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Top defensive coordinator candidate is off the board for the Browns

When defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz opted to resign from his position with the Cleveland Browns this week, we highlighted five of the top candidates who might be considered for the job. According to Ian Rapoport, one of those candidates is now off the board: Dino Vasso didn’t have experience as a defensive coordinator, but was […]

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Browns QB options could include recently retired Pro Bowler

The Cleveland Browns are looking to replicate whatever it takes to get to the Super Bowl. Whether that is through the NFL draft and finding a veteran quarterback to help them win quickly or hitting on a top-level young quarterback while building around that player, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots have shown the […]

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Browns 2026 NFL draft: DE T.J. Parker could add strength to strength

The Cleveland Browns had plenty of defensive ends on the roster last season. Besides the All-World talent of Myles Garrett, Alex Wright, Isaiah McGuire, Sam Kamara, and Cameron Thomas. All of these guys have their own methods and abilities. But do they strike fear into opposing quarterbacks? Does an offensive coordinator make notes and adjustments […]

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Browns can follow Seahawks Super Bowl roster process

Another year, another Super Bowl that doesn’t have the Cleveland Browns as one of the last two teams remaining. Will it happen in the future? No one knows, but every single year, Clevelanders dream of their favorite football team playing for a Lombardi trophy, but it hasn’t materialized. The only way the team has a […]

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Sunday Dawg Chow (2/8): They used to win championships here.

Welcome to Super Bowl Sunday, which marks the final game of the NFL’s 2025 season. Today’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New Englands Patriots is the 60th Super Bowl to be played, and it is also the 60th consecutive year that the Cleveland Browns have opted out of participating in the game. That […]

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Browns NFL Draft: Could Georgia’s Monroe Freeling solve the LT problem?

The Cleveland Browns have been searching for a legitimate left tackle since the day that Joe Thomas retired in 2018, and despite bursting onto the scene late, UGA’s Monroe Freeling shows the potential to be that player for Todd Monken and Company. Standing at 6’7” and around 315 pounds, he has excellent size, length, and […]

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Browns RB Quinshon Judkins concerning injury update comment

The Cleveland Browns did pretty well with their 2025 rookie draft class. In fact, it might have saved GM Andrew Berry’s job as the head coach, Kevin Stefanaki, wasn’t so lucky after losing 26 games the past two seasons. Berry shocked everyone when he drafted not one, but two, quarterbacks in the 2025 NFL draft. […]

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Browns HC Todd Monken stays in-house for WR coach

Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken has not taken a kind eye to the offensive coaching staff he inherited in Berea after being named Cleveland’s new man in charge. A few coaches had already left town before Monken arrived, most notably offensive coordinator Tommy Rees, who joined head coach Kevin Stefanski’s staff in the same […]

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Browns HC Todd Monken adding another O-line coach to his staff

Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken has wasted little time in assembling his first coaching staff. And even though it is the weekend, Monken has stayed busy with the news that he plans to hire Bobby Johnson as an assistant offensive line coach. That is according to Matt Zenitz at CBS Sports. Johnson was let […]

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Is Frisman Jackson about to win the big one? Browns connections in Super Bowl 2026, and Cleveland’s roster makeup

Each year, the Cleveland Browns tend to have at least one former player, coach, or affiliate represented in the Super Bowl. Outlined below are players, coaches, or front office personnel who were formerly members of the Browns on either the New England Patriots or the Seattle Seahawks. The parenthesis represent the time span they were […]

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Browns HC Todd Monken was in no rush to talk to DC Jim Schwartz

It’s no secret that Jim Schwartz felt spurned by Cleveland when he was passed over to be the new head coach of the Browns. Though it’s somewhat understandable, it’s pretty safe to say that he didn’t handle it in the most professional way, apparently going around and saying his goodbyes to the rest of the […]

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Browns best DC candidate comes from an internal promotion

Many local restaurants remain very busy for lunch and dinner. What makes them popular with patrons is the quality of the food and the recipes. Everybody offers lasagna. Even Stouffer’s makes a great version. But not everybody cooks it like at this one place. And they run out of the staple dish for the few […]

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Myles Garrett, Carson Schwesinger: Browns foundation is on defense

Myles Garrett was awarded Defensive Player of the Year at this year’s NFL Honors, while Carson Schweinger was given the award for Defensive Rookie of the Year. Both of these players were defensive cornerstones for the Cleveland Browns this season, and these honors were very well deserved. Garrett received 100% of the first-place votes while […]

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Browns Todd Monken hire: Process, outcome grades

The Cleveland Browns will have a new head coach on the sidelines for the 2026 season. Todd Monken, who was with the team as an offensive coordinator in 2019, left the team for the University of Georgia to be that team’s offensive coordinator. He spent two years with the Bulldogs before returning to the NFL […]

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Deep dive into Browns HC Todd Monken’s coaching stops, his improved offenses

When the Cleveland Browns first hired Kevin Stefanski back in 2020, they envisioned a hard-running back-driven offense similar to his Minnesota Vikings offensive attack that he had displayed. And in several years, the Browns run game was dominant, highlighted by the talents of Nick Chubb. But the quarterback situation never became solved under Stefanski. Turnover […]

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Saturday Dawg Chow (2/7): Everything ends badly. Just ask Jim Schwartz

In the 1988 movie Cocktail, Tom Cruise’s character remarks that, “everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn’t end.” That sentiment was on display Friday when the news came out that Jim Schwartz was resigning as defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns. It may have been inevitable, but there was still hope that Schwartz would be professional […]

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5 Browns defensive coordinator options with Jim Schwartz’s departure

When the Cleveland Browns fired HC Kevin Stefanski, they searched far and wide looking for his replacement. They also quickly interviewed DC Jim Schwartz for the position, and the long-time coordinator was among the team’s finalists. Many believed that the Browns planned to bring Schwartz back, almost no matter who they hired as head coach. […]

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Browns DC Jim Schwartz future update: Final decision made for Todd Monken’s staff

A vast majority of people were shocked when the Cleveland Browns named Todd Monken as the team’s head coach. The Browns head coach search had many believing it was between a couple of young candidates and Cleveland’s defensive coordinator, Jim Schwartz. Schwartz was reportedly very upset when he found out the news of Monken getting […]

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Browns ownership: Charles Woodson backs out for another life goal

In an “only the Cleveland Browns story,” that may not be unique to the team, Charles Woodson says he decided not to buy a portion of the team. In May of 2025, reports came out that Woodson, an Ohio native despite most knowing him from his days at Michigan and his Hall of Fame NFL […]

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