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Getty Images The postseason doesn’t officially get underway until next week. But when it comes to the Cleveland Browns, they may as well start now. The Browns can earn a playoff berth for the first time in 18 years with a victory on Sunday over the Pittsburgh Steelers. They can also wind up at...

Getty Images The Chiefs, Bills and Steelers have already clinched playoff berths in the AFC. The other playoff spots will go to four of five teams: The Titans, Colts, Browns, Ravens and Dolphins. And the Dolphins are the most likely team to be left out. Based on Sunday’s Vegas lines, the...

Getty Images Despite multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the Browns organization, the NFL is expecting Cleveland to host Sunday’s Steelers-Browns game as scheduled. On a media call today focusing on the league’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, league officials said the game can...

Getty Images The Browns-Steelers game has several interesting storylines. The Browns are playing for a playoff berth. The Steelers don’t yet know whether they are the two or three seed. The Browns had nine players on the COVID-19 list before Wednesday, when they had another player test...

Getty Images Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said at his Wednesday press conference that he hoped the team would be given the green light to practice after closing the facility in the morning due to a pair of positive COVID-19 tests. Stefanski’s wish has been granted. The Browns announced...

Getty Images Last week, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski had the inside track to coach of the year. Then, the Browns lost to the Jets. The night before Cleveland fell to 10-5 and had its playoff chances shrink, the Dolphins enjoyed something close to divine intervention in the City of Sin. But...

Getty Images Johnny Football is back. Sort of. The 2014 first-round pick of the Browns will resume his playing career with the new Fan Controlled Football league, according to Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com. “The more I heard about what this was going to be, the more I felt it was going to be...

Getty Images The Browns have closed their facility due to positive COVID-19 tests for the second time in less than a week. A statement on Wednesday morning announced that the team’s headquarters were closed after a player and a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. They also closed the...

Getty Images The last time Mason Rudolph started a game against Cleveland, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett ended up suspended for swinging the quarterback’s own helmet at his head following the game’s antepenultimate play. Garrett was out for the rest of the 2019 season, and there have been...

Getty Images The NFL has successfully navigated multiple COVID-19 outbreaks this year, without ever having to pull the pin on an 18th week. As Week 17 approaches, the league has one more regular-season challenge. With the Browns apparently in the throes of a full-blown outbreak, Sunday’s...

Getty Images The Browns have added another player to the COVID-19 list. The team announced Tuesday night it has placed safety Karl Joseph on the reserve list. Joseph makes nine Browns on the COVID-19 list. Earlier in the day, tight end Harrison Bryant and safety Andrew Sendejo went on the...

Getty Images Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt has been one of the league’s best defenders for years, but he’s now a clear frontrunner to earn his first defensive player of the year award. Watt leads the league with 15.0 sacks, 23 tackles for loss, and 41 quarterback hits in 2020. No other player...

Getty Images The Steelers’ decision to rest Ben Roethlisberger and other key starters on Sunday against the Browns is great news in Cleveland. Not so much in Baltimore, Indianapolis and Miami. With the Browns, Ravens, Colts and Dolphins all competing in the AFC wild card race, a win for the...

Getty Images The Browns were shorthanded in last Sunday’s loss to the Jets because they had to put multiple players on their reserve/COVID-19 list as close contacts of someone who tested positive, but they expect to have them back at work on Thursday. There are two new additions to the list on...

Getty Images The Browns have been given a big advantage in Sunday’s game against the Steelers, and the oddsmakers have noticed. Cleveland is now a 10-point favorite over Pittsburgh after the news that Mike Tomlin has decided not to play Ben Roethlisberger and other key starters on Sunday. The...

Getty Images The Broncos played a game without a quarterback because of COVID-19 contact tracing. The 49ers played a game after putting four key players, including three receivers, on the COVID-19 list a day before kickoff. The Ravens were missing a dozen starters and key contributors...

Getty Images Browns kicker Cody Parkey has been on a cold streak of late. Parkey doinked an extra point attempt off the upright in Sunday’s 23-16 loss to the Jets and he has now missed one extra point in each of the last three games. He’s also missed a field goal over that span, but Browns...

Getty Images The Texans signed receiver Damion Ratley from their practice squad Monday. They made room for Ratley by cutting running back C.J. Prosise. Prosise rushed for 19 yards on 10 carries and caught five passes for 18 yards and a touchdown in 10 games this season. He last played in Week...

Getty Images The Browns were short on wide receivers in Sunday’s loss to the Jets and they moved to add one to the roster on Monday. The team announced that they have signed wide receiver Alexander Hollins off of the Vikings practice squad. The NFL recently changed rules for players moving...

Getty Images The Browns should be in better shape at the wide receiver position for their Week 17 game against the Steelers. Head coach Kevin Stefanski said on Monday that Jarvis Landry, Rashard Higgins, Donovan Peoples-Jones, and KhaDarel Hodge will be able to return to the team on Thursday...