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http://rotoworld.com/content/playernews.aspx?sport=NFLBrowns claimed CB Ricardo Colclough off waivers from the Steelers. Colclough, a former second-round pick from little known Tusculum, will move into a special teams role for Cleveland, and with some good practices could challenge Kenny Wright and Brandon McDonald for a role as the team's dime back
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Linkage Colclough claimed; Washington on IR Zac Jackson, Staff Writer 10.31.2007 The Browns have claimed cornerback Ricardo Colclough via waivers and have placed veteran nose tackle Ted Washington on injured-reserve. Colclough (5-foot-11, 195) was waived by the Steelers on Tuesday. He was the Steelers' second-round choice in the 2004 NFL Draft out of tiny Tusculum College and was a key backup and special teams player over the last three seasons. Colclough (pronounced Coke-lee) had 1 interception, 33 tackles and 28 special teams tackles in 36 games with the Steelers. He returned a pair of kickoffs in Super Bowl XL averaged 21.7 yards on 49 career kick returns and also has 5 career punt returns. He played in only three games last year due to a neck injury and played in three games this year before being released. Washington began this season as the Browns' starting nose tackle and played in five games, making 9 tackles (7 solo). Ethan Kelley has started the last two times the Browns have opened the game in their base defense. Washington is a 17-year veteran who signed with the Browns prior to 2006. He started all 16 games last year and has 232 career starts. "Ted has been working through some knee issues that finally have caught up to him," Browns coach Romeo Crennel said."We appreciate his effort to this point and know he will continue to help us any way he can in going forward."
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More from Rotoworld:Browns placed NT Ted Washington on injured reserve, ending his season.
Washington wasn't on Cleveland's injury report once this season, but was no longer of use due to ineffectiveness. Ethan Kelley has taken over as the Browns' starting nose, with undrafted rookie Louis Leonard backing him up.
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Either there are real knee injuries and this explains Ted's drastic decline from last year or this is professional euthanasia.
Colclough... don't know much about him except that I seem to recall seemed to be doing decently their super bowl season and then I don't remember hearing much about him since.
I think his signing is probably part depth/competition for our secondary and part espionage to try to get us over the Pittsburgh Hump. Pick his brain for all we can.
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Maybe that explains why he wasn't playing as well as he had last year, but it can't explain away his age, and the fact that he's done.
Colclough........eh. Whatever.
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I didn't know Ted's knees were that bad......or was this move based on effectiveness? Or a little of both?
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I think it is just a good way to say "Ted is too old and fat to be effective anymore."
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Who knows what the real reason was,, until we find out differently, I suppose taking it at face value isn't an issue... heck, TW wasn't playing anymore anyway and at his age,, geez,, he's done..
Colclough,, I have no idea.. I guess it's a warm body. best we can hope for is that he's better than someone we already have. No biggie.
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Of the numerous boards I've been on, the Steeler fans are saying that Colclough was one of Cowher's "botched picks" and I guess he was the guy who allowed a 40+ yard kickoff return against the Bengals last week on a blown assignment.
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This makes our NOT taking a look at Grady Jackson even more weird. Baxter should have stayed on PUP out of camp...Ted was done BEFORE the season started. That's 2 roster spots we could have used to find another NT back when better players were still looking for a team... I don't understand.   
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I seem to recall Colclough had a pretty good rep coming out of college. Guess we'll see if he's just another warm body soon enough.
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Baxter... he pushed the issue by wanting to take the physical and when he passed it we couldn't put him on PUP... or at least that is my understanding.
Grady Jackson.... I think you're probably looking at it backwards. I don't think that it doesn't make it weirder at all. If anything I think that it likely makes it clearer that there was something wrong there that we didn't want to touch be it attitude, personality, perhaps not a fit for our scheme or maybe the money or age -- or -- we tried and were shut out. Either way, this pretty much clarifies that it was a definite "not gonna happen".
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This makes our NOT taking a look at Grady Jackson even more weird.
Looking at it from a fan perspective,, yeah, I see your point..
But think about it, we are in dire need of a NT... we need something to plug up the middle.. You would have thought that if something else wasn't wrong with Jackson, he'd be a Brown already..
I guess what I'm saying is that somehow, someway, RAC or Phil or both have determined that Jackson doesn't fit.. Clearly the reason isn't out in the open.... So they must know something they are not willing to reveal..
