Category: Latest Browns News

Newest Deshaun Watson injury potentially jeopardizes his guaranteed money

Watson’s guaranteed money may be in jeopardy

The Cleveland Browns will likely be without quarterback Deshaun Watson for all of the 2025 season and he may have played his last down of football in the brown and orange.

However, that could be the least of Watson’s worries as his re-ruptured Achilles carries far greater financial significance than just the Browns looking for his replacement this offseason.

Salary cap expert Jason Fitzgerald of Over the Cap has put the injury into a much steeper light that could lead to significant financial losses for the quarterback and significant gains for the Browns:

“Regarding Watson, if the Achilles injury occurred under normal rehab directed by the team his contract would still be protected. If the injury was a result of something he was not supposed to be doing his guarantees would be at risk either now or by the summer.”

So, if Watson did not re-injure the Achilles while rehabbing or doing any sort of team-condoned football activity, then Watson could forfeit his guarantees. This would allow the Browns to cut him immediately with no losses or dead money outside of the prorated bonuses they have already restructured over the past two seasons.

The Browns are likely getting an insurance company involved and filing a claim as well, as they took out a policy on Watson’s contract. If Watson misses all of the 2025 season, the Browns will recoup $44.3 million which will be reflected on their 2026 salary cap.

This situation is far from over and has the potential to become a much larger story.

Browns assistant WR coach Callie Brownson leaves for greener pastures

Callie Brownson is set to take on a new role with USA Football after 5 years in Cleveland

After five years with the Cleveland Browns in a variety of roles, most recently as the assistant wide receivers coach, Callie Brownson is now leaving to team up with USA Football.

Taking on the role of Senior Director of High Performance and National Team Operations, Brownson will now play a key role for USA Football just as flag football gets added to the upcoming Olympics. This provides another staff opening for the Browns as they look to also fill their void at offensive coordinator.

The CEO of USA Football, Scott Hallenbeck, released the following statement:

“USA Football is thrilled to welcome Callie Brownson to our staff as our Senior Director of High Performance & National Team Operations… Callie has been part of the USA Football family for many years, and her leadership, athlete development and program building skills as part of our U.S. National Teams have consistently stood out throughout the past decade. Her expertise and experience across all levels of the sport, along with her understanding of the aspects of competition, team dynamics and logistics unique to the international game, will be invaluable as football enters the most internationally competitive period in the sport’s history.”

Head coach Kevin Stefanski had this to say on the departure of his former Chief of Staff and assistant wide receivers coach:

“Callie has been a valuable member of our coaching staff for the last five seasons, and it’s been rewarding to see her growth… We appreciate her many contributions to our team and look forward to seeing her continue to serve and grow our sport at USA Football.”

Best of luck to Callie in her next endeavor!

Another Browns offensive coordinator candidate revealed; list now at four

The Browns are now up to four candidates for their opening at offensive coordinator

The Cleveland Browns are set to interview Atlanta Falcons tight ends coach Kevin Koger today for their offensive coordinator position.

Since firing Ken Dorsey after the season, the Browns have interviewed four total candidates. Those candidates include tight ends coach Tommy Rees, Miami Dolphins quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell, Seattle Seahawks quarterbacks coach Charles London, and now Koger. The current offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints, Klint Kubiak, has also been named dropped as a fit.

Before spending 2024 in Atlanta as their quarterbacks coach, Koger held the same post under Brandon Staley with the Los Angeles Chargers. He has also spent time with the Green Bay Packers as an offensive quality control coach. Koger spent plenty of time coaching at the college level before breaking into the NFL as well.

He is a local to the area, born and raised in Toledo, Ohio before playing his college ball at the University of Michigan.

The Browns wrapped up their search for an offensive line coach rather quickly, and they may look to do the same with their vacancy at offensive coordinator.

Browns will be taking their talents overseas in 2025

The Browns have been selected to host a game in London in 2025

The NFL has announced that the Cleveland Browns will be one of three teams playing in London for the International 2025 games.

Cleveland has not been selected for the NFL’s international games since 2017 but will be honored to participate in one during the 2025 season. Since the league introduced regular-season international games in 2005, the Browns have made only one appearance. In that matchup, they lost 33-16 to the Minnesota Vikings, who were led by their current head coach, Kevin Stefanski.

In their international game next season, the Browns are expected to play at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, though their opponent has yet to be announced by the NFL. They will join the New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars as hosts of international games in London next season. All three teams are expected to undergo significant changes during the offseason, making these matchups highly anticipated regardless of their opponents.

Let’s hope the Browns have better luck across the pond this time around.

Two-time MVP raves about Browns DE Myles Garrett

Another peer at the top of his game has high praise for Myles Garrett

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett has consistently earned increasing praise from his peers, this time it’s from Baltimore Ravens MVP-winning quarterback Lamar Jackson.

In the latest episode of “Hard Knocks”, HBO followed Jackson and asked for his thoughts on the Browns’ All-Pro. Jackson shared his answer when asked which defensive end gave him the most trouble in their matchups:

“Myles Garrett. He looks like he put more weight on this year.” Jackson then continued to discuss the moves he sees against the Browns, mimicking Myles Garrett’s jump-step move in the backfield. He went on to say that Garrett is “different” and extremely athletic.

