November 23, 2008 Browns inactives: QB Ken Dorsey (3rd), DB Travis Daniels, SS Hamza Abdullah, LB Kris Griffin, G Scott Young, WR Steve Sanders, TE Martin Rucker, DE Shaun Smith.
Our View:Both Browns banged up tight ends, Kellen Winslow Jr. and Steve Heiden, are active. Winslow will start.
November 17, 2008 Week 11 inactives for the Browns include Martin Rucker, Ken Dorsey, Gerard Lawson, Hamza Abdullah, Lawrence Vickers, Beau Bell, Scott Young, and Steve Sanders.
Our View:No big surprises here. The majority of these players serve only as backups.
November 6, 2008 The Browns' inactive players for Thursday night are TE Martin Rucker, DB Travis Daniels, LG Eric Steinbach, LB Beau Bell, WR Steve Sanders, FB Lawrence Vickers, third QB Ken Dorsey, and DB Hamza Abdullah, according to the Browns' official site.
Our View:None of these players have much fantasy value of which to speak.
October 22, 2008 Browns rookie tight end, Martin Rucker has yet to play since undergoing knee surgery in the preseason, could be pressed into service in Week 8. If Kellen Winslow's suspension is upheld and Steve Heiden can't go, Rucker will be the team's second tight end.
Our View:Rucker is the Browns future at tight end and they are trying to bring him along slowly to make sure he has fully recovered from his knee injury.
October 1, 2008 Martin Rucker has not practiced since undergoing knee surgery seven weeks ago but on Wednesday he began his comeback. On Wednesday, the rookie tight end was back on the practice field, according to the Cleveland Browns official web site.
Our View:Rucker is still a couple of weeks away from getting back on the field but this is a step in the right direction for the Browns tight end.
