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The 2025 season is quickly approaching, and I’m ready to erase memories of the team’s dismal 3-14 season. One of the talking points when the regular season rolls around will be how veteran QB Joe Flacco — assuming he is named the starter — can rekindle some of that magic Cleveland had the last time they were good, which was the 2023 season.
But Flacco won’t play in the first preseason game against the Carolina Panthers. Neither will QB Kenny Pickett or QB Dillon Gabriel. Instead, it’ll be the team’s fourth — and perhaps most talked about — quarterback in...
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The Cleveland Browns will face off with the Carolina Panthers in Week 1 of preseason action, but do not expect a lot of exotic looks or star players on the field. That doesn’t mean there won’t be a lot of excitement especially with QB Shedeur Sanders starting for the Browns.
Sanders gets the nod as veteran QB Joe Flacco doesn’t need the early reps and QBs Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel are nursing hamstring injuries that are not worth risking in this first game. All four seem to still have a chance to take the starting quarterback job, but [Sanders...
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The Cleveland Browns currently employ one of the league’s best special teams coaches with Bubba Ventrone. Before coming to Cleveland, he had the Indianapolis Colts in the Top 5 for several years.
Along with standouts like Pierre Strong and Troy Brown as gunners or regular tacklers, the Browns have one of the league’s best punters, who hasn’t quite been named to the Pro Bowl, and a roller coaster for a kicker in Dustin Hopkins.
And until last season, long snapper Charley Hughlett had performed well in his 10 years with the Browns after being hired in 2014. He sustained a...
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After a long wait, the Cleveland Browns return to the gridiron. Unofficially, that is. The NFL preseason starts on Thursday, but the Browns will play against the Carolina Panthers on Friday night at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. The team is currently in Carolina for joint practices for today and tomorrow, but it doesn’t stop the team from getting in extra work and also getting a chance to hit someone with an opposite jersey color.
All eyes will be for sure on Shedeur Sanders, but he’s not the only part of importance. Here are the 3 things to watch...
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The Cleveland Browns open their preseason schedule on Friday night against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
The game comes just two days after the teams held a rainy joint practice, with quarterback Shedeur Sanders receiving reps with the first-team offense. With veteran Kenny Pickett and rookie Dillion Gabriel still dealing with hamstring issues, Sanders is getting the starting nod, as head coach Kevin Stefanski generally does not play his starters in the preseason.
Among those starters are wide receivers Jerry Jeudy and Cedric Tillman, so we’ll have a chance to see how promising UDFAs’ Luke...
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The Cleveland Browns have tried every trick and combination imaginable to address the quarterback crisis that has plagued the team for over 30 years.
This time, they may have gotten it mostly right.
For the upcoming 2025 season, the Browns have adopted a formula that has been popular for decades: bringing in a veteran to hold things together while developing a rookie, or in this case, a pair of rookies, at the position.
The Browns have tried this numerous times before, of course, with less than stellar results. But this time could be different because the veteran in question is...
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The Cleveland Browns are a month away from starting the 2025 regular season and just one day away from their first preseason action. In a season that seems to be all about the quarterback position and developing the young roster, the Browns do not have RB Quinshon Judkins, their second-round pick this year, under contract or with the team.
The contract impasse was likely to be overcome once other second-rounders signed, but Judkins’ arrest on a domestic violence charge is the primary concern at this point.
Generally, the NFL has allowed the legal process to play out before rendering any...
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While all eyes are on the Cleveland Browns quarterback competition between four options, many believe the team’s real plan is to address the QB position in next year’s NFL draft. In 2025, the Browns traded out of the chance to select WR/CB Travis Hunter in a deal that gave them an extra first-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft.
Cleveland currently has nine selections in 2026 and eight scheduled for the 2027 draft. Plenty of ammunition to get the quarterback of their choosing. There are plenty of options expected to enter the upcoming NFL draft, but Arch Manning has been...
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When it comes to the Cleveland Browns quarterback competition, everyone thinks they know what will happen or should happen. The way the Browns are handling things, it seems they want to protect rookie QB Shedeur Sanders while giving Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and rookie Dillon Gabriel every shot to take the starting job.
Flacco has been installed as “QB1” for Cleveland, after Pickett’s injury, while Sanders will start the Browns first preseason game on Friday against the Carolina Panthers.
Cleveland GM Andrew Berry invested a fifth-round pick, along with QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, to acquire Pickett first this offseason. Then, Flacco...
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Day 11 of Cleveland Browns training camp took place Wednesday. Here is our recap of the session.
1. Rain Before Practice: There was some discussion between the coaches about practice, given that it was raining with rain also in the forecast. They decided that practice would go on as scheduled. Here is a shot of the local media that made the trip to Berea, covered in rain gear just in case.
2. Speaking of the Media: ddd
Per Zac Jackson of The Athletic, practice was structured so that there would...
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The Cleveland Browns officially open up their 2025 preseason schedule on Friday night against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte.
Though there are multiple things to keep an eye on throughout the game on both offense and defense, three specific things stand out as clear question marks right now.
Sanders has undoubtedly been the “talk of the town” since he was drafted in April, and for good reason. There’s no doubt that he’s extremely talented and has shown it throughout the offseason, but he hasn’t been able to consistently work...
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