![Thanks for the memories, Joe! Head coach Kevin Stefanski during his Jan. 14 wrap-up news conference made it crystal clear that Deshaun Watson will be the Browns’ starting quarterback in 2024. “Correct,” Stefanski said when asked whether Watson is the starter heading into the offseason. Watson missed three games and most of a fourth with a right rotator cuff injury early in the season. He returned to start against the Cardinals on Nov. 5, a game the Browns won 27-0, and a week later suffered a fractured shoulder in the first half of a game with the Ravens in Baltimore. […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-FBN-Browns-Watson-0114-01-2.jpg?w=132 "Thanks for the memories, Joe! Head coach Kevin Stefanski during his Jan. 14 wrap-up news conference made it crystal clear that Deshaun Watson will be the Browns’ starting quarterback in 2024. “Correct,” Stefanski said when asked whether Watson is the starter heading into the offseason. Watson missed three games and most of a fourth with a right rotator cuff injury early in the season. He returned to start against the Cardinals on Nov. 5, a game the Browns won 27-0, and a week later suffered a fractured shoulder in the first half of a game with the Ravens in Baltimore. […]")
Deshaun Watson on track to start for Browns in 2024 means no room for Joe Flacco
Thanks for the memories, Joe! Head coach Kevin Stefanski during his Jan. 14 wrap-up news...
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![Unfulfilled and optimistic are the two words that best describe the Browns on Jan. 14 as they cleaned out their lockers in Berea — unfulfilled because they lost a playoff game they thought they’d win and optimistic because they believe they have the players to be better next season. The Browns finished the regular season 11-6 to earn the top wild-card spot in the AFC, but then they were eliminated by the AFC South champion Houston Texans, 45-14, on Jan. 13 in the first round of the playoffs. “These days, as we know, are no fun,” Coach Kevin Stefanski said. […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24013810501954-2.jpg?w=132 "Unfulfilled and optimistic are the two words that best describe the Browns on Jan. 14 as they cleaned out their lockers in Berea — unfulfilled because they lost a playoff game they thought they’d win and optimistic because they believe they have the players to be better next season. The Browns finished the regular season 11-6 to earn the top wild-card spot in the AFC, but then they were eliminated by the AFC South champion Houston Texans, 45-14, on Jan. 13 in the first round of the playoffs. “These days, as we know, are no fun,” Coach Kevin Stefanski said. […]")
Disappointed Browns believe they built foundation for bright future
Unfulfilled and optimistic are the two words that best describe the Browns on Jan. 14...
![By JOE REEDY The Jim Harbaugh derby for NFL teams is about to heat up. A week after leading the University of Michigan to a national title in the College Football Playoff, Harbaugh will meet with the Los Angeles Chargers about their head coach vacancy this week, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Jan. 14 because the person wasn’t at liberty to publicly discuss personnel moves. Besides the Chargers, Atlanta, Carolina, Las Vegas, Seattle, Tennessee and Washington have openings. Harbaugh, who previously coached in the NFL, has a […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24009590533593-3.jpg?w=132 "By JOE REEDY The Jim Harbaugh derby for NFL teams is about to heat up. A week after leading the University of Michigan to a national title in the College Football Playoff, Harbaugh will meet with the Los Angeles Chargers about their head coach vacancy this week, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Jan. 14 because the person wasn’t at liberty to publicly discuss personnel moves. Besides the Chargers, Atlanta, Carolina, Las Vegas, Seattle, Tennessee and Washington have openings. Harbaugh, who previously coached in the NFL, has a […]")
AP source: Jim Harbaugh set to meet with Chargers next week about their head coach vacancy
By JOE REEDY The Jim Harbaugh derby for NFL teams is about to heat up. A week...
![By DAVE SKRETTA KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was so cold that Patrick Mahomes’ helmet shattered on a hit. Andy Reid’s mustache froze on the sideline. Fans and players alike huddled for warmth, trying their best to grit their way through the fourth-coldest game in NFL history. The Kansas City Chiefs managed to handle the adversity well Jan. 13. Handled the Miami Dolphins quite well, too. Mahomes threw for 262 yards, found Rashee Rice eight times for 130 yards and a touchdown, and made several daring runs for key first downs. Isiah Pacheco pounded over the frozen turf for 89 […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24014051099677-1.jpg?w=132 "By DAVE SKRETTA KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was so cold that Patrick Mahomes’ helmet shattered on a hit. Andy Reid’s mustache froze on the sideline. Fans and players alike huddled for warmth, trying their best to grit their way through the fourth-coldest game in NFL history. The Kansas City Chiefs managed to handle the adversity well Jan. 13. Handled the Miami Dolphins quite well, too. Mahomes threw for 262 yards, found Rashee Rice eight times for 130 yards and a touchdown, and made several daring runs for key first downs. Isiah Pacheco pounded over the frozen turf for 89 […]")
Patrick Mahomes leads Chiefs to 26-7 playoff win over Dolphins in near-record low temps
By DAVE SKRETTA KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was so cold that Patrick Mahomes’ helmet...
