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Second-year kicker picked as the veteran most likely - liny195 - 11-02-2019 to be cut from the Browns roster." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesDawgs EDTTraining camp will have a different feel this year for the Cleveland Browns. The hype surrounding the team will still be high — that never changes — but for the first time since Bernie Kosar was running the show there will not be questions surrounding who will be the starter at quarterback.While the quarterback position is set http://www.brownsfanshop.com/Austin-Seibert-Jersey , there will still be a handful of position battles going on, with placekicker being one that fans should keep an eye on. It might not be the sexiest part of training camp and the preseason, but with the Browns expecting to be in the running for a playoff position, having a reliable placekicker could be the difference between securing a postseason berth or ending the season disappointed. The Browns are looking at two kickers: second-year player Greg Joseph, who signed with the Browns after Week 2 of last season, and rookie Austin Seibert, selected in the fifth round of this year’s draft. There is only room for one placekicker on the roster Sheldrick Redwine Jersey , and Joseph may want to keep the moving truck on standby as he is the veteran most likely to be released, at least according to ESPN’s Jake Trotter:Since he is in his second season Joseph is technically a veteran, but it is a bit of a stretch to focus on him in a column about veteran players who could be cut following the preseason. Be that as it may, general manager John Dorsey has shown a preference for making a path for his own players to see the field, so Seibert has a leg up (so to speak) in that regard. Joseph was 25-of-29 (86.2 percent) on extra points and 17-of-20 (85 percent) on field goals last season, with his three misses on field goals coming from 40-plus yards. Seibert converted 79.7 percent of his field goals and 98.4 percent of his extra points at Oklahoma, while also finishing with the most career points (499) among kickers. The previous record holder? None other than former Browns kicker Zane Gonzalez http://www.brownsfanshop.com/Sione-Takitaki-Jersey , who many fans could not wait to run out of town, so take that record for what it is worth.Even though he is just in his second year, Joseph may have a slight veteran edge, but that could quickly disappear in training camp, as special teams coordinator Mike Priefer explained to clevelandbrowns.com:The kicking competition may not be one that brings fans out to training camp or to preseason games this summer, but it could be one of the more important ones to watch as the difference between making or missing the playoffs this year could come down to a roster decision made right before the season begins. For the third time this season, and indeed just the third time ever since we started churning these ‘casts out two (plus) years ago Greedy Williams Jersey , the post-game program will be that of victory!As this week’s Ez Does It follows the Cleveland Browns surprising and decisive win over the formerly hot Atlanta Falcons.Moreover, this was the first time we’ve been able to enjoy a win that wasn’t a nail-biter in close to three years, and over a good team in about four.This was what I was hoping the ousting of Hue Jackson (and apparently also Todd Haley) would result in.Now as the team enters the bye week (the Most Important Bye Week Of Our Lifetimes) there again exists real reason for optimism for what this team is going to become as the season progresses.In case you didn’t notice, our hotshot rookie FQB is really good.Baker Mayfield is the future and is going to be great, but also right now is the present and is thus merely very good.His performance today showed that for some reason or another, he and this team were being held back by the previous regime.No longer.Give it a listen by hitting the player at the top of the screen, or by using the (NEW AND UPGRADED!) widget in between the article and comments’ section (of every DBN article) or just hit it up here:Program is also available anywhere you listen to podcasts https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Howard-Wilson-Jersey , and not just this one.Here on Dawgs By Nature we also feature The LongTable, This Believeland is Your Land, Straight No Chaser, and Absolute 10 & 6.Give them all a listen as they come available, and check out previous shows so that you can let the hosts know when they are wrong about something (which you can do by tagging them on their various social medias, such as mine (and here). Thanks for listening! |