Trimming the Fat

The Browns waived 18 players yesterday, and terminated the contracts of five others in order to trim their roster to 52 -- one below the NFL mandated 53.The players who were waived are:FB Charles AliDB Brandon AndersonQB Richard BartelDB Tra BattleLB Beau BellOL Branndon BraxtonLB Titus BrownOL Dustin FryDL Adam HoppelWR Paul HubbardRB Chris JenningsWR Lance LeggettOL Pat MurrayR Jordan NorwoodOL Kurt QuartermanDL Brian SchaeferingOL Isaac SowellsDL Santonio ThomasAnd those players whose contracts were terminated are:DB Hamza AbdullahRB Noah HerronDB Corey IvyWR David PattenTE Aaron WalkerNow, with one free spot, the Browns combed the waiver wire today and were awarded four more players. They are:DB Marquis Floyd from SeattleRB Cedric Peerman from BaltimoreDB DeAngelo Smith from Dallas OL Phil Trautwein from St. LouisOf course, if you've done the math, you know the Browns had to waive three more players to make room for these guys. The three that were waived today are:LB Marcus ...