Daily Dawg Tags: Browns release veteran Brian Hartline
Spanning the virtual globe to bring you the latest news about the Cleveland Browns and the NFL – these are your Daily Dawg Tags for Tuesday, May 23.
Cleveland Browns:
Cleveland Browns release veteran WR Brian Hartline
"The Cleveland Browns are in the midst of a rebuild, making anyone not taken in this year’s draft class someone who could be let go. Wide receiver Brian Hartline can add his name to that list as he was let go by the Browns today. Hartline was a player who looked like he would indeed be the odd man out when the Browns drafted four receivers, along with a tight end."
Cleveland Browns: Running game key to RG3’s success
"The Cleveland Browns are banking, at least for the 2016 season, on Robert Griffin III settling the ongoing quarterback crisis. Griffin and the Browns have talked extensively about second chances and how it is time to put his experience in Washington behind him, but if they are serious about making this work that may not be the best of plans."
The Cleveland Browns drafted character with Shon Coleman
"Football has and always will be a sport for tough individuals. There is simply no room for anything short of tough in this line of work. Many start to think of physical toughness at first thought, however that is only half the battle to make it as a “tough guy” in the NFL, or any professional sport for that matter."
Cleveland Browns: Only 1 pick for most embarrassing jersey
"For the Win recently made a list of the most embarrassing jersey for a fan to own for each of the NFL’s 32 teams. The site did a mostly admirable job with the other teams in the AFC North, especially in selecting Akili Smith of the Cincinnati Bengals, who went 3-14 as a starter after being the No. 3 pick of the 1999 NFL Draft."
Brian Hartline’s release opens door for rookies, Terrelle Pryor (ESPN.com)
"Can a team go into a season with four rookies and a converted quarterback playing wide receiver? Hue Jackson may believe so. Because the release of Brian Hartline seems to indicate Jackson firmly believes in the team’s rookies. Add in that the coach has been impressed with Terrelle Pryor and the team may have Pryor along with rookies Corey Coleman, Ricardo Louis, Rashard Higgins and Jordan Payton among the wideout group."
Demario Davis and the weight of unreasonable comparisons (cleveland.com)
"There are warning labels and then there are labels that should come with warnings. Browns linebacker Demario Davis knows all about the latter. Four years ago, he was a Jets’ third-round pick and a favorite of then-coach Rex Ryan, who famously likened Davis to Ray Lewis. Yowza. Talk about placing undo pressure on a rookie who hadn’t played an NFL snap."
NFL News:
Tom Brady apply for rehearing of suspension appeal (FanSided)
"It’s the story that, quite frankly, is never going to go away. Whether you side with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady or NFL commissioner Roger Goodell over the whole “Deflate-Gate” matter, it just never seems as if the whole situation is going to come to an end any time soon."
Ryan Fitzpatrick makes his 2016 NFL plans clear (NFL Mocks)
"As it turns out the 33-year old fully plans to play this season. Whether that will be with the Jets is still unclear given the stagnant discussions on a new deal, but he wasn’t shy about stating his desire to return."
House Report: NFL attempted to influence brain injury study (NFL.com)
"A report issued Monday by a senior House Democrat alleges that the NFL “improperly attempted to influence the grant review process for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) brain injury study that the NFL had agreed to fund as part of a $30 million donation.”"