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    Freddie Kitchens deems Browns “really close” but unconcerned about his future

    Getty Images The Browns lost to the Ravens 31-15, 12 weeks after beating Baltimore. They are seven games behind the Ravens in the AFC North standings, assured of third place in the division, have their 12th consecutive losing season and 17th in a row without the postseason. The Browns, the...
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    Nick Chubb cares about winning rushing title because “everyone cares”

    Getty Images Browns running back Nick Chubb has 1,453 rushing yards, putting him 92 yards ahead of Christian McCaffrey and 124 yards in front of Derrick Henry. “I haven’t looked, but people are encouraging me, telling me the numbers, things like that,” Chubb said Monday, via Marla Ridenour of...
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    Ravens score two touchdowns in final 1:50 of first half to lead 14-6 at half

    Getty Images For 28 minutes in the first half, the Browns made Lamar Jackson look human. But Jackson put on his cape and made like Superman for the final two minutes. Jackson threw for 138 yards and two touchdowns in the final 1:50 to give Baltimore a 14-6 halftime lead. Tight end Mark...
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    Browns use three defensive penalties on Ravens to take 6-0 lead

    Getty Images A lot has happened in the Cleveland-Baltimore game, though you would never know it by the score. The Browns finally broke a scoreless tie with a 1-yard pass from Baker Mayfield to tight end Demetrius Harris. Austin Seibert missed his fourth PAT of the season. It has Cleveland...
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    Browns reportedly don’t “plan” to trade Odell Beckham

    Getty Images At a time when many think the Browns will re-gift receiver Odell Beckham Jr. in the 2020 offseason, the Browns reportedly are throwing water on the possibility of a trade. Which, obviously, does not mean Beckham won’t be traded. First, the news: G.M. John Dorsey has told Beckham...
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    Week 16 early inactives

    Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of kickoff. Saints at Titans Saints: G Andrus Peat, LB Kiko Alonso, S Vonn...
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    Browns promote Robert McCary, waive Brandin Bryant

    Getty Images The Browns promoted defensive end Robert McCray from the practice squad, the team announced Saturday. To make room on the roster, the Browns waived defensive tackle Brandin Bryant. McCray is a first-year player out of Indiana. He originally signed with Kansas City in 2018. McCray...
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    Freddie Kitchens: We don’t have a problem with guys playing hard

    Getty Images When Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens was asked earlier this week about running back Kareem Hunt‘s assertion that some of the team’s players weren’t playing their hardest last Sunday, Kitchens said he had no issue with Hunt challenging his teammates. Kitchens may not have an...
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    Myles Garrett back at Browns’ facility

    Getty Images Suspended Browns defensive end Myles Garrett isn’t allowed to play this year, but he is allowed to mix with his teammates and coaches at the Browns’ facility. Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal reports that the NFL, which initially wouldn’t let Garrett report to the facility...
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    Jarvis Landry could require hip surgery in the offseason

    Getty Images Jarvis Landry could need surgery on his hip this offseason, the Browns receiver told Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com. Landry would not specify the exact injury but said he undergoes extensive stretching before every practice and game. Landry was limited the first two practice...
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    Week 16 injury report roundup

    Getty Images Week 16 of the 2019 NFL season kicks off on Saturday with three games and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday. The 30 teams taking part in those games have handed in their final injury reports of the week and all injury designations for those games are below. The Packers and...
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    Browns OC: “It’s frustrating” that team can’t line up properly

    Getty Images The Browns have screwed up many things this year. But after 15 weeks of the regular season, some of the most basic functions of footballing still seem to elude them. Via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Browns offensive coordinator Todd Monken admitted it was...
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    Finalists for Centennial Hall of Fame Class include Paul Tagliabue but not Robert Kraft

    Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the finalists for the Centennial Class of 2020 on Thursday afternoon. The list includes some familiar names like Roger Craig, Drew Pearson, Donnie Shell, Jimbo Covert and Cliff Branch. The list of 10 contributor finalists, though, does not...
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    Mike Priefer hopes for a chance to become a head coach

    Getty Images Browns special teams coordinator Mike Priefer has received only one head coaching interview. That came in 2013 with the Bears when Phil Emery was the General Manager. The Bears hired Marc Trestman. “The interview was great because I knew I wasn’t going to get it,’’ Priefer said...
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    No Ravens out of practice due to injury Thursday

    Getty Images The Ravens can clinch the top seed in the AFC playoffs with a win over the Browns this weekend and they won’t have to patch holes in the lineup in order to get their team on the field. Baltimore’s injury report for Thursday’s practice only includes two players who are currently...
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    Teams should think twice before hiring coaches to be high-level executives

    Getty Images When the Dolphins hired Bill Parcells to serve as the team’s V.P. of football operations in 2008, some marveled at the fact that NFL owners hadn’t made a move like that sooner, giving the keys to the franchise to successful coaches who had decided to no longer coach. From Don Shula...
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    Odell Beckham: Time to put it to bed, I’m going to be here

    Getty Images Odell Beckham addressed his future with the Browns again on Wednesday and the wide receiver was less vague about what will come in 2020 than he was the last time he discussed the topic. Beckham said that “no one knows what the future holds” and a report that he told players from...
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    Jarvis Landry denies telling Cardinals “come get me”

    Getty Images Odell Beckham wasn’t the only Browns wide receiver to spend part of Wednesday discussing reports that he’s been trying to work his way out of Cleveland come the offseason. Beckham said he plans to be with the Browns and wide receiver Jarvis Landry rejected a report from Michael...
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    Lamar Jackson exits injury report

    Getty Images Before we last saw Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson play, he was questionable to play with a quad injury. With the No. 1 seed on the line on Sunday when the Ravens play at Cleveland, Jackson did not appear anywhere on Baltimore’s injury report. It means that, six days after the...
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    Freddie Kitchens: Nothing wrong with Kareem Hunt challenging teammates

    Getty Images Browns running back Kareem Hunt offered a stern rebuke of the effort his teammates put forth in last Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals earlier this week when he said that players didn’t come out fighting and only started to give their all after halftime. It’s not the first time that...
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