Movement

Savage confirms Courtney Brown will be cut on Monday, and that the team still wants to resign him. Expect Brown to shop around and consider resigning with the Browns only if no other team is very serious about him. I'd have to think that in the entire NFL there will be a couple teams who would sign him to a 2-3 year deal for 7 mil or so. That sucks. 26 mil the last few years, and nothing to show for it except one great sack vs. the Steelers a few years back.

In other news... Barry Gardner and Kevin Bently both signed elsewhere. Not surprising. Gardner wasn't bad. I thought Bentley was generally a non-factor. Still, it's going to be interesting who the Browns get to fill out the LB corp.

Butch-favorite QB Mike McMahon signed with the Eagles. Probably a good signing for them. You could tell early on that Savage/Crennel were not high on the guy.

There are som rumors out there too. 'Cutch being traded for Rod Gardner -- I'd be kind of surprised by this because it would mean giving Gardner a sizable new contract, and the Browns are not deep at corner.

Also, the Vikings supposedly want to trade up in the draft to pick Mike Williams. Maybe the Browns can deal with them. Some people think the Viking will part with their two first round picks, but that seems crazy to me. More likely, the Vikes would offer #7 and a 2nd or 3rd, or maybe next year's pick. I'd probably take any of those deals closer to the draft, but it depends on a lot of factors. Contrary to what a lot of pundits are saying, I think there will be a number or draft-day trades this year precisely because the cost to move up won't be high.