The Cleveland Browns sign punter Reggie Hodges

Blogged under Bloglockers, Free Agent Additions, Front Page, Big Browns News, Injury Reports, General by admin on Sunday 15 November 2009 at 9:41 pm

The Browns have signed 27-year old punter Reggie Hodges.  Hodges played in 4 games earlier this season for the Titans in which he punted the ball 22 times for 868 yards (39.5 avg).  He placed the ball inside the opposing 20 yard line only 1 time (4.5%) so far this season and he has 2 touchbacks (9.1%).  Hodges has now played in 24 games in his 4-year NFL career and he has punted the ball 107 times for 4,287 yards (40.1 avg) with 9 touchbacks (8.4%) and he has pinned the opposition inside their 20-yard line 24 times (22.4%).  Hodges will be a huge dropoff for the Browns as Dave Zastudil will miss at least one game with a right knee injury.  He has played in 8 games for the Browns this season and he has punted the ball 49 times for 2,188 yards (44.7 avg).  Zastudil has only 5 touchbacks this season (10.2%) and he has pinned the opposition inside their 20-yard line 25 times this year (51%).  The Browns better hope this injury is not serious as Zastudil is one of the best players on the team.

UPDATE:  The Browns have placed Dave Zastudil on the Injured Reserve List with his knee injury which was way more severe than anyone led on.  That means that Reggie Hodges will be the punter for the Browns the rest of the year.  This injury really hurts the team as Zastudil was probably the second most productive player on the Browns outside of Joshua Cribbs.

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