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Browns Make Big Move In Latest NFL Power Rankings

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Cleveland spent Week 1 buried at the very bottom of nearly every list in the league, a fair placement after a lopsided loss to Jacksonville that left little room for optimism. One dominant road win later, the Browns have already climbed out of the cellar. Bleacher Report's latest rankings pla...

Denzel Boston's Odds To Win Big Award Are Already Rising

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Two games into a season is rarely enough time for a betting market to completely rewrite its rankings, yet that is what happened this week around one Cleveland rookie. A receiver who opened the year buried near the bottom of the Offensive Rookie of the Year odds board suddenly finds himself r...

Analyst Loved What He Saw From Browns In Week 2

Brandon Marcus • 2 weeks ago   Week 1 was a painful start to the season for the Cleveland Browns. Week 2 was a hard-earned and triumphant victory. The team beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-19 on Sunday, led by quarterback Deshaun Watson. To some, this was a statement game from Watson, a message he was sending to all the cr...

Ex-Browns Player Is Raving About One Young Defender

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   Mason Graham already has more sacks this season than he did as a Cleveland Browns rookie last year. He took down Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the season opener, and he added another one this Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when he got to Baker Mayfield. It is a...

Former Browns WR Sparks Concern With Social Media Post

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   One of the difficult things about the NFL is that the league will move on quickly from former players. Once a career takes a turn for the worse, it is very hard for it to get back on track. That seems to be the case for former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Diontae Johnson. After being let go...

What Richard Sherman Said About Browns Might Surprise You

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   Opinions can change very quickly on the NFL, simply based on the most recent results. The Cleveland Browns may have changed the narrative surrounding them with just one victory. The Browns rallied to upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2, with Deshaun Watson throwing two touchdown passes i...

Michael Irvin Turns Heads With Claim About Browns

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   Even though the Cleveland Browns are coming off an impressive comeback victory on the road in Week 2, the reception they are about to receive in their Week 3 home opener remains somewhat in doubt. Deshaun Watson had his best performance in almost three years, engineering an upset of the Tampa...

Analyst Gives Deshaun Watson A Grade Nobody Seen Coming

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   Heading into Week 2 of the NFL season, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was potentially playing to save his career. Now, after engineering a comeback upset win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Watson’s position seems to be secure, at least for the time being. The veteran won over...

Insider Uses One Word To Describe Denzel Boston

Brandon Marcus • 2 weeks ago   Some NFL rookies rise to the occasion when they enter the league and make a seamless transition from college to professional football. Others stumble and fall under the immense pressure. Even the most skillful young players don't always have what it takes to thrive. Cleveland Browns wide rece...

Analyst Warns Browns Fans About Bringing Negative Energy Home

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   Ever since Deshaun Watson made some tone-deaf comments about Cleveland Browns fans during the preseason, the reception that he was going to get in the regular-season home opener has been a huge topic of discussion. After a blowout loss in Week 1, when Watson was awful, it was commonly thought...

56 Years Ago Today A Huge Milestone Happened In Cleveland

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   The Cleveland Browns have played an important role in NFL history since joining the league for the 1950 season. They established themselves right away as one of its best teams with six straight championship game appearances, winning three times. In the 1960s, they added another championship a...

Analyst Reveals Why Week 2's Win Could Be Huge For Browns

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   It’s a way of life in the NFL that the quarterback gets too much blame for a loss and too much credit for a win. In the first two weeks of the Cleveland Browns’ season, Deshaun Watson has proven that to be true. He did deserve plenty of the blame for their season-opening blowout loss to the J...

Browns' Week 2 Win Offers Encouraging Sign About Todd Monken

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   Things had gotten so bad so quickly for Todd Monken that there was already talk that he would last just one season as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Then, on Sunday, it turned around just as fast. With Deshaun Watson leading a second-half comeback to defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-19...

Browns Put An End To Infamous Streak With Deshaun Watson

Mike Battaglino • 2 weeks ago   It was much more than just another victory for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. After getting blown out in Week 1, they responded by defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a high-profile revenge game against former quarterback Baker Mayfield. Not only that, their current quarterback, Deshaun Wa...

