here. Kind of relieved to see Kruger and Coons go. Kruger was just taking up space and I've never seen a season with so many missed extra points and blocked field goal attempts, it made me really miss Automatic Phil.

Osiris

Not surprised by Coons. He missed kicks in the preseason competition, Murray didn't. No-brainer really.

darren15

Someone is not happy

ESPN Cleveland ‏@ESPNCleveland 49s50 seconds ago

Grossi: No one can tell me that Paul Kruger isn't one of the best 53 players on the #Browns roster.

calfoxwc

if they didn't cut him, he would complain. he's just a contrarian sports bitcher.

jrb12711 · Aug 29, 2016 58 29View on X

@darren15 said:

Someone is not happy

ESPN Cleveland ‏@ESPNCleveland 49s50 seconds ago

Grossi: No one can tell me that Paul Kruger isn't one of the best 53 players on the #Browns roster.

Anyone who has watched Paul Kruger play football the past year and change and thinks he's still good doesn't have ANY of my respect. The guy isn't cutting the mustard and hasn't for a long time. I'd much rather go with a young guy who may prove something that see Kruger never get to the QB and make less than 30 tackles.

I think Coons is a good kicker but we'll see what we got I suppose. There probably was something to those 4 blocks last year being partly his fault but not enough to warrant losing his job. I haven't been following that battle closely though so maybe someone can shed light on why Coons didn't get the job back.

The Gipper · Aug 29, 2016 58 29View on X

@darren15 said:

Someone is not happy

ESPN Cleveland ‏@ESPNCleveland 49s50 seconds ago

Grossi: No one can tell me that Paul Kruger isn't one of the best 53 players on the #Browns roster.

Well here is the deal:

A. Kruger really wasn't playing very well at all (though who on this team is)

B. He is from the "old regime".

C. This team is on a youth movement...needless to say...and it is plausible that the young guys can be just as productive (or non productive) as he has been.

E. He saves the Browns like 6.5 million bucks.

calfoxwc

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Browns-kicker-competition-heating-up-as-decision-draws-closer/d80b7aa6-2c2a-4210-a4af-3621172d1c11

They are close. Murray has the stronger leg - has hit a 55 yard FG in the past. Coons is 6'1"...

and Murray is 5'8". That's interesting.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

But he was being misused

jiggins7919

Kruger looked REALLY slow to me, and I'm not sure what good he was doing on our roster. Problem is, who do we have that is better? We obviously have plenty of financial cap room, and Kruger isn't a malcontent, so I guess we were just ready to move on. Kruger's contract was bloated and he definitely wasn't playing up to his salary. I don't mind the room, I just wish we had a talented player to replace the guy.

Mud...are you out there? Happy days, no? LOL.

The Gipper

@jiggins7919 said:

Kruger looked REALLY slow to me, and I'm not sure what good he was doing on our roster. Problem is, who do we have that is better? We obviously have plenty of financial cap room, and Kruger isn't a malcontent, so I guess we were just ready to move on. Kruger's contract was bloated and he definitely wasn't playing up to his salary. I don't mind the room, I just wish we had a talented player to replace the guy.

Mud...are you out there? Happy days, no? LOL.

See the new depth chart. The team is willing to go with Ogbah, Orchard, Schobert, etc. now over Kruger.

D Bone

@miktoxic said:

Damn, that just sounds bad. Like watchin a local affiliate's bad southern BBQ ad.

"Come down to shortys and get some ribs you coons make sure u got bibbs!"

Dude, warn a guy when he's drinking coffee with his laptop in his lap.

Tour2ma

Mud's still out painting the woods... or something...

@alkid3 said:
Terminated the contracts of: QB Austin Davis; DL Nick Hayden; LB Paul Kruger

Waived: DB Sean Baker; TE E.J. Bibbs; WR Josh Boyce; K Travis Coons; WR Ed Eagan; FB Robert Hughes; TE David Reeves; OL Cory Tucker

Placed on injured reserve: DL Nike Lawrence-Stample (shoulder)

A little surprised at Hayden... thought he had some good moments.
Tucker is only a surprise in that I did not think he'd be the first OL to go.
Hughes going means its Malcolm in the Middle V2.0.
Davis gone means no deal for McC.

@the-gipper said:

Well here is the deal:
C. This team is on a youth movement...needless to say...and it is plausible that the young guys can be just as productive (or non productive) as he has been.
E. He saves the Browns like 6.5 million bucks.

Is "D" a secret?

C. Spot on... someone is getting OJT...

E. $7mm per OTC, but more surprising was only got $2.4mm in walking money... thought it was more than that.

Wonder if Krugs ends up in BLT? or NE?

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:
But he was being misused

lol...

Clevfan4life

In his defense he was misused from the beginning. We immediately started tinkering with what he did well in Blt. Dude dhould never have been allowed to get under 275-280 lbs. That was the weight where he was a load for o lineman to handle. When he got down under 270 his lack of a top end skillset got exposed badly.

Honestly i think nassib already has a better toolbag than kruger has. He just needs to get stronger. He does that we have a draft steal on our roster

Clevfan4life

Im not comfortable with ogbah as our primary "elephant" olb'er per hortons scheme. Schobert and orchard arent going to hold up agsinst strong run teams so i hope horton gives nassib some time out there as he gets stronger and quicker

The Gipper

@tour2ma said:

Is "D" a secret?

C. Spot on... someone is getting OJT...

E. $7mm per OTC, but more surprising was only got $2.4mm in walking money... thought it was more than that.

lol...

Yea.....that is for your fill in the blank entry. Either that or I need to sing my alphabet better.