Browns cuts reach the secondary

The cuts in Cleveland continue and they now have reached the secondary as the team released another starter from the 2015 team and cut one of the Ray Farmer flyers from the same year's draft.

The Browns released veteran safety Donte Whitner and 2015 seventh-round cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu in two separate moves.

Donte Whitner spent two years in Cleveland after signing as a free agent and I agree with the decision to release him-with an asterisk.
I don't have a problem with shedding the over 12 million over the next years of the contract, but I do think that the Browns weren't really fair to Whitner by waiting this long into free agency.
The team could have released Whitner when they cut Karlos Dansby and given him a better chance to find a new team.
That said, Whitner was painfully slow last season and his lack of speed was obvious to even the casual fan.
Being that Whitner would most likely be even slower in 2016, I see their point in getting younger in 2015 4th rounder Ibraheim Campbell, cheaper (Campbell makes far less) and likely faster-Campbell would have to be pretty slow to not be faster.
I liked Donte Whitner, he always played hard, hit hard and was a great attitude guy-he just didn't fit on this team for those dollars.

The Browns also released 2015 seventh-rounder Ifo Ekpre-Olomu from a knee injury suffered before his Oregon Ducks team 2014 playoff game
Ekpre-Olomu has said that his recovery was coming along and that he expected to play in 2016.
The Browns disagreed and released him.
We'll see if anyone claims the young corner or gives him another chance, but this really comes down to the opinion of doctors on the condition of Ekpre-Olomu's knee and if the Browns doctors think that the knee isn't up to the standards that are needed for NFL play, then I understand the release.
I mean, why employ the doctors, if you aren't going to listen to their opinion, but an argument could be made that for the relatively low cost (450K) that the team could have given him more time to rehab the injury.
If Ekpre-Olomu never plays for anyone else, then the Browns were correct, if he eventually does and plays well, it will be another example of a front office (no matter the regime) that always thinks they are smarter than they are.....

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