Sunday Dawg Chow (9/7): Welcome to the 2025 season!

Welcome to Week 1 of the 2025 NFL regular season! After months of free agency, draft talk, minicamps, training camp, and the preseason, the real games are finally here!

Let’s get rolling with the latest news and notes about the Cleveland Browns and the NFL in today’s edition of the Sunday Dawg Chow!

Dawgs By Nature:

• Browns Quinshon Judkins signs: Team announces, roster exemption provides options (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns signed the last of their 2025 NFL Draft selections on Saturday as they agreed to a deal with running back Quinshon Judkins.
• Browns vs Bengals Week 1: 2 players, 1 unit to watch on the Cincinnati side (Curtiss Brown) – The Cincinnati Bengals have a few key players, including Joe Burrow, and a unit that the Cleveland Browns will need to control in Week 1.
• Biggest difference makers for the Browns on Sunday vs Bengals (Abby Mueller) – Week 1 of the NFL season is here, with the Cleveland Browns vs. the Cincinnati Bengals likely decided by a couple of difference makers on the roster.
• Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns Week 1 Predictions – Flacco magic for an upset? (Chris Pokorny) – This Sunday, the Cleveland Browns take on the Cincinnati Bengals. Below, we analyze a few advantages, disadvantages, and general thoughts about the two teams before getting to our predictions for the game.

Cleveland Browns:

• Browns looking to get the ‘engine’ of defense started against Joe Burrow, Bengals (Beacon Journal) – The last time the Cincinnati Bengals opened the season against the Browns, it was a defensive tour de force by Cleveland.
• How Joe Flacco has defeated Father Time: His secrets to aging backwards in a kid’s game (cleveland.com) – Joe Flacco and David Njoku sat on the end of the bench late in the Browns’ preseason finale over the Rams, kicking their legs up and down like two 4-year-olds at recess instead of the Super Bowl MVP quarterback and Pro Bowl tight end that they are.
• Andrew Berry Interview: Sizing up Browns quarterbacks (Terry Pluto) – This season is all about the Browns finding a quarterback. That narrative is often mentioned in the media and by some fans. Well, what about it, Andrew Berry?
• Rookie LB Carson Schwesinger keeps beating the odds (Browns Zone) – A late-night phone call. A famous pizza chain. A mind built to handle complex tasks. Carson Schwesinger’s unlikely but inspirational path to the Browns was paved by all of the above.

NFL:

• Bills’ re-signings crucial for next chapter (ESPN) – Eight days after James Cook started a hold-in amid his contract dispute with the Buffalo Bills — the first such action during general manager Brandon Beane’s tenure — Cook was simply out on the field with his teammates, in uniform.
• 4 keys to victory against Buffalo (Baltimore Beatdown) – Looking over a couple of key items that can help lead the Baltimore Ravens to a season-opening win over...