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CLEVELAND -- The Browns are acting as if Josh Gordon is
already gone. With the status of their Pro Bowl wide
receiver still unclear for next season, the team added
two veteran free-agent wide receivers Thursday, agreeing
to terms with Miles Austin and signing Earl Bennett. Both
players give the Browns insurance in case Gordon, the
teams top playmaker who led the NFL in yards receiving
last season, is suspended for a year after reportedly
failing another drug test. Austin and Bennett have been
available since March, but the Browns passed on them in
favour of signing veteran Nate Burleson to challenge Greg
Little for the No. 2 receivers spot. However, a report
last week that Gordon is facing a one-year suspension
forced the Browns to find some quality help and rookie
general manager Ray Farmer added Miles and Bennett.
Despite being aware of Gordons situation, Farmer passed
on drafting a wide receiver last week. At the time,
Farmers inaction seemed peculiar, but the team obviously
had other options in mind. "Were confident we have a
plan," coach Mike Pettine said at a golf outing earlier
this week. "That the situation didnt call for panic,
thats something we werent going to do. I agree with Ray
1,000 per cent that we have to build this team so that no
one player drives the ship, that we can be insulated.
Losing players for extended periods of time potentially
is part of the game. "Successful franchises are the ones
that have enough depth built and enough options that they
have from scheme-wise, coaching-wise to account for it.
Those are the ones that are successful." A two-time Pro
Bowl player, Austin was released by Dallas in March in a
salary-cap move. The 29-year-old played in just 11 games
last season because of hamstring injuries. The 6-foot-2,
215-pound Austin was signed by the Cowboys as an
undrafted free agent in 2006. He appeared in 106 games,
recording 301 receptions for 4,481 yards and 34
touchdowns. Miles had his best season in 2009, when he
had 81 receptions for 1,320 yards and 11 touchdowns. The
27-year-old Bennett has made 29 starts in six pro seasons
-- all with the Chicago Bears. He has 185 career
receptions for 2,277 yards with 12 touchdowns. Last
season, he had 32 receptions for 243 yards and four TDs
in 15 games. Only hours after the Browns introduced Texas
A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel last Friday, ESPN reported
that the 22-year-old Gordon is facing a one-year ban for
testing positive for marijuana dampened the enthusiasm
created by Clevelands draft. Citing unidentified sources,
the report said Gordon was notified by a league physician
that he failed the test. Gordon has failed two previous
tests and was suspended for the first two games last
season for violating the leagues substance abuse policy.
Despite playing just 14 games, Gordon, who also had
substance abuse issues in college, led the league with
1,646 yards receiving. The league has not commented on
Gordons situation. Agent Drew Rosenhaus has declined
comment. Faced with a substantial fine, Farmer was
careful as he spoke about Gordon, but indicated the team
was prepared to move on without him. "Its no different
than if a player was going out during the off-season and
broke an ankle or tore an ACL playing pickup hoops,"
Farmer said. "We have to build a football team that can
win regardless of whos missing. I think thats the charge
that we have. Thats my job. Thats coach Pettines job. To
prepare this football team to win games regardless of
whos missing." Along with Gordons fluid situation, the
Browns may be without Burleson after he recently
underwent minor surgery to fix a plate in the left arm he
broke last year in a car accident. Farmer expects
Burleson to be ready when training camp opens in July.
The Browns also signed undrafted free agent defensive
lineman Elhadji Ndiaye. Born in Senegal, the 6-4, 265-
pound Ndiaye attended Nebraska-Kearney. He had six sacks
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