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Browns terminate Stallworth's contract

By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sports writer

POSTED: 08:20 p.m. EST, Feb 08, 2010

The Browns terminated the contract of wide receiver Donte' Stallworth on Monday, the team announced in a one-sentence press release.

Stallworth was reinstated by the NFL after Sunday's Super Bowl after being suspended for the 2009 season by commissioner Roger Goodell. Stallworth pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter for a March 14 accident in Miami Beach that killed pedestrian Mario Reyes. Stallworth served 24 days of a 30-day jail sentence and also reached a financial settlement with the Reyes family.

The Browns had been expected to release Stallworth before March 20, when he was reportedly due a $1 million roster bonus. He now becomes an unrestricted free agent.

Stallworth posted on his Twitter page Monday evening, ''I LOVE TOM HECKERT!!!!! He was my guy in Philly & he's my guy now . . . always . . . nothing but love from me to him.''

Heckert, the new Browns general manager, spent the past nine years with the Eagles. Stallworth played for the Eagles in 2006.

Stallworth signed a seven-year, $35 million contract with the Browns on March 1, 2008. But he spent much of that season injured and caught just 17 passes for 170 yards and a touchdown.

Goodell addressed Stallworth's reinstatement Friday, saying he talked with Stallworth when he was in Miami for the Dolphins' final game on Jan. 3.

''I wanted to see how he was doing, what he had been focused on during his time away from the game and I think he's in a better place than he was,'' Goodell said. ''I think he recognizes what he did and the horrific nature and the unfortunate outcome and I think he's prepared himself to get back in and play.''

Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/. Follow the Browns on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ABJ_Browns.

The Browns terminated the contract of wide receiver Donte' Stallworth on Monday, the team announced in a one-sentence press release.

Stallworth was reinstated by the NFL after Sunday's Super Bowl after being suspended for the 2009 season by commissioner Roger Goodell. Stallworth pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter for a March 14 accident in Miami Beach that killed pedestrian Mario Reyes. Stallworth served 24 days of a 30-day jail sentence and also reached a financial settlement with the Reyes family.

The Browns had been expected to release Stallworth before March 20, when he was reportedly due a $1 million roster bonus. He now becomes an unrestricted free agent.

Stallworth posted on his Twitter page Monday evening, ''I LOVE TOM HECKERT!!!!! He was my guy in Philly & he's my guy now . . . always . . . nothing but love from me to him.''

Heckert, the new Browns general manager, spent the past nine years with the Eagles. Stallworth played for the Eagles in 2006.

Stallworth signed a seven-year, $35 million contract with the Browns on March 1, 2008. But he spent much of that season injured and caught just 17 passes for 170 yards and a touchdown.

Goodell addressed Stallworth's reinstatement Friday, saying he talked with Stallworth when he was in Miami for the Dolphins' final game on Jan. 3.

''I wanted to see how he was doing, what he had been focused on during his time away from the game and I think he's in a better place than he was,'' Goodell said. ''I think he recognizes what he did and the horrific nature and the unfortunate outcome and I think he's prepared himself to get back in and play.''

Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/. Follow the Browns on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ABJ_Browns.

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