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Suspended players usually don’t get to practice until the Monday of the week they can return to action. The NFL made an exception for Kareem Hunt. The running back practiced with the Browns on Monday, though he still has two games left in his eight-game suspension. “The time with the team...

Getty Images The Browns were back on the practice field after returning from a bye week on Monday and quarterback Baker Mayfield went through the workout with the rest of the team. Mayfield did not take part in practice before the team scattered last week because of a hip issue that he...

Getty Images Most of the Browns are returning to work after a bye week, but one player will be rejoining the team after a much longer stretch on his own. The Browns announced on Monday that the league has cleared running back Kareem Hunt to begin practicing. Hunt still has two games to go on...

Getty Images After the Browns lost last week to the Seahawks, Cleveland coach Freddie Kitchens opted not to discuss officiating. “I got a memo the other day,” Kitchen said. I am not commenting on it. You guys saw the game.” He’s not the only one who got the memo. On October 11 (two days...

Getty Images Cleveland General Manager John Dorsey hinted this week that he’s been trying to trade for Washington’s holdout left tackle Trent Williams. Those attempts have apparently been ongoing all season. Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports that Dorsey has been reaching out to Washington...

Getty Images After Sunday’s loss to the Seahawks, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said of the officials, “I’ll probably get fined for this, but they were pretty bad today.” Mayfield was right: He did get fined. The NFL fined Mayfield $12,500 for his criticism of the officiating. Mayfield...

Getty Images The Browns’ bandwagon is a lot lighter than it was when the season started. Many who picked the Browns to make the postseason for the first time since 2002 already have written off Cleveland. “[They] can stay written off, because at the end of the day it’s going to be the same...

Getty Images The Bengals signed free agent defensive end Anthony Zettel, the team announced Thursday. He takes the roster spot left open by the release of running back Samaje Perine. Zettel, a fourth-year player, originally entered the league as a sixth-round choice of the Lions in 2016. He...

Getty Images Team officials in Washington “emphatically” denied a rumor of a Trent Williams trade to Cleveland, according to a report Tuesday. A day later, Browns General Manager John Dorsey admitted publicly he has talked to Washington president Bruce Allen. “We’ve had a few conversations,”...

Getty Images The Browns might be 2-4, but General Manager John Dorsey did his best Frank Drebin on Wednesday, declaring that there’s nothing to see here, and that quarterback Baker Mayfield and coach Freddie Kitchens are doing a great job. Via Jake Trotter of ESPN.com, Dorsey had nothing but...

Getty Images Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. hasn’t had the impact on the team that many had envisioned. The man who traded for Beckham, however, thinks that the player is as good as advertised. “I think Odell is one of the finest receivers I have ever been around, and I have been around a...

Getty Images Myles Garrett is tied for the league lead with nine sacks, but a “fan” turned the tables on him Wednesday. The Browns defensive end tweeted about the incident after contacting police. While Garrett was driving through downtown Cleveland on Wednesday afternoon, he said a man...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is missing practice for the second consecutive day. Mayfield, who suffered a hip injury on Sunday, is sitting out practice and not even participating in the Browns’ stretching and calisthenics today, according to Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon...

Getty Images On Tuesday, we pointed out some of the new favorites in the revised MVP odds generated by the folks at Westgate. Beyond the guys now among those considered most likely to win it are some interesting developments, and a few intriguing potential wagers. First, Ravens quarterback...

Getty Images The Patriots needed to make room for tight ends Eric Tomlinson and Ben Watson, and quarterback Cody Kessler is one of those corresponding moves. The Patriots are cutting Kessler, according to multiple reports. He signed with the team on Sept. 25. Kessler, 26, entered the league...

Getty Images Dysfunctional teams do dysfunctional things. But sometimes they do something that makes sense, against their nature. Washington may soon be throwing in the towel on the Trent Williams holdout, trading the disgruntled left tackle in advance of the deadline that arrives in only two...

Getty Images Maybe a dysfunctional team will indeed continue to do dysfunctional things. Amid a rumor from Steve Doerschuk of the Canton Repository linking Washington tackle Trent Williams to the Browns, Washington has put out the word that a trade isn’t happening. Via Les Carpenter of the...

Getty Images Browns coach Freddie Kitchens said he didn’t expect Baker Mayfield to miss any practice time, but it appears the quarterback is missing practice time. He stood next to Kitchens in a baseball cap in the early portion of practice open to the media, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland...

Getty Images Receiver Rashard Higgins still doesn’t understand why he didn’t play Sunday despite being active. “I just didn’t get in. I don’t know why. I was a little surprised,” Higgins said, via Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan. “I felt like I was ready for the San Francisco game [in Week Five]...

Getty Images The Browns have the week off, so holding quarterback Baker Mayfield out of Tuesday’s practice is apparently just a precaution. Via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Browns coach Freddie Kitchens said that Mayfield’s hip injury wasn’t a big deal and that there was “no...