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One Browns Player Could Be The Season's Biggest Wild Card

Jimmy Swartz • 4 weeks ago   Cleveland's receiving corps has generated plenty of optimism this offseason thanks to a pair of promising rookies in KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston, but longtime Cleveland columnist Terry Pluto believes the most unpredictable variable in that entire room might actually be the veteran. Jerry...

NFL Insider Makes Bold Prediction About Taylen Green

Jimmy Swartz • 4 weeks ago   ESPN released its full slate of 2026 team previews this week, breaking down every roster in the league with strengths, concerns, and one bold prediction apiece. Cleveland landed at No. 30 overall in the power rankings, with the Football Power Index projecting just 5.8 wins and only a 5.4 perc...

Browns Are Among The Biggest Underdogs In Week 1

Jimmy Swartz • 4 weeks ago   Cleveland enters its 2026 regular season opener as one of the more significant underdogs across the entire NFL slate, according to the latest betting lines circulating this week. Howard Balzer broke down the full Week 1 board and found that the vast majority of games feature modest spreads, m...

Insider Reveals Why Browns Didn't Show Interest In Joe Milton

Jimmy Swartz • 4 weeks ago   Joe Milton's roster situation in Dallas took an interesting turn last week, cut loose by the Cowboys before being brought back to the practice squad just days later, and the whole sequence prompted a Browns fan to ask Mary Kay Cabot a fair question.  Given Milton's well-documented arm strengt...

KC Concepcion Is A Name To Watch For A Big Award

Jimmy Swartz • 4 weeks ago   ESPN rolled out its comprehensive 2026 rookie guide this week, bringing together several analysts to break down everything from Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year contenders to fantasy projections and notes on the incoming quarterback class. Draft analyst Jordan Reid handled the Offen...

Standout Tight End Might Be On Browns' Draft Radar

Andy Webb • 4 weeks ago   The NFL season is almost here, and college football just kicked off. There's a ton of football to watch, and the Cleveland Browns scouts are already busy scouting players for next year's draft. The Browns were reportedly among the teams scouting players during the Clemson versus LSU game on S...

Andre Szmyt Opens Up About His Biggest Preseason Adjustment

Andy Webb • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Browns are hopeful that they've found their kicker of the future in Andre Szmyt. He posted a strong rookie season last year, so we'll see if he can carry that momentum into the 2026 season. Recently, Szmyt sat down to do an interview ahead of the upcoming season. The second-year...

Analyst Reveals Why KC Concepcion Could Make Impact Right Away

Justin Hussong • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Browns had arguably the NFL's worst wide receiver room last season. Outside of Jerry Jeudy, who saw his production halved across the board compared to his breakout 2024 season, nobody established themselves as a consistently reliable option for the future. The only holdover asid...

Browns Have An Uncertain Situation At Key Backup Spot

Justin Hussong • 1 month ago   The Cleveland Browns have some potential young stars emerging on both sides of the ball in 2026, but depth is not exactly their strong suit at this point. This roster is still a work in progress even after what appears to be a second consecutive stellar draft class, but it's likely going to t...

Overlooked Browns Addition Could Be Key To Defense

Justin Hussong • 1 month ago   The success of the 2026 Cleveland Browns won't have to hinge as much on the defense as it did in 2025, or at least that's the hope now that the offense looks so different. With new coaches, a new offensive line, new weapons, and hopefully a revived Deshaun Watson under center, there is a path...

Carson Schwesinger Says Browns' Defense Needs To Fix One Thing

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   The Cleveland Browns are preparing to unveil a revamped defense in Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. With Myles Garrett heading to Australia with the Los Angeles Rams, and Jim Schwartz spending time away from the game, the Browns are hard at work trying to remain one of the NFL’s elite...

Harold Fannin Jr. Earns Nod On Impressive NFL List

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   Harold Fannin Jr. was already in line for a big role on the Cleveland Browns’ offense this season, with the tight end even mentioned as the potential centerpiece of the attack. Now, after developments during training camp, Fannin has become even more important. The Browns emerged from NFL cut...

Analyst Raises Major Concern About Browns' QB Coach

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   The Cleveland Browns are all too familiar with enduring a long losing streak. So, they certainly could empathize with what the University of Massachusetts was dealing with entering the 2026 college football season. UMass took a 16-game losing streak into its game at Rutgers and was considered...

