Nw220 Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 The Cleveland Browns plan to release offensive guard Eric Steinbach at 4:00pm eastern on Wednesday, according to his agent, Jack Bechta. Steinbach will immediately become a free agent. The 31-year-old lineman from Iowa spent the first four seasons of his career in Cincinnati before signing a seven-year, $49.5 million contract with the Cleveland Browns in 2007. Steinbach started 62 of a possible 64 games during his four years in Cleveland, but missed the entire 2011 campaign after undergoing back surgery last August. The former Hawkeye surrendered just 12.5 sacks in 62 games with the Browns. Steinbach and his agent, Jack Bechta (a contributor at the National Football Post) have released the following joint statement to the NFP: “Eric Steinbach could part ways with the Cleveland Browns. Asked to take a significant salary reduction in late February, the two sides have not been able to reach an agreement on a new deal, so Steinbach has asked for his release. However, the two sides will keep talking while Steinbach will simultaneously explore the free agent market.” http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Browns-set-to-release-Steinbach.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 The Cleveland Browns plan to release offensive guard Eric Steinbach at 4:00pm eastern on Wednesday, according to his agent, Jack Bechta. Steinbach will immediately become a free agent. The 31-year-old lineman from Iowa spent the first four seasons of his career in Cincinnati before signing a seven-year, $49.5 million contract with the Cleveland Browns in 2007. Steinbach started 62 of a possible 64 games during his four years in Cleveland, but missed the entire 2011 campaign after undergoing back surgery last August. The former Hawkeye surrendered just 12.5 sacks in 62 games with the Browns. Steinbach and his agent, Jack Bechta (a contributor at the National Football Post) have released the following joint statement to the NFP: “Eric Steinbach could part ways with the Cleveland Browns. Asked to take a significant salary reduction in late February, the two sides have not been able to reach an agreement on a new deal, so Steinbach has asked for his release. However, the two sides will keep talking while Steinbach will simultaneously explore the free agent market.” http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Browns-set-to-release-Steinbach.html Well, I think we saw that coming for the most part, with Pinkston getting 16 starts under his belt. I was partly wondering if they would bring back Steiny at a reduced rate and move Pinkston to RT, but I would much rather they get keep Pinkstion at LG and get a much better player at RT. Zombo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoeticG Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 awww... bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choco Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yup z... Might as well keep pinky there....that's actually continuity. Depth and a starting RT to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Represent Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Hes gone was posted 30 mins ago with sources Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Too bad, but with his year ending injury...and questionable future, I am not all that surprised. But it does mean the Browns OL depth is lowered....and they need to pick up some bodies...more than one now. They need a FA and a draftee, maybe a couple of each. They have made no moves on the OL except to release two past starters. Maybe they are high on this Cordy Glenn in the draft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Buffalo Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 They did mention that the Browns are still trying to restructure a deal with him, but released him as per his wishes to see what he could get on the open market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roach Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Well, I think we saw that coming for the most part, with Pinkston getting 16 starts under his belt. I was partly wondering if they would bring back Steiny at a reduced rate and move Pinkston to RT, but I would much rather they get keep Pinkstion at LG and get a much better player at RT. Zombo There is still a possibility that they might sign him at a reduced rate. i would think they need to go through this release process first(but i'm not sure about that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choco Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 But it does mean the Browns OL depth is lowered.... how? he was on IR all last year....if we sign him back, it'd be an addition. the loss of the depth was cousins, greco (tendered?), and hicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Buffalo Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 how? he was on IR all last year....if we sign him back, it'd be an addition. the loss of the depth was cousins, greco (tendered?), and hicks. Greco got an extension. Hicks is in FA, I don;t know about Cousins, he might get resigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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