Not so wierd when you think of it in those terms...
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I certainly don't have any insider info on Baxter...however...if we were able to move him to IR after him never playing a down or even getting activated...and there was no report of any new injury...then surely we could have left him on PUP 8 weeks ago. No?
I believe that what you speculated very well may have happenned...but...it's just too weird.
I'll save my Jackson comment for the next reply.
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This makes our NOT taking a look at Grady Jackson even more weird.
Baxter should have stayed on PUP out of camp...Ted was done BEFORE the season started.
That's 2 roster spots we could have used to find another NT back when better players were still looking for a team...
I don't understand.
Let me explain.... hinde sight is 20 / 20 
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I suppose all that is possible...it makes sense when put that way. I just hope that Phil & RAC weren't being sissies about bringing in a guy who has had some issues but who very well may be a guy that gets us to the playoffs...or who seemingly could at least help in an area that is a disaster at times. Can Leonard be any better fit than Jackson? I gotta doubt that. So...either this guy is a total cancer - which is possible, I suppose - or he is done, which I doubt. I'll say this - to avoid the risk of looking like I have the dreaded "agenda" and at the risk of hijacking this thread: The Baxter experiment and the TW 'love-in' were very bad roster decisions by Phil/RAC. Very, very bad. I want to be Mr. NIce Guy and all...but...those guys should have been jetisoned long ago. Finding decent/good bodies 8 weeks into the season is difficult, those bodies were surely more available at the break of camp...thinking that we possibly passed on one of those few decent/good bodies after week 8 because said player might be a pain in the butt...I just don't like how that plays out in my head.
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Sure is...I just think we had that foresight at the break of camp...and made the decision we made anyway out of "respect" for the veteran player.
I suppose that too has value...but I don't think it was anywhere near the right decision.
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I like the move.
I was pimping him when he came out.
Not sure what the problem was, but his numbers look good.
Sometimes a guy gets caught in a numbers game, and this may have been a tough decision for the Steelers.
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Either there are real knee injuries and this explains Ted's drastic decline from last year or this is professional euthanasia.
I tend to think the latter of the two.
This is a way for Big Ted to ride off into the sunset with a little grace since he didn't know how to do it on his own.
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This is a way for Big Ted to ride off into the sunset with a little grace since he didn't know how to do it on his own.
My thoughts, exactly.
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I love both moves. Ted shouldnt have made the team anyway and Ricardo will do well with Mel Tucker. This could prove to be a very good pickup down the road.
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Ugh. You better hope and pray that he doesn't actually attempt to return any kick-offs...the guy didn't get the nickname "Retardo" for nothing.
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heh, there's no way he takes that job from Cribbs
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I just hope that Phil & RAC weren't being sissies about bringing in a guy who has had some issues
Sissies,,, I don't think you could ever take that name and attach it to RAC,,, (unless you just don't like the man that is)
"Some issues" Interesting. I don't know of many issues except that he was supposedly asked to do certain things on the field and he freelanced instead..(he admitted to that for what it's worth) after 11 years in the league, I would think he should be smarter than that. Guess not however.
You let one guy do that and get away with it, you know darn well others will try..
But we still don't know if that's the reason the Browns didn't pick him up..
But clearly, there is something... What? Seems we will never know. RAC and Phil are keeping that one close to the vest.
But sissies,,, No... I don't think so!
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Ok...sissies is a bad word...how about wimps?  Again, I agree with what you've said...I'm just frustrated that what looks like an upgrade - even if just over TW - passed us by. Perhaps willingly. Perhaps NOT an upgrade. At some point, we will have to take a chance and make it work out...or cut the guy. It's worked before...it's failed before. So far...E Wright has been quite a nice payoff if one considers his past an issue and whether he is a good character guy...time will tell. I would argue that the EW pick may have been a bigger gamble than picking up Jackson...considering the stakes of the draft pick and trade-up and possibly $$$. In the end, all I can do is hope/trust that RAC & Phil have made the right decision(s)  ...although they do baffle the mind at times. I'm going to hold out hope that Kelley gets better and Leonard can contribute. Two interesting points: Leonard is listed on the depth chart as DE...that leaves us with (1) NT in our beloved 3-4 defense. The Squeelers picked up Anthony Madison (apparently from Tampa Bay) after releasing Colcloughx5t7 (whatever)...Madison was with the Squeelers in '06.
