Soon after the Cleveland Browns signed undrafted free agent Leigh Tiffin to a contract, they waived him. The team then proceeded to sign veteran kicker Shaun Suisham (side-note: why was Tiffin signed in the first place?). Suisham has been with two NFL teams during his 5-year career, but probably wasn't a household name until last season. You don't remember who he is? Flash back to late in the 2009 season when the Washington Redskins were primed to be the first team to defeat the New Orleans Saints...
Suisham doesn't have horrible accuracy, but he's still a full four percentage points behind Browns kicker Phil Dawson. There have been rumors that Dawson might stage a mini-holdout again, so signing Suisham is probably just an insurance policy until training camp arrives. Last year, the Browns signed kicker Parker Douglass but waived him when Dawson arrived to the first day of training camp.
0 recs | 19 comments
shoulda signed Nugent.
jaws. - May 19, 2010
Yes, we should have. good halftime show anyways every game.
Kimble_79 - May 19, 2010
Suisham=Nugent
Nugent
<SuishamNugent from OSU…I think I am seeing a pattern…
bross09 - May 19, 2010
did you go through and post this in every thread?
Dawg Nuts - May 20, 2010
Um, why did we do this?
emily522 - May 19, 2010
To show the RFAs that we don’t mind spending money just not on them.
Villeslgr - May 19, 2010
Just what I’d like to know. All this inside a couple of days?
RelapsingDawgCatcher - May 19, 2010
because it doesn’t matter. put it our of your mind
Roger Dorn - May 20, 2010
No one feels bad for Tiffin?
skipkirk - May 20, 2010
I do. he’ll get a shot somewhere eventually.
notthatnoise - May 20, 2010
I think I would have rather kept the young kid. This guy choked under pressure last year.
Kimble_79 - May 20, 2010
No
Roger Dorn - May 20, 2010
No.
Dawg Nuts - May 20, 2010
nope.
notthatnoise - May 20, 2010
Give Dawson the sammich and coke he wants!
BuenosAires_Dawg - May 20, 2010
I am a browns fan from DC and have watched many redskins games in the past years and shaun suisham is downright AWFUL
sww2109 - May 21, 2010
Good thing Phil Dawson is our kicker.
Roger Dorn - May 21, 2010
I hope Dawson stays for a another year or three.
Suppa Bob - May 22, 2010
NFP reports that Tiffin is on our injured reserve list:
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Leigh-Tiffin-on-Browns-injured-reserve-list.html
An injury explains all this nicely. Mystery solved!
RelapsingDawgCatcher - May 23, 2010
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