Browns receiver likely to start season on PUP list

Cleveland Browns veteran receiver Joe Jurevicius likely will start the 2008 season on the physically unable to perform list.

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In an interview Thursday morning with
Cleveland radio station WTAM, Browns general manager Phil Savage said
Jurevicius' most recent knee surgery performed on June 30 will cause
him to miss extended time. If he is placed on the PUP list, Jurevicius
will have to sit out the first six weeks of the regular season.

Although the Browns are confirming only two surgeries, the procedure
was at least the third performed on Jurevicius' knee in the past seven
months after he contracted a staph infection following his initial
surgery.
"It's been pretty frustrating for everybody because this started as an
innocent knee scope back in January, and it's morphed itself into
multiple procedures," Savage said in the radio interview Thursday.
"Obviously every time he's taken a step forward, it's been two steps
back. So it's a bit up in the air right now … He's going to be looked
at again obviously next week before we get started and probably will
start on that PUP list."
Jurevicius, 33, had one of the best seasons of his career in 2007. He
played in all 16 games for the Browns and caught 50 passes for 614
yards and three touchdowns.
The Cleveland native signed a four-year contract with the Browns in
2006 but said he plans to retire after this season. He wanted to come
back for one more year to see if he could help lead his hometown team
to the postseason.