Kicker Phil Dawson is now the last player left from the 1999 expansion team.The Browns have released long-time cornerback Daylon McCutcheon, the team announced Friday.
One of the two remaining players from the club's inaugural team in 1999, McCutcheon was a '99 third-round pick out of USC.
Daylon told the ABJ he wont forget 2002, the only playoff season.
As for the Browns, McCutcheon conceded that things got tough as the losing wore on.
``Every season I started optimistic, but by the end, it was the same old stuff,'' he said.
He cited as the high point the playoff appearance after the 2002 season, but he still wonders why the team was dismantled after that close loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
``Everyone on that team was like, `Man!' '' he said of the decision to release several veterans. `
`You go to the playoffs and figure if you make some moves the next year, that the team will compete and maybe go deeper in the playoffs. It seemed like just the exact opposite. We were back to square one.''
During his eight-year tenure with the club, McCutcheon played in 103 games with 96 starts and marked 463 tackles, 7 sacks, 12 interceptions, 63 pass breakups and 8 forced fumbles.
"Daylon is one of the original Browns from 1999 and we appreciate everything he did here in Cleveland both on and off the field over the last eight seasons," Savage said. "Daylon is a true professional and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors."
2 comments:
Sad to see him go. He was one of my favorites, a class act, and a warrior. I wish him the best. I always thought he'd have the chance to play for a superbowl type team because of his awesome character.
What's the deal here, is McCutcheon washed up, too injury prone or too expensive to keep around?
I didn't think we were overburdened with good DBs at this point.
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