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Getty Images The Browns have hired Alex Van Pelt as their offensive coordinator, Zac Jackson of TheAthletic.com reports. They also have hired Jeff Howard as defensive backs coach and defensive passing game coordinator, Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports. Van Pelt, 49, is leaving...

Getty Images Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry sounds optimistic about playing for new head coach Kevin Stefanski. Although Landry didn’t offer any criticisms of former coach Freddie Kitchens, Landry did say today on PFT Live that there were communication problems in Cleveland last season...

Getty Images The Rooney Rule was established in 2003 with an intent to give minority candidates more opportunities for head coaching and football operations jobs. But the league has come under fire after the current hiring cycle ended with only one minority candidate hired as a head coach...

Getty Images Browns defensive end Myles Garrett remains suspended for bashing Steelers Mason Rudolph over the head with his helmet, but that suspension may be over before the Browns’ offseason program begins. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com that he’s...

Getty Images Earlier this afternoon came reports that in addition to firing vice president of player personnel Alonzo Highsmith, the Browns were also letting assistant General Manager Eliot Wolf go. That was followed by a clarification that Wolf might not be gone yet. Now, he is. According...

Getty Images The Browns and assistant general manager Eliot Wolf parted ways today, and in related news, Wolf’s father had some harsh criticism for the Browns’ analytics-heavy approach to building their team. Ron Wolf, the Hall of Fame former General Manager of the Packers, told Chris...

Getty Images Wednesday was a huge day for PFT Live from Miami. Thursday will be a big one, too. It’s another four-hour TV extravaganza on NBCSN, with a long list of guests joining Chris Simms and me. Thursday’s guests include former NFL running back Warrick Dunn, Saints coach Sean Payton...

Getty Images A local Ohio police chief is defending the actions of his officer, who didn’t charge Browns running back Kareem Hunt with things he could have, after describing himself as “one of the hugest Browns fans ever.” Rocky River Patrolman Mike Asbury charged Hunt with speeding, but...

Getty Images New Browns coach Kevin Stefanski is already doing things differently. He’s adding players to the roster at positions they didn’t employ last year. The Browns announced the signing of fullback Johnny Stanton. The Browns didn’t have a fullback on the roster last year, and Stanton...

Getty Images The Browns have a new General Manager and they’ll be making some more hires in the personnel department soon. Dustin Fox of 92.3 The Fan reported on Wednesday that the team has fired vice president of player personnel Alonzo Highsmith. That report was followed by one from Chris...

Getty Images The Browns made it official, announcing the hiring of Andrew Berry as their new General Manager. Berry, a former vice president of player personnel for the Browns, spent the 2019 season as the Eagles’ vice president of football operations. Berry, 32, becomes the youngest known...

Getty Images 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh’s name should be near the top of the list of head coaching candidates for 2021. He arguably should have had a head coaching job this hiring cycle. Saleh interviewed with the Browns but did not get the job. “God always has a plan,” Saleh...

Getty Images The Browns have yet again revised their power structure, ostensibly handing the keys to 32-year-old Andrew Berry as the team’s new General Manager and executive V.P. of football operations. He becomes the sixth G.M. during the less-than-eight-year ownership tenure of Jimmy and Dee...

Getty Images The Browns have landed their new General Manager. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reported on Monday that the Browns are hiring Andrew Berry to fill the spot opened when John Dorsey was fired at the end of the 2019 season. The five-year deal is expected to be officially announced...

Getty Images The Giants were going to hire Freddie Kitchens. Then, maybe they weren’t. Now, they are. The deal to make Kitchens the Giants’ tight end coach is headed toward the finish line, Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports reports. The Giants’ hiring of Kitchens originally was reported last...

Getty Images Browns running back Kareem Hunt was cited for speeding after being pulled over by police in Rocky River, Ohio last week, but he avoided a citation for marijuana possession. Hunt also avoided any trouble related to driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but it appears...

Getty Images Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski worked with Drew Petzing in Minnesota last year and he’ll work with him again in Cleveland this year. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that the Browns are hiring Petzing to their staff. The news comes shortly after word broke that Petzing...

Getty Images Police officers found marijuana in a car being driven by Browns running back Kareem Hunt during a traffic stop this week, but Hunt won’t be charged with a crime or cited by authorities. An incident report obtained by 92.3 The Fan says that officers from the Rocky River police...

Getty Images The Browns may or may not be hiring an offensive coordinator. They may or may not be talking to Ben McAdoo about that opening. According to Jake Trotter of ESPN.com, the former Giants head coach is in the Browns facility, though it’s unclear if he’s interviewing for a job. It’s...

Getty Images Sashi Brown didn’t get much time to turn the Browns around. He’d like to see what will happen if anyone ever does. Brown, who was put in charge of the Browns’ personnel department in 2016 and fired in 2017, told the Akron Beacon Journal that he wants the Browns to pick a leader in...