The Cleveland Browns have reportedly made a decision about quarterback Baker Mayfield. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, the Browns plan to keep him as their starting QB for the 2022 season. This seems like a sensible decision for both parties, but it wasn’t a sure thing. Just one year after making the playoffs for the first time since 2002, the Browns are on the outside looking in once again, coming into the final week with a 7-9 record. They were eliminated from… Source link
Read More »Antonio Browns strips gear, runs of field vs. Jets
After a bizarre incident that saw Antonio Brown leave Sunday’s win over the New York Jets mid-game and shirtless, head coach Bruce Arians told reporters that the veteran wide receiver is no longer with the team. “He is no longer a Buc,” Arians said after the game. “That’s the end of the story. Let’s talk about the guys who went out there and won the game.” He wasn’t welcome to fly back to Tampa with the Bucs, according to multiple reports. What happened During a break in second-half play,… Source link
Read More »Depleted Browns fight hard but lose to Raiders on last play
The Cleveland Browns have nothing to be ashamed of. They lost on Monday, but there wasn’t much they could do. The Browns had 18 players, including eight starters, on the COVID-19 list. They were down to third-string quarterback Nick Mullens, who was signed from the practice squad on Thursday and finally got to practice with the first-team offense on Saturday. Coach Kevin Stefanski was even ruled out. And the Browns led in the fourth quarter, somehow. Mullens hit a fourth-down touchdown pass… Source link
Read More »Rams, WFT and Browns avoided forfeits
As COVID-19 surged through the NFL this week and forced the rescheduling of three games, multiple sources involved in talks between the league office and NFL Players Association told Yahoo Sports that three teams were on the verge of having to forfeit Week 15: The Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams and Washington Football Team. It was a staggering reality that began to sink in for the league and players union by Thursday, pushing the two sides into a rescheduling negotiation that the NFL was… Source link
Read More »Bruce Arians declines to address Antonio Brown’s future
Antonio Brown has one week left on his three-week suspension for violating the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols. Whether he’ll play again for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers remains unclear. Head coach Bruce Arians was asked about Brown’s status moving forward at his Monday news conference. He was noncommittal. “I haven’t made that determination yet, but we’ll see how it goes,” Arians said of Brown’s future with the team. … “When we know, we’ll let everyone know.” Bruce Arians in 2020: ‘He screws up… Source link
Read More »Lessons on Antonio Brown’s vaccine fiasco
Antonio Brown taught us a few things last week. First, COVID-19 vaccination cards are nowhere near the foolproof passport we’ve treated them to be. Second, if someone is determined to refuse a mandate to get a shot, obtaining some slick documentation to evade it isn’t that hard. Third — and this was the detail that undercut Brown and two other players in the NFL’s investigation — eliminating loose strings in your story goes a long way toward “misrepresenting” your vaccination… Source link
Read More »With his silence, Cleveland Browns’ Baker Mayfield puts himself ahead of his team
CLEVELAND — So much for Baker Mayfield putting the team first. So much for the opportunity to praise running back Nick Chubb for saving a season that was minutes from going down in flames. So much for emphasizing that everything the Browns want to achieve is still within reach. By dodging his media responsibilities and declining comment after Sunday’s 13-10 victory over the Detroit Lions at FirstEnergy Stadium, Mayfield let his ego take over. He showed that despite all he’s said about his… Source link
Read More »Browns WR Ryan Switzer’s son hospitalized with COVID-19
Ryan Switzer and his wife are going through a terrifying situation. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) Ryan Switzer went through the toughest day of his life on Saturday. The Cleveland Browns wide receiver revealed on Twitter that his 9-month-old son Christian had to be taken to the hospital after waking up “in his own blood.” The child has tested positive for COVID-19. In a series of tweets, Switzer updated fans and asked for prayers as Christian received three blood transfusions and… Source link
Read More »Chiefs squeeze by Browns after losing Patrick Mahomes
The Kansas City Chiefs won on Sunday and advanced to their third straight AFC championship game. And nobody was talking about that after the game. Patrick Mahomes, considered by many to be the NFL’s best player, suffered an injury in Sunday’s AFC divisional-round playoff game against the Cleveland Browns. He was hit on a called run play and was unsteady as he got up. The Chiefs said he was being evaluated for a concussion and ruled him out shortly after. Kansas City survived, barely,… Source link
Read More »Steelers Chase Claypool trashes Browns after loss
On Sunday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers dug a 28-0 first-quarter hole as their season that started 11-0 crashed and burned in the playoffs courtesy of the Cleveland Browns. On Monday, a Steelers wide receiver hopped on TikTok to trash the team that just ended his season. No, it wasn’t JuJu Smith-Schuster. Chase Claypool picked up the TikTok torch of disrespecting opponents in a live stream with his followers. Except unlike Smith-Schuster’s ritual pregame social media dances, Claypool’s… Source link
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