{"id":320353,"date":"2025-08-27T00:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/320353\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T00:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:47:13","slug":"5-takeaways-from-browns-initial-53-man-roster-dan-labbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/320353\/","title":{"rendered":"5 takeaways from Browns\u2019 initial 53-man roster: Dan Labbe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Cleveland Browns vs. Los Angeles Rams in preseason game, August 23, 2025\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RO36GBZ6OJBWNH22C3UIIF4BCA.JPG\" \/>Browns rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel is No. 2 on the depth chart.John Kuntz, cleveland.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7MUKWFKFWRCFDMXJGIPYPQERHA\">CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/browns\/2025\/08\/browns-kicker-dustin-hopkins-cut-deshaun-watson-placed-on-reservepup-mike-hall-jr-remains-on-active-roster.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Browns<\/a> cut down to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/browns\/2025\/08\/browns-kicker-dustin-hopkins-cut-deshaun-watson-placed-on-reservepup-mike-hall-jr-remains-on-active-roster.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">initial 53-man roster<\/a> on Tuesday, adding some clarity at quarterback and kicker and hanging onto a few undrafted free agents. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"H6H5TPHV45DLJNENWXVN37YKGE\">There\u2019s always an emphasis on the word \u201cinitial\u201d with this cut-down because there will be changes over the next few days and weeks. Waiver claims are due by noon on Wednesday and the Browns will likely be active.<\/p>\n<p>Football Insider newsletter free trial: Take a minute and <a href=\"https:\/\/link.cleveland.com\/join\/6fe\/newsletter-football-insider-sign-up-emailform\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sign up for a free trial<\/a> of our Football Insider newsletter, featuring exclusive content from cleveland.com&#8217;s Browns reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Browns rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel is No. 2 on the depth chart.John Kuntz, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[58555,7,58556],"class_list":{"0":"post-320353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-cleveland-browns-2025","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams-2025"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115097976495054907","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}