Cleveland Browns SURPRISE Cut Candidates After Minicamp

before we look at some cut candidates for the Browns I do want to know what was the first Browns game you ever went to get in the comment section don't be a stranger I would love to see what was the first game you ever [Music] [Music] attended welcome on into the Cleveland Browns report coming up on today's show I want to run through some surprise cut candidates now that we have gotten through all the spring practices and most importantly mandatory mini camp did we see anyone's stock go up or down that could make someone more of a bubble player than they were maybe just a few weeks ago so I do want to preface with these are surprise cut candidates I'm not saying that these guys are likely to get cut but they very well could be on the chopping block when roster cut down day gets here first guy I want to look at is someone I did not expect to be talking about but stick with me and I think you'll see why we're talking about running back de Dante foran so why would the Browns cut someone they just signed that doesn't make sense and you're not wrong for thinking that but I do want to revisit a quote from Andrew Barry just earlier this week on NFL Network when talking about Nick chub saying one of the moments that we're all looking forward to is the first time he runs out of that home tunnel for his debut of the 2024 season and if you really look at every single letter and every single word there you can can make the argument that he may be hinting towards Nick chub returning for week one against the Cowboys since that's the first home game of the year and Barry said home tunnel not just any tunnel for the debut of his 2024 season uh which doesn't mean his first game in Cleveland but the first game of the season also Co also coinciding at home but let's get back to Deontay for so if Nick chub does come back on the much sooner side then maybe with the Browns were expecting back when they signed foran in March that could make foran you know replaceable he signed a oneye $1.29 million contract but what's important to look at here is the guarantees right they're only on the hook for $335,000 so they can move on from him and not really be out a lot of cash it's not being out 1.29 million it's being out $335,000 um the reason why we're talking about him though is Jerome Ford really appears to have a good strangle hold on the backup SL starting running back position right back up to Nick chub and when Nick chub's not out there then he's the rb1 of this team so if foran isn't really shaping up to be the backup to chub and chub is shaping up to have a sooner return than maybe expected back in March what's forman's role on this team it's not special teams he doesn't have a lot of special teams value at all to his game we saw Jerome Ford and Pierre strong Jr and nem Hines they kind of all penciled in to be these this team's return guys so now I'm kind of scratching my head thinking well wait a second let's just say Nick chub is back for week one against the Cowboys when you look at this Browns running back room do you need chub Ford and Foreman probably not CU if Foreman's not contributing on special teams why not take someone that will like Pierre strong Jr cuz Foreman's definitely not going to contribute on the field very much if you have Nick chub back and I don't dislike Deontay Foreman as a player back in 2022 with the Panthers he had 900 yards 4.5 yards a carry five touchdowns he made something out of a really putrid Panthers offense but I just circle back to no special teams value maybe Nick chub's back sooner than the Browns thought back in March when they signed foran and Jerome for is already shaping up to be this team's backup SL starter when Nick chub's not there and now I'm wondering so what's Foreman going to do other than collect paychecks right so for that reason I wouldn't be blown away if Foreman is cut because chub returns sooner than expected and they're not going to get special teams out of him before we look at the next surprise cut candidates uh last Tuesday it was yeah I had a meeting with my boss who by the way is the host of our Michigan football report and a huge Michigan man and he said if we don't get to 34,700 subscribers there will be an or else and I don't really want to discover what that or else means now we are less than 40 subscribers away from reaching this Milestone number so if you can't stand the team up north and you want to get free Browns content in your life at the same time please subscribe so I don't have to come in for a 500 a.m. meeting and bring my playbook to I'm not joking uh second cut candidate defensive end Isaiah Maguire this one seems premature because it is premature right he was a fourth round pick out of Missouri last year he's not getting cut this quickly right I don't disagree and I don't think that we will see ultimately Maguire get the axe but we didn't see a lot of him last year so it's really to hard to have a strong opinion on him played him four games he made one start week 18 in Cincinnati total of 94 snaps throughout the entire season he was predominantly a healthy scratch but when you look at the Browns defensive line room they didn't make a whole lot of changes which is kind of good and bad for Maguire at the same time right they didn't bring they did um they didn't add anyone new but they also didn't let anyone go so Isaiah Maguire going into his second year finds himself in the same spot he was last year behind miles Garrett zarius Smith okar Rono and Alex Wright on this depth chart so if you're not moving up and you're staying still you can make an argument you're moving back and that's where I could see a path where maybe Maguire despite it only being a second year maybe they decide we don't need five defensive ends and they go a different direction the next player I want to talk about is David Bell he is this fan base is next Anthony Schwarz also a third round pick and of course also a wide receiver but the 2022 2022 third round pick out of Purdue has been pretty quiet to put it bluntly through two seasons so far with the Browns six career starts throughout 31 career appearances um the issue is that he has actually seen a decrease in his usage his first year with the Browns he played 47% of the snaps on offense last year with the Browns he played 20% of the snaps on offense so we're seeing a decrease in his workload and we're seeing the Browns continue to Draft wide receiver so when you look at the Browns wide receiver room let's say the Browns take six wide receivers Amari Cooper