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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 30, 2024, 12:00 PM ET

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Jameis Winston has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Week, the NFL announced Wednesday, becoming the first Cleveland Browns quarterback to win the award in four years.

Winston, making his first start since Sept. 25, 2022, passed for 334 yards and three touchdowns in the Browns’ 29-24 upset victory over the Baltimore Ravens. Winston set a

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 28, 2024, 02:35 PM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — Jameis Winston, who threw for for 334 yards and three touchdowns in the Cleveland Browns‘ 29-24 win over the Baltimore Ravens, will continue to start at quarterback, coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday.

“Jameis is the starter,” Stefanski said.

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 27, 2024, 07:52 PM ET

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CLEVELAND — Four days before Cleveland Browns quarterback Jameis Winston was set to make his first NFL start in more than two years, he offered a confident assertion.

“I view this as an opportunity to go out there and be my very best,” Winston said Wednesday. “And when I’m my very best, I’m a great NFL starter.”

Winston backed up

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 27, 2024, 03:50 PM ET

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CLEVELAND — Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah was ruled out with a neck injury that required him to be immobilized in the third quarter of Sunday’s 29-24 win over the Baltimore Ravens.

Owusu-Koramoah suffered the injury after a collision with running back Derrick Henry. He was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation but has movement in

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 25, 2024, 02:02 PM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns ruled out running back Jerome Ford for Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens because of a hamstring injury.

Ford, who led Cleveland in rushing while Nick Chubb was sidelined for the first six games of the season, will miss his second straight game.

The Browns also listed right guard <a

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 24, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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FOUR DAYS BEFORE the Cleveland Browns’ 2024 season opener at Huntington Bank Field, Deshaun Watson was asked if he still considered himself one of the league’s elite quarterbacks.

Watson, for whom Cleveland traded three first-round draft picks to the Houston Texans and guaranteed $230 million for five years in 2022, had played 12 games since the 2020 season.

He’d led

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 22, 2024, 08:38 AM ET

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The Cleveland Browns are signing quarterback Bailey Zappe off the Kansas City Chiefs‘ practice squad, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday, giving them depth after losing quarterback Deshaun Watson to a season-ending ruptured Achilles injury.

Zappe, 25, could back up Jameis Winston against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday with

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 21, 2024, 01:28 PM ET

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CLEVELAND — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson took a shotgun snap and attempted to carry out a run play toward the end of the first half of Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. But before he could pass the line of scrimmage, he crumpled to the ground, reaching for his lower right leg.

The magnitude of the injury was immediate

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 21, 2024, 11:07 AM ET

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An MRI revealed that Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has a season-ending ruptured right Achilles, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.

Coach Kevin Stefanski had said after his team’s 21-14 loss to the Bengals on Sunday that it appeared Watson had suffered a season-ending injury.

Watson suffered the injury when his leg appeared to get hyperextended on a

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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 20, 2024, 02:29 PM ET

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CLEVELAND — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson suffered a noncontact right leg injury toward the end of the first half of Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Watson’s leg appeared to hyperextend as he tried to carry the ball on the first play after the 2-minute warning. Watson immediately gave himself up and fell to the ground.

A cart shortly thereafter

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