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Chad Johnson Calls Out Browns Doubters After Thursday's Win

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Few people understand the AFC North better than those who spent years battling inside it. Former players who lived through those rivalries tend to see the division differently, and they are often quicker to recognize when a team has turned a corner. The Browns have spent the last few weeks wi...

Two Browns Rookies Put On A Show Against Steelers

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Primetime games have a way of revealing who is ready for the moment. The lights are brighter, the audience is larger, and young players who have never experienced that stage can either rise to it or shrink under the pressure. The Browns had plenty of first-timers on the field against the Pitt...

Todd Monken Shares Honest Reaction To Browns' 3-1 Start

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Week 1 in the NFL has a way of distorting everything. One lopsided result can send a fan base into a panic, and for a first-year head coach, it can invite questions about whether the plan was ever going to work. Todd Monken got a heavy dose of that after the Browns were embarrassed in Jackson...

Jared Verse Sends Big Warning To Steelers After Win

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Rivalries in the NFL are built on more than standings. The emotions that boil over in the final minutes of a close game tend to linger, and they often set the tone for the next meeting long before it arrives. The Browns and Steelers have plenty of history in that department. Thursday night ad...

Deshaun Watson Reveals What's Different For Him This Season

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Every quarterback wants to feel the full support of the person calling the shots. Confidence at that position can rise and fall with each throw, and a head coach who refuses to waver can make all the difference over a long season. That kind of backing has not always been there for Deshaun Wat...

Browns Get Worrisome Injury Update On Mason Graham

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Winning in the NFL almost always comes with a cost. The physical toll of every game catches up with someone, and the celebration in the locker room is often tempered by a quieter concern down the hall. That was the case for the Browns after Thursday night's victory over the Pittsburgh Steeler...

6 Browns Players Received Game Balls After Thursday's Win

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Game balls are one of football's oldest traditions. They rarely make headlines, but they carry weight inside a locker room because they come straight from the head coach and show who he believes decided the outcome. A finish as tense as Thursday night's was always going to produce a long list...

Everyone Was Saying The Same Thing About Deshaun Watson After Thursday's Win

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Narratives in the NFL can flip faster than anyone expects. A player written off in August can become one of the league's best stories by October, and the people who doubted him the loudest are often the first to admit it. That is exactly what is happening with Deshaun Watson. After Thursday n...

Fans React To Browns' Big Win Over Steelers

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Rivalry games under the primetime lights have a way of producing unforgettable endings. Every snap feels bigger, every mistake feels heavier, and the team that makes one more play usually walks away with bragging rights. Cleveland has owned this particular setting for years. On Thursday night...

Jon Gruden Predicts Winner Of Browns-Steelers Matchup

Justin Hussong • 4 days ago   A few weeks ago, few would have expected this Week 4 battle between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers to mean anything. With both teams surprisingly at 2-1, first place in the AFC North is on the line and instead of being dead and buried at 0-3, this rejuvenated Browns team, behind...

Insider Names 2 Browns QBs Who Could Be Traded

Justin Hussong • 4 days ago   The Cleveland Browns went into the 2025 season with four quarterbacks competing for the starting job. A few weeks into the season, two of them were already traded as Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett were shipped off in favor of prioritizing the development of Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel. F...

Stephen A. Smith Reveals Why He's Intrigued By Browns-Steelers Game

Justin Hussong • 4 days ago   This Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers matchup wasn't supposed to have this much juice a few weeks ago. However, with both teams now at a surprising 2-1 and the Browns looking to run this home winning streak over the Steelers to five games behind an offense finally showing some signs o...

NFL Insider Reveals Browns' Potential Plan With Shedeur Sanders

Justin Hussong • 4 days ago   The Cleveland Browns are heading into a huge Week 4 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday with a chance to improve to 3-1 on the young season. It's a far better outcome than even the most optimistic Browns fans expected at this point of the year, but this team has looked much-impro...

Hanford Dixon Sends Fiery Message Ahead Of Steelers Showdown

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Nobody understands the Browns-Steelers rivalry quite like the players who lived it. For former Browns, games against Pittsburgh were never just another date on the schedule, and that feeling does not fade after retirement. When the Steelers come to town, those legends get fired up right along...

