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Getty Images The Browns’ offense did not look good on Friday night, and coach Freddie Kitchens does not want to hear any excuses. Kitchens said the absence of several starters does not justify the poor play from the offense in a 13-12 loss. “Not at all, those guys are coached to execute,’’...

Was the Browns defense that good or the Bucs offense that bad? That’s what Bruce Arians and Byron Leftwich are charged with figuring out. They have to have at least a measure of concern after what they saw Friday night. It was ugly for Jameis Winston and the Bucs first-team offense. Winston...

Getty Images Blaine Gabbert replaced Jameis Winston to start the second half. His night didn’t last long, ending with a trip back to the locker room. Gabbert appeared to be in significant pain as he walked with the trainers to undergo X-rays. He had a towel covering his left wrist and arm...

Getty Images Baker Mayfield didn’t have his best weapons on the field as Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry, David Njoku and Nick Chubb were among those sitting out the third preseason game Friday night. But Browns coach Freddie Kitchens didn’t want to hear any excuses during his halftime...

Getty Images Buccaneers backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert dislocated his left shoulder during Friday’s preseason game against the Browns, coach Bruce Arians announced. “His shoulder popped out,” Arians said, via video from pewterreport.com. “. . .He was hurting pretty good.” The Bucs signed...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield reached out to Giants quarterback Daniel Jones to explain himself after GQ published comments from Mayfield that he says were misconstrued as an attack on Jones. For his part, Jones says there are no hard feelings. “I certainly appreciated him...

Getty Images Hue Jackson doesn’t have a job, and no matter how hard he wishes to get another head coaching opportunity in the NFL, his time has passed. An 11-44-1 career record with two teams, including 3-36-1 with the Browns, doesn’t exactly make him an attractive candidate. Jackson opened...

Getty Images Last year, Browns running back Nick Chubb rarely got involved in the passing game. This year, that will change. Browns running backs coach Stump Mitchell said Chubb should get more passes thrown his way this year. In 2018, Chubb got just 29 targets in 16 games as the Browns passed...

Getty Images Running back David Fluellen underwent knee surgery, but he still could play in the season opener Sept. 8 in Cleveland, Paul Kuharsky of paulkuharsky.com reports. It is unclear how or when Fluellen got hurt. He has not practiced since before the Titans’ preseason opener Aug. 8...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield was unhappy about how comments he made in a GQ interview were perceived as an attack on Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, so Mayfield tried to smooth things over. Mayfield said today that he reached out to Jones to tell him privately the same thing...

Getty Images Baker Mayfield has played seven snaps this preseason. He will play a few more Friday night, though the number has yet to be determined. Browns coach Freddie Kitchens doesn’t view the third preseason game as a dress rehearsal, but he will play his (healthy) starters “some.” “I...

Getty Images The Browns claimed safety Montrel Meander off waivers from the Jets, the team announced Wednesday. They placed receiver D.J. Montgomery on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. Montgomery made five receptions for 124 yards and one touchdown in two preseason games. Meander...

Getty Images Three of Cleveland’s first five games this year will land in high-profile time slots. Another will draw the highest-profile broadcast team from CBS. Via Richard Deitsch of TheAthletic.com, Jim Nantz and Tony Romo will handle the Week One game between the Titans and the Browns...

Getty Images The Broncos signed tight end Orson Charles on Wednesday, Nicki Jhabvala of TheAthletic.com reports. The Browns waived Charles on Aug. 11. He was Cleveland’s primary fullback in 2018. Charles played 173 offensive snaps and 265 special teams snaps over 13 games and caught three...

Getty Images Braxton Miller starred at Ohio State while in college and now he’s back in the state as he tries to continue his NFL career. The Browns announced on Wednesday that they have signed Miller to their 90-man roster. Tight end Mik'Quan Deane was waived with a non-football illness...

Getty Images Browns coach Freddie Kitchens said the external noise won’t bother his team. That’s convenient, since they created a lot of it, but Kitchens’ took exception to the idea that they’re under any more pressure because of attention paid to quarterback Baker Mayfield‘s recent comments...

Getty Images Derrick Kindred was claimed off waivers from the second time in four months. The Colts, who claimed Kindred from the Browns on April 2, waived him Monday. The Jets claimed the defensive back Tuesday, Field Yates of ESPN reports. The Browns made Kindred a fourth-round pick in...

Regardless of whether Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said what he said or didn’t say what he said or said more than what he said, and regardless of whether Clay Skipper of GQ was fair and appropriate in his handling of a situation that likely entailed Mayfield not realizing that what he said...

Getty Images Giants head coach Pat Shurmur shrugged at Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield questioning the team’s decision to draft Daniel Jones with the sixth overall pick this year and Jones did the same during his own turn in front of reporters on Tuesday. Jones said he’s “got a lot to focus...

Getty Images After a GQ interview that featured his comments about Giants quarterback Daniel Jones spread like wildfire on Tuesday, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield has weighed in on the response to those comments. Mayfield was quoted as saying that he “cannot believe” the Giants picked Jones...