Cleveland Browns
The story of the 2026 Cleveland Browns will be the quarterback competition between Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders. HC Todd Monken was not ready to name a starter after mandatory minicamp, so the competition will linger into training camp. Unless the Sanders trade rumors, which could have just been radio fodder during a downtime, actually have some legs.
Sanders performance as a rookie was not enough for him to secure the spot as the Browns QB of the Future. Some of the blame can be attributed to the offensive line, weapons, and system in place last year. [Sanders was a...
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Cleveland Browns linebacker Carson Schwesinger wasted little time in letting the NFL know he was a player who deserved their attention.
A second-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, Schwesinger had eight tackles, including one tackle for loss, in his debut against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 1. He posted the first of nine games with double-digit tackles in Week 3 against the Cincinnati Bengals.
When the season came to a close, the stat sheet revealed that Schwesinger led all rookies in tackles (146, also the most by a Cleveland rookie since the franchise’s return in 1999) and tackles for...
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With a pause in the NFL schedule, as new Cleveland Browns DE Jared Verse stated, a break that the team needed to ‘earn,’ teams find themselves with a chance to evaluate their rosters before heading to training camp. For the Browns, trading DE Myles Garrett squarely puts the future, not the present, as the primary focus. A great 2025 NFL draft, followed by an exciting 2026 selection process, is now the foundation of the team.
Cleveland has their entire draft class signed, full of top athletes that Browns fans graded very highly. Overall, Cleveland’s 2026 NFL draft class got [the...
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Change is inevitable in life, and every season has its purpose. For Cleveland Browns HC Todd Monken, his time with the Baltimore Ravens was a time full of a lot of success, but ultimately, the team was unable to win a Super Bowl during his time as offensive coordinator.
Having QB Lamar Jackson on the roster makes that statement a bigger deal. The Ravens were often preseason favorites, not just for the AFC North but also for the Super Bowl. In three seasons in Baltimore as a part of John Harbaugh’s staff, Monken saw Jackson flourish, including winning the NFL’s...
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The Cleveland Browns are welcoming back a familiar face as Ryan Grigson is reportedly coming back to town to serve as a senior football advisor in general manager Andrew Berry’s front office.
That is according to Mary Kay Cabot at cleveland.com.
This will be Grigson’s third tenure with the Browns. He was first brought in by Berry after the 2017 NFL Draft, but was fired the following January when John Dorsey took over as general manager and ushered in the “football guy” era of Browns football.
Berry returned to Cleveland in 2020, however, and once again called on Grigson, who...
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When it comes to on-field production, no one has come close to matching former Cleveland Browns DE Myles Garrett. Last year, obviously, Garrett set the single-season sack record despite the Browns winning just three games. New Cleveland DE Jared Verse made it clear that he has no plans to fill Garrett’s (literally) smaller shoes for the Browns defense, but the young, talented defensive end could provide something different than Garrett as well: Vocal leadership.
Garrett did spend time teaching and helping his teammates, but his personality was never one to scream, demand, or call teammates on the carpet. [Verse has...
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Training camp for the Cleveland Browns doesn’t begin until mid-July, but the news cycle doesn’t stop. As it stands, the current quarterback room is below average, based on past performance. Deshaun Watson hasn’t played close to what he did with the Houston Texans. Shedeur Sanders is entering his second year, but his rookie season didn’t show enough for the team to warrant a long-term commitment. Dillon Gabriel’s ceiling has been established as a backup, and Taylen Green is a development project.
A room filled with many questions and not a lot of talent. It doesn’t stop the trade rumors from...
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Each season brings a few players who outperform expectations and impress fans with what they accomplish on the field. This season will be especially interesting with a new coaching staff; there may be some young players who mesh well with these coaches and take a big leap. For the Browns, there are a few players who stand out as having a great opportunity to do something special this season.
Isaiah Bond
Bond’s ability to play at a high level this season will likely be contingent on the level of quarterback play this team gets. Regardless, he is in a great...
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel never really had a chance in his rookie season.
Selected in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft, fans quickly declared that the pick was a mistake as Gabriel would have been “nothing more than an undrafted free agent” if only general manager Andrew Berry was not a bumbling fool.
During training camp, Gabriel was derided by some in the media as being worse than one of the team’s ballboys. Which is odd, since Gabriel was Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year as a senior, and, as “everyone knows,” the Big Ten is...
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