Insider Isn't Buying Todd Monken's Deshaun Watson Film Explanation

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   Todd Monken had to face the music when he was ready to name the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback. The head coach had to know that his choice of Deshaun Watson would not be greeted warmly, so he may have had a necessary chip on his shoulder when telling the media. At that point, it would...

Overlooked Browns Draft Pick Might Be The Biggest Steal Of Them All

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   The Cleveland Browns are in the admirable and perhaps unprecedented position of having nine of the 10 picks from the 2026 NFL Draft make their 53-man roster. That means there are plenty of candidates to become impact rookies this season. While their top three selections, tackle Spencer Fano a...

Browns Lineman Hit With Biggest Fine Of The Preseason

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   There is a thought that the NFL preseason is not “real” games, but don’t tell that to the players. Emotions can run as high as they do in the regular season, maybe not for the entire contest, but on particular plays here and there. In addition, the fines for crossing the line are very real. T...

Analyst Reveals One Reason For Hope For Browns Fans

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   A large number of fans may have given up on the Cleveland Browns’ season once they learned that Deshaun Watson was going to be their starting quarterback. Not only was that going to be a highly unpopular decision on its own, but it was also made much worse by Watson’s comments toward the fan...

Browns Predicted To Make Bold QB Trade With Falcons

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   The Cleveland Browns were able to keep quarterback Dillon Gabriel on the team by placing him on injured reserve the day rosters were cut down to 53 players. How long he remains with the organization is anybody’s guess. There is a line of thinking that suggests the Browns view Gabriel as nothi...

Insider Predicts Shedeur Sanders' Future With Browns

Justin Hussong • 1 month ago   Shedeur Sanders failing to win the Cleveland Browns' starting quarterback job was disappointing to a lot of fans who were hoping to never have to watch Deshaun Watson take the field for this team again. Watson has started only 19 games since 2020, so Sanders' day will likely come sooner rathe...

Louis Riddick Sends Stern Message To Browns Ahead Of Season

Justin Hussong • 1 month ago   Aside from the quarterback situation, there is a lot to be excited about for Cleveland Browns fans heading into the 2026 season. Another loaded rookie class is here; GM Andrew Berry got crafty in free agency to rebuild the offensive line, there is an entirely new coaching staff in charge, and...

Rachel Nichols Believes Todd Monken Already Made Big Mistake

Justin Hussong • 1 month ago   The Cleveland Browns are all set for Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars following a shaky preseason and an offseason full of big, sweeping changes all throughout the organization. Among those big changes is new head coach Todd Monken, who after decades of experience is finally getting hi...

Richard Sherman Believes Browns Made Massive Mistake This Offseason

Justin Hussong • 1 month ago   The Cleveland Browns have certainly made a lot of mistakes over the past few decades. The biggest one is starting at quarterback in Week 1, but a new season brings a ton of new opportunities and with so many new faces in the building, there are plenty of reasons for the fans to be excited eve...

Insider Lays Out Browns' Path To A Franchise QB

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   Everything was going according to plan for the Cleveland Browns late in the 2025 season. They had a terrible record and were in line to earn the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Even if they didn’t get that top choice, the Browns were certainly going to be well-positioned to take adv...

Insider Shuts Down Big Concern About Browns' Offensive Line

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   The machinations of constructing an offensive line isn’t exciting for fans as it is, and the Cleveland Browns had a lot more to pay attention to this preseason than how it was coming together. But with the season about to begin, that unit could turn out to be the most important component of t...

Insider Rips Browns For Deshaun Watson Decision

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   Relative to many other people, Todd Monken has been with the Cleveland Browns for about five minutes, so perhaps the head coach doesn’t truly appreciate how divisive his choice of Deshaun Watson as his starting quarterback really is. But based on the way Monken handled the QB competition and...

Jared Verse Shares Insightful Lesson Ahead Of Browns Debut

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   It is impossible to say that the Cleveland Browns will experience addition by subtraction now that they have moved on from Myles Garrett. But based on the way newcomer Jared Verse relates to his teammates, in a way Garrett maybe never did, there is a sense of optimism that the defense won’t f...

Analyst Is Looking Forward To Browns Rookie's Exciting Role

Mike Battaglino • 1 month ago   It took just a handful of preseason plays for the hype around rookie wide receiver KC Concepcion to take off for the Cleveland Browns. After making some major strides during training camp, building on impressive spring workouts, it was thrilling to see what he was actually capable of during l...