Shaun Rogers Wants Off Team After Eric Mangini Fails To Say "Hi"

by Jon Azpiri | February 25, 2009 at 01:31 pm

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If you ever see Shaun Rogers on the street, be sure to say hello. New Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini apparently failed to stop and chat with the star defensive tackle on two occasions and the nose tackle says he wants off the team.

Rogers is so upset he has asked the Browns to not pick up the $6 million option-bonus payment due to him next month. Instead, Rogers wants to be released from the team even though they owe him another $15 million in guaranteed money.

Some of Rogers' feelings stem back to two offseason incidents in which he believes Mangini disrespected him. The first time, Mangini walked into the Browns' training room and failed to say hello to Rogers. The next time, at a public charity function in which both men were in the green room, neither said hello to the other, and Mangini later said he didn't know Rogers was there.

Even if Rogers wants out, he likely won't get his wish. Rogers is a critical part of the Browns defense. Mangini believes that he can mend faces.

"Anytime someone new comes in, there's a process of getting to know that person," Mangini said Feb. 4. "I feel really comfortable with who I am and the things I do. I know that everything is done for a very specific reason and that is to give us the best chance to win. I feel really good about the relationships that I had in New York with the players there. I think that the things that they have said are things I feel really good about. I anticipate having those same types of relationships here."

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