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Getty Images Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said on Thursday that the team will work in split squads for strength and conditioning work next week, but they won’t be over the 80-player limit when that work begins unless they sign some new players. The Browns announced four cuts on Friday...

Getty Images Not every player who requests a trade is able to talk his way out of town like Jamal Adams (or has the kind of value Adams has, which makes a team cough up two first-rounders and a player). For the Browns, that means tight end David Njoku‘s request for a trade seems to have come...

Getty Images Browns punter Jamie Gillan is learning that even if you’re young and healthy, COVID-19 won’t necessarily go away quickly. Gillan, who was placed on the Browns’ reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday, told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network that he tested positive early this month, thought...

Getty Images The Scottish Hammer is the latest to be impacted by the worldwide pandemic. The Browns announced that punter Jamie Gillan had been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The former rugby player from Scotland set a Browns record last year with a 41.6-yard net average last year...

Getty Images The agreement between the NFL and NFLPA modifying the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the 2020 season includes a provision regarding an 80-man roster limit rather than the usual 90-man limit. Teams are permitted to do on-field work as one squad as long as they have reached the...

Getty Images With COVID-19 cases spiking in several states and Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins having an outbreak, many are wondering how the NFL possibly is going to pull off its season. But Browns team physician Dr. James Voos offered a ray of hope. “We certainly want to remain...

Getty Images The Browns have two less offensive linemen joining them at training camp than they expected. The team announced on Wednesday that guard Drew Forbes and tackle Drake Dorbeck have exercised their right to opt out of playing this season. Neither player will be able to reverse course...

Getty Images The Cleveland Browns are still hoping they will be able to have fans attend their home games this season. According to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, the team is still exploring the possible options that would make having fans attend games at FirstEnergy Stadium a reality...

Getty Images The Browns have placed running back Dontrell Hilliard and safety Jovante Moffatt on reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Sunday. The new reserve list category was created for a player who either tests positive for COVID-19 or who is quarantined after being in close contact...

Getty Images The Browns announced they have placed running back Dontrell Hilliard and safety Jovante Moffatt on reserve/COVID-19 list. Four other players from four teams also were placed on the COVID-19 list Sunday, according to the NFL transactions report. Ravens defensive back Nigel Warrior...

Getty Images Mike Tyson will be returning to the ring, for one last time. That sparked an interesting (at least to us) question in a recent edition of PFT Live: Which retired NFL player would we like to see back on the field one more time? Charean Williams and I drafted four players each...

When word first emerged of an imminent plan to ditch the name of the Washington football team, it was accompanied with a report that other teams had been told to prepare to scrub the old name from their websites. This morning, Washington officially dumped its former name, opting for the...

Getty Images Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said he could see a possibility of having fans in the stands at sporting events in the fall. But it’s what happens outside those events that seems to concern him the most. DeWine told C. Trent Rosecrans of TheAthletic.com that it’s too soon to say right...

Getty Images One of the outstanding issues regarding the start of training camp and the 2020 season is whether players will be required to wear face shields on their helmets. Oakley developed the shields, which cover the area over the nose and mouth and have holes to allow for breathing, as a...

Getty Images Naming rights deals for stadiums are suddenly in the news, with Washington being pressured into a name change, in part by the title sponsor of its building, and the Bills ending their deal with a local apparel company after it laid off over 100 local workers. Now, the Browns have...

Getty Images With players like Myles Garrett and Chris Jones recently signing new contracts, we had an idea for a draft for our first day back from hiatus: Which defensive players would you start a franchise with? Simms and I made three selections each during Monday’s PFT Live. The full...

Getty Images Browns tight end David Njoku requested a trade earlier this month and said that he’d like to move on before the start of training camp. We’re a week away from that start date and there’s been no sign of movement toward a deal that would put him on another team by then. Whether or...

Getty Images The NFLPA held a conference call on Friday to discuss matters related to the NFL’s return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic and one of the first questions posed to union officials had to do with keeping players accountable for being safe when they are away from team facilities...

Getty Images Myles Garrett isn’t the first to say it, and he almost assuredly won’t be the last. Unless and until a team signs Colin Kaepernick, giving him a second chance at his NFL career, players will continue to question whether the league could do more in the Black Lives Matter movement...

Getty Images Browns defensive end Myles Garrett served a six-game suspension to end last season after bashing Mason Rudolph over the head with Rudolph’s helmet. Garrett knows nothing like that can happen again. So Garrett says that if anyone tries to goad him into an on-field fight this year...