CLEVELAND -- The Browns added some beef to their defensive line while they considered cuts to their roster.Cleveland signed defensive lineman Stephen Paea, a 2011 second-round pick released earlier this week by the Washington Redskins. The 6-foot-1, 310-pound Paea gives the Browns some depth and versatility up front.With Desmond Bryant done for the season with a chest injury and Armonty Bryant scheduled to miss four games with a drug suspension, the Browns were in the market for line help. Paea is a solid pickup.Before the Browns announced his signing, Paea posted a picture on Twitter of him signing his new contract with the caption: One mans trash is another mans treasure.Browns coach Hue Jackson said the 28-year-old Paea can line up directly over center or in a four-man front.He can play in a 3-4, and he has played in some 3-4 in Washington, Jackson said on a teleconference Friday. He played in some 4-3 before. He is versatile that way. He can play in any system that we play in.Clevelands defense has struggled during the preseason and Jackson made it clear hes willing to experiment and try different formations. Nothing is set in stone.We will do whatever we think it takes to win football games, he said. The most important thing now is about game planning to give our players the best chance to have success in games and have opportunities to win games.To make room for Paea, the team waived running back Rajion Neal, who suffered a quadriceps injury in Thursdays 21-7 loss to Chicago.The Browns finished the exhibition season 0-4, only the third time in franchise history the team has gone winless in the preseason. Jackson knows theres work to be done before the Sept. 11 season opener at Philadelphia, and the coaching staff and front office members met Friday to discuss roster moves.The NFL requires teams be down to 53 players by Saturday, and one of the most interesting decisions could be with cornerback Justin Gilbert. A first-round draft pick in 2014, Gilbert has been a major disappointment with Cleveland. The former Oklahoma State standout has made just three starts in two seasons and shown little to justify his selection with the No. 8 overall pick -- by the Browns previous regime.Gilbert is currently in concussion protocol after sustaining a head injury last week in Tampa. But Jackson said the 24-year-olds roster spot is not a given.Justin did some things better (this summer), Jackson said. Everything has an opportunity to be evaluated, everything that every player has done. Our goal and our job is to make sure that we keep the best players here. Do I think he has improved? Yeah. Are we going to sit down and evaluate and talk through every opportunity that a young man has had and we can see where they fit for our football team? 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DALLAS -- For the first time this season, Dallas Stars coach Lindy Ruff started Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin on a line centered by Jason Spezza.They came up big against the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.Benn scored his 200th career goal and added two assists, Spezza also had a goal and two assists, and Seguin added a goal and an assist to lead the Stars to a 5-2 win over the Predators.Its been no secret around here that our top players havent been our top players, Benn said. Its something we take personally, and weve got to be better, and we all know it.Benn wasnt impressed by his milestone goal, focusing on the win instead.It felt like any other goal, he said. Its not really a big deal to me. Its much better to get two points and get a win.Spezzas goal was his first in 13 games, and Benn hadnt scored in his previous four. Seguin has three goals in the last four games.The new line could be together for a while.Ill keep anything together that works, Ruff said. Its good to see all those guys get a goal.Antoine Roussel had a goal and assist and Brett Ritche also scored for the Stars. Kari Lehtonen stopped 33 shots, including all 21 in the second period.(Lehtonen) didnt have a lot of action but what he really did well was he fought through traffic to find some pucks, Ruff said. Really well, especially second period.Viktor Arvidsson and Calle Jarnkrok scored for Nashville. Pekka Rinne came in with a 2.23 goals-against average, but gave up four goals on 18 shots in 25:47 before leaving early in the second period. Marek Mazanec came on and stopped 18 of the 19 shots he faced.Predators coach Peter Laviolette was brief in his postgame comments, saying: Well, they showed up to play and we were a no-show. Frustrating. Thank you.Dallas extended a 2-1 lead to 5-1 on second-period goals by Spezza, Roussel and Seguin.Before that, Benn and Ritchie had scored 23 seconds apart midway through the first to put Dallas up 2-0.Spezza passed from the right boards past Seguin to Benn for a shot from the slot at 9.55. Ritchie sccored at 10:18 when his shot went through Rinne and barely crossed the goal line.dddddddddddd.Arvidssons short-handed goal with 3:57 left in the first came after Dallas John Klingberg broke his stick on an attempted slap shot from the blue line. Austin Watson took the puck and passed ahead to Arvidsson. He shot past the stickless Klingberg, and the puck went in off Lehtonens glove.The Stars outshot Nashville 15-6 in the first period. The shots turned around in the second -- the Predators had a 21-13 edge -- but the Stars scored all three goals in the period.Spezza skated from the left boards past a defender and Rinne to put the puck into the right corner of the net at 3:27.Roussel came out of the penalty box for a 2-on-1 break with Lauri Korpikoski, who passed from the goal line back to Roussel in front for a shot into the upper left of the net at 5:47.Laviolette successfully challenged an apparent goal by Dallas Radek Faksa because of goaltender interference. Sixteen seconds later, Seguin took a pass from Benn in the left circle and one-timed the puck past Mazanec.Game notes Benn, Spezza and Seguin started on the same line for the first time this season. ... Spezza has seven goals and four assists in his last nine games against the Predators. His goal was his first in his last 13 games overall. ... Nashvilles short-handed goal was the fifth Dallas has allowed this season, tied for second-most in the NHL. ... 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