They say that in the New York area, if you have never won a championship then the media dogs coaches their entire career. Then once a championship is captured, the brutal New York/New Jersey press.
The show always goes on in the NFL when one player leaves the team through free agency or another player suffers a devastating injury. Sometimes both things happen to thrust one player into a prominent role. Such is the case with Browns running back Jerome Ford. The Browns let Kareem Hunt walk in free agency and made no effort to re-sign him because they are confident Ford can take over Hunt’s duties as a pass-catching running back on third down. That was expected. Kick returner/running back Jerome Ford says he is eager to do whatever the coaches ask to help […]
The show always goes on in the NFL when one player leaves the team through free agency or another player suffers a devastating injury. Sometimes both things happen to thrust one player into a prominent role. Such is the case with Browns running back Jerome Ford. The Browns let Kareem Hunt walk in free agency […]
It would be difficult to name an NFL team that made more significant upgrades than the Browns did after the 2022 season. Defensive coordinator Joe Woods was fired after three years and replaced by Jim Schwartz. Special teams coordinator Mike Priefer was dumped after three years and replaced by Bubba Ventrone. The defensive line, receiving […]
Cade York won’t be missing any more kicks with the Browns. Knowing he might someday haunt them with another team, the Browns on Aug. 28 took the first step to waiving York when they traded a 2025 seventh-round draft pick to the Los Angeles Chargers for veteran kicker Dustin Hopkins. Hopkins, a sixth-round pick by Buffalo in 2013, has appeared in 109 career games with the Commanders (2015-21) and Chargers (2021-22). He has converted 190 of 224 field goal attempts (84.8%) and 221 of 234 extra points (94.4%) for 791 total points. Last season, he connected on nine of 10 […]