With the pre season finally coming to an end, the Browns have many questions answered, and they go into the night comfortable with what they see in quarterback Jake Delhomme, but they still have some question marks.

The running back situation will be one to definitely watch as rookie sensation Montario Hardesty is FINALLY returning from injury, and incumbent starter, Jerome Harrison, hasn’t exactly been running the ball well. An unexpected participant in the running back battle is Peyton Hillis, who has been the star of the preseason on the ground, and is definitely in the running for the starting job with a good game tonight.

Another big question mark is the Browns starting receiving order. Joshua Cribbs has looked like the best receiver on the roster, but Mohammed Massaquoi and Brian Robiskie (both 2^nd round picks in the 09 draft) have both played well. With the expected top three receivers all playing well, it will be interesting who are the top two receivers when the season begins, and with a great game tonight, one of the three could pull ahead in the race. Read more…

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The Cleveland Browns have placed injured punter Dave Zastudil on injured reserve, effectively ending his 2010 season.

Zastudil was on the mend after tearing his petella tendon during the middle of last season.  Head coach Eric Mangini said he was hopeful to have Dave back on the field and that he was doing well in his recovery.  However, Zastudil’s recovery hit a snag.

“He’s worked hard at it and worked with his doctor and our doctor on many different things,” said Browns coach Eric Mangini. “It wasn’t making any progress. We thought he turned the corner.

“We had gone through all the steps,” he added. “Our staff and his doctor were all involved in the process. That was the next step, to have him start punting and it’s been a real collaborative effort. We were trying to be as positive as we could and give him enough work to get him back.”

Mangini said he would not be surprised to see Zastudil back on the field for next year’s training camp.  Read more…

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Browns Head Coach Eric Mangini press conference 6-3-10

(Opening statement)- “Good morning everybody.  A couple of things here, in terms of the restricted guys, no movement there.  Jerome (Harrison) will be here working.  He’s been here working, but no change with any of the other guys.  With the injured guys, that group has stayed the same.  There are some guys that are going to miss today because of various reasons and I’ve talked to all of them.  I’ve had conversations with the group so if someone is not out there that normally would be, that’s the case.  Today where we’re at is we’ve gone through two cycles of install, which is the first and second down day, the third down day, the red area day and a review. That’s considered a cycle.  We’ve gone through two of those.  Today is a catch up or catch all day, so anything that we feel like we want to go back and hit, maybe something that we installed but didn’t get to run as much as we’d liked to. We are doing that type of work here this morning.  Read more…

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