Cleveland Browns Strategy and Personnel
by Sports Xchange
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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