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Fujita, Pashos: Two solid signings
The orange helmets jumped into the free-agent market on Sunday and came out with Scott Fujita, an inside linebacker they desperately needed, and Tony Pashos, the offensive right tackle they have been looking for since Ryan Tucker’s gradual erosion began a couple of years back.
Pashos, 29, has played for Baltimore, Jacksonville and most recently San Francisco. The deal is three years, $10.3 million, ESPN reported.
Fujita, 30, just won a Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints. He’s also been with the Chiefs and Cowboys. This guy’s a stud on the field and apparently a prince off it. He recently donated half of his $82,000 playoff earnings to charities in Louisiana.
Then again, Fujita can afford it because his new deal is for three years and $14 million, with $8 million guaranteed, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported.
“We are extremely happy that we were able to get Scott and Tony signed so quickly,” General Manager Tom Heckert said in a release. “They are two players we had targeted from the start of free agency. Both are smart, tough and physical — the type of players that the Browns are looking for.”
The plan for Fujita?
“Scott possesses tremendous size (6-5, 250) for a linebacker, and this will allow him to play inside or outside in our 3-4 defense,” Heckert said. “He has been a starter throughout his career, has been exposed to several different defensive schemes and has been successful in all of them.
“He is a great leader and played a big part in the success that the Saints achieved last year.”
Pashos, 6-6 and 325 pounds, missed the last 10 games last season with a broken left shoulder blade, but that obviously did not dissuade the Browns, who, with the exception of some good work by Tucker, have generally been in the market for a right tackle since Orlando “Zeus” Brown got hit in the eye with a penalty flag in 1999.
Wise signings indeed, it would appear.
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By professor
March 9, 2010 5:30 PM | Link to this
But do you really think that this will make a significant difference this year given last?