![By FRED GOODALL TAMPA, Fla. — A rejuvenated Baker Mayfield says he’s focused on defeating the Philadelphia Eagles, not the future of a career he’s revived by leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the NFL playoffs. The No. 1 overall pick from the 2018 draft arguably has had his best season as a pro, guiding the resurgent Bucs (9-8) to what six weeks ago seemed an unlikely prospect — a third straight division title and a wild-card matchup Jan. 15 against the reeling defending NFC champion Eagles (11-6). Since joining Tampa Bay on a one-year, $4 million contract last March, […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24007733083981-2.jpg?w=132 "By FRED GOODALL TAMPA, Fla. — A rejuvenated Baker Mayfield says he’s focused on defeating the Philadelphia Eagles, not the future of a career he’s revived by leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the NFL playoffs. The No. 1 overall pick from the 2018 draft arguably has had his best season as a pro, guiding the resurgent Bucs (9-8) to what six weeks ago seemed an unlikely prospect — a third straight division title and a wild-card matchup Jan. 15 against the reeling defending NFC champion Eagles (11-6). Since joining Tampa Bay on a one-year, $4 million contract last March, […]")
Baker Mayfield focused on defeating Eagles in playoffs, not his future with Buccaneers
By FRED GOODALL TAMPA, Fla. — A rejuvenated Baker Mayfield says he’s focused on defeating...
![The Browns gave us an amazingly fun ride in 2023, overcoming injury after injury to qualify for the playoffs. Unlike after a thrill on a Cedar Point roller coaster, though, they have to wait seven months to get back in line. And then there is no guarantee they will get back on the ride again. The Browns became the first team since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 to lose its starting quarterback, starting running back plus both starting tackles and still make the playoffs. But getting smashed by the Texans, 45-14, in the wild-card game in Houston stings because the […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-FBN-Browns-0113-01-2.jpg?w=132 "The Browns gave us an amazingly fun ride in 2023, overcoming injury after injury to qualify for the playoffs. Unlike after a thrill on a Cedar Point roller coaster, though, they have to wait seven months to get back in line. And then there is no guarantee they will get back on the ride again. The Browns became the first team since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 to lose its starting quarterback, starting running back plus both starting tackles and still make the playoffs. But getting smashed by the Texans, 45-14, in the wild-card game in Houston stings because the […]")
Browns overachieved in 2023, but being embarrassed in playoff stings | Jeff Schudel
The Browns gave us an amazingly fun ride in 2023, overcoming injury after injury to...
![By KRISTIE RIEKEN HOUSTON — Rookie C.J. Stroud became the youngest quarterback to win a playoff game after throwing for 274 yards and three touchdowns, and the Texans returned two interceptions by Joe Flacco for scores in a 45-14 rout of the Browns in a wild-card matchup Jan. 13. Stroud, the second overall pick in the draft last April, is also the highest-drafted rookie QB to win in the postseason. He picked apart Cleveland’s vaunted defense, throwing touchdown passes of 15, 76 and 37 yards At 22 years and 102 days old, he passed Michael Vick, who was 22 years, […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-FBN-Browns-0113-02-5.jpg?w=132 "By KRISTIE RIEKEN HOUSTON — Rookie C.J. Stroud became the youngest quarterback to win a playoff game after throwing for 274 yards and three touchdowns, and the Texans returned two interceptions by Joe Flacco for scores in a 45-14 rout of the Browns in a wild-card matchup Jan. 13. Stroud, the second overall pick in the draft last April, is also the highest-drafted rookie QB to win in the postseason. He picked apart Cleveland’s vaunted defense, throwing touchdown passes of 15, 76 and 37 yards At 22 years and 102 days old, he passed Michael Vick, who was 22 years, […]")
Texans crush Browns’ playoff hopes, 45-14; Flacco throws two pick-sixes
