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March 2009
Another journeyman hops aboard
Noah Herron, a running back, is the latest middle-of-the-barrel free agent to land with the orange helmets. And, surprisingly enough, he’s never been with the Jets.
The particulars from a team release:
“The 26-year-old Herron was originally a seventh-round draft choice of Pittsburgh in 2005. Since that time he has played with Pittsburgh (2005), Green Bay (2005-07) and Tampa Bay (2008).
“In 23 career games, the 5-11, 225-pounder has rushed for 273 yards and three touchdowns on 85 carries and caught 29 passes for 211 yards and a pair of scores. He had his best season in 2006 when he played in all 16 games with the Packers and rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown on 37 attempts, and tallied 29 receptions for 211 yards and two touchdowns.
“Herron spent all of 2007 on Green Bay’s injured reserve list with a knee injury and was inactive for all four games that he spent on the Buccaneers’ 53-man roster last year.”
Herron attended Northwestern, as did Jason Wright, the running back he is essentially replacing. Wright recently signed with the Arizona Cardinals.
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What to do with Brady Quinn
To dump Brady Quinn or not dump him? Such is the question on this fine day-after-St. Patrick’s Day.
News flash: The Cleveland Browns would sever ties with the golden (dome) boy in a heartbeat if it meant recovering a high draft pick or two, even if it meant going with Derek Anderson at quarterback next season (although that obviously would carry some risk).
As we’ve seen with the trading of Kellen Winslow and the release of Joe Jurevicius, the new regime is cold and calculating, which isn’t altogether a bad thing, I would imagine, when trying to resurrect a moribund NFL franchise whose owner, on a good day, often appears dismissive and uninterested.
What will not be taken into account, I can assure you, is what the fans think. And that’s the way it should be, because that’s the way it is in Pittsburgh, New England and anywhere else where there has been a history of success.
Let me say up front that I’m no fan of the way Randy Lerner has put his latest front office together. Strong-willed head coach bringing along personnel lackey. Hmmm, where have we seen this before? Oh, that’s right. It was two coaches ago. Then again, maybe Butch Davis wasn’t so bad. He’s the last coach to take the Browns to the playoffs, don’t forget.
However, Eric Mangini (strong-willed head coach) and George Kokinis (personnel lackey) — the duo is widely being referred to as ManKok — do possess the advantage of having the perspective of outsiders, even if they are coming across as bumbling fools in terms of public relations (and private relations, too, judging by the Shaun Rogers mess).
And these people did not draft Quinn, let’s remember. They may, in fact, be in the camp that says this guy slid down the first round of last year’s draft because he’s not all that Charlie Weis has touted him to be.
Now, would they go so far as to shove Anderson down the fans’ throats in the wake of a Quinn trade? That’s a little on the brazen side, even for these people. You would just be asking for a revolt, because that’s what you would get after one or two bad games and/or losses. Fans would be patient with Quinn to a certain extent. They won’t extend the same courtesy to D.A.
The obvious solution is to trade for Denver quarterback Jay Cutler, which is easier said than done, of course. But the clock is ticking, and until the Browns find a quarterback, they have no hope of winning no matter who the coach is.
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Look, they signed someone!
Tight end Robert Royal agreed to contract terms as the team plunged into the free-agent market after missing out on all the better players.
Royal essentially replaces Kellen Winslow, who was traded to Tampa Bay for some draft choices recently.
“We are excited to add Robert to our team,” GM George Kokinis said in a statement released by the team. “He has been a consistent professional and effective blocker throughout his NFL career and we feel that he will complement our tight ends group very well.”
Tight ends on the roster now include Royal, Steve Heiden, Darnell Dinkins and Martin Rucker.
Relevant Royal information from the press release:
In his seven-year NFL career, he has started 65 of 82 career games for the Redskins (2002-2005) and Bills (2006-08) and has established career highs in receptions and reception yards in each of the last four seasons.
In 2008, he caught 33 passes for 351 yards and 1 touchdown in 15 games, including seven starts. In 2007 he caught 25 passes for 248 yards and 3 scores, and in 2006, he caught 23 passes for 233 yards and 1 touchdown.
Royal caught 18 passes for 131 yards and 1 touchdown in 2005, his last season with the Redskins before signing with the Bills in March 2006.
Royal entered the league as a fifth-round draft choice of the Redskins in 2002 out of LSU, where he was first-team All-SEC and a team captain as a senior and started 24 of 42 career games.
He spent his rookie season on the injured-reserve list then caught 5 passes for 48 yards in six games in 2003. Half of the 8 passes he caught in 2004 went for touchdowns, including one in each of the last three games of the season. He matched that streak of three consecutive games with a touchdown catch in 2006 with Buffalo, becoming the first Bills tight end to record that feat since 1963.
