Browns Rumors & News

Pro Football Talk "The Browns snapped a four-game losing streak against the Falcons on Sunday and quarterback Baker Mayfield was a big reason why they prevailed. Mayfield was 17-of-20 for 216 yards and three touchdowns in the 28-16 victory. It’s the first three-touchdown game of his brief career..." November 11

CBS Sports "While there have been reports that embattled Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam will be allowing general manager John Dorsey a wide berth to oversee their latest coaching search, there remains trepidation by many in the coaching community about that process and the repeated failings of that..." November 11

Pro Football Rumors "The Browns are eyeing some secondary help. Veteran NFL reporter Howad Balzer reports (via Twitter) that Cleveland worked out cornerback Ashton Lampkin yesterday. After going undrafted out of Oklahoma State during the 2017 draft, Lampkin quickly caught on with the Chiefs. After a..." November 10

247 Sports "A detailed picture has been painted of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and his involvement within organizational decisions in the past. The fan base has concerns that those issues may impact the upcoming head coaching search. Cleveland.com's Mary Kay Cabot wrote a report..." November 08

Pro Football Rumors "The Browns placed linebacker Christian Kirksey (hamstring) and defensive back E.J. Gaines(concussion) on injured reserve, according to a team announcement. Both players were forced out during the second half of Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs and those injuries have ended their..." November 07

Pro Football Talk "Bruce Arians, potentially the Brett Favre of coaches, retired after the 2011 season, before landing with the Colts in 2012. He retired once again after 2017. Now working with CBS, Arians recently said he’d consider emerging from retirement for one and only one job — the..." November 06

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Hue Jackson, fired by the Browns Oct. 29. wouldn’t hesitate to join an NFL team this season if the right opportunity came along. “Oh absolutely,’’ he said Monday the Adam Schefter podcast. “If there’s somebody who I know and trust and..." November 06

USA Today "I love football and I love Fortnite. Put them together, and it's heaven. On Monday, the NFL and Epic Games announced a partnership that will make gear – known as skins – for all 32 teams available as part of the wildly popular game's Battle..." November 05

Canton Rep "Back in the days when Bruce Arians was offensive coordinator of a Browns team that forged a 17-point lead in a playoff game at Pittsburgh, he would joke about growing old. “It has been a long time since I was the ‘boy wonder’ head coach at Temple,” he would..." November 05

SB Nation "No, the Browns didn’t win this week. In fact, they didn’t get all that close. But they did operate a little differently this week without the recently fired Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Interim offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens was able..." November 05

Kansas City Star "Whatever Chiefs left guard Cam Erving really feels about returning to Cleveland and facing the organization that drafted him and then traded him away after two seasons, he’s playing it close to the vest. This week, Erving politely answered questions but didn’t offer any..." November 04

Pro Football Talk "The Browns will start the Gregg Williams era without their starting left tackle. Desmond Harrison is inactive for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs. He was listed as questionable on Friday due to an illness. The undrafted rookie won the starting job at left tackle this..." November 04

247 Sports "The Cleveland Browns already lost starting cornerback Terrance Mitchell to a fractured forearm. The hits kept coming Sunday. Starting cornerbacks EJ Gaines and Denzel Ward have both left the game with injuries. Gaines is being evaluated for a concussion. The veteran's return is..." November 04

Pro Football Talk "After the Browns fired both coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley, it wasn’t clear who the interim coach would be, because it was believed to be clear that defensive coordinator Gregg Williams never, ever would be a head coach again. Ever. But the Browns gave..." November 04

The Score "Former Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson seems to have a new theory behind what led to his exit. Jackson was fired on Monday, posting a cumulative 3-36-1 record with the club through three seasons. Cleveland also dismissed offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Less than a..." November 03

ESPN "Hue Jackson did not agree with Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's statement that "internal discord" led to the firing of Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley on Monday. "I don't really think it was truly just about internal..." November 02

