Former DE Kareem Brown continues to make strides at tight end for the Jets. Brown, who played at 315 pounds in college, is down to the 260s. If you didn't know better, you wouldn't look at him and see a former lineman. He made a couple of nice catches in practice.




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TE Kareem Brown. The former defensive lineman doesn't look totally out of place as he continues his bid to make the transition to offense. Considering the dearth of bodies at the position (no pun intended, James), Brown could have a role in certain packages if he continues to pick up the offense.



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LoHud.com is reporting that Jets DT Kareem Brown has lost 30 pounds so he can play tight end.






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We saw quite a bit of Kareem Brown at tight end. He dropped the first two balls thrown his way – including a 5-yarder over the middle – but settled down. Ryan complimented the defensive lineman’s mental capabilities because he’s in “every offensive and defensive meeting.” "The routes look good," O.C. Brian Schottenheimer yelled to him. "We'll get the catching part down."

I asked Brown if he expected to be the starting tight end on opening day in Houston and he laughed. Nice kid. And actually didn’t look too bad running his routes. Look at it his way: Bubba Franks, a career tight end, had more drops in his first training camp practice last year.

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I unearthed a mildly interesting piece of information earlier today during our locker room period. The team may be converting defensive lineman/linebacker Kareem Brown to tight end. He is working with both units (double the meetings, double the fun) and is already down about 25 pounds from his weight of 290 last year. Brown is 6'4" tall and played at 315lbs in college. When I talked with him today he was about to go off and have a salad for lunch.

This move was out of a major necessity since with all of the focus on the quarterback situation it has gone almost unnoticed that the Jets have a grand total of...one tight end on the roster, last year's first-round pick, Dustin Keller. Two if you count James Dearth, but the team doesn't like to put their long snapper in jeopardy by playing him too much on offense.

Given the propensity for Brian Schottenheimer to run two and three tight-end sets - currently in vogue throughout the league - the Jets are clearly wanting at this position. And, given the upcoming three-day mini-camp next week, the team needed bodies in this position.

Although carrying around two playbooks doesn't seem pleasant, Brown is enjoying the challenge. While he has fun playing defense, he said of his new role, "Playing offense is childhood fun."

Right now, he is mostly getting up to speed as a blocker to balance out Keller who is still going to remain mostly a pass catcher.

Now entering his third NFL season, Brown was originally a fourth round Draft pick in 2007 by the New England Patriots, who waived him after 11 games that year, and he was subsequently signed by the Jets.

A "U" guy (that's the University of Miami for those of you not familiar with the term) Brown had 11 sacks in his senior season there, which ranks as the second-best single-season total by a Miami defensive tackle.

He has played tight end before - in high school for Miami-Norland.

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Jets signed RB Noah Herron, RB Marcus Mason, RB Jehuu Caulcrick, WR Paul Henry, WR Paul Raymond, WR Huey Whittaker, LB Brandon Renkart, DE Kenwin Cummings, DE Ropati Pitoitua, DL Kareem Brown, DT Brian Schafering, and OL Stanley Daniels to reserve/futures contracts. Herron, a/k/a The Bedpost Avenger, adds backfield depth, but he's more of a special teamer at this point. Mason was the preseason rushing champ in 2008 and may have a chance to repeat that meaningless feat again this year.

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The Jets signed defensive end Kareem Brown to the practice squad. Brown was waived by the Jets Nov. 1 to open a roster spot for linebacker Jason Trusnik, who was activated from the PUP list. Brown was inactive for the first seven games this season, but he did show promise in the preseason, when he was fourth on the team with 12 tackles (nine solo) and recorded one sack. Brown, a two-year veteran who was originally claimed off waivers from the Patriots, Nov. 29, 2007, appeared in one game for the Jets last season.

To open a spot for Brown on the practice squad, the Jets released tight end Brad Listorti. Listorti was signed to the Jets’ practice squad Sept. 10, was released on Sept. 23 and re-signed on Oct. 21.

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The Jets released defensive end Kareem Brown, a player who made very little impact in game action this year.

Oh wait a minute, he was never active.

He looked good in preseason games, but was inactive for every game this season.

The Jets released Brown to make room for linebacker Jason Trusnik, who they activated from the PUP list.

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Kareem Brown played well again and I have to think he’s secured himself a roster spot. Not to speak for Mangini, of course.




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Kareem Brown had a strong showing against the Redskins and have a very good chance of making the roster. Kareem has been applying consistent pressure on the quarterbacks he has faced wither in practice or in games and has batted down several balls. If he becomes even more consistent look for him to be a regular in the Jets DL rotation.

