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Former Browns TE David Njoku taking free agent visit with AFC competitor

Just before the 2026 NFL offseason, TE David Njoku said goodbye to the fans and city of the only team he has ever played with at the pro level. The Cleveland Browns have also seemed to move forward with TE Harold Fannin Jr. as the primary tight end, while adding a number of receivers and […]

Browns bring another failed GM as front office consultant, reportedly

There are lots of ways to build a successful team. Unfortunately for fans, the Cleveland Browns have tried almost every way to do it, but have not found a successful process yet. GM Andrew Berry has survived going into his seventh season, while HC Kevin Stefanski was relieved of his duties and replaced by HC […]

Browns TE Joe Royer: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft

When the 2025 season concluded, the Cleveland Browns looked pretty good with their tight end room. David Njoku was a seasoned veteran, Harold Fannin had just been named to the NFL All-Rookie Team, Blake Whiteheart and Brendan Bates laid down a backup foundation, while former UFL star Sal Cannella waited his turn on the practice […]

Sunday Dawg Chow (5/3): What are you watching today?

Happy Sunday, Dawgs By Nature Nation! Things are a little bit slow at the moment as it relates to the Cleveland Browns, but that will be picking up soon enough as the club welcomes its draft picks, Undrafted Free Agents, and invited players to the three-day Rookie Minicamp starting on May 8. That still leaves […]

Browns restructure veteran’s contract. Does it signal the end is near?

The Cleveland Browns are poised to have five new starters along the offensive line in 2026.  Going from left to right, the Week 1 lineup should look like first-round draft pick Spencer Fano at left tackle, free agent signing Zion Johnson at left guard, fifth-round draft pick Parker Brailsford at center, free agent signing Elgton […]

Would the Browns take a risk on this QB? Should they?

Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken knew what he was getting into when he accepted the job as the seventh full-time head coach under the current ownership group. The biggest task facing Monken is a familiar one: finding a starting quarterback from a room of options, each more unappealing than the last. As it stands […]

Browns CB Nate Davis: Everything you need to know from childhood to UDFA

And a third cover cornerback would be nice. D’Angelo Ross was re-signed in free agency, and Myles Bryant was inked from the Houston Texans.   RELATED: 3 UNDRAFTED FREE AGENTS WHO COULD STICK The Browns have two really good cornerbacks already in Pro Bowler Denzel Ward and Tyson Campbell, who came over from the Jacksonville […]

Saturday Dawg Chow (5/2): Welcome to minicamp season!

Welcome to May, Browns fans, aka the month of NFL minicamps. The Cleveland Browns held their first voluntary veteran minicamp in late April, three days where quarterback Deshaun Watson apparently dazzled so much while throwing practice passes against air that he has set himself firmly into the QB 1 role for 2026. There is still […]

Browns rookies: 2 listed as Top 10 Rookie of the Year candidates

Almost everyone, from media graders to at least one rival GM and fans, seems to love the Cleveland Browns 2026 NFL draft class. After a successful 2025 draft, including Defensive Rookie of the Year Carson Schwesinger, GM Andrew Berry focused on the offensive side of the ball with eight of his 10 picks in this […]

Former Browns TE David Njoku was a victim of elaborate identity fraud

Ever heard of Luther Davis? No? He owns a National Championship ring from 2009 when he was a defensive lineman with the University of Alabama under head coach Nick Saban. What does this have to do with the Cleveland Browns? Davis was recently arrested on an elaborately conceived scheme to defraud nearly $20 million in […]

Everyone loves the Browns draft: Impact on fans’ excitement, hope level

After acquiring Deshaun Watson, the Cleveland Browns went through several difficult seasons in terms of their NFL draft performance. Without any first-round assets for many years, the front office had to get creative in building this team. Now that the team has been back in action in the first round for the last two seasons, they […]

The Browns’ biggest roster weakness is hiding in plain sight

The Browns did an excellent job in both free agency and the draft addressing their roster holes, but one glaring weakness still persists. When Cleveland’s new defensive coordinator Mike Rutenberg was hired, everyone was talking about the secondary and what the Browns could do to add another high-level safety or slot corner to the mix […]

3 takeaways as the Browns break ground on $2.6B stadium

The Cleveland Browns officially broke ground on Thursday for the $2.6 billion Huntington Bank Field in the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park. It was quite the event, with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on hand to celebrate the latest cash cow, sorry, “transformative project,” that is scheduled to open in time […]

Former Browns QB announces retirement

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback P.J. Walker has announced his retirement from the game, according to his agent via 3DownNation. Walker is one of many quarterbacks whose last name appears on the infamous Browns quarterback jersey. An undrafted free agent in 2017, he bounced around to a couple of teams before the Browns signed him in […]

Browns’ Deshaun Watson rumor being pushed again from the top, says one GM

This past week, the public relations blitz pumping up Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson seemed to resume. We had JW Johnson talking him up, and then Mary Kay Cabot of the Plain Dealer highlighting her ‘breaking news’ that Watson was the favorite to be the No. 1 quarterback, and should be named such as soon […]

3 Browns UDFAs who could make the initial 53-man roster in 2026

As everyone already knows, Andrew Berry loves to have a few undrafted free agents make the 53-man roster every year, and there’s no reason to think that 2026 will be any different. Last season, UDFA DT Adin Huntington, WR Gage Larvadain, WR Isaiah Bond, LB Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, S Donovan McMillon, and CB Dom Jones all […]

Daily Dawg Chow 4/30: DeShaun Watson early favorite to win QB job

The latest Cleveland Browns coverage from Dawgs By Nature: From the Feed: ClownTown got aggressive to get the Browns THE top prospect and a top QB prospect in this way-too-early 2027 mock draft: You can start a feed post here or join DBN’s Feed here. More Cleveland Browns news:

Browns legend takes coaching role at alma mater

The Cleveland Browns have not had much go right since returning to the NFL in 1999.  But one thing they absolutely nailed was signing Josh Cribbs as an undrafted free agent in the spring of 2005. A standout quarterback at Kent State for four years, Cribbs left the Golden Flashes as the program’s all-time leader […]

Browns UDFA’s contract seems to all but guarantee his roster spot

The Cleveland Browns had a large 2026 NFL draft class. With 10 new rookies added to the roster, on top of all seven of last year’s draft class who contributed to the team in 2025, the Browns may not have a lot of room for undrafted free agents to make this year’s roster. With a […]