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Getty Images The Browns have made a change to their tight end group. The team announced the signing of former Cowboy Rico Gathers on Sunday. Tight end/fullback Orson Charles has been released in a corresponding move. Gathers was a 2016 sixth-round pick by the Cowboys after playing college...

Getty Images Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens likes Baker Mayfield‘s ability to escape the pocket and make plays with his leg. But Kitchens won’t take credit for it. Kitchens said that’s an ability a quarterback either has or doesn’t have, and Mayfield has it. “I do not really think you can...

The NFL preseason has some unwritten rules, and coaches frequently talk beforehand especially if they have something unusual planned. To that end, Browns quarterbacks coach Ryan Lindley revealed Saturday that they informed Washington pregame that they were opening with a no-huddle offense...

Getty Images With three weeks to go until the rosters cut from 90 to 53, the churning of the 90-man rosters continues. The Texans claimed defensive lineman Tracy Sprinkle on waivers from the Browns. Houston announced the move on Saturday. Undrated in 2018, Sprinkle spent time with the...

Getty Images As the Raiders play their first preseason game with receiver Antonio Brown on the roster — and as Brown is nowhere to be seen or even mentioned by the Raiders’ employees broadcasting the game on TV — multiple other NFL teams are likely smiling tonight. First, and most obviously...

Getty Images The Houston Texans officially have acquired running back Duke Johnson from the Browns. Next comes figuring out how he’ll help the team. “We have a vision for how we want to use him, we’re excited about it, we’ve got to get him rehabbed,” coach Bill O’Brien told reporters on...

Getty Images Browns wide receiver Antonio Callaway has been working with reserve units during training camp and he won’t be playing at all during the first four weeks of the regular season. Callaway has been suspended for the first four games of the 2019 season because of a substance abuse...

The Browns have moved on from Duke Johnson, trading him to Houston on Thursday. But Browns coach Freddie Kitchens defended the running back against questions about whether Johnson’s hamstring was really hurt or more so his feelings. “Do not question Duke’s professionalism,’’ Kitchens said, via...

Getty Images The Browns followed up their first preseason game of the year by making a couple of changes to the roster. The team announced that they have signed defensive tackle Brandin Bryant and tackle Travis Vornkahl. Bryant spent time with the Seahawks and Jets in 2016, but never played...

Getty Images Browns wide receiver Antonio Callaway was suspended four games by the NFL on Friday for a violation of the substance abuse policy. General Manager John Dorsey said in a statement that the team is disappointed in Callaway, but “continue to support him as long as he remains...

Getty Images The Browns’ offense came to play in the preseason opener. New Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens had his offense in a no-huddle on the first drive of tonight’s game against Washington, and the results were excellent: Baker Mayfield led Cleveland down the field on a touchdown...

Getty Images The Browns said repeatedly they were not trading Duke Johnson. They traded the running back Thursday. “I do want to wish Duke the best,” General Manager John Dorsey said on News 5′s pregame show Thursday night, via Nate Ulrich of the Beacon Journal. “With regards to that, we sat...

It was news to Case Keenum that Colt McCoy landed higher on the quarterback depth chart in Washington. But Keenum got the first start of preseason on Thursday night, with McCoy not playing. The well-traveled Keenum, who nearly led the Vikings to the Super Bowl two years ago, led the Washington...

Washington starter Case Keenum threw a touchdown pass on his second drive of the night. Rookie Dwayne Haskins threw the opposite of a touchdown pass on his second drive. After completing two of three passes and looking sharp during his opening drive (the second catch was fumbled by the...

Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi may have bluffed his way into a tryout with the Browns. But once he was there, he eventually had to show some cards. The rookie wide receiver did just that, with an 86-yard punt return for a touchdown Thursday night. It was an amazing first chapter in his football story...

Getty Images The Browns blinked. After insisting all offseason they weren’t going to trade surplus running back Duke Johnson, they have shipped him to Houston. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Texans are sending a 2020 fourth-round pick which could become a third-rounder...

Getty Images The Texans are going without a General Manager this season after firing Brian Gaine and being blocked in their bid to interview Patriots exec Nick Caserio, which leaves the G.M. responsibilities divided between a variety of people in the organization. One of those responsibilities...

An anonymous quote given to four different publications didn’t work. An on-the-record statement with more holes than his team’s roster didn’t work, either. Dolphins owner Stephen Ross finds himself on the receiving end of extensive criticism from Dolphins players, Dolphins fans, and customers...

Getty Images Raiders receiver Antonio Brown froze his feet in a cryotherapy machine, and as a result of it he has missed eight of nine practices with his new team. From Brown’s self-inflicted misfortune (he didn’t wear the proper foot protection) came inspiration for Wednesday’s PFT Live...

Getty Images The Steelers swapped cornerbacks Tuesday, the team announced. Pittsburgh signed defensive back Jermaine Ponder. It waived defensive back Derrek Thomas with an injury designation to make room. The Steelers had signed Thomas on Thursday, but an undisclosed injury quickly ended his...