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    Odell Beckham on Baker Mayfield: I’ve always got his back

    Getty Images Baker Mayfield ranks 31st in passer rating with a 67.8, behind even the likes of Mitchell Trubisky, Andy Dalton, Joe Flacco and Jameis Winston. His 12 interceptions are tied with Winston for the league lead. The Browns, who entered with Super Bowl aspirations, are only 2-5 and...
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    Patriots didn’t make Josh Gordon’s departure official Thursday

    Getty Images Receiver Josh Gordon did not show up on the NFL’s official transactions report Thursday. That means his release from injured reserve is not official yet. It also means he won’t have a new home until at least Monday. Players waived after Thursday can’t be claimed until after a...
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    Update: Josh Gordon was indeed waived Thursday

    Getty Images The NFL did not list the Patriots as having waived receiver Josh Gordon in the official transactions report they put on their NFL Communications site available to the media. Gordon was, however, listed on the personnel report sent to NFL teams. An NFL spokesman said Gordon...
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    Baker Mayfield wasn’t fined for last week’s comments about officiating

    Getty Images Baker Mayfield‘s midweek press conferences have become appointment viewing, listening, and/or reading. This week, he walked off after his latest skirmish with veteran Browns reporter Tony Grossi. Last week, Mayfield basically dared the league to fine him for comments critical of...
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    Baker Mayfield storms away from media after “dumbest question you could ask”

    Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is getting testy with reporters asking him about the team’s offensive struggles. Mayfield was speaking with the media today when longtime Cleveland sports reporter Tony Grossi questioned him about a Browns drive that stalled in Sunday’s loss to...
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    Baker Mayfield: If I offend anybody, that’s too bad

    Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield isn’t sorry for storming out of his media availability today. After walking off following a question that wasn’t to his liking, Mayfield went on Twitter and addressed the matter. “Everybody wants to hear the truth until they actually get it,”...
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    Browns claim LB Tae Davis

    Getty Images The Browns were left with an open roster spot after trading defensive end Genard Avery to the Eagles earlier this week and they filled it with a waiver claim on Wednesday. Linebacker Tae Davis is the new addition to Cleveland’s defense. Davis was waived by the Giants to make room...
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    Reporter says Baker Mayfield “had been disrespectful so many times”

    Getty Images The reporter who felt the wrath of Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield today after asking what Mayfield called the “dumbest question you could ask” says that it wasn’t the first time he and Mayfield haven’t seen eye to eye. Veteran Cleveland sports writer Tony Grossi said on ESPN...
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    Odell Beckham limited with a groin injury

    Getty Images After weeks of fully participating in practice despite a hip injury, Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. appeared last week on the injury report with a groin injury. He was able to fully participate in practice, and he wasn’t listed as questionable on Friday’s final report. This...
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    All’s quiet at the trade deadline, with Aqib Talib the only deal of the day

    Trent Williams stayed put. Jamal Adams stayed put. Chris Harris stayed put. Le'Veon Bell stayed put. Janoris Jenkins stayed put. A.J. Green stayed put. Patrick Peterson stayed put. O.J. Howard stayed put. Everyone, in fact, except Aqib Talib stayed put Tuesday. The NFL’s trade deadline closed...
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    Freddie Kitchens declines to respond to Odell Beckham’s concerns from Sunday’s loss

    Getty Images After the Browns lost to the Patriots on Sunday, Cleveland receiver Odell Beckham Jr. expressed regret that the offense “shied away” from “challenging” New England cornerback Stephon Gilmore. On Monday, Browns coach Freddie Kitchens shied away from challenging Beckham publicly...
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    Joe Flacco out this week with neck issue

    Joe Flacco won’t have to complain about the play-calling this week. Broncos coach Vic Fangio just told reporters that Flacco wouldn’t play this week because of a herniated disc in his neck. Fangio said that backup Brandon Allen would start Sunday’s game against the 2-5 Browns, and that a...
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    Browns trade Genard Avery to Eagles

    Getty Images The Eagles and Browns got together to make a trade on Monday afternoon. The Browns announced that they have sent defensive end/linebacker Genard Avery to the Eagles. An undisclosed 2021 draft pick is headed back to Cleveland. Avery was a 2018 fifth-round pick in Cleveland and he...
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    Report: Washington now open to trading Trent Williams

    Getty Images Washington repeatedly has said it’s not trading Trent Williams despite repeated calls from the Browns about the possibility of trading for the left tackle. After weeks of saying now, Washington now is saying maybe. Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports that Washington is “open” to...
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    Washington reportedly wants a first-round pick for Trent Williams

    Getty Images After months of insisting that holdout tackle Trent Williams won’t be traded, Washington is now getting out the word that Williams is available, for the right price. Albert Breer of SI.com reports that the right price is, for now, a first-round pick. In August, someone leaked...
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    Freddie Kitchens takes blame for communication failures in bizarre fourth-down sequence

    Getty Images Browns coach Freddie Kitchens seems like a great guy. He’s a unique personality. He makes the NFL more fun. But it’s clear through seven regular-season games that he was not prepared to be an NFL head coach. It’s not his fault. One year ago today, Kitchens was minding his own...
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    Patriots defense gets in the end zone, Browns down 10-0

    Getty Images The Patriots offense wasn’t able to get in the end zone after driving the ball to the Cleveland 1-yard-line in the first quarter, but the defense was able to get there a short time later. Browns running back Nick Chubb coughed up the ball on a second down run and Dont'a Hightower...
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    Browns stop turning it over, cut Patriots lead to 17-7

    Getty Images The Browns appeared to be on their way to a blowout loss early in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Patriots, but they have found a way to keep some hope alive in the second quarter. Baker Mayfield hit tight end Demetrius Harris for a 21-yard touchdown pass to cap the...
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    Patriots take 17-7 lead into halftime

    Getty Images The Patriots gave up their first points since the second quarter of Week Six, but that wasn’t enough to keep them from taking a lead into halftime of their game against the Browns. New England forced turnovers on three straight Cleveland offensive snaps in the first quarter and...
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    Patriots hit 8-0 with 27-13 win over Browns

    Getty Images The Patriots gave up their first points since the first half of Week Six on Sunday, but the wait for their first loss of the 2019 season will go on at least one more week. New England forced three early turnovers to build a 17-0 lead and then scored 10 straight points in the...
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