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    Browns place CB Kevin Johnson on COVID-19 reserve

    Getty Images The Cleveland Browns will be down yet another player when Sunday’s win-and-in playoff game against the Steeler gets started. On Saturday night, the Browns placed cornerback Kevin Johnson on the COVID-19 reserve list. The Browns elevated cornerback A.J. Green from the practice...
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    Browns close facility after coach tests positive for COVID-19

    Getty Images A coach is the latest member of the Cleveland Browns organization to test positive for COVID-19. The Browns announced today that they are once again closing their facility, as they did repeatedly this week, while they conduct contact tracing. “The Cleveland Browns were informed...
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    Callie Brownson to coach Browns’ receivers after Chad O’Shea tests positive

    Getty Images Browns receivers coach Chad O’Shea is one of two coaches on the staff to test positive for COVID-19, and the team’s chief of staff, Callie Brownson, will fill in for him as receivers coach on Sunday against the Steelers. Brownson is the only woman to serve as a primary position...
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    Report: Joe Haden tests positive for COVID-19

    Getty Images The Steelers will reportedly be without cornerback Joe Haden for their next two games. Dan Graziano of ESPN reports that Haden has tested positive for COVID-19. He’ll miss Sunday’s game against the Browns as a result and the 10-day isolation period means that he will also miss the...
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    Myles Garrett: No hesitation to hit Mason Rudolph

    Getty Images Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and Browns defensive end Myles Garrett will be on opposite sides of the field on Sunday for the first time since Garrett hit Rudolph in the head during a fight late in a 2019 game between the teams. Garrett was suspended six games for that act...
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    NFL Week 17 injury report roundup: Will Alex Smith play Sunday night?

    Getty Images Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season is a Sunday-only affair. All 32 teams in the league will be playing on Sunday as the league finalizes who is in the playoffs and what seeds they’ll get with a slate of games that culminates with Washington visiting Philadelphia. If Washington wins...
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    James Conner: We’re “fired up” to play with Mason Rudolph

    Getty Images The Steelers will rest several key starters on Sunday, but the starters who will be playing with the backups aren’t viewing the game against the Browns as a meaningless scrimmage. Running back James Conner, who will play in what will be the final game of his rookie contract, is...
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    Browns have no new positive COVID-19 tests

    Getty Images The Browns got good news from the latest round of COVID-19 testing. No Browns players tested positive in testing results that came back on Friday morning, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. That’s a very good sign after the Browns closed their facility and worked only...
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    Browns announce practice is on for Friday

    Getty Images Word on Friday morning was that the latest round of COVID-19 testing for the Browns returned no positive results and the team confirmed it a short time later. The team announced the results of the testing and that they have received approval from the NFL to hold practice on Friday...
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    Uptick in COVID-19 infections will test the NFL in Week 17

    Getty Images The Browns have seen a sharp increase in players placed on the COVID-19 reserve list. But the infections aren’t happening in the facility. As the NFL explained earlier this week, the various positives and close contacts in Cleveland have resulted from infections happening in the...
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    Mason Rudolph: Myles Garrett has not reached out to me in any capacity

    Getty Images Quarterback Mason Rudolph will start for the Steelers on Sunday, which means Browns defensive end Myles Garrett will line up across from him throughout the contest. Garrett was suspended last year for swinging Rudolph’s helmet at the quarterback late in Cleveland’s Week 11 victory...
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    Myles Garrett will serve as a team captain for Sunday’s game

    Getty Images Myles Garrett will serve as a team captain Sunday, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski announced Friday. Stefanski said it had nothing to do with last year’s incident between Garrett and Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph. Instead, the Browns defensive end has earned the right to wear...
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    Browns OC: Baker Mayfield had “incredible” Wednesday practice

    Getty Images After losing to the Jets on Sunday, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said he failed the team. Apparently he’s not looking to repeat that in Week 17. Cleveland may be falling into a potential COVID-19 crisis, but Browns offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt said Mayfield looked as...
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    Browns facility remains closed for day after two positive COVID-19 tests

    Getty Images The COVID-19 situation in Cleveland may be getting worse, as the Browns decided to keep their facility closed today following two more positive tests. “In light of today’s positive test results and after consulting with the NFL, we’ve decided to keep our facility closed for the...
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    Browns put Denzel Ward on COVID-19 list

    Getty Images It looks like the Browns will be without cornerback Denzel Ward for Sunday’s game against the Steelers. The team announced on Thursday that they have placed Ward on the reserve/COVID-19 list. They also announced that linebacker Malcolm Smith has been placed on the list. A report...
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    Report: Harrison Bryant, Malcolm Smith latest Browns to test positive

    Getty Images The Browns shut their facility on Thursday morning after two more players tested positive for COVID-19 and a report named those two players a bit later in the day. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that tight end Harrison Bryant and linebacker Malcolm Smith tested positive. Only...
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    Sean McDermott drops a hint about Sunday’s plan for Bills starters

    Getty Images The Bills can nail down the No. 2 seed on Sunday with a win over the Dolphins. The Bills also will be the No. 2 seed if the Steelers, who are resting Ben Roethlisberger and presumably other key starters, lose to the Browns. It appears that the Bills will be banking on the Browns...
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    Jarvis Landry, four other Browns activated from COVID-19 list

    Getty Images The Browns are waiting for clearance to practice on Thursday afternoon and they’ll have five players back from the COVID-19 reserve list if they do get the green light. Wide receivers Jarvis Landry, Rashard Higgins, Donovan Peoples-Jones, and KhaDarel Hodge were all placed on the...
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    Report: T.J. Watt, Cam Heyward, Maurkice Pouncey won’t play Sunday

    Getty Images When Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin announced that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will not play this weekend, he said the team would likely be resting other starters against the Browns as well. Tomlin didn’t name any names, but Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports...
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    NFLPA president JC Tretter wants permanent changes to offseason schedule

    Getty Images The pandemic has forced the business world to make plenty of changes. And those changes have, in many cases, become improvements. The president of the NFL Players Association believes that changes made by pro football should be regarded as improvements, and should be made...
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