Mike Tomlin Responds To Todd Monken's Jab At Him

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Rivalries in this league do not always require two teams sharing a division, and sometimes a single soundbite is enough to spark one. Last week, Mike Tomlin went viral after saying the 'Browns is the Browns' in reviewing their blowout loss to the Jaguars.  Browns head coach Todd Monken appear...

2 Young Browns Rookies Quietly Dominated In Sunday's Win

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Offensive line performances rarely make headlines, even on a day when the quarterback gets credit for a mistake-free outing. Sunday's win in Tampa offered a reminder of just how much work happens up front before any of the bigger storylines get to develop. Two names that will not show up in a...

Denzel Boston Just Joined A Club Dating Back To 1965

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Some records take an entire era to reset, and Sunday gave Cleveland a rookie who managed to join one of the rarer clubs in league history just two games into his career. Explosive plays from young receivers tend to generate buzz on their own, but doing it in back-to-back weeks against NFL def...

Todd Monken Delivers Big Locker Room Speech After Browns' Win

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Postgame speeches rarely make it outside a locker room, but every so often a coach delivers one worth sharing publicly, especially after a week filled with outside noise and a response that silenced most of it. Cleveland's head coach did exactly that Sunday night, delivering a message that he...

Baker Mayfield Speaks Out After Loss To Browns

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Every quarterback carries a bit of extra motivation when facing the team that gave up on him, and Sunday gave Baker Mayfield a chance for revenge against Cleveland.  Instead, his old team walked out of Raymond James Stadium with the win, leaving Mayfield to answer questions about a loss with...

Video Shows Deshaun Watson Celebrating After Sunday's Win

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Postgame celebrations rarely make it into a highlight reel unless something bigger than the final score is being marked, and Sunday's moment in Tampa carried exactly that kind of moment. After a week defined by outside criticism, questions about job security and even his own admission about s...

Todd Monken's Soundbite After Browns Win Is Going Viral

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Coaches usually save their sharpest comments for film sessions behind closed doors, but every so often a postgame moment breaks through and takes on a life of its own. Cleveland got exactly that kind of moment Sunday night, and it came loaded with context from a narrative that had been buildi...

Todd Monken Hints At QB Plans After Sunday's Win

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Coaches rarely tip their hand in a postgame press conference, choosing instead to protect information while still saying enough to make their feelings clear. That balancing act played out clearly in Tampa on Sunday, where Todd Monken was asked about his plans at quarterback going into Week 3....

Denzel Boston Made History With Big Play On Sunday

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Rookie receivers usually need time to find their footing in the NFL, with big plays coming in flashes before consistency ever arrives. Cleveland got a reminder Sunday of just how quickly that timeline can speed up when the moment calls for it. A second-round pick who has been nothing short of...

Browns Rally Past Buccaneers For First Win Of The Season

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   A slow start does not have to define how a game ends, and Sunday's trip to Tampa proved exactly that for Cleveland. What began as a stalemate decided entirely by field goals eventually turned into the kind of finish this fan base has been waiting to see, complete with a fourth-quarter rally a...

Former Browns GM Has Passed Away

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Some front office executives leave a franchise better than they found it, even when a championship never follows. Cleveland experienced exactly that kind of stretch during the late 1980s, a run remembered fondly by longtime fans despite falling short of a Super Bowl each time. The man who bui...

Buccaneers Lead Browns 9-6 At Halftime

Jimmy Swartz • 2 weeks ago   Some games get decided by explosive plays, and others turn into a grind where field position and discipline matter more than anything flashy. Sunday's trip to Tampa has settled firmly into the second category through two quarters, with neither offense finding the end zone and every point comi...

Baker Mayfield Still Owns One Browns Record Since 1999

Andy Webb • 2 weeks ago   The Cleveland Browns head into a big matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Both teams desperately need a win after losing Week 1, but this matchup means more than that for these franchises. It's the first time that quarterback Baker Mayfield has played the Browns since joining t...