Hard to argue with trading away WR Carlton Brewster, who was bound to be cut anyway, to Green Bay for cornerback prospect Therrian Fontenot, who at least has one season of NFL practice squad and NFL Europe experience under his belt.
Neither Ralph Brown nor Pete Hunter seem like strong candidates for the fourth or fifth cornerback slots behind Leigh Bodden, Gary Baxter (currently injured), Daylon McCutcheon (rehabbing from surgery). Antonio Perkins has every opportunity to shine, but he’s been tweaked and dinged too, to use the team’s technical terms. Daven Holly hasn’t stood out either, and he seems really small anyway. After a reprieve when Derrick Strait was returned to the Jets in the failed Lee Suggs deal, consider this move another bad omen for Brown, Hunter, Perkins, and Holly. I haven’t seen enough of newcomer Jeremy LeSueur and UDFAs Jereme Perry and James Thornton to make any assessment. I can’t see the latter two as anything more than practice squad candidates anyway.
Fontenot, a converted tailback, has excellent speed and good aggressiveness. He played (sparingly) at Fresno State for Pat Hill, a former colleague of Phil Savage during his first tour of duty in Cleveland. As a pro, his shining moment came in Week 2 of the NFL Europe season, when he picked off two Lang Campbell passes, which were intended for former Browns Lance Moore and C.J. Jones.
As far as I can tell, he’s no relation to former Browns RB Herman Fontenot, whose career, ironically, took him from Cleveland to Green Bay, and whose jersey number, 28, is now worn by another speedy former UDFA cornerback, Leigh Bodden.