247 Sports "Former head coach Hue Jackson began his image reconstruction tour Thursday night and into Friday morning with ESPN. Jackson had a lot to say and he shared his side of the story as he believes it. It is clear that Jackson and former offensive coordinator Todd Haley, who was also..." November 02

Dawgs By Nature "Nine games ago the head coach was Hue Jackson, Josh Gordon was considered the star WR, in the backfield was Carlos Hyde and the offensive coordinator was Todd Haley. Today, none of those guys are with the Browns. While the interim head coaching title is..." November 01

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Browns coach Hue Jackson sat in his office at his east side Cleveland home on a dreary Thursday morning, wishing he were at work getting the 2-5-1 Browns ready to face the 7-1 Chiefs. "I've never done this before,'' he said  of not having a game to prepare for..." November 01

Ohio.com "If Freddie Kitchens can call plays as well as he can drop the mic, the Browns might be OK on offense after all. On Thursday, Kitchens ended his first news conference as the team’s new offensive coordinator by deadpanning, “I thought this was going to come up, but it..." November 01

Pro Football Rumors "Golden Tate is now an Eagle following a deadline deal that sent him from Detroit to Philadelphia, but it’s possible that the veteran receiver only spends eight games with the Birds. Tate, of course, is a free agent at season’s end, and he and his agent intend to use Jarvis..." November 01

USA Today "No news is good news. That surely needs to be the working mantra for the men and woman in stripes as the second half of the NFL season rolls on, given the controversy, confusion and assorted blunders that cast so much shade on the first few weeks of this campaign. Outside of..." November 01

12 Up "The Cleveland Browns are going to have one of the hottest coaching vacancies next season and their current head coach isn't going to stop them. The Browns have had a change at the top spot on the sideline after they realized a 3-36-1 record wasn't going to cut it...." November 01

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Baker Mayfield believes Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes should’ve been the No. 1 pick in the 2017 draft, the year the Browns picked Myles Garrett. “Talent wise, I thought he should have been – I love Myles but…,’’ he said with a smile before..." October 31

Larry Brown Sports "Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is certainly reacting to the toughest stretch of his pro career to date exactly as one would want a rookie quarterback to. Two days after the Browns cleaned house by firing head coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley,..." October 31

Pro Football Talk "Gregg Williams was fired as the Bills’ head coach after the 2003 season, and since then he’s only been a defensive coordinator–until this week, when he became interim head coach of the Browns. But Williams claimed today that he’s had multiple offers to be a head coach..." October 31

Pro Football Talk "With one coach out and another coach eventually in, plenty of rumors will swirl regarding the person who will eventually get the Browns job. Given the presence of quarterback Baker Mayfield, a nucleus of other great young players, extra draft picks for 2019, and lots of cap space to sign..." October 30

Larry Brown Sports "The Cleveland Browns decided to gut their coaching staff following Sunday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the development of their rookie quarterback likely played a role in the decision. Hue Jackson made it clear that he and offensive coordinator Todd Haley were not on..." October 30

ESPN "Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said the firing of coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley does not mean the team is giving up on this season. "This is not a throwing in of the towel," Haslam said Monday afternoon. "It is a rebooting, if you..." October 30

Pro Football Talk "They say that wisdom often never comes at all, so it’s OK if it arrives late. And that summarizes the curious relationship between the pink-slip-happy Haslams and former Browns coach Hue Jackson, who survived much longer than he should have in a job he was destined to lose...." October 29

Pro Football Talk "Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said today’s decision to fire head coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley is the best move for his franchise moving forward. “We did what we thought was best for the organization. I think we put the organization in a better place..." October 29

Sportsnaut "The Cleveland Browns fired Hue Jackson on Monday. In a genuine head-turner, the odds makers expect that Sean McVay will be the team’s next full-time head coach. October 29

Pro Football Rumors "Amid the upheaval in Cleveland today, the Browns are continuing with their scheduled workouts. They hosted free agent pass rusher Junior Galette for a Monday audition, Sirius XM Radio’s Adam Caplan tweets. Galette’s been a free agent since his Washington contract expired..." October 29