Jerry Judy Elijah Moore Cedric Tilman and now we start to get some bubble guys David Bell is not going to be there for special teams James prochet can help out a lot more in that area got Michael Woods Jamari thrash he's a lock so Cooper Judy Moore Tilman thrash I got five players if all healthy making the 53 man roster which means Bell Woods Darden prochet are all going to be battling it out for the last spot and if one of is a big contributor on special teams and with the new kick return rule that's going to put a lot more emphasis on finding good return players David Bell may be the odd man out um I I also don't feel like we're going to see David Bell get released uh last year for Cleveland he did kind of have a strong end to the season he ended on a high note couple of touchdowns in that Bengals game overall in the year 167 yards three TDS I still think David Bell will make this roster I don't think Andrew Barry wants to move on from a third round draft pick that quickly did something similar with Anthony Schwarz but I feel like Bell is much further along than where Schwarz was at this point so my gut tells me Bell still makes this roster but I won't be shell shocked if the Browns do cut up who is your favorite Browns wide receiver of all time by the way let me know in the comments section below is it Jarvis Landry is it Amari Cooper right now uh Josh Gordon getting comment section below I want to know who your all-time favorite Browns wide receiver is fourth surprise cut candidate We are continuing a bit of a trend from the previous two defensive tackle seaka eeka if I'm power ranking these three guys on screen after Deontay Foreman to get cut seaka eeka is probably towards the top of the list and seaka if you're watching I'm sorry for me it's just a numbers game look at the defensive line let's count them out together guys that we know are going to make their roster Dalvin Tomlinson Shelby Harris Quinton Jefferson Michael Hall that's four defensive tackles the Browns last year only took four defensive tackles they've never taken more than five with Andrew Barry's the GM so that leaves Maurice Hurst who I think is going to make this roster because he was awesome last year and then there's seak EA look at me everyone how how does he make it like there's six guys right there and there's at Max five spots and think Hurst should get that job over eeka based on the way Hurst played last year so how does he make the roster for a reason we all forget about injuries injuries injuries injuries as a society and by Society I mean football nerds that watched content in the summer shout out to you we get so wrapped up in roster projection and it's like putting together a wedding invite list which I'm currently in the Battle of doing right now um and you believe everyone's going to come and you got this huge number but you forget about the nose forget about that your weird cousin probably won't come if they live in Portland so let's not forget about the injuries the Browns are likely to sustain during the preseason I don't want this to happen but we would be putting our head in the sand if we did not acknowledge that there is always going to be a player or two who gets injured That was supposed to make the roster last year jaem gr Michael Woods Jacob Phillips three guys that you asked me well before the season are these guys going to make the roster I say yes to all three three roster spots open up because of that the year before that un fortunately jaem Grant again Nick Harris and Dawson Dean three guys that I would say are all making the roster so at the moment it may sound impossible but we do have to remember there are injuries Fifth and final surprise cut candidate we had him in our last video of this topic but I'll include him again to kind of refresh everyone in the latest revolving around second-year quarterback Dorian Thompson Robinson so DTR remember suffered a hip injury towards the end of the 2023 season and that hip injury really lingered into the off seon we didn't see him much at OTAs as a result he was participating during team drills during mini camp so that was a really good sign of progress in his rehab back to the field um last year three starts eight appear es Al together unfortunately I don't think the box score does a Justice when talking about Dorian Thompson Robinson like that Ravens game was disaster from the start I felt like DTR improved as the season went along and from every single start he got better and better but once again I go back to what I talked about with eeka in the defensive line it's kind of a numbers game someone is getting traded the Browns have four quarterbacks on their roster and none of them are just like like obvious udfa cut candidates so someone is either getting cut or they're getting traded and I do think all four of these quarterbacks are good enough to get something in a trade you're not trading Watson I don't think you're trading Winston but I also wouldn't think they would trade dobs last year at this point of the off season and that happened but I'm more confident they hold on to Winston than dobs uh so that leaves Tyler Huntley and Dorian Thompson Robinson so in all likelihood Andrew Barry may just be sitting back and waiting for a to lose their starting quarterback for a period of time and dish out DTR Huntley for a fifth round draft pick again before we sign off if you are still hanging out with us right now get in the comment section drop one of these emojis for me down below appreciate everyone who watches all the way until the end of the video and now we bring out producer trzy Trace to pick a card Trace which card do you want to go with my friend I'm liking the seven of diamonds today seven of diamonds all right everyone watching get in the comment section too give me your card of prediction see anyone gets it right uh you said seven to Diamonds seven to Diamonds okay I I don't dislike that I don't think it's going to hit though I I'm not I'm not too your second choice be you can't switch to it I'm not going to switch to it my second choice would be the two of Hearts so you are actively rooting against the two of Hearts right now I'm actively rooting against I would too um I'm going to go with the 10 of clubs okay what' you say again which one seven of diamonds seven of diamonds close eight of diamonds eight of diamonds Kathy wrote eight of Hearts that's the closest one all right that will do it for us on today's show appreciate everyone for tuning in we're going to sign off and we'll see everyone later with more Browns content [Music]