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Getty Images The Washington NFL franchise isn’t alone in taking a look at its name. The Cleveland MLB franchise is now doing the same thing. “We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality,” the team said in a...

Getty Images The Browns exercised their 2021 option on tight end David Njoku‘s contract, but Njoku would prefer to be playing somewhere else by the time next year rolls around. Njoku has requested a trade away from Cleveland ahead of this season. His agent Drew Rosenhaus told Adam Schefter of...

Getty Images The Browns have now signed more than half of their 2020 NFL Draft class. The team announced that third-rounder Jordan Elliott had signed his rookie deal. He’s the fourth of their seven picks to sign, along with tight end Harrison Bryant, center Nick Harris, and wide receiver...

Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA continue to talk about how to open camps safely, but one of the problems they’re having is that the targets keep moving. Trying to plan around a virus that’s spreading at record levels in large swaths of the country makes things difficult, and that’s one of the...

Getty Images Jadeveon Clowney is still waiting for the right offer. Clowney, the defensive end who is one of the best available free agents in the NFL, told Josina Anderson that he hopes to sign with some team “before the season starts, if everything still goes on time with the season.” But...

Getty Images Quarterback Cam Newton and wide receiver Odell Beckham worked out together this offseason and that was on some people’s minds after word of Newton’s agreement with the Patriots broke on Sunday. Trade chatter has been a frequent parlor game when Beckham’s name comes up and some of...

Getty Images Before the NFL can finalize its plans for 2020, the NFL Players Association must agree to those plans. Whether part of an orchestrated P.R. campaign or not, fans will choose sides if it appears that the league and union can’t agree on one or more issues. And so the NFLPA wisely is...

Getty Images The biggest football news of the weekend saw Cam Newton sign with the Patriots after an extended spell as a free agent following his release by the Patriots. It was also apparently a quiet spell. Newton’s name was thrown out as a possibility for a variety of teams this offseason...

Getty Images Johnny Manziel is living in Scottsdale, Arizona, and playing golf now. He has conceded his football days likely are behind him. Manziel, 27, is not retired, but it isn’t like his phone is ringing off the hook after short stints in the NFL, CFL and AAF. “In the past, probably, is...

Getty Images The Browns’ new coaching staff has not yet settled on a play caller. Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said he’ll decide at some point during the preseason whether he or offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt will be the primary play caller. “That really remains to be seen,” he...

Getty Images Videos of recent workouts make it look like Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham‘s rehab from core muscle surgery this offseason has been a success and there’s further reason to think he’ll be ready to go when the Browns start camp next month. Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski...

Getty Images Like every team in the NFL, the Browns are grappling with how to use their platform to create societal change. And General Manager Andrew Berry is determined not to waste the moment. In a look at Berry’s actions in the wake of the death of George Floyd, Kimberley Martin of ESPN...

Getty Images The NFL and its teams, players and coaches are unsure about what the fall will bring. The league announced Thursday that it plans to start training camp on time next month, with rookies and selected players allowed to show up before the July 28 opening. Coaches are preparing for...

Getty Images Good news: The Browns have a lot of great players on offense. Bad news: The game still calls for only one football. And so how will the Browns spread that one football among the likes of running back Nick Chubb, running back Kareem Hunt, receiver Odell Beckham Jr., receiver Jarvis...

Getty Images With Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady willing to flout the rules — or at least the NFLPA’s suggestion that players not gather for workouts — the question becomes how many other quarterbacks are willing to follow suit. As it pertains to Baker Mayfield, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski...

Getty Images The Browns have a new head coach, new defensive coordinator and they’re going to have a new look at linebacker this season. Joe Schobert left for the Jaguars as a free agent and Christian Kirksey was released, which leaves Mack Wilson as the only returning linebacker who played...

Getty Images Browns running back Kareem Hunt was cut by the Chiefs when video surfaced of him kicking a woman. He has said in the past that he regrets that it caused him to miss being part of last year’s Super Bowl team, but he said on Monday that he was able to enjoy watching the game and...

Getty Images A recent edition of PFT Live looked at a perfect question for the slow time of the calendar: Who are the best receiving tandem in the NFL? Simms and I went through four total rounds of dynamic pass-catching duos, realizing along the way that there are plenty of worthy candidates...

Getty Images Kareem Hunt‘s grateful to have a chance to help the Browns this season, after his offseason traffic stop during which he told a cop he wouldn’t pass a drug test. According to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Hunt said Monday he was “lucky and blessed” to still be part...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is urging the state of Oklahoma to commute the sentence of Julius Jones, a death row inmate who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2002. Jones has always maintained his innocence, and his case has drawn renewed attention from celebrities and...