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Maybe Jackson didn't WANT to be a Brown.
Could be he didn't want to play in Cleveland, who knows.
Maybe he has a beef with Phil or RAC or some others on the team.
Just seems a bit strange that they wouldn't at least LOOK at the guy.
Who knows.
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Who the hell is Louis Leonard? when did we ever pick him up? was he ever in camp?
Also singing Colclough could have something to do with him being a x-steeler! We are really ticked off at gettin our asses handed to us everytiem we play em..so this on a deeper level could mean that he might help us much on the field but he could shed some light on steelers D..mayb i'm just over thinking here but it's a possibility
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Leonard isn't on the active roster, just PS.
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Not true. He was on the Rams PS, and I beleive in order to claim him the Browns had to put him on the active roster. Anyway, he is on the active roster.
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He just hasn't been active on the gameday roster yet. I wonder if Savage or his staff scouted him much. What can you tell us about him?
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There was at least one thread on this when he was picked up about 2 weeks ago:
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I think big Ted just had nothing left in the tank. Rather than cut him outright they did the honorable thing and just made up an injury. Had it not been for his relationship with Crennel I dont think he would have made the team. Perhaps we can bring him on as a coach next year. Just a random thought 
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He's been playing pro football since it was invented, I doubt they need to make up injuries for him. I do think you are probably right that this was the honorable thing to do. It also keeps him around so they can use him in other ways.
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I wish Ted nothing but the best. He gave us his all, but there just wasn't much left. Hope his knee difficulties are resolved by the time he announces his retirement at the end of the season.
Meanwhile, it's time to consider moving Shawn Smith back to the NT where he belongs. Ethan Kelly is a backup, at best. Let Simon Fraser take over at DE. Time to shake a few things up on the DL and see if it can work.
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This makes our NOT taking a look at Grady Jackson even more weird.
Baxter should have stayed on PUP out of camp...Ted was done BEFORE the season started.
That's 2 roster spots we could have used to find another NT back when better players were still looking for a team...
I don't understand.
I can understand why the Browns didn't give GJ a try. It, was said by PS, and it's not hard to understand. You have a young and in some respects fragile team, that is just beginning to climb out of the cellar. YOU DO NOT want to take a risk that GJ will bring any type of negativity into the mix, at this juncture.
I understand that oft times GM's and coaches, make statements that are less then truthful, I think in this instance PS was very forthcoming. Team chemistry is very important at this stage, and he thinks GJ would be a negitive so he passes. Could GJ help the Browns I don't think that was ever in question..
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The Browns front office does not seem to be scared off by players who have suffered serious injuries.
Seth McKinney got a fresh start with the Browns this year after suffering a serious neck injury that required surgery last season.
Colclough was a second round pick of the Steelers in 2004, the 38th player chosen, so obviously the Steelers thought highly of him before the injury occurred.
Could be he just needs more time to recover from his injury. The Steelers were likely trying to get him on their practice squad when Savage picked him off waivers.
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This is a way for Big Ted to ride off into the sunset with a little grace since he didn't know how to do it on his own.
Amen....We also should refran from name calling, Ted has had a incredible career, We appriciate all he's done to get Browns football back to respectability. Get well Ted & Thank You.... 
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I'm just frustrated that what looks like an upgrade - even if just over TW - passed us by.
Oh I understand what your saying and to me, a basic fan, it's like we missed an opportunity to upgrade,,, just like you say. But there just has to be something that we don't know about this kid or I honestly believe he'd be a Brown right now.
See, the one thing I Don't Question is the desire to win by RAC and Phil.. I don't question thier desire even a little bit. So, knowing that, if jackson were an upgrade that didn't have something else wrong with him,,, I'm confident he'd be here..
I kinda in one way understand them not telling us. I mean if the guy has other issues of character that they just don't want to get in to, I guess I understand. But in another way, so we could understand, I wish they would tell us.. Frustrating isn't it.
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Ugh. You better hope and pray that he doesn't actually attempt to return any kick-offs...the guy didn't get the nickname "Retardo" for nothing.
Just an FYI...we have Josh Cribbs to do kick offs...but as usual I'm sure you already knew that.
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