OG Help, Resignings

Great news -- New England Patriots offensive guard Joe Andruzzi has signed with the Browns. That means guys like DeMar will be backups like they really ought to be at this stage of their career. It means Fowler will probably remain strictly a center, the only position where he as looked good. It means the FO are apparently serious about reworking the interior of the offensive line.

I don't know all the details about Andruzzi other than he is kind of a midlevel FA and an 8-year veteran who has won in NE. He has two Super Bowl rings. And he is known universally as a smart, tough player on the field and a smart, generous man off it. So far it sems like Savage and Crenell has held up their word on this one.

Yesterday was also the day the Browns retained Roye and Ross Verba. Both were assets in 2004. Roye is certainly penciled in on the outside DL, and Verba is either going to stay at LT or move inside to guard. If he moves to guard, Kelvin Garmon would get bumped. Anyway, Roye is a good citizen while Verba seems to be a meathead. I like him as a football player but he appears to have an overinflated sense of self off the field. I can live with and maybe be happy he is one the Browns, but I'm glad I didn't spend half a mil for a house in Strongsville only to have Ross Verba move in next door.