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The Browns have released QB Brock Osweiler

CLEVELAND, OH - AUGUST 21: Brock Osweiler #17 of the Cleveland Browns passes during a preseason game against the New York Giants at FirstEnergy Stadium on August 21, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

  • The Cleveland Browns have released quarterback Brock Osweiler, according Browns reporter Zac Jackson.
  • Osweiler spent the 2016 season with the Houstons Texans, after signing a blockbuster $72 million-dollar contract with the team. However, he thoroughly under performed his contact, and ended the year ranked 32nd of 34 qualifying quarterbacks with a PFF overall grade of 48.6. A big reason for this was Osweiler’s inaccuracy. In 2016, Osweiler’s adjusted completion percentage (the PFF metric accounts for drops, throwaways, spikes, batted passes, and when the quarterback is hit as he throws to give a clear measure of accuracy) of just 68.9 percent was the league’s third lowest mark.
  • Osweiler was traded to the Cleveland Browns in the offseason, and was given a shot at winning the starting job. He started the Browns first two preseason games, but registered poor game grades of 49.8 and 54.0. His accuracy problems continued, and through the first two weeks of the preseason, Osweiler ranked 50th of 53 quarterbacks with an adjusted completion percentage of 50.0 percent.
  • With Osweiler gone, the Cleveland back up job will fall to second-year quarterback Cody Kessler, who has been impressive this preseason. After four weeks of the preseason, Kessler ranks first among the league’s quarterbacks with an adjusted completion percentage of 84.6 percent.

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