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Daniel OyefusiMay 31, 2025, 06:00 AM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — After a 2024 season in which the Cleveland Browns‘ offense ranked last in scoring and shuffled through four different starting quarterbacks, the unit has been vastly reshaped in the past several months.

During that time, Cleveland fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and replaced him with Tommy Rees, hired a new offensive line coach in Mike Bloomgren and used five

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Daniel OyefusiMay 28, 2025, 04:21 PM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — At 40 years old, Joe Flacco is by far the elder statesman in the Cleveland Browns‘ quarterback room.

Flacco, though, reiterated that he is not looking to take a backseat and mentor the team’s young passers but lead by example in an attempt to win the quarterback competition.

“It’s not really about that. It’s just not the main

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Daniel OyefusiMay 12, 2025, 03:23 PM ET

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The Cleveland Browns on Monday placed linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah on the reserve/physically unable to perform list, sidelining him for the 2025 season.

Owusu-Koramoah, 25, was placed on injured reserve and missed the final nine games of the 2024 season because of a neck injury sustained after a collision with Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry. Owusu-Koramoah was briefly

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Daniel OyefusiMay 12, 2025, 10:42 AM ET

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The Cleveland Browns are signing veteran safety Damontae Kazee, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Monday.

Kazee, 31, spent the past three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, starting five games during his stint with the team.

The Browns needed safety depth after losing two contributors this offseason. The team released Juan Thornhill, who later signed a

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Daniel OyefusiMay 10, 2025, 01:17 PM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns‘ selection of quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the third round of the NFL draft was a widespread surprise for a player pegged as a Day 3 pick — but it was quickly overshadowed by the team drafting Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round and ending his shocking fall.

Sanders has grabbed headlines in and outside

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Daniel OyefusiMay 9, 2025, 04:33 PM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — All eyes have been on Shedeur Sanders since the Cleveland Browns selected him in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft last month, ending a shocking slide into Day 3 for the former Colorado star quarterback.

But when the Browns broke the huddle for the first snap of team drills in rookie minicamp Friday, it was

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Daniel OyefusiMay 9, 2025, 10:34 AM ET

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A Cleveland Browns reunion with free agent running back Nick Chubb is “increasingly unlikely,” general manager Andrew Berry said Friday morning, after the team added two running backs in the NFL draft.

Chubb, who ranks third on the Browns’ career rushing list, remains unsigned after spending the first seven years of his career in Cleveland. The Browns drafted Ohio State‘s

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Daniel OyefusiMay 8, 2025, 06:00 AM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — Three days after his unexpected fall to the fifth round in the 2025 NFL draft, Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders was back to work in his new NFL home.

Sanders — who had made his way from Canton, Texas, where he watched the draft, to Cleveland — stood on a hill wearing a black T-shirt, grey shorts

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Daniel OyefusiMay 2, 2025, 06:00 AM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — Minutes before the 144th overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft is announced Saturday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry FaceTimes Shedeur Sanders — a call that finally ends one of the more surprising draft slides in recent memory.

Sanders has exchanged his flashy attire for a more casual outfit. On Thursday night,

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Daniel OyefusiMar 21, 2025, 06:00 AM ET

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BEREA, Ohio — The first week of free agency came and went with minimal activity from the Cleveland Browns, save for the team’s surprising reconciliation with star pass rusher Myles Garrett, as the two sides agreed to a record-breaking extension one day before the start of the NFL’s negotiation period.

Otherwise, the team re-signed a quartet of depth pieces, added

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