CLEVELAND — Today is cutdown day for the Browns. They had until 4 p.m. to get the roster down to 53 for the regular season. Here are the moves they made to form their initial 53-man roster.
Waived (11):
DT Jowon Briggs
WR Ahmarean Brown
WR Jaelon Darden
S Christopher Edmonds
DT Siaki Ika
DT Sam Kamara
TE Zaire Mitchell-Paden
LB Winston Reid
T Lorenzo Thompson
TE Treyton Welch
WR Michael Woods II
Contract terminated (5):
CB Tony Brown II
RB D’Onta Foreman
CB Justin Hardee Jr.
T Germain Ifedi
WR James Proche II
Placed on reserve/non-football illness (1):
G Michael Dunn (designated for return)
Placed on reserve/non-football injury (1):
RB Nyheim Hines
Placed on reserve/PUP (1):
RB Nick Chubb
Placed on reserve/injured (1):
C Luke Wypler
Placed on exempt/Commissioner permission (1):
DT Michael Hall Jr.
Waived from injured reserve (1):
S Brady Breeze
Some of the players cut will soon find themselves on new NFL teams, while others could be back with the Browns on the practice squad if they aren't signed by another team.
The roster cuts to get down to 53 players give an idea of what the Browns unit will look like on Week 1, but it will not be the final roster for the season as the team explores available players who have found themselves cut from their teams, as well as trade options with other teams around the league.
Hines, who is continuing rehab on his knee after tearing his ACL last year, will start the season on the Non-Football Injury/Illness list. Like fellow running back Nick Chubb, Hines will be required to miss the first four games of the season before he's eligible to return.
Neither Hines nor Chubb will count against the Browns' 53-man roster.
Meanwhile, defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. has been placed on the Commissioner's Exempt list to start the season following domestic violence allegations against him. While his fianceè, who filed charges against Hall, recanted some of her complaints, the league continues to investigate the situation.
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Here's what the Browns' initial 53-man roster looks like after cutdown day:
Quarterbacks (4): Tyler Huntley, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Deshaun Watson, Jameis Winston
Running backs (2): Jerome Ford, Pierre Strong Jr.
Wide receivers (6): David Bell, Amari Cooper, Jerry Jeudy, Elijah Moore, Jamari Thrash, Cedric Tillman
Tight ends (2): Jordan Akins, David Njoku
Offensive linemen (10): Joel Bitonio, Jack Conklin, Javion Cohen, Nick Harris, James Hudson III, Dawand Jones, Ethan Pocic, Wyatt Teller, Jedrick Wills Jr., Zak Zinter
Defensive linemen (9): Myles Garrett, Shelby Harris, Maurice Hurst II, Quinton Jefferson, Isaiah McGuire, Ogbo Okoronkwo, Za’Darius Smith, Dalvin Tomlinson, Alex Wright
Linebackers (6): Devin Bush, Mohamoud Diabate, Tony Fields II, Jordan Hicks, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Nathaniel Watson
Defensive backs (11): D’Anthony Bell, Grant Delpit, M.J. Emerson Jr., Kahlef Hailassie, Myles Harden, Ronnie Hickman, Rodney McLeod, Cameron Mitchell, Greg Newsome II, Juan Thornhill, Denzel Ward
Specialists (3): Corey Bojorquez, Dustin Hopkins, Charley Hughlett
