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  1. Steely McBeam

    Hue Jackson felt “obligation” to NFL to not participate in Colin Kaepernick workout

    Getty Images The NFL arranged for former Raiders and Browns coach Hue Jackson to coordinate the Colin Kaepernick workout at the Falcons facility. When Kaepernick decided not to proceed with the workout and to stage his own session elsewhere, Jackson opted not to participate. Jackson explained...
  2. Steely McBeam

    Myles Garrett appeal decision is expected today

    Getty Images On Wednesday, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett and NFL Players Association made his case to hearing officer James Thrash. On Thursday, a decision is expected. A source with knowledge of the situation confirms that Garrett’s case hinges on a comparison to the Antonio Smith...
  3. Steely McBeam

    Report: Myles Garrett alleged Mason Rudolph used racial slur during appeal

    Getty Images Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph spoke to reporters on Wednesday for the first time since being hit in the head with his own helmet by Browns defensive end Myles Garrett near the end of the Week 11 game between the teams. While Rudolph tried to rip Garrett’s helmet off as the...
  4. Steely McBeam

    Mason Rudolph was set for media session Thursday, but it’s been called off

    Getty Images In response to an ESPN report that Browns defensive end Myles Garrett alleged during a suspension appeal hearing that Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph used a racial slur during last Thursday’s game. Garrett was suspended indefinitely for hitting Rudolph in the head with the...
  5. Steely McBeam

    Myles Garrett’s appeal focuses on 2013 helmet-swinging case

    Getty Images Browns defensive end Myles Garrett hopes to reduce his indefinite suspension (with a minimum of all remaining 2019 games) for hitting Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in the head with his own helmet. To support Garrett’s position, the NFL Players Association pointed to a past...
  6. Steely McBeam

    Larry Ogunjobi’s one-game suspension upheld on appeal

    Getty Images The Browns won’t have defensive end Larry Ogunjobi in the lineup for Sunday’s home game against the Dolphins. That was the expectation once the NFL announced a one-game suspension for Ogunjobi last Friday for shoving Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph to the ground during an...
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    Baker Mayfield says his Thursday comments weren’t meant to “pile on” Myles Garrett

    Getty Images In the immediate aftermath of Thursday night’s misconduct by Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield called the behavior “inexcusable.” On Wednesday, Mayfield acknowledged that his words came in the heat of the moment, but that he would have said the...
  8. Steely McBeam

    Pete Carroll: Myles Garrett incident was “really horrific”

    Getty Images As Browns defensive end Myles Garrett waits for the final verdict for hitting Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph over the head with his own helmet, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has given his own assessment of the matter. “I thought it was a really horrific situation,” Carroll told...
  9. Steely McBeam

    Report: JuJu Smith-Schuster not expected to play this weekend

    Getty Images Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster suffered a concussion and a knee injury on the same play in last Thursday’s loss to the Browns and it doesn’t appear the extended time off before this Sunday’s game against the Bengals will be enough for him to return to action. Jeremy...
  10. Steely McBeam

    Mason Rudolph: “I have no ill-will toward Myles Garrett”

    Getty Images Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph talked to reporters Wednesday, for the first time since he was clocked in the head with his own helmet by Browns defensive end Myles Garrett. Via Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rudolph read a prepared statement and took a few...
  11. Steely McBeam

    Tomlin on Steelers-Browns fight: I don’t know that we did anything to cause it

    Getty Images After Thursday night’s loss to the Browns, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin declined to discuss the melee that broke out late in the fourth quarter but he had a little more to say about it at a Tuesday press conference. Tomlin called the fight “ugly for the game of football” and that...
  12. Steely McBeam

    Four quarterbacks had four interceptions each for the first time since 1983

    Getty Images Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers ended his team’s Week 11 loss to the Chiefs with his fourth interception of the night. That gave the NFL a quartet of quarterbacks who threw a quartet of interceptions each, for the first time in well over a quarter of a century. Starting...
  13. Steely McBeam

    Odell Beckham tells Mike Tomlin: You disrespected me; you know who I am

    Getty Images Steelers coach Mike Tomlin started it. Browns receiver Odell Beckham finished it. Beckham adds it was all in good fun. After the Browns traded for Beckham during the offseason, Tomlin fake yawned when ESPN asked him about facing Beckham twice a season. Beckham replied with a fake...
  14. Steely McBeam

    Steelers sign linebacker off Giants practice squad

    Getty Images The Steelers brought back one of their own Tuesday, who had visited with the Giants for a bit. The Steelers announced the signing of linebacker Tuzar Skipper, off the Giants practice squad. The former undrafted rookie from Toledo was on the Steelers 53-man roster initially, but...
  15. Steely McBeam

    Myles Garrett should be careful what he wishes for

    Getty Images On Wednesday, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett will have the appeal hearing on his indefinite suspension, resulting from removing the helmet of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and hitting him in the head with it. Garrett’s best argument comes from the notion that the rules...
  16. Steely McBeam

    Bengals sticking with Ryan Finley, at least for another week

    Getty Images Rookie quarterback Ryan Finley hasn’t shaken the Bengals out of their season-long winless skid. Nor is it all his fault. That kind of losing can’t be fairly pinned on any one man. But rookie coach Zac Taylor said he wasn’t going to replace Finley for this week’s game against the...
  17. Steely McBeam

    AFC playoff picture: A change atop the AFC South

    Getty Images The Colts were on the outside looking in at the playoffs at this time last week, but their positioning looks a lot better after Week 11. They beat the Jaguars on Sunday while the Texans lost to the Ravens, which led to Indianapolis leapfrogging Houston into first place in the AFC...
  18. Steely McBeam

    Browns coach: Myles Garrett “a good person”

    Getty Images Browns coach Freddie Kitchens wasn’t going to condone Myles Garrett‘s helmet-swinging ways, but he does still have his star defensive end’s back. Kitchens said Monday the team would continue to support Garrett through his indefinite suspension for bashing Steelers quarterback...
  19. Steely McBeam

    Goodell: Garrett discipline had to make clear actions were unacceptable

    Getty Images Just about everyone in the football world weighed in on Browns defensive end Myles Garrett‘s helmet swing to Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph‘s head last Thursday and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s thoughts have now been added to the file. Goodell spoke to Gary Myers of OTG...
  20. Steely McBeam

    Myles Garrett’s suspension appeal set for Wednesday

    Getty Images Browns defensive end Myles Garrett learned that he’s been suspended through at least the end of the 2019 season last Friday and he’ll be appealing that suspension this week. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Garrett’s appeal will be held on Wednesday. It will be heard by former...
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