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Mark Leonard

Failure to employ rookies hurting FA class?

While it may well be unfair to the incoming bunch of undrafted free agents signed yesterday by the Cleveland Browns, especially since I cannot claim to have seen most of them play, it is a group lacking in glamour names and reputations.

Could it be the coaching staff's reluctance to utilize its young and first-year players is coming back to bite it in the behind?

There surely seemed to be a bountiful crop of candidates who'd well-fit the Browns' depth chart, several of whom admitted to being long-time fans of the club, who instead signed elsewhere.

Just a brief thought.

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Ace Davis said:

Your premise seems to be that rookie free agents are shying away from the Browns due to a perceived lack of opportunity.

I don't buy it. Two undrafted free agents from 2005 (Cribbs and Fraser) made the team last year and played every game for which they were healthy. Two others (Parker and Rideau) are on the Browns' roster as we speak. They've all but anointed a second-year QB as their starter after he played enough as a rookie to pass for over 1,000 yards.

Who, besides Kudla The Obvious, are you thinking of?
May 2, 2006 10:39 PM

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