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Reports coming out of Jets camp say that Kareem Brown is looking very good in the 3-4 defense. Let's see if he can keep it up. there was never a lack of talent with Kareem, just a lack of effort. Hopefully he can turn things around and be a solid contributor to the Jets this season. Keep it up Kareem.

Kareem Brown steps it up. Fourth-round draft choice Kareem Brown was bumped up to the second unit at left defensive end. In the preseason opener, that spot was occupied by veteran Kenny Smith. Like Mike Richardson, it will be interesting to watch if Brown gets a chance to play against some top competition in the second preseason game Friday night against the Titans.

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We hear that fourth-round DL Kareem Brown won't be a Patriot for long if he doesn't take to heart the team-imposed suspension and stern lecture from veteran DE Richard Seymour that he got after violating an unspecified team rule and being forced to the sideline for the first three days of practice.

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FOXBOROUGH -- If Kareem Brown didn't grasp the seriousness of being suspended for the first three days of training camp for an unspecified violation of team rules, Richard Seymour, the doyen of the defensive line, made the rookie painfully aware.

"One thing that kind of hurt was Richard Seymour told me that he was disappointed in me and that I should know better," said Brown, who spoke to reporters yesterday for the first time since his suspension was lifted Monday. "Coming from a guy of his status that took a toll on me as a rookie."

Brown, a defensive lineman from the University of Miami, would not go into details about why he was suspended, saying, "It's just something you should know better." The fourth-round pick said he didn't think the team would hold his transgression against him long-term.

"They know me better than that, and if they thought it was going to be a problem they wouldn't have drafted me," said Brown. "It was kind of one of those slap-on-the-wrist, 'Come on dude, you got to do better.' "

After serving his suspension for reportedly breaking team rules, fourth-round draft pick Kareem Brown is on the practice field. Brown is hanging out talking with some of the other defensive linemen. Brown is much taller and lankier than guys like Vince Wilfork, Kenny Smith, Rashad Moore and LeKevin Smith. With his frame, I could certainly see Brown playing a Mike Wright role where he splits his time between tackle and end, assuming he makes the team.

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Kareem Brown, the Patriots fourth round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, was suspended until Monday for violating team rules according to a report in the Boston Globe. While no further details of Brown's suspension were available, it could not have been a worse start for the rookie to begin his first professional training camp in the dog house.

Brown is vying for a reserve role on a line filled with first round talent. Although Brown has the same pedigree as nosetackle Vince Wilfork – both attended University of Miami – don't expect any favoritism from the coaching staff just because of Miami's football powerhouse reputation.

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The Patriots and fourth-round draft choice Kareem Brown have finalized a contract agreement today. Brown's deal is a four-year package.

"We’re happy we got it done," said his agent, Peter Schaffer of Colorado-based All Pro Sports & Entertainment. "Working with the team, we found ways to get him into camp on time, and get the contract we were looking for. It’s a win-win situation."

On a lighter note, the Patriots might have set an unofficial NFL record by signing a Brown in each of the last three weeks. First, Troy Brown. Then, Chad Brown. Now, Kareem Brown.

In addition to Brown, the Patriots announced the signing of seventh-round pick Mike Elgin.

That leaves first-round pick Brandon Meriweather as the lone unsigned draft pick at this time.

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Schaffer is also the representative for defensive lineman Kareem Brown, a fourth-round pick. Negotiations don't appear to be very far along with Brown, who was New England's second-highest draft pick this year after the team took his University of Miami teammate, Brandon Meriweather, in the first round. Schaffer attributed that to the fact that some members of the Patriots braintrust have been on vacation for the last couple of weeks.

"The plan for every one of my clients is to be in training camp on time," Schaffer said. "But it does take two to tango. We have a long-standing relationship with the Patriots and I've never had a holdout with the Patriots and I don't anticipate one."

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FOXBORO, Mass. - Kareem Brown did not have to participate in the Patriots rookie mini camp this weekend to get his first taste of the NFL. New England's second pick in the draft from Miami had already digested plenty from the legion of "U" alumni now playing in the pros.

While holding court in his new Patriots locker room over the weekend, the fourth round pick's outsized personality was matched only by his massive physical stature.

At 6-foot-4, 290-pounds, the defensive lineman described his good fortune of having built-in access to the Miami NFL pipeline thusly, "It helps a lot. I talk to those guys all the time, and they just give me a little bit of their experience in the NFL. It motivates you. You see them every day and you want to be in their shoes."

One of those alumni is the Patriots Vince Wilfork, also a defensive lineman, and when Brown watched Wilfork make his famous fumble recovery last year and start rumbling toward the end zone, Brown gave his best Forrest Gump impression while recalling his only thought: "Run Vince Run." When asked if he would have taken that one to the house, Brown said confidently, "I would have, yeah."

