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By Tom Withers
Associated Press
POSTED: 08:42 a.m. EDT, Jul 29, 2009
CLEVELAND: The Cleveland Browns have placed wide receiver Braylon Edwards on the non-football injury list with an unspecified injury.
The team did not give any details in making the announcement about their top offensive playmaker on Tuesday. A message seeking comment was left with Browns spokesman Neal Gulkis.
Edwards is the only established receiver on the Browns roster, and he was mostly a spectator during the team's three-day camp in June because of an undisclosed injury. At the time, Edwards and first-year Browns coach Eric Mangini said it wasn't serious, and Mangini added that Edwards was expected to participate fully in the team's training camp, which begins Saturday.
Edwards had 55 receptions and three touchdowns last season, a dramatic drop from the 80 catches and 16 TDs he had as a Pro Bowler in 2007. The former No. 3 overall pick was plagued by dropped passes in 2008, and his season got off to a rocky start when he suffered a serious injury to his heel during training camp when he was stepped on while running post-practice sprints in his socks.
The Browns seem to be doing all they can to keep Edwards' injury under wraps. The team announced his status in a press release on the signing of second-round pick Mohamed Massaquoi. With Massaquoi, the 50th overall selection in the NFL draft in camp, the Browns only unsigned draft choice is wide receiver Brian Robiskie.
The team was hoping Edwards could serve as a mentor to Robiskie, who played at Ohio State and once served as a Browns ballboy. Robiskie and Massaquoi will compete for the No. 2 receiver job behind Edwards.
The team's depth at wide receiver has been thinned with the retirement of Joe Jurevicius due to injury and Donte Stallworth's indefinite suspension for DUI manslaughter.
CLEVELAND: The Cleveland Browns have placed wide receiver Braylon Edwards on the non-football injury list with an unspecified injury.
The team did not give any details in making the announcement about their top offensive playmaker on Tuesday. A message seeking comment was left with Browns spokesman Neal Gulkis.
Edwards is the only established receiver on the Browns roster, and he was mostly a spectator during the team's three-day camp in June because of an undisclosed injury. At the time, Edwards and first-year Browns coach Eric Mangini said it wasn't serious, and Mangini added that Edwards was expected to participate fully in the team's training camp, which begins Saturday.
Edwards had 55 receptions and three touchdowns last season, a dramatic drop from the 80 catches and 16 TDs he had as a Pro Bowler in 2007. The former No. 3 overall pick was plagued by dropped passes in 2008, and his season got off to a rocky start when he suffered a serious injury to his heel during training camp when he was stepped on while running post-practice sprints in his socks.
The Browns seem to be doing all they can to keep Edwards' injury under wraps. The team announced his status in a press release on the signing of second-round pick Mohamed Massaquoi. With Massaquoi, the 50th overall selection in the NFL draft in camp, the Browns only unsigned draft choice is wide receiver Brian Robiskie.
The team was hoping Edwards could serve as a mentor to Robiskie, who played at Ohio State and once served as a Browns ballboy. Robiskie and Massaquoi will compete for the No. 2 receiver job behind Edwards.
The team's depth at wide receiver has been thinned with the retirement of Joe Jurevicius due to injury and Donte Stallworth's indefinite suspension for DUI manslaughter.
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Canton, OH
Posted 08:52 AM, 07/29/2009
huh ??????????????
Toledo, Oh
Posted 08:54 AM, 07/29/2009
wow...that's the first I've heard of Joe J.'s 'retirement'.
akron, oh
Posted 09:01 AM, 07/29/2009
Another long season.
, OH
Posted 09:30 AM, 07/29/2009
I'm betting that he dropped something on his foot.
AKRON, OH
Posted 09:30 AM, 07/29/2009
I should hope Joey J is retired. It would just be awkward for a current player to be suing the team!!!
Akron, OH
Posted 09:34 AM, 07/29/2009
Wa-Wa-Wa...."I'm from Michigan and nobody likes me here".
So what's your point Braylon?
Akron, OH
Posted 09:36 AM, 07/29/2009
of course. . .
Posted 09:39 AM, 07/29/2009
Staff infection?
He needs to be on the non-playing player list.
Akron, OH
Posted 09:43 AM, 07/29/2009
Looks like another great year for the Browns.
Akron, OH
Posted 09:53 AM, 07/29/2009
@Ohio Critic-There is an infection with the Browns Staff that is causing his injury??
I think you mean staph
Akron, OH
Posted 09:54 AM, 07/29/2009
I think his hands have finally turned into lobster claws.
Posted 10:00 AM, 07/29/2009
too much grey goose...........
, OH
Posted 10:34 AM, 07/29/2009
Why all the mystery? The die-hard fans of this team who remain and have not yet defected and become front-running, band-wagon jumping, Pittsburgh Steeler fans or simply just quit caring about the NFL entirely, deserve better than this.
Akron, Oh
Posted 10:40 AM, 07/29/2009
"He dropped something on his foot".... now THAT is funny!
Akron, OH
Posted 10:47 AM, 07/29/2009
Ball Staph
Posted 10:56 AM, 07/29/2009
I'm betting on either 1/ staff infection, or 2/ foot stepped on while running in socks again...
Posted 10:58 AM, 07/29/2009
@pauliechop,
If it weren't for fantasy football, I probably wouldn't even bother. What a great start to another Browns season!! Cleveland, at least it's not Detroit.
The, US
Posted 11:28 AM, 07/29/2009
His woosie is swollen. Muck Fichigan.
Fort Meade, MD
Posted 11:52 AM, 07/29/2009
Rumor has it he failed his physical... I bet he's been hanging out with Slugsworth and failed his drug test! Is it too early to start talking about the draft yet?
Posted 03:44 PM, 07/29/2009
Get rid of the hack
Posted 03:57 PM, 07/29/2009
I'm not so sure this is a disaster. Edwards has had the dropsies throughout his career. Given his attitude and performance last year, I didn't expect much out of him this year.
newport, NC
Posted 04:40 PM, 07/29/2009
Oil & water DO NOT mix!!!!!!!!!! ROBISKI & deadwards (i.e. THE OHIO STATE & meatchicken) won't mix. Brians daddy raised him right I am sure!!!!!!! Dads a GOOD MAN..........
Posted 05:04 PM, 07/29/2009
@dds18 yes, LOL I did realize I put staff!
Canton, OH
Posted 07:54 AM, 07/30/2009
maybe it was STAFF - none of the staff liked him!
Antioch, Fl
Posted 02:40 PM, 07/30/2009
I wonder if the Browns can work out a trade for T.O.'s bike.
