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lain dealer Cleveland Browns lose Jason Wright to Cardinals by Tony Grossi/Plain Dealer Reporter Monday March 16, 2009, 12:08 PM CLEVELAND -- Browns running back and special teams core player Jason Wright has agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals for about $2 million. Wright will replace J.J. Arrington, who signed with Denver, as the Cardinals' third-down back. The Arizona coaches believe Wright will be an upgrade in pass protection and on special teams. "It's just a great opportunity for Jason to go to a team that went to the Super Bowl last year," agent Mike McCartney said. "We feel Arizona is a good fit for him." The Browns did make an offer to retain Wright, McCartney said. Wright's rushing totals were down last year (23 carries, 85 yards) as the Browns gave more opportunities to Jerome Harrison and Josh Cribbs. But the blitz-pickup specialist still participated in more than 30 percent of the offensive snaps in 2008. Wright also had 22 catches and was a regular on most of the special teams. "Jason leaves with tremendous feelings about the Browns," McCartney said.
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Absolute best wishes to this guy. He is 100% the type of guy you love to have on a team. He's smart, hard working, and not a bad player, either.
Maybe he just sees the Cardinals as somewhere he could get some more playing time.
I'm glad to see we tried to retain him, but maybe we wanted to just do a 1 year deal again.
Hey, in any event, I wish the guy well.
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Decent special teamer, below average back, great guy. Good luck to him.
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Absolute best wishes to this guy. He is 100% the type of guy you love to have on a team. He's smart, hard working, and not a bad player, either.
absolutely, Good Luck Jason
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Were gonna miss his pass protection ... and just for U keys ... he is NOT A BUM ... he brings 3rd down back value to your team ... he is however just slightly over the BUM threshold and like Bowens could end up a BUM very very soon ...  I will be interested to see who we sign or draft to take his place ... we need a 3rd down back NOW .... I believe finding Lewis's replacement takes a back seat to that at this point ...
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This just goes to my ignorance of the game.
What exactly does a third-down back have to do? I mean, why couldn't someone like Lewis just be the 1st, 2nd and 3rd down back?
I'm sure there are reasons, but I just don't know enough about the game to know what they are.
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We've got a 3rd down back---his name is Jerome Harrison.
Mangini will find ways to get him the ball a lot like he found ways to get Leon Washington the ball---these two backs are very similar and I think Mangini knows this.
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Lewis being older isn't going to give much as a reciever out of the backfield , nor is he capable of being a back that has cutback ability..
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Some guys are just better at catching the ball in the flat, and picking up the blitz. Lt is one of the few every down backs that exist in the league. Plus you have to take into account that teams don't want to wear down their starter by playing him all 3 downs.
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Thats it im done with the Browns, I am sick and tired of Mangini letting all of our players go, we have talented guys and what does Mangini do? lets em all leave this is pathetic.....oh wait a minute it was just Jason Wright hahaha he was a great locker room guy, and special teamer but thats where it ended ofr him. he wasnt ever going to be an elite back for us, or anyone else for that matter,best of luck to him. at least now we will have to look at rb in the draft, if we dont go wells in the first round, then i would like to look at Shonn Green, McCoy, or Brown in the 2nd round.
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"Building the bottom end of the roster" just took a hit, eh ?
Hate to lose this kind of YOUNG player,....apparently he didn't fit Mangini's "plan." Else I would think they would have offered him a better deal, or at least one he liked better.
In my mind, another hole to fill that didn't need to be dug,....
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IMO, we were thinking about getting a RB early in the draft anyway, so Wright was expendable. Yeah, it's a bit of a gamble (or a lot of a gamble) to just hope that the guy you want is there for our 2nd round picks, but if we were to get someone like McCoy or Brown, then Wright was expendable, IMO.
I will say that McCoy's weakness is blocking. But, he's admitted as much and said he'll definitely work on it. I'm not sure if he's worse than Harrison at blocking (for no other reason than I just don't know).
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This just goes to my ignorance of the game.
What exactly does a third-down back have to do? I mean, why couldn't someone like Lewis just be the 1st, 2nd and 3rd down back?
I'm sure there are reasons, but I just don't know enough about the game to know what they are.
Nuttin' ignorant about it...U don't know u ask...See the NEXT post... 
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"Building the bottom end of the roster" just took a hit, eh ?
Hate to lose this kind of YOUNG player,....apparently he didn't fit Mangini's "plan." Else I would think they would have offered him a better deal, or at least one he liked better.
In my mind, another hole to fill that didn't need to be dug,....
Personally, I don't think Jason Wright was filling that hole as it was. We need a successor to Jamal Lewis in-house. I don't feel we had that last year and hope that we draft such a player this year.
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We've got a 3rd down back---his name is Jerome Harrison.
Mangini will find ways to get him the ball a lot like he found ways to get Leon Washington the ball---these two backs are very similar and I think Mangini knows this.
NO...We don't...
And...NO...He doesn't...Hopefully...
Harrison can't block worth squat...It's the single biggest reason u haven't seen em' as much as many may like...
If you're gonna be a 3rd down back in the NFL u best be able to pick up a BLITZ...If u can't do that you're screwed...And that's what Harrison's been...SCREWED because of it...
He can catch outta the backfield...But he can't block worth squat...And hasn't improved on it since he's been here...If u want an Offense that can convert 3rd downs...U best have a back that can see a blitz comin' and actually PICK IT UP...