The best reporter in Foxboro is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 290 pounds. He also has an assortment of colorful tattoos across the vast canvas of his body and ranks No. 2 all-time among Miami defensive tackles with 20?sacks in his college career.

If fourth-round draft pick Kareem Brown doesn't make the Patriots, he'll probably find a job in the media.

As a pack of reporters gathered around Meriweather on Saturday, Brown perched himself on a chair and took notes as a favor to an accredited journalist. When other newsfolk realized the gigantic scribe was Meriweather's Miami teammate, they gave him the chance to ask a question.

"What kind of a car do you drive?" Brown asked.

The question produced the most interesting Meriweather material to come out in two consecutive days of interviewing.

Kareem Brown bristles at the word: "underachiever." He can't get around it, as if an offensive lineman were grabbing a fistful of his jersey.

The label doesn't make sense to Brown, a defensive lineman who was the second player selected by the Patriots in this year's draft, taken in the fourth round (No. 127 overall).

How could he be an underachiever?

He -- not first-round pick Brandon Meriweather -- was the University of Miami's 2006 Defensive Player of the Year after recording 11 sacks, the second-highest total by a defensive tackle in school history. We're talking about a school that has produced Warren Sapp, 1991 No. 1 overall pick Russell Maryland, and New England nose tackle Vince Wilfork. Still, it sticks to Brown like a piece of gum wedged on the bottom of a shoe.

FOXBORO — Many would have you believe it's next to impossible to leave the University of Miami's football program and not have at least a little controversy on the horizon. That's Patriots' first-round pick Brandon Meriweather's reality.

And that of Kareem Brown.

Just like Meriweather, who's still in the wake of the Florida International brawl/stomping incident last fall, Brown is proud of his pigskin lineage. It's not limited to the fourth-round pick's J.C. Penney portrait-sized tattoo of the former Hurricanes logo on his left bicep, either.

Listed at 6-4, 290 pounds, the defensive lineman is adamant his college program suffers from a case of mistaken identity. There's no denying the brawl happened, but the Miami-native Brown reiterated there's no better place to get a player ready for life in the National Football League.

"It's a perception. That's what it is. It's not a fact. People can think what they want to think and we're going to continue to work hard," Brown explained during the team's just-concluded rookie mini-camp. "People have no idea. We as a program, we let people think what they want to think. We're going to continue to work hard. They're going to continue to coach us hard and we're going to continue to get better."

Q: Was Kareem Brown a guy that you got a look at while evaluating [Brandon] Meriweather?
BB: We evaluated all of the players at Miami.

Q: Was he a standout on his own?
BB: Yes, sure. He’s definitely a player that we thought was going to be drafted back in the fall. We started looking at tape. It was Brown. It was [Baraka] Atkins. [Jon] Beason. [Brandon] Meriweather. The guys on the offensive side of the ball. There were a number of players. You kind of look at all of them. When I was down there, I either saw them on tape or in person.

Q: Kareem said yesterday that he’s dropped a lot weight. Is that a good thing? Is he quicker?
BB: It’s true. I think we’ll have to see him out on the field. I don’t think it’s slowed him down. He’s reshaped his body a little bit in the last few months. I think he looks good.

Q: Is that a good sign that he dropped the weight before he got here?
BB: I think it started at the end of the season. It wasn’t something that just happened in February. It was something that was a couple of months along. You always like to see players in good condition. I know that in March when I was down there, that’s not midseason, but you want to see players in good condition and training and it’s clear that he’s been working hard and that was evident in the workouts as well.

The University of Miami doesn’t recruit players to sit on the bench. The Hurricanes want true freshmen to unseat senior All-Americans.

Miami grads take that approach to the NFL, where a slew of them have made an impact, be it Ed Reed in the first round in 2002 or Jessie Armstead in the eighth in 1993.

Patriots [team stats] fourth-round draft pick Kareem Brown appears to be stepping into a fairly hopeless spot in the short term. The defensive tackle out of Miami has to contend for playing time not only with an All-Pro caliber front three (Richard Seymour [stats], Vince Wilfork [stats], Ty Warren [stats]), but also experienced backups in Jarvis Green and Mike Wright.

The Patriots started the second day by tapping defensive tackle Kareem Brown, a teammate of first round pick Brandon Meriweather at the University of Miami, in the fourth round (No. 127 overall). It marked the first time in team history the Patriots used their first two picks in a draft on players from the same school.

Brown offered his take on the ugly brawl between Miami and Florida International University during the third quarter of the Hurricanes' 35-0 win Oct. 14. Meriweather stomped on players during the melee. "That was an unfortunate incident and that should never happen in any sport whatsoever," said Brown. "I was just trying to do my best to pull people back. You know Brandon is a high-profile guy and people are going to say what they want."