Browns General Manager Tom Heckert Talks about the Roster

Tom Heckert spoke with the media this afternoon- (On if he was expecting to have 15 rookies on the roster coming into camp)- “I’m going to be totally honest with you, (Neal Gulkis) just told me that. I didn’t really know it was 15 so it’s obviously not something that we planned. I don’t know if Pat (Shurmur) told you guys, but you can see there are some unorthodox – maybe too many guys at one position. We talked about it in our meeting the other day and we wanted to keep the best 53 or what we consider the best 53 no matter what position, if we have to go light at one position or heavy at another one, we were willing to do it so I think it worked out that way at least right now and we’ll see how it goes.” (On if he will have to make more moves because certain positions don’t have as many guys)- “It really doesn’t affect us in games. Practice is always the problem and with the practice squad and everything else, that’s where you get into it. There are some pros and cons whether you have