Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns continued to tinker with their secondary on Tuesday, signing 2013 sixth-round safety Jamoris Slaughter to a four-year deal. In the meantime, the team also released safety Eric Hagg, who was a seventh-round selection in 2011. The move doesn’t come as much of a surprise. While Hagg was the starting free safety when the season began, he quickly fell out of favor and really only reappeared out of necessity. Hagg was drafted in the last round, so expectations for him were certainly tempered. Of course, Slaughter was drafted in the sixth round, so the Browns are still dealing with a position that could use a serious upgrade. They’re hoping that Slaughter is a late-round steal, which happens far less than any team cares to admit. Nevertheless, this is a pretty basic move of a new front office inserting its own players into a new system.

Familiar Browns' topics resurfaced this week. Of particular note, the quarterbacks and pass rushers.

Cleveland marks the fourth NFL stop for Campbell, 31, who was a first-round pick of the Redskins in 2005. A career 61-percent passer with a 76-52 touchdown-to-interception ratio

Notably bringing back RB Brandon Jackson and signing their first draft pick, sixth-round S Jamoris Slaughter.

One down, four to go. The Cleveland Browns signed their first draft pick of the season: safety Jamoris Slaughter. Taken in the 6th round at No. 175 overall, Slaughter agreed to a four-year deal. According to a pre-determined draft chart, Slaughter's contract will be worth about $2.27 million, with a $118,000 signing bonus. Slaughter is recovering from an Achilles' injury he suffered last season. He has not been able to participate in offseason activities so far, but he is expected to be ready-to-go for training camp. After the team released safety Eric Hagg earlier in the day, it would seem as though Slaughter will have a one-on-one competition with Tashaun Gipson for the starting safety role opposite T.J. Ward. Status of Cleveland Browns Draft Picks ROUND OVERALL PLAYER STATUS CONTRACT* BONUS* 1 6 Barkevious Mingo Unsigned $16,347,012 $10,268,736 3 68 Leon McFadden Unsigned $3,070,832 $690,832 6 175 Jamoris Slaughter Signed $2,277,932 $117,932 7 217 Armonty Bryant Unsigned $2,222,248 $62,248 7 227 Garrett Gilkey Unsigned $2,215,952 $55,952 *Projections

Bess had several solid seasons with the Dolphins. Left guard Greco will likely have to compete for the starting job with Jason Pinkston, whom he replaced last season after Pinkston was sidelined by illness. More Browns story links.

The Cleveland Browns are playing musical chairs at the lower end of the running back position. This morning, the team officially announced the re-signing of veteran running back Brandon Jackson to a one-year deal. In the process, they released UDFA running back Robbie Rouse, leaving the team with six running backs. Then, just a few hours later, the team announced that they were awarded UDFA running back Miguel Maysonet off waivers from the Philadelphia Eagles. In order to complete the move, they had to waive UDFA running back Jamaine Cooke, a local player who was signed after the draft. Whew. Forgive me for not being completely in tap with the college market, but Maysonet played for Stony Brook University, where he ran for 1,964 yards and 21 touchdowns in his senior year. He must have been facing some stiff competition, eh? Based on his stats, it doesn't sound as though he was asked to catch the ball very often, though. Maysonet is 5-10, 205 lbs, and was ranked as the No. 26 running back coming out of the draft by CBS Sports' Dane Brugler (sadly, that is just one spot shy of having a scouting report available by Brugler!). Apparantly, though, Maysonet's release from the Eagles on Monday drew some buzz: It was curious on a few levels. Maysonet received a $10,000 signing bonus, the largest amount for any undrafted running back, according to a source. But he never got a chance to prove himself in OTA practices. By NCAA rule, Maysonet wasn't allowed to participate in last week's OTAs because his class at Stony Brook still hasn't graduated. He took part in a three-day rookie minicamp almost two weeks ago, and that was it. Maysonet's release created an immediate buzz. In fact, he was trending for several minutes on Twitter, highly unusual for a small-school player. Here is an updated look at the Browns' depth chart at running back, but after Trent Richardson, pretty much anyone on the list could win a backup or third-down role: Trent Richardson Montario Hardesty Chris Ogbonnaya Brandon Jackson Dion Lewis Miguel Maysonet Does anyone out there have some extra intel on Maysonet?

The Browns were awarded RB Miguel Maysonet off waivers from Philadelphia and waived Jamaine Cook, the team announced Tuesday evening.

At their spring meeting on Tuesday, owners decided on the sites for Super Bowls L and LI.

In addition to waiving former starting FS Eric Hagg, the Cleveland Browns released two other players and confirmed the signings of three others on Tuesday. Besides Hagg, the two other players waived included RB Robbie Rouse and LB Ryan Rau. I guess these guys didn't get the memo: if your first and last names begin with an 'R,' you're out of here! In all seriousness, it was a little surprising to see Rouse released so soon after we had built expectations up for him when he was signed last week. With the confirmation that RB Brandon Jackson was re-signed, though, this kind of avoids having a surplus of cooks in the kitchen. Rau was claimed off waivers from the Eagles back in April. He was seen as a guy who might be camp fodder or a special teams type of player, and quite honestly, I had forgotten he was on the roster. Taking those players spots are WR Michael Edwards and SS Kenronte Walker. This is a quick comeback for Edwards; he was released a little over a week ago after originally signing on as an undrafted free agent following the draft. Walker tried out for the Browns during rookie minicamp last week. In terms of numbers, he takes Hagg's spot as a safety. The other addition, as previously reported, was Jackson.