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Getty Images Former Jets and Bills coach Rex Ryan recently criticized Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield. Browns coach Freddie Kitchens has now criticized the criticism. “I appreciate his opinion and all that, but he is not in our building,” Kitchens told reporters on Wednesday regarding Ryan’s...

Getty Images The Browns were the most talented team in the AFC North in March, according to John Harbaugh and pretty much everyone outside of Baltimore, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. It meant absolutely nothing aside from putting pressure on Freddie Kitchens and the Browns. Maybe that was...

Getty Images The spit for spat continues in Cleveland after ESPN analyst Rex Ryan called Baker Mayfield “overrated as hell.” First, Browns coach Freddie Kitchens said Ryan’s evaluation of Mayfield as one-read quarterback is “asinine.” Then, Mayfield got his say. “Whatever,” Mayfield said...

Getty Images The Ravens won the NFC North last year and lead the NFC North this year, and yet in the offseason, the Browns were the most talked-about team in the division. Ravens safety Earl Thomas says he and his teammates noticed that. Thomas said he heard all about the Browns, especially...

Getty Images The Browns will be getting their top tight end back sooner than expected. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that David Njoku has opted not to have surgery on his broken wrist. The decision increases his chances of returning to play this season. Njoku currently is on injured...

Getty Images The NFL has a new chairman of the committee that determines specifically how much money the Commissioner will make in any and every given year. According to Sports Business Daily, Steelers owner Art Rooney II has become the new chairman of the Compensation Committee. He replaces...

Getty Images Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens was highly critical of his work as the team’s offensive playcaller after Sunday night’s loss to the Rams, but he isn’t planning to take a step back from that role. Kitchens referred to a draw play on fourth-and-9 with just over nine minutes to...

Getty Images The notion that someone asked Browns coach Freddie Kitchens whether he’ll give up playcalling duties may have seemed odd in isolation. When considering the full context of Kitchens’ day-after-a-loss-to-the-Rams press conference, it makes a lot of sense. Kitchens continued to...

Getty Images There weren’t many plays made in the first half, but the Browns made them. The Browns lead the field goal contest 6-3, with a late defensive stop setting up the go-ahead points as the first half expired. Browns defensive end Myles Garrett swiped the ball away from Rams...

Getty Images The Rams aren’t used to not putting points on the board, so they didn’t wait long in the second half. Jared Goff led a sharp scoring drive to start the third quarter, hitting Cooper Kupp for a touchdown to take a 10-6 lead over the Browns. The 10-play, 75-yard march was of only...

The only time a Sean McVay-coached Rams team scored fewer than three points in a first half was in the Super Bowl loss to the Patriots last year. So it stands to reason that it’s hard to hold them down all night. After a sluggish start, the Rams came back to beat the Browns 20-13, with their...

Getty Images The jury is still out on whether Freddie Kitchens will be a good football coach. But at least he’s self aware. Peppered with questions about his decision to call a draw play on fourth and nine from the Rams’ 40 while down 17-13 with 9:19 to play, Kitchens repeatedly admitted his...

Getty Images For all the attention they’ve gotten through the offseason, the reality was that the Browns were still a very young team, with a lot of new parts, and new coaches and coordinators. Expecting immediate success might not have been realistic. Thus, star wideout Odell Beckham said he...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield has a reputation for speaking his mind. He’ll continue to do it. Mayfield tells Mike Tirico of NBC’s Football Night in America that Mayfield has not considered being less candid than he was in college. “No,” Mayfield said. “I think that’s what...

Getty Images On Sunday morning, a report indicated that Browns cornerback Denzel Ward was going to miss Sunday night’s game against the Rams but that the team was optimistic that Greedy Williams would play. That optimism turned out to be misplaced. Williams and Ward are both on the inactive...

Getty Images The Browns listed both of their starting cornerbacks as questionable for Sunday night’s game against the Rams and it appears the two players will wind up on opposite sides of the fence. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Denzel Ward is expected to miss the game. Ward landed on the...

Getty Images Myles Garrett has three 15-yard penalties this season. He now has three fines to go along with them. The NFL fined the Browns defensive end $21,056 for each of his two roughing the passer penalties on Monday night. That’s a $42,112 chuck from his weekly paycheck of $189,985...

Getty Images Outside expectations are high for the Browns. Inside expectations are pretty high, too. Quarterback Baker Mayfield told Mike Tirico of NBC Sports that the players in Cleveland believe that a playoff drought that dates back to 2002 will end this year. “That’s what the guys in this...

Getty Images The Browns have a lot of question marks on the injury front for Sunday night’s game against the Rams. Two of the biggest are the team’s starting cornerbacks. Denzel Ward and Greedy Williams both popped up on the injury report with hamstring injuries on Thursday and didn’t practice...

Getty Images The Browns have a longer list of questionable players for Sunday night’s game than the Rams, but one of the two names on the Rams’ list is a pretty big one. Defensive tackle Aaron Donald left last Sunday’s game against the Saints for a brief period after hurting his back and he’s...