And NO...Harrison will NEVER be a Featured Workhorse either...His best suit is 2nd and 10 and catchin' a swing pass in the flats...U know...Those down and distance when defenses are t'in' off on your QB...Leaves the outside wide open...
Harrison will ALWAYS be what he is NOW...
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THAT "draftee" would be filling Lewis' hole, no ??
If he is that "expendable," what does that say about logic in the FO ? when No-Hands and No-Play are still here ??
Somebody better be a whole lot smarter come draft day.
And then it better equate to wins. Quickly.
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We've got a 3rd down back---his name is Jerome Harrison.
No, he's a scat-back. There's a difference.
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Manziel, see Josh Gordon. Dumbass.***
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Harrisons will see the field a lot more this season and serve you up your crow.
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Harrisons will see the field a lot more this season and serve you up your crow.
Don't have a damn thing to do with it...
This kid is Jamel White and possibly WORSE...White could at least TOUCH a Blitzing LB/Corner...
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Eh, none of this is gonna matter when we get my boy Shady McCoy and he runs for 3,200 yards a season.  We won't have to worry about 3rd down backs because he'll always score on 1st or 2nd.
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What exactly does a third-down back have to do?
More often than not...block.
Most folks on here judge a RB by how he runs with the ball in his hands...and there's more to the position than that. Much more.
Harrison is not a third down back. He's a scat back that should get about 8-10 carries a game. That's not a knock on him in any capacity.
We will miss what Wright brought to the table.
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Harrisons will see the field a lot more this season and serve you up your crow.
Don't have a damn thing to do with it...
This kid is Jamel White and possibly WORSE...White could at least TOUCH a Blitzing LB/Corner...
Let's not get carried away 
To this point in his career, Harrison is doing quite a good White impression 
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Damn, shows how much I've been paying attention; I didn't even know he was a FA. Sorry to see him go and I hope he tears it up in Cardinaland.
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maybe we wanted to just do a 1 year deal again.
IMHO...It's all about "The Ring"! The Cards are Close..Our Brownies are, Do I Have To Say It? LOL Good Luck Mr. Wright! JMHO Go Brownies!!!
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This is what's wrong and why sports is all two-faced,....if it was just about a "Ring" then why is the money different all the way up and down the board,...
Flat rate salraies,...performance based incentives. You get paid if you win. I would even scale the team payouts based on # of wins,....then maybe we wouldn't have any BUM's.
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Damn, shows how much I've been paying attention; I didn't even know he was a FA. Sorry to see him go and I hope he tears it up in Cardinaland.
Haha, I'm with ya. I had no clue he was a FA
I figured one of the three would have to go if we get a RB in the draft. The guy I really want is McCoy in the 2nd. Otherwise Donald Brown, depending on their impressions of the guy. I don't know much about Wells or Moreno, but I watch the Big East and so I know Brown and McCoy. They are really good, especially McCoy. I think he definitely has the ability to be a starter in the NFL. If he has no character flaws I hope we send that pick in really quick with our 2nd rounder.
But yeah, I wonder who will handle third downs now. Harrison might find himself the odd man out if our next RB can't block well. That's surely one thing that Wright can do.......
One thing I was wondering was the potential that we could use Vickers as our 3rd down back. While not a running or receiving threat for the deep balls, he will have to be covered as he runs for the flats, and he's effective for a few yards. Especially third and short, he'd be a great option. This might help us keep Harrison. I don't think we can put him on the practice squad again.......
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Never fear Browns fans, there are 2 potential replacements for Wright: Noah Herron Jesse Chatman
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If we're balls-to-the-wall to get a RB, then you get Beanie, the horse, and keep these other two YOUNGSTERS.
So, now that that's OBE, what's next ?
Who knows,....
Crapshoot.
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I've liked what I've seen from Jesse Chapman. He's not a starter, but he is a quick little bowling ball shaped guy.
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he wasnt ever going to be an elite back for us, or anyone else for that matter,best of luck to him.
Good point. He was never going to be elite.. so let him go, who needs him. I mean look at teams like the Steelers and even the Cardinals, both of whom were in the Super Bowl.... they each have 50+ elite players on their teams.... they have no need for role players or guys who just get after it and do good things on special teams..
This is not an endorsement or a condemnation of Jason Wright or Mangini/Kokinis for that matter.... but the whole attitude that somebody is never going to be GREAT so we don't need them is insane... At this point, we need as many average hardworking football players as we can get..
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Glad he won't be here anymore... Do wish him luck though.
Wonder who will replace him? Hope Harrison gets the 2nd string role.
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i hope we address rb in the draft
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I don't think we can go into the season with Lewis and Harrison as our only running back. I can see us drafting a bigger back to complement Harrison once Lewis is gone.
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I can see us going after Beanie Wells somehow.... perhaps trading DA/Quinn and the 2nd from Tampa to move up into the middle of the 1st or something.
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the more i think about it im not against wells in the first round....if not i would like greene in the second
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I don't think we can go into the season with Lewis and Harrison as our only running back. I can see us drafting a bigger back to complement Harrison once Lewis is gone.
Beanie is certainly as better or equal a gamble as Smith. Unless they trade to swing to the right spot though, he will be gone.
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I liked Wright. Hard worker and did a good job.
So now we need another RB, right? Or can you run w/ Lewis + Harrison?
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