Deshaun Watson Gaining Momentum For Major NFL Award

Jimmy Swartz • 4 days ago   Comeback Player of the Year is one of the NFL's most unique honors. It is not just about putting up big numbers but about overcoming something serious and returning to a high level when many doubted it was possible. The field of candidates usually starts to take shape in the first month of th...

Todd Monken Emerging Among Top Candidates For Major NFL Award

Jimmy Swartz • 5 days ago   Coach of the Year races usually reward one thing above all else: exceeding expectations. The coaches who take a team written off in the summer and turn it into a contender tend to rise to the top of the ballot. It is early, but a few names are already separating themselves. Cleveland's head c...

Dan Orlovsky Says One Browns Defender Could Be A Problem For Steelers

Jimmy Swartz • 5 days ago   Every offensive coordinator starts game week by identifying the one player on the other side who can wreck the plan. Sometimes it is an elite edge rusher, and sometimes it is a cornerback who can erase a top receiver. For Pittsburgh this week, the answer sits right in the middle of Cleveland'...

Browns-Steelers Trend Should Fire Up Cleveland Fans

Jimmy Swartz • 5 days ago   Primetime games bring a different kind of energy to any stadium. The lights, the national audience and the knowledge that the entire league is watching all raise the stakes. In Cleveland, that atmosphere has turned into one of the most reliable advantages the franchise has. Ahead of Thursday...

Deshaun Watson's Late-Game Numbers Are Turning Heads

Jimmy Swartz • 5 days ago   The 4th quarter is where reputations are made in the NFL. Anyone can put together a solid first half, but the quarterbacks who thrive when the game is on the line are the ones teams trust to carry them through a season. For years, that has not been a label anyone attached to Deshaun Watson in...

3 Browns Players Ruled Out For Thursday's Game

Jimmy Swartz • 5 days ago   Short weeks are the toughest test of depth in the NFL. Players have only a few days to recover from Sunday's bumps and bruises, and teams have very little time to prepare backups for bigger roles. Thursday night games often come down to which roster handles that turnaround better. Cleveland w...

Deshaun Watson's Turnaround May Come From One Offseason Move

Justin Hussong • 5 days ago   Most football fans expected Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson to crash and burn after being named the starter for Week 1. After an awful training camp and preseason, Watson came out and laid an egg in Week 1 and was likely one more loss away from being benched ahead of the Week 3 ho...

Analyst Issues Warning About Browns' 2-1 Start

Justin Hussong • 5 days ago   Nobody expected the Cleveland Browns to be heading into a Week 4 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers with a chance to move to 3-1, but after a pair of surprising victories in which Deshaun Watson showed flashes of the quarterback he used to be, all of a sudden the narrative around this team...

Thursday Night Could Change Everything In Cleveland

Justin Hussong • 5 days ago   It would have been unfathomable to most NFL fans just a few weeks ago, but the Cleveland Browns are heading into a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers with a chance to win a third game in a row and move to 3-1 on the young season. After Week 1's disastrous loss to the...

Browns Defense Owns NFL Streak That's Flying Under Radar

Justin Hussong • 5 days ago   Momentum is building in Cleveland for the first time in years as the Browns head into a huge Thursday Night Football matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Both teams sit at 2-1, as do the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals in what is shaping up to be a much-improved AFC North compared...

Insider Reveals Browns’ Likely Plan For Dillon Gabriel’s Return

Mike Battaglino • 5 days ago   The Cleveland Browns were able to satisfy their roster on cutdown day by putting Dillon Gabriel on injured reserve with a back issue that emerged coming out of the preseason finale. It allowed them to avoid the unorthodox move of keeping four quarterbacks on the 53-man list, at least for the...

Report: Browns Willing To Make QB Trade

Mike Battaglino • 5 days ago   Injuries have become one of the biggest storylines in the early NFL season, especially among quarterbacks. Heading into Week 4, at least four backups could have a starting role, and three others have already filled in before the injured starter returned Fortunately, the Cleveland Browns have...

One Browns Veteran Is Running Out Of Excuses

Mike Battaglino • 5 days ago   The Cleveland Browns knew they had to improve their wide receiver group after ranking last in the NFL in receptions, yards, and touchdown catches last season. So they used two of their first three picks in the 2026 NFL Draft on the position. Even though they added KC Concepcion and Denzel Bos...