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Cleveland Browns:Browns reduce roster to 53 players Youth Chris Hubbard Jersey , waive Nate Orchard, Devon Cajuste (cleveland.com) - Hard Knocks darlings Nate Orchard and Devon Cajuste were among Browns players let go as part of the moves to reduce the roster to 53 players. The Browns also waived two 2017 draft picks in running back Matthew Dayes and defensive lineman Caleb Brantley.John Dorsey keeps 28 newcomers on initial roster (ohio.com) - The Browns aren’t kidding when they say they aren’t the same team that went 1-31 the past two seasons under coach Hue Jackson. When General Manager John Dorsey trimmed the roster to 53 players by the NFL’s deadline at 4 p.m. Saturday, he kept 25 guys who were on the team last season. The other 28 have been acquired this year by Dorsey, who replaced former head of football operations Sashi Brown on Dec. 7.Top surprises from Browns roster cutdown (brownswire.com) - The initial 53-man Cleveland Browns roster is set after Saturday’s 4 p.m. deadline. Here are some of the decisions GM John Dorsey and his staff made which made me raise an eyebrow.Cleveland Browns: Baker Mayfield, Khalil Mack, Mychal Kendricks (cleveland.com) - The answer is ... yes. The question is ... have the Browns found a quarterback in Baker Mayfield The other answer is ... no. The question is ... how about playing Mayfield right now?NFL:How Khalil Mack changes the Bears (Chicago Tribune) - The landmark news surfaced early Saturday morning, a true September surprise. With the Bears needing to finalize their initial 53-man roster this weekend, general manager Ryan Pace again showed off his propensity to be bold. In what may go down as the second most significant move of Pace’s tenure as GM, the Bears agreed to trade for elite pass rusher Khalil Mack.Nick Foles to start Week 1 for the Eagles (nj.com) - From the moment it was revealed that Carson Wentz suffered a Torn ACL against the Rams in December, the debate about when the Eagles’ star quarterback would finally return raged on. This offseason, Wentz loudly, and proudly, stated that returning to play Week 1 against the Atlanta Falcons was his goal. That won’t happen — it was revealed that Nick Foles would return to start in Wentz’s place on Saturday — in a report by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport — as he did in leading the Eagles to win Super Bowl last season. Raiders trade for quarterback A.J. McCarron (si.com) - The Raiders have reportedly traded for Bills backup QB AJ McCarron, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. McCarron was rumored to be on the Bills’ bubble ahead of the NFL roster cut deadline. He sat behind Nathan Peterman and first-round draft pick Josh Allen on the possible depth chart.NFL cuts tracker (NFL.com) - The NFL preseason is over. The season is less than a week away from kicking off -- and that means it’s time for teams to trim their rosters. Here’s a team-by-team rundown of every player cut as NFL general managers trim their rosters to the mandatory 53-player limit by Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. Tyrod Taylor's first days as a backup for the Browns have been difficult.And not just because he lost his job.Taylor, who was replaced as Cleveland's starter by rookie Baker Mayfield earlier this week http://www.brownsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-terrance-mitchell-jersey , was cleared from concussion protocol and returned to practice Thursday, but was limited by a back injury that could prevent him from being Cleveland's No. 2 quarterback on Sunday in Oakland.Coach Hue Jackson said Taylor was limited and there's a chance Drew Stanton will be the backup when Mayfield makes his first NFL start against the Raiders."We will see exactly where that is," Jackson said. "He did not do a lot, so I will make sure that if we do put him out there, that he's ready to go. Obviously, Drew has been there since the situation with Tyrod had happened. We will see where that is. I will know more about that tomorrow."Jackson plans to make a decision on his No. 2 quarterback Friday before the team flies to California.Taylor was in the locker room after practice, but said he couldn't speak with reporters because he had a meeting.The 29-year-old sustained a head injury while taking a pounding during the first half of last week's game against the New York Jets. Mayfield replaced him and guided the Browns to a 21-17 win, their first in 20 games stretching to the 2016 season.Taylor was under siege early on, taking hits on five of Cleveland's first six offensive plays as the line appeared to have several communication breakdowns, which resulted in Jets players getting free shots on the QB.Coordinator Todd Haley said those early mistakes up front led directly to Taylor's rough performance (4 of 14 for 19 yards), and contributed to his injuries."I blame it 100 percent," Haley said. "I know that we are all very excited about Baker. That being said, I just want everybody to know that I think Tyrod has done nothing but a tremendous job and has done nothing but put us in a position to win the first two games. I have been very clear when talking about things that are not always comfortable talking about that we have made too many mental errors. A coach is never proud to say that of his group."That is what we need to do as a group because if we make some of the errors that we have made in all three games, it is not going to matter who is playing. ... It was not a fair situation to put Tyrod in."Haley was effusive in praising Taylor for serving as a model and mentor for Mayfield, the No. 1 overall pick and Cleveland's presumptive franchise leader.During his first season with Cleveland Genard Avery Jersey , Haley has been publicly candid when discussing several issues, and cameras captured some of his frank style during scenes on HBO's "Hard Knocks" series which chronicled Browns camp this summer.Because of his affinity for Taylor, Jackson's decision to switch to Mayfield could have been against Haley's wishes. But the former Pittsburgh offensive coordinator would not comment on whether he agreed with the move."I am going to choose to not talk about any of the internal stuff," he said. "I like all of the guys, and I believe in all of the guys. What I will say about Tyrod is he came in and has been a leader from Day 1 of this group and of this entire building."There was not this same excitement and prettiness to it right now, and he was and is a big part of getting this thing continued and going in the right direction because I feel like we are."How this goes around, we have to have all of those guys ready all of the time, and he will be."NOTES: Haley acknowledged that the trick-play, 2-point conversion the Browns executed flawlessly last week was stolen from the Eagles, who ran their "Philly Special" to perfection in the Super Bowl. "I have no shame," he said. "That is the whole league, though. I think you need to have your eyes open." ... DE Myles Garrett called the NFL's roughing-the-passer crackdown "ridiculous" and said he won't risk an injury to avoid a penalty. "I'm not willing to tear something to lay him on the ground like a child," he said. Custom New York Giants Jerseys