Few surprises were expected before the Browns made their final cuts. And few were presented.
But there were two, and they both centered on the secondary. CB Johnson Bademosi and S Tashaun Gipson made the cut. Three of the Browns' 15 rookies are in the secondary, with impressive CB Trevin Wade also sticking. Both coach Pat Shurmur and GM Tom Heckert were blunt in stating that Bademosi made the team because of his special-teams skills. The special teams have been brutal in recent weeks.
One minor surprise was that OT Oniel Cousins is still around. Coach Pat Shurmur must not have been impressed with the young competition because Cousins missed much of the preseason with injuries and played terribly when given the opportunity. The Browns did bring back several young linemen on their practice squad.
QB (3) -- Brandon Weeden (rookie, 1st round, Oklahoma State), Colt McCoy (3rd year, 3rd round, Texas), Thaddeus Lewis (3rd year, Duke).
RB (5) -- Trent Richardson (rookie, 1st round, Alabama), Montario Hardesty (3rd year, 2nd round, Tennesee), Brandon Jackson (6th year, Nebraska), Chris Ogbonnaya (3rd year, Texas), Owen Marecic (2nd year, 4th round, Stanford).
WR (6) -- Greg Little (2nd year, 2nd round, North Carolina), Mohamed Massaquoi (3rd year, 2nd round, Georgia), Josh Gordon (rookie, supplemental pick, Baylor), Travis Benjamin (rookie, 4th round, Miami), Josh Cribbs (8th year, Kent State), Jordan Norwood (2nd year, Penn State).
TE (3) -- Benjamin Watson (9th year, Georgia), Jordan Cameron (2nd year, 4th round, USC), Alex Smith (8th year, Stanford).
OL (8) -- Joe Thomas (6th year, 1st round, Wisconsin), Jason Pinkston (2nd year, 5th round, Pittsburgh), Alex Mack (4th year, 1st round, California), Shawn Lauvao (3rd year, 3rd round, Arizona State), Mitchell Schwartz (rookie, 2nd round, California), John Greco (5th year, Toledo), Ryan Miller (rookie, 5th round, Colorado), Oniel Cousins (5th year, UTEP).
DL (8) -- Jabaal Sheard (2nd year, 2nd round, Pittsburgh), Ahtyba Rubin (5th year, 6th round, Iowa State), Billy Winn (rookie, 6th round, Boise State), Frostee Rucker (7th year, USC), John Hughes (rookie, 3rd round, Cincinnati), Juqua Parker (12th year, Oklahoma State), Emmanuel Stephens (2nd year, Mississippi), Ishmaa’ily Kitchen (rookie, Kent State).
LB (6) -- D’Qwell Jackson (7th year, 2nd round, Maryland), Kaluka Maiava (4th year, 4th round, USC), James-Michael Johnson (rookie, 4th round, Nevada), Craig Robertson (2nd year, North Texas), L.J. Fort (rookie, Northern Iowa), Tank Carder (rookie, TCU).
DB (11) -- Joe Haden (3rd year, 1st round, Florida), Sheldon Brown (11th year, South Carolina), T.J Ward (3rd year, 2nd round, Oregon), Eric Hagg (2nd year, 7th round, Nebraska), Dimitri Patterson (6th year, Tuskegee), Usama Young (6th year, Kent State), Buster Skrine (2nd year, Tennessee-Chattanooga), Trevin Wade (rookie, 7th round, Arizona), Ray Ventrone (7th year, Villanova), Johnson Bademsoi (rookie, Stanford), Tashaun Gipson (rookie, Wyoming).
Specialists (3) -- Phil Dawson (14th year, Texas), Reggie Hodges (6th year, Ball State), Christian Young (2nd year, UCLA).
PUP: Phil Taylor (Pectoral).
IR: Emmanuel Acho (undisclosed), Marcus Benard (elbow), Auston English (undisclosed), Chris Gocong (Achilles), Antwuan Reed (leg), Eddie Williams (undisclosed).
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