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CLEVELAND - Ben Tate doesnt have to worry about losing carries with the Browns any longer. The team released the disgruntled running back on Tuesday, two days after he was given the ball just twice in a matchup against the Houston Texans, his former team. Tate signed a two-year, $6.2 million free agent contract in March with Cleveland to be the Browns every-down back. He rushed for 333 yards, but his playing time had been dwindling with the emergence of rookies Isaiah Crowell and Terrance West. Last week, Tate said he wasnt satisfied with Clevelands running backs rotation and the team decided to move on without him. Browns general manager Ray Farmer explained the move in a release. With all the transactions we make while constructing our roster, it will always be our intent to do what is best for our football team, Farmer said. This move is no different and we wish Ben the best going forward. On Sunday, Tate was made a captain for the game against the Texans, his team for four seasons. But he had just two rushes for minus-9 yards and initially declined interviews following the game. Tate began to leave the locker room without talking to reporters, but was coaxed to stay by a member of the teams media relations staff. Tate was short with his answers and got into a brief exchange with one reporter who suggested Tate didnt look happy. Did I tell you that? Tate said, with the reporter replying that Tate seemed unhappy. Oh it seemed. Do you know me personally? Tate said. Exactly, so you dont know. Youre assuming now. Tate, who made six starts this season, rushed for 124 yards against Tennessee but hasnt been as productive in recent weeks. On Monday, Browns coach Mike Pettine was asked what had happened to Tate. Nothing I would speak on here, he said before praising Crowell and West. 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"I would have liked to have made a few more putts, but overall, if you would have told me 26 points after two days I would take it every time." Geoff Ogilvy was second. Wes Roach was third at 22, and Tommy Gainey and Tim Wilkinson had 21. Ogilvy had a seven-point round, Roach and Gainey each scored 10 points, and Wilkinson had five. Watney is making his first appearance in the event since 2008 after failing to qualify for the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational. Hes 124th in the FedEx Cup standings, with the top 125 getting into The Barclays -- the playoff opener that he won in 2012 for the last off his five PGA Tour titles.dddddddddddd "I got to keep going," Watney said. "Weve got a long way to go and just try to keep my head down and stay focused on where Im at." He was asked what he learned after two rounds. "That Im playing well and that this is a really hard course to walk," Watney said. Ogilvy, the Australian who won the 2006 U.S. Open, earned five points with an eagle on the par-5 13th, gave back a point with a bogey on No. 14 and birdied No. 16 in the afternoon. On Thursday, he had eight birdies in a bogey-free round. "It was tricky," Ogilvy said. "The elevation makes it hard anyway, or awkward, and you add in that wind that goes from nothing to 20 miles an hour and back, gusting and spinning around down different directions, it feels like. Its really awkward out there." Making his first appearance in the event since 2002, Ogilvy won the last of his seven PGA Tour titles in 2010. He has only two top-25 finishes this season and is 151st in the FedEx Cup standings. "Im hitting the ball well," Ogilvy said. "Obviously, if I hole a few putts, hopefully, Ill be there at the end." ' ' '