The Browns have placed 31-year old punter Dave Zastudil on the Injured Reserve List with a knee problem.  He played in 8 games for the Browns last season and he punted the ball 49 times for 2,188 yards (44.7 avg).  Zastudil pinned the opposition inside their own 20-yard line 25 times last year and he had 5 touchbacks.  28-year old Reggie Hodges will replace Zastudil as the Browns’ starting punter in 2010.  Hodges played in 8 games for the Browns last season and he punted the ball 45 times for 1,789 yards (39.8 avg).  He pinned the opposing team inside their own 20-yard line 15 times and he had 3 touchbacks.  Hodges will be a dropoff from Zastudil but the Browns don’t appear to worried about it.

The Browns will be without starting right guard Floyd “Pork Chop” Womack for the rest of the pre-season due to injury.  He played in 13 games (9 starts) for the Browns last season.  He has played in 103 games (56 starts) in his nine years in the NFL.  Womack’s injury leaves the door open for rookie third round pick Shawn Lauvao to potentially steal his starting job.

The Browns have lost 26-year old starting inside linebacker D’Qwell Jackson for the next 4-8 weeks due to a strained right pectoral muscle in his chest.  Jackson played in 6 games for the Browns last season and he had 59 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 2 passes defensed and 1 forced fumble.  32-year old Eric Barton and 23-year old Kaluka Maiava will duke it out in training camp to see who replaces Jackson for the first couple of games.  Barton played in 8 games for the Browns last season and he had 58 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, he defensed 2 passes and he had 1 fumble recovery.  Barton is a Mangini favorite from their days together with the Jets so he likely has a slight edge right now.  Maiava played in 16 games as a rookie for the Browns last season and he made 45 tackles, had 2.5 sacks, he defensed 2 passes and he forced 2 fumbles.  The Browns hope Jackson heals quickly because he’s better than the alternatives.

The Browns have lost starting QB Brady Quinn for the rest of the year due to a foot injury.  Quinn played in 10 games for the Browns this season and he completed 136 of 256 passes (53.1%) for 1,339 yards with 8 TD passes and 7 INTs (67.2 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 20 times for 98 yards (4.9 ypc) with 1 TD run this year.  Quinn has now played in 14 games in his career with the Browns and he has completed 184 of 353 passes (52.1%) for 1,902 yards with 10 TD passes and 9 INTs (66.8 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 25 times for 119 yards (4.8 ypc) with a TD run in his career.  It will be interesting to see what the Browns decide to do with Brady Quinn.  I’m thinking that they will attempt to trade him on draft day and select a new QB to groom for the future.

It seems like every week the Browns are losing at least one player for the year and this week it’s 26-year old DT/DE C.J. Mosley wiht a broken ankle.  Mosley played in 12 games for the Browns this season and he made 18 tackles.  Mosley was just starting to get a lot of playing time so this injury hurts him as much or more than it does the Browns.