Cleveland Browns Strategy and Personnel

by Sports Xchange


Updated: May 16, 2008, 1:36 AM EST

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FRANCHISE PLAYER: None.

TRANSITION PLAYER: None.

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

--LB Keith Adams is unlikely to be brought back.

--WR Tim Carter will not be re-signed after the Browns signed Donte Stallworth in free agency. Carter is a track guy trying to play football.

--OT Nat Dorsey is slow, but he can back up left or right tackle. With Ryan Tucker moving to guard, Dorsey could be re-signed at the right price.

--DE Bobby Hamilton could be back because Romeo Crennel is a Hamilton fan and there might be room with Orpheus Roye and Simon Fraser out of the picture.

--NT Ethan Kelley probably won't be pursued. He is coming off microfracture surgery and the Browns added Corey Williams and Shaun Rogers.

--NT Ted Washington will not be re-signed. He was slow and unproductive before being placed on injured reserve on Oct. 31.

RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

--CB Daven Holly (tendered at $1.47M with 2nd-round pick as compensation) is smart and has a nose for the ball. With Leigh Bodden traded to the Lions, Holly will compete with Brandon McDonald for a starting job.

EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENTS: None.

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

--G Rex Hadnot: UFA Dolphins; $7M/2 yrs, $3.5M guaranteed.

--LB Shantee Orr: UFA Jaguars; 1 yr, terms unknown.

--DT Shaun Rogers (trade Lions).

--WR Donte Stallworth: UFA Patriots; $35M/7 yrs, $10M guaranteed.

--DT Corey Williams: Franchise FA Packers re-signed and traded to Browns; $38M/6 yrs, $16.5M guaranteed.

PLAYERS RE-SIGNED

--RB Charles Ali: ERFA; terms unknown.

--QB Derek Anderson: RFA; $24M/3 yrs, $7M SB/$5M RB '09.

--CB Gary Baxter: UFA Browns; $720,000/1 yr, SB unknown.

--OL Lennie Friedman: UFA; 1 yrs, terms unknown.

--RB Jamal Lewis: Potential UFA; $17M/3 yrs, $6M guaranteed.

--C/G Seth McKinney: UFA; 1 yr, terms unknown.

--S Nick Sorensen: UFA; $2.5M/3 yrs, SB unknown.

--LB Kris Griffin: RFA; $927,000/1 yr.

PLAYERS LOST

--CB Leigh Bodden (traded Lions).

--CB Ricardo Colclough: UFA Panthers; $4M/2 yrs, SB unknown.

--DE Simon Fraser: Not tendered as RFA/Falcons; terms unknown.

--DE Orpheus Roye (released).

--LB Matt Stewart: UFA Cardinals; 1 yr, terms unknown.

--LB Chaun Thompson: UFA Texans; $2.4M/2 yrs, $650,000 SB.

--CB Kenny Wright (released).

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