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@tim-couch-pulls-out said:

Pick up money, place directly in toilet.

@jcam222 said:

I've just randomly decided to put housler in a DFS Lineup

Pick up money, place directly in toilet.

@tour2ma said:

Something tells me they like Housler......(not sure why)....but it wouldnt surprise me to see them keep Housler over Dray(if they decide to go with 3 TE's, that is)......

Mike Pettine explains why Browns coveted Robert Turbin, moved on from Terrelle Pryor

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Mike-Pettine-explains-why-Browns-coveted-Robert-Turbin-moved-on-from-Terrelle-Pryor/19928b56-ae63-4fa9-9869-45959892639f

Pettine expects Turbin’s impact to be significant in a young Browns backfield when he returns to full strength. Running backs coach Wilbert Montgomery was a fan of Turbin’s when he was still a college player at Utah State, Pettine said.

“He’s downhill. When you watch him play he is physical. You talk about playing with an attitude, that’s the way he is,” Pettine said. “When you go down the list of attributes what we’re looking for in a running back, and then also just the bonus part of it is the person that we’re bringing to the room – nothing but positive opinions on how he is in the locker room, in the meeting room, on the practice field – it was just a move that we felt was best for us.”

With Turbin’s entrance, of course, came the exit of converted wide receiver Terrelle Pryor, whom the Browns originally kept on their 53-man roster “largely because of his potential,” Pettine said.

“We viewed that spot as the 53rd roster spot and there was a lot of debate over it,” Pettine said. “Terrelle certainly has the ability to make the transition to receiver. We were hopeful that we were going to be able to have that time to do it, but that, to me, is viewed as a luxury. Given where we were when we looked at our running back room, given our circumstances and having always been a Robert Turbin fan, just admiring how he plays and the mentality he takes to the field, that was an opportunity that we felt we couldn’t pass up.”

“Will Terrelle Pryor be successful in the NFL at wide out? There’s a pretty good chance of that,” Pettine said. “But just given the timing for us, it just wasn’t right.”

The whole "downhill" thing also addresses the West trade.

So Winn was 52... Housler can't be lower than 51... can he?

What I see is a team that featured 2 TE sets a year ago yet was fine with only three on it's roster. Now suddenly we need 4 plus a FB that is a converted TE? Not seeing it...

@tour2ma said:

Tour I agree with most of your post but??, I believe Pet and Flip got all they needed to see in Pryor at practice and brought it up in pressers they needed more. We did not see it but they did and moved on to Turpin with Farmer ok prior but do one or the other. Draughn should be 3rd RB Sunday. But at TE I hope your talking Housler and not Bibbs? We got to be planning a lot of double TE formations and Pet keeps repeating all 4 our different. What do you see?

Usually lots of movement and tweaks going into week 1 and #53 guy is usually the first to go.....

Disappointed he didnt get on the field during camp.....that hamstring hamstrung his opportunity.....

@wargograw said:

Well Turbin was cut Saturday and the suspension didn't start until Monday right? Don't be TOO impressed.

Jackson wasn't signed by SEA until Monday, 9/7, but was widely believed to be going there before that. So a "which RB is SEA likely to waive" scenario would have been reasonable.

Turbin got his injury settlement and was waived two days later on Wed., 9/9.

http://www.seahawks.com/team/transactions

@jrb12711 said:

He didn't show anything...

We did not get to see... Does not mean he did not show.

Could we afford the luxury of carrying a raw, developmental WR who has never played the position? Not compared to a third RB... I get that, but we still do not have a third RB.

But compared to a 4th TE who is also a developmental project and has played the position for years? That is what bothers me...

@hx214 said:

Turbin Stats

Almost 1000 yards in two years playing behind the best running back in the league, AND pulling down passes.

Three years... 2012 - 2014... but regardless, clearly the staff think they see something in the kid.

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:

Farmer shouldnt have thought anything.

Suspensions.

Burner phones.

Omar (Roger) comin'!

@logicisforsquares said:

Farmer shouldnt have thought anything.

Suspensions.

@tiamat63 said:

For me it boils down to why we cut a player that could see some meaningful snaps on Sunday, or a player that will not be ready to log snaps for several weeks.

Pet and Farmer thought that a currently injured Turbin was worth making room for as opposed to waiting and hoping he is available in a few weeks?

This is a positive move for the team. Duke and Crow can hold the fort until Turbin is ready to fly.

O-line could still use a hand, though.

@ibleedbrown said:

LOL...

Now this is drumming.... Mike Portnoy

Almost 1000 yards in two years playing behind the best running back in the league, AND pulling down passes. Looks like a great waiver pick up to me for a team that needs running backs even if he is on the shelf for a few weeks.

Here is an article about his combine numbers the year he was drafted. Strong guy.

http://news.hjnews.com/sports/turbin-shines-at-nfl-scouting-combine-in-indianapolis/article_96abba50-6326-11e1-8eab-001871e3ce6c.html

@jcam222 said:

As per usual your post is 99% bs 1% fact. Both the Pats and Cowboys put in waiver claims when the kitty cats released Pryor.

Maybe the Patriots and the Cowgirls would have thought he was good enough to make the 53 man cut. Maybe not.

WSS