NFL Browns, Crocker agree to contract

The third-round selection ended his holdout by agreeing to a five-year deal.
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BEREA -- The Cleveland Browns agreed Thursday to a five-year deal with rookie defensive back Chris Crocker, who has a chance to move into a starting position on the team's weak secondary.
The agreement means the Browns have four of their seven draft choices signed, including their top three picks, after going a week without having any of them at training camp.
Terms of the deal with Crocker were not disclosed.
The Browns selected Crocker in the third round with the 84th overall pick. Crocker played both cornerback and safety as a three-year starter at Marshall.
The Browns need help in the secondary after releasing Corey Fuller in the off-season.
Crocker signed about 18 hours after the Browns reached agreement with linebacker Chaun Thompson, a second-round choice who reported to training camp Thursday.
All the signed draft picks will participate in today's practices against the Buffalo Bills.
On the sidelines
Coach Butch Davis said that unless there was a rash of injuries, Crocker and Thompson wouldn't play in Saturday's scrimmage against the Bills at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
"He has missed a significant amount of time," Davis said of Thompson. "It's not just that he has missed 10 days, but those 10 days were all 18 hours long. You don't make that up in one day or two days."
Still unsigned were running back Lee Suggs, cornerback Michael Lehan and defensive tackle Antonio Garay.
Lehan was believed to be close to signing on Thursday.
Team president Carmen Policy said Suggs, who is rehabilitating from arthroscopic shoulder surgery, could be ready by the season opener. It had been thought that Suggs would be out much longer.
Wants a challenge
Davis clearly wants his players tested when the Bills come to practice today and Saturday.
"It's like going to the rodeo and seeing which cowboy draws which bull," Davis said. "I hope our guys get the nastiest, ugliest, meanest bull in the rodeo."
The scrimmage will give quarterbacks Tim Couch and Kelly Holcomb their first chance to show what they can do against an opponent, but Davis said practices like these are "old hat to the quarterbacks."
Buffalo arrives with one of the league's best offenses, led by quarterback Drew Bledsoe (4,359 yards passing), running back Travis Henry (1,438 yards rushing) and receiver Eric Moulds (1,292 yards receiving).