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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cleveland&amp;nbsp;Browns have released defensive lineman Phil Taylor, the team announced Tuesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cleveland selected Taylor with their first pick at No. 21 overall in the 2011 draft. He played in only five games in 2014 because of a knee injury.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 44 career NFL games, Taylor has seven sacks, including four as a rookie.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Browns exercised the fifth-year option on Taylor's contract last year, and by not cutting him before March 10, his $5.5 million salary is fully-guaranteed.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;BANKS:&amp;nbsp;Ranking new starting&amp;nbsp;QBs&amp;nbsp;and their potential for success&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cleveland terminated Taylor's contract&amp;nbsp;to cut its roster down to the league-mandated 75 players by 4 p.m. Tuesday.&amp;nbsp;The Browns also waived Ishmaa\u2019ily Kitchen, Luke Lundy and&amp;nbsp;Carey Spear.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cleveland will further cut its roster down to 53 by 4 p.m. Saturday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Kayla Lombardo&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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