Everyone is wondering why Deshaun Watson is still playing.

Here is a summary of how the Cleveland Browns are viewed across mainstream media outlets in NFL Power Rankings heading into Week 6 of the 2024 NFL season.

CBS Sports - No. 30 (down 1 spot)

It’s time to make a quarterback change. Deshaun Watson isn’t getting it done. Play Jameis Winston.

ESPN - No. 30 (down 3 spots)

Fantasy surprise: WR Amari Cooper

Cooper has struggled after recording a career-high 1,250 receiving yards in 2023. He hasn’t been able to form a consistent connection with quarterback...

More of the latest Browns news and notes from around the web in today’s dose of the Daily Dawg Chow.

The latest Cleveland Browns coverage from Dawgs By Nature:

• Browns’ defensive snap counts, stats, and notes: Week 5 - Too many missed tackles (Chris Pokorny) Cleveland’s aggressiveness backfires again.
• Browns strength of schedule: Just 1 of the next 4 opponents has a winning record (Jared Mueller) So far, the Browns schedule has been soft but its hasn’t mattered
• Browns make 6 roster moves Tuesday, hints at likely player returns (Jared Mueller) Nick Chubb, Michael Hall Jr, Maurice...

Cleveland’s aggressiveness backfires again.

Below, we analyze the snap counts and stats on defense for the Cleveland Browns’ Week 5 game against the Washington Commanders.

• DL: I’m not sure I ever recall a stat line of “no stats registered” with respect to Myles Garrett. With that said, Pro Football Focus still liked when they saw, grading him out to a 74.7, the third-highest mark on defense this week. The interior of the defensive line struggled, though, with the top three players all grading out below 57. I know the Browns try to be aggressive all the time, but there...

So far, the Browns schedule has been soft but its hasn’t mattered

If the Cleveland Browns are going to turn their season around, which there is real reason to doubt that is possible, it will have to start with this four-game stretch. The Browns schedule has been the easy part of their season but they still sit with a 1-4 record.

Leaving the next four games with at least three victories (a 4-5 record) would keep Cleveland’s hopes alive. The next four opponents on the Browns schedule combine for a .500 record and just one winning team.

On the other...

Nick Chubb, Michael Hall Jr, Maurice Hurst among a few players who can return this week

The Cleveland Browns are likely just playing out a string of 12 more games for the 2024 NFL season but that doesn’t mean there won’t be lots of moves, decisions and games to prepare for. Tuesday, in advance of Wednesday’s first practice of the week, the Browns made six roster moves:

Released from 53-Man Roster

• TE Blake Whiteheart
• DL Sam Kamara
• OL Javion Cohen

Whiteheart scored a touchdown this year and leaves Cleveland with just two tight ends on their roster....

Cleveland has still yet to score 20 points in a game through five weeks.

Below, we analyze the snap counts and stats on offense for the Cleveland Browns’ Week 5 game against the Washington Commanders.

• QB: What. A. Disaster. Whatever progress that Deshaun Watson built up against the Raiders was thrown away against Washington. The accuracy, the decision-making, the offense being late to huddles, the low yards, the lack of points, he is the top person responsible. Again, I’ll add the disclaimer that I think Ken Dorsey’s offense has been poor, but I believe it’s because they tried to...

AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith might not be needed but may be available for the Eagles vs Browns

Before the season started, Week 6 looked like a huge matchup of championship-level rosters between the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles. Once thought to be the Week 1 game in Brazil, the Browns and Eagles have combined for three victories in nine games.

Philadelphia is coming off of their bye week with a chance to get their record over .500 in a tough NFC East where every team has two or more victories. Cleveland’s season is basically over despite [the AFC North...

Amari Cooper is the big name but a lot of players getting a lot of snaps this year

It really is sad for all of us Cleveland Browns fans that Sunday we compared the 2024 NFL season to the winless one in 2017. With 500 votes, the poll in that article had 78% saying the start to this season was the worst of the two.

Whether we accept it or not, the season is over for the Browns.

While we will continue to cover the details of the team week in and week out, we have also started to pivot...

Tony Buzbee is representing victims in Sean Combs’ case

The Cleveland Browns 2024 NFL season has been a disaster and, in general, is over. Everything now is about moving forward, creating stability for 2025 and beyond, the upcoming NFL draft and developing young players.

Unfortunately, given his play on the field, the Browns have already made it clear, twice, that QB Deshaun Watson will remain the team’s starting quarterback.

Watson’s off-the-field issues remain a piece of the discussion around the quarterback as does his contract. The latest allegation and lawsuit brought up questions about [whether the Browns would be able...

More of the latest Browns news and notes from around the web in today’s dose of the Daily Dawg Chow.

The latest Cleveland Browns coverage from Dawgs By Nature:

• Browns Offense: A down-by-down analysis (Matt Wilson) An in-depth look at how the offense has fared on a down-by-down basis this season
• Cleveland opens as huge underdogs in Week 6 game against the Eagles (Chris Pokorny) The Browns have earned their reputation of being a pushover team now.
• AFC North Power Rankings Week 5: Ravens win shootout; Bengals, Browns running out of time (Curtiss Brown) After a slow...

Browns fans can also use this as an open thread.

Week 5 of the 2024 NFL season concludes tonight with Monday Night Football as the New Orleans Saints face the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have played four tight games, but have prevailed in each of them. Their receiver situation has taken a big hit due to injuries, though. The Saints, meanwhile, got off to an explosive 2-2 start, but have ceded the lead in the final minute of each of their past two weeks.

According to FanDuel Sportsbook, the Chiefs are 5.5 point favorites against the Saints. Although I...

Cleveland is a broken franchise with few avenues to improve over the season’s final 12 games.

During his prime as Cleveland’s sports talk host from 1972 to 1987, Pete Franklin would reach a point during the sports season where he would hold an on-air funeral marking the end of one of the city’s sports team’s playoff hopes.

These are most associated in the minds of fans with the local baseball team, which was essentially eliminated at some point in August.

If Franklin were still alive, he would likely be holding one of those funerals today for the Cleveland Browns, who...