This season, Garrett was unable to sack Lamar Jackson amid the Browns’ struggles in 2024. This comes as no surprise given how well the Ravens quarterback has played this season. Hopefully, at this time next year, Myles Garrett will be reflecting on a more successful season.

Son of Kevin Stefanski’s mentor dropped as OC candidate to watch

Albert Breer has name-dropped an OC candidate to keep a close eye on:

As the Cleveland Browns get set to search for a new offensive coordinator, one insider has pointed to Klint Kubiak as a name to watch.

This is, of course, the son of Stefanski’s mentor and long-term NFL head coach Gary Kubiak. This has been an obvious name from the jump given the time the two spent together with the Minnesota Vikings and the likelihood that Kubiak will be back on the market again in a few weeks.

SI’s Albert Breer has now name-dropped Kubiak as a name to put under the microscope.

Kubiak is currently under contract with the New Orleans Saints in the same role. For the Browns to hire Kubiak as he cannot take a lateral move while under contract, he would have to be fired or released from his deal in New Orleans by the next head coach of the franchise.

This could prove problematic from a time perspective as the Saints are not going to rush their head coaching hire, and that head coach will likely take his time figuring out his staff.

The Browns are also set to interview an internal candidate, tight ends coach Tommy Rees, for the vacancy as well. After already hiring a new offensive line coach, the Browns may be looking to put their staff back together fast.

Browns hire new OL coach and no it’s not Joe Thomas

The Browns already have a new offensive line coach, and no it’s not Joe Thomas

The Cleveland Browns have hired Mike Bloomgren as their new offensive line coach.

Expeditiously after firing former offensive line coach Andy Dickerson, the Browns have made the move to bring in his replacement without any sense of patience. Bloomgren was recently fired as the head coach of the Rice football team despite leading them to back-to-back bowl games in 2022 and 2023.

Bloomgren has a diverse coaching background. He started as a graduate assistant at Alabama in 1999, worked his way into an offensive quality control and assistant offensive coordinator role with the New York Jets under Rex Ryan, and was the offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at Stanford during the era when quarterback Andrew Luck and running back Christian McCaffrey were both Heisman finalists.

As the Browns look to get back to their wide zone roots, which all of their offensive linemen are advocating for, this is a step in that direction. We’ll see if the Browns hire a new offensive coordinator at a similar pace as this.

Titans request to interview Cleveland’s assistant general manager for GM vacancy

One of Cleveland’s assistant general managers will speak to the Titans about their vacancy.

The Cleveland Browns are home to two hot commodity general manager candidates as the Tennessee Titans have requested to interview both of their assistant general managers Catherine Hickman.

The Titans fired their former general manager Ran Carthon after two seasons yesterday while keeping head coach Brian Callahan in place. Hickman has been listed on a shortlist of candidates for teams around the league, and now she may get a shot at running their own team.

Hickman has been working in football front offices for a decade now. Starting as the coordinator of football administration for the Montreal Alouettes, Hickman then became their assistant general manager.

She has been the Coordinator of Football Operations and Vice President of Football Operations under Howie Roseman with the Philadelphia Eagles before taking over as the assistant general manager with the Browns.

It was The Athletic’s Diana Russini who reported the Titans had requested to speak to Hickman.

If Hickman were to get the job in Tennessee, the Browns would receive two compensatory third round picks; one in 2025 and one in 2026.

Shocking stuff: Myles Garrett named first-team All-Pro once again

Garrett has been named as a first-team All-Pro… again

Another year, another first-team All-Pro bid for Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett.

Along with Trey Hendrickson of the Cincinnati Bengals, Garrett got the nod as one of the best pass rushers in the league over T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s nothing he’s not used to at this point. Garrett finished his 2024 campaign with 14 sacks, his fourth-straight year doing so (and becoming the first-ever player in NFL history to accomplish that feat).

Garrett was the only player from the 2024 Browns to get an All-Pro nod, although there are not many who had a case. Cornerback Denzel Ward and punter Corey Bojorquez are likely the only other two who could have seen their names listed as All-Pros. Neither did, however.

The Browns still have to sort through Garrett’s future after he made some public demands for answers from the organization, but general manager Andrew Berry does not seem overly worried about the possibility of their All-World player leaving.

Enjoy him, Cleveland. He is a one-of-one talent and a future first-ballot Hall of Famer.

Ravens rookie pays his respect to Myles Garrett

The HBO camera crew collected a wholesome moment between a rookie and an All-Pro on Saturday

Despite a horrendous 3-14 season ending in a loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the Cleveland Browns were still subject to being on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”

But it has had some positive moments despite the abysmal season. In the latest episode covering the Browns and Ravens game, one of the more wholesome moments occurred. Ravens rookie offensive tackle Roger Rosengarten, a second-round pick, approached Myles Garrett to ask him for a huge favor.

During the game, Rosengartern came to Garrett to ask for his jersey after the game. Here was Garrett’s response:

Garrett explained to Rosengarten that he is playing well at the top of his profession by playing in the NFL alone. He’ll never be a nobody. Garrett then agreed to give Rosengarten his jersey after the game.

The amount of respect that Garrett receives around the rest of the league is resounding. He will have a one-way ticket to Canton five years after he retires.