CBS Sports "The Browns should've beaten the Steelers back in Week 1. The defense forced six turnovers -- five courtesy of Ben Roethlisberger -- but a blocked field goal with seconds left in overtime meant Cleveland and Pittsburgh were headed for a tie. Seven weeks later, the teams were to..." October 29

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has been named the Browns interim head coach, a league source tells cleveland.com. He replaced Hue Jackson, who was fired Monday along with offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Freddie Kitchens, the Browns running backs coach, has been..." October 29

Sportsnaut "Things were obviously boiling over in Cleveland before the Browns’ decision to fire head coach Hue Jackson on Monday. We’ve read the reports of a questionable relationship between Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Losing two games in overtime and being..." October 29

Larry Brown Sports "The Cleveland Browns will soon begin searching for a new head coach who can turn Baker Mayfield into a franchise quarterback, and they may look at the man who helped mold Mayfield into a star as a possible candidate. With Hue Jackson having been fired by the Browns on Monday, the most..." October 29

Larry Brown Sports "It initially looked like the Cleveland Browns were siding with offensive coordinator Todd Haley when they fired head coach Hue Jackson on Monday, but it has now become clear that the team is cleaning house. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Browns have decided to part ways..." October 29

NFL Trade Rumors "Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Browns have hired HC Hue Jackson on Monday. According to Schefter, Jackson’s contract runs through 2019, which means the Browns will be contractually obligated to him through next year. Reports from Sunday..." October 29

SB Nation "What is Hue Jackson good at? If you ask the Browns head coach himself, he’d tell you offense is his specialty. “That’s what I know,” he claimed last week, after an overtime loss to the Buccaneers. His declaration came with a promise to jump in and help..." October 29

NFL Trade Rumors "Jeff Howe of The Athletic reports that the Patriots have discussed the possibility of trading for Browns LB Jamie Collins. This is interesting to hear, given that the Patriots trade Collins away a few years ago. It’s clear that the Patriots are considering a..." October 29

Pro Football Talk "If you are what your record says you are, Hue Jackson is the second-worst coach in NFL history. The Browns’ loss today drops Jackson to 11-44-1 as an NFL head coach: 8-8 in Oakland and 3-36-1 in Cleveland. That’s a winning percentage of .205. How bad is that?..." October 28

Pro Football Talk "Earlier this year, the Browns bought a dog with a reputation for biting. And they may now get rid of the dog, because it’s biting. That’s essentially what’s happening when it comes to the tenure of offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports..." October 28

NFL.com "As the losses mount in Cleveland, so does the frustration. Three defeats in their last four games, coupled with a curious public debate surrounding the offense, has put the Browns in a similar and maddening position. If it's not resolved, change will come with hopes of fixing the..." October 28

12 Up "?It seems Browns wide receiver ?Antonio Callaway just can't manage to stay out of the police blotter. Earlier this month, the rookie wideout got pulled over by police en route to FirstEnergy Stadium for the Browns game against the Chargers.  October 27

Yahoo! Sports "Damarious Randall has been on the injury report most of the year, but he’s stayed on the field. That appears to be the case again this week, as the Browns safety is again listed as questionable but is expected to play, according to Pat McManamon of ESPN.com. Randall..." October 26

Pro Football Talk "The Browns and Steelers get together on Sunday, seven weeks (and 70 minutes) after playing to a draw in Week One. A pair of defensive players who arrived in Cleveland via round one of the 2017 draft provided the same answer when asked on Friday whether the rematch entails a sense of unfinished..." October 26

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Myles Garrett didn’t get fined for blasting the officials last week after the Browns' loss to the Chargers. But he got something perhaps even worse: a stern lecture from defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who gave it to the entire defense. “I talk about it daily..." October 26

247 Sports "  The Cleveland Browns have signed LB Ray-Ray Armstrong. To make room on the roster, the team..." October 25

Pro Football Talk "Browns coach Hue Jackson mused about taking a bigger role in the team’s offense after last Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers, which led some to wonder how that plan would sit with offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Among that group is Steelers quarterback Ben..." October 25