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Browns HC Todd Monken eyes coach with local ties as DC candidate

There has been a long-held affinity, for reasons not readily apparent, among followers of the Cleveland Browns to draft players or hire coaches who are from Northeast Ohio, played at a school in or near Northeast Ohio, or even just drove through Northeast Ohio at one point in their lives. The belief is that because […]

Browns HC Todd Monken looking west for his potential new DC

Cleveland Browns head coach found himself in need of a new defensive coordinator at the end of last week with the news that Jim Schwartz would rather go home than continue coaching a defense featuring the game’s best player in Myles Garrett. With no time to waste with this month’s annual NFL Scouting Combine rolling […]

Browns vs Seahawks: Gap between Cleveland and Super Bowl champs

Something very few would have expected when the season started, the Seattle Seahawks are the Super Bowl champions after defeating the New England Patriots (another thing very few predicted) to close out the 2025 NFL season. Now, the 2026 NFL offseason gets started with the Cleveland Browns looking to right the ship under new head […]

Browns DC opening: Todd Monken has spoken to 3 top candidates, 1 external

The Cleveland Browns got a huge disappointment this past week when DC Jim Schwartz officially resigned from the coaching staff despite still being under contract. That is a huge bummer. Many hate it. RELATED: BANDA COULD SLIDE RIGHT INTO THE DC POSITION As disappointing as they may be, it is now the job of the […]

Top defensive coordinator candidate is off the board for the Browns

When defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz opted to resign from his position with the Cleveland Browns this week, we highlighted five of the top candidates who might be considered for the job. According to Ian Rapoport, one of those candidates is now off the board: Dino Vasso didn’t have experience as a defensive coordinator, but was […]

Browns QB options could include recently retired Pro Bowler

The Cleveland Browns are looking to replicate whatever it takes to get to the Super Bowl. Whether that is through the NFL draft and finding a veteran quarterback to help them win quickly or hitting on a top-level young quarterback while building around that player, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots have shown the […]

Browns 2026 NFL draft: DE T.J. Parker could add strength to strength

The Cleveland Browns had plenty of defensive ends on the roster last season. Besides the All-World talent of Myles Garrett, Alex Wright, Isaiah McGuire, Sam Kamara, and Cameron Thomas. All of these guys have their own methods and abilities. But do they strike fear into opposing quarterbacks? Does an offensive coordinator make notes and adjustments […]

Browns can follow Seahawks Super Bowl roster process

Another year, another Super Bowl that doesn’t have the Cleveland Browns as one of the last two teams remaining. Will it happen in the future? No one knows, but every single year, Clevelanders dream of their favorite football team playing for a Lombardi trophy, but it hasn’t materialized. The only way the team has a […]

Sunday Dawg Chow (2/8): They used to win championships here.

Welcome to Super Bowl Sunday, which marks the final game of the NFL’s 2025 season. Today’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New Englands Patriots is the 60th Super Bowl to be played, and it is also the 60th consecutive year that the Cleveland Browns have opted out of participating in the game. That […]

Browns NFL Draft: Could Georgia’s Monroe Freeling solve the LT problem?

The Cleveland Browns have been searching for a legitimate left tackle since the day that Joe Thomas retired in 2018, and despite bursting onto the scene late, UGA’s Monroe Freeling shows the potential to be that player for Todd Monken and Company. Standing at 6’7” and around 315 pounds, he has excellent size, length, and […]

Browns RB Quinshon Judkins concerning injury update comment

The Cleveland Browns did pretty well with their 2025 rookie draft class. In fact, it might have saved GM Andrew Berry’s job as the head coach, Kevin Stefanaki, wasn’t so lucky after losing 26 games the past two seasons. Berry shocked everyone when he drafted not one, but two, quarterbacks in the 2025 NFL draft. […]

Browns HC Todd Monken stays in-house for WR coach

Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken has not taken a kind eye to the offensive coaching staff he inherited in Berea after being named Cleveland’s new man in charge. A few coaches had already left town before Monken arrived, most notably offensive coordinator Tommy Rees, who joined head coach Kevin Stefanski’s staff in the same […]

Browns HC Todd Monken adding another O-line coach to his staff

Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken has wasted little time in assembling his first coaching staff. And even though it is the weekend, Monken has stayed busy with the news that he plans to hire Bobby Johnson as an assistant offensive line coach. That is according to Matt Zenitz at CBS Sports. Johnson was let […]

Is Frisman Jackson about to win the big one? Browns connections in Super Bowl 2026, and Cleveland’s roster makeup

Each year, the Cleveland Browns tend to have at least one former player, coach, or affiliate represented in the Super Bowl. Outlined below are players, coaches, or front office personnel who were formerly members of the Browns on either the New England Patriots or the Seattle Seahawks. The parenthesis represent the time span they were […]

Browns HC Todd Monken was in no rush to talk to DC Jim Schwartz

It’s no secret that Jim Schwartz felt spurned by Cleveland when he was passed over to be the new head coach of the Browns. Though it’s somewhat understandable, it’s pretty safe to say that he didn’t handle it in the most professional way, apparently going around and saying his goodbyes to the rest of the […]