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They aren't the worst color-rush unis. That's oober's official statement. :-p

Wrong thread

That’s freaking hilarious! Gotta laugh at that. Not just the video but your response, milk!

The 2025 Browns: already making the nation laugh.

Could happen to anyone, though.

Oh my,,,, Dude wipes aside, this isn't my cup of tea.. Having said that, They could wear potato sacks and if they win, I'm good

No JOK, Hicks suddenly retiring and Devin Bush possibly being suspended.

Yikes.

He must've watched the staged video of a staffer falling off the "helmet boat" and was like....Ok, I'm out.

Ari Meirov
@MySportsUpdate
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10m
#Browns LB Jordan Hicks is retiring from the NFL after 10 seasons. He started 131 games in his career with the Eagles, Cardinals, Vikings, and Browns — finishing with 952 tackles, 13 interceptions, and 16.5 sacks in what was a tremendous career.

Our LB corp is getting thin

This is a blow for sure. His experience was going to be nice to have around Carson to help him grow. The Front Office did a nice job in the off-season adding Carson, Jerome Baker to offset the loss of JOK with young talent and depth.

We desperately need the UCLA rook to be impactful

jc...

Cleveland Browns' QB Plan Is Bad News for Shedeur Sanders
 
  Story by Evan Massey  
  https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/cleveland-browns-qb-plan-is-bad-news-for-shedeur-sanders/ar-AA1Jb26i

The Cleveland Browns doubled down at the quarterback position in the 2025 NFL Draft. They brought in both Dillon Gabriel in the third round and Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round.

In addition to the two rookies, general manager Andrew Berry traded for Kenny Pickett from the Philadelphia Eagles and signed veteran quarterback Joe Flacco in free agency. Adding four quarterbacks in one offseason, along with Deshaun Watson still being locked into a big contract for two more years, was aggressive.

Fans are hoping to see Sanders become the long-term quarterback of the future for the Browns. However, the franchise may have other plans.

While they got aggressive and drafted two quarterbacks this season, team owner Jimmy Haslam may be looking elsewhere for his long-term answer.

Colin Cowherd, one of the most notable media personalities in the business, shared a shocking report about Cleveland's future plans under center.

In a segment on his show, Cowherd revealed a lot of details about the Browns' level of interest in Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning. It sure sounds like Cleveland's long-term quarterback target is Manning, with Nick Saban potentially being attached as the team's future head coach.

"This is the worst kept secret in the South," Cowherd said. "Haslam, Jimmy, owner of the Browns — huge SEC, Tennessee booster, leans heavily on the Manning family. Very close to the Manning family.

"[Nick] Saban is incredibly close not only to Jimmy Haslam, but also to the Manning family as well. So, Saban, if he could land, I'm told, a top quarterback — like Harbaugh going to the Chargers for [Justin] Herbert — he would take a phone call from the NFL. ...This is not a conspiracy theory."

Making a move to pair Manning and Saban would be a huge change of course for the Browns. Obviously, this would also be the end of Sanders being a potential long-term option in Cleveland.

There is no telling whether or not Manning will even declare himself eligible for the 2026 NFL Draft. He could choose to stick around in college and keep playing for Texas.

However, if the Browns and Haslam are already sold on Manning, they might find a way to make that happen.

Of note, Cleveland did acquire a second first round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft by trading the right to select Travis Hunter to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The front office will have pieces to move in order to jump up for Manning if he does declare.

Expect to continue hearing more about the Browns and Manning. Haslam seems to love the idea, but whether or not it will happen will not be known until next offseason.

For more Cleveland Browns and NFL news, head over to Newsweek Sports.

There is no doubt that the trade down from #2 in the draft for 2026 1st round pick for Jax was all about positioning themselves for a franchise QB, issue with Cowherd's theory is will Manning come out in 2026. I do not think he will Manning's have a history of staying 4 years in college. Peyton could have been drafted #1 overall in 07 just as he was in 08. Also, if Arch was really considering coming out, he could have easily transferred last year instead of staying a backup as a sophomore and patiently waiting his turn. Now he has to play in 25 like everyone thinks he will to even be #1 in next year's draft. There are about 5 other QB's that could have big seasons in this year's college season and can be seen as a franchise QB. Drew Allar, Cade Klubnik, Lenoris Sellars, Grant Nussmeier, and a few more.

Now the Browns did not draft 2 QBs in 2025 without hoping to catch lightning in a bottle with either Gabriel or Sanders. If Gabriel was 4 inches taller, he would have been a 1st round pick. Sanders was seen by many as having 1st round talent before the draft. I think the Browns do know they have a decent roster right now and lack 1 thing a franchise QB and everything they did in the off season was to find one in 2025 or 2026. Kenny Pickett was a past 1st round draft pick and the Browns are kicking the tires on him also. Joe Flacco is the insurance policy in 2025 if Pickett, Gabriel, and Sanders cannot fill that position. Then the 2026 2 1st round picks are to get someone mentioned above in next year's draft. Let's root for Jax to have a disaster of a season.

Of the 5 "other" QBs you mentioned, I am really surprised at people rating Aller so high, I didn't see him a lot, but what I saw was average. So, I looked up his stats. Check his games against better teams vs avg to bad teams. Night and day.

Also Cowherd doesn't really mention anything concrete. Just that Haslam likes the SEC, Tennesse and the Mannings. That's similar logic to the media pundits thinking Dallas was trading up to get Johnny Manziel because of the Texas connections. Thinking like this is how you get a scenario where Sanders goes in Rd 5 when the media is sure is a 1st round lock.

The Browns may very well tank for Arch, but I hope it's more educated than the owner likes his family. He has played very little. Some stat lines below

He was 3 - 6 for 19 yards against both Georgia and Florida, 26-31 for 320+ yards against a 2-10 MSU team, 15-29 for 258 against a 5-7 Louisiana Monroe, 9-12 for 223 against a decent Texas San Antonio team. The rest was mop up duty. I realize he can only play who he plays, but this isn't enough for me.

Mary Kay Cabot
@MaryKayCabot
#Browns QB Kenny Pickett injured his hamstring on Saturday and is likely to miss some time, source says.

Sanders and Gabriel will get more reps now

That article is terrible.

The bad assumptions, adding what he heard Cowherd say on tv, adding a currently 73 year old Saban might be interested in a year or two from now. Those are just a few things to name.

Sometimes these things take care of themselves.

Thought the same thing. Maybe the writer couldn't find a Facebook Browns group to get the real truth.

The
Hopefully he won’t miss much time, just a mild strain. Hammy’s can often linger.

j/c:

Sorry if someone already posted about this. I'm too tired to look, time for bed.

Browns to sign UFL running back Toa Taua, adding to thinned room

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news...ing-back-toa-taua-adding-to-thinned-room

Toa Taua (college) Highlights



2025 UFL Highlights

[video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=toa+taua+UFL+highlights[/video]

It just seems like our offense will be very bad

ICYMI

Njoku on a mission this year...

It's quite remarkable how he routinely ventures to the four corners of the internet to find these things.

Jimmy poo-pooing “the worst kept secret in the South.”

I see our season going like this - Flacco starts the season and we start like 1-5. Then we decide to turn to Gabriel for about half of the remaining games, and then Sanders gets the rest after we are like 2-10

j/c:

Browns CB Martin Emerson Jr. suffers Achilles injury in training camp, likely out for season

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaki...amp-likely-out-for-season-204422938.html

Tough break for Martin. I wish him well and a speedy recovery. I'd like to have one season where we go into our 1st game with all our starters healthy and no one is out with a suspension. Just one!!

Must be the hard camp Stefanski is running.


Just kidding.

Have heard more than One sportswriter say it's different this year... Tougher..

I heard they were hitting during practice for the first time ever under stefanski

Don’t know how true that is
Seems ridiculous if they have never hit in practice before

A key development: The Browns went live tackling in the final team period — a major shift from previous camps. This was the first full-speed live tackling session in at least four years. It’s a critical step in acclimating players to real-game contact tempo and builds the physical resilience needed early in the season.



https://www.cleveland.com/browns/20...film-in-day-7-film-review-takeaways.html


Note: small excerpt from a much bigger article

good. We are going to be very bad, but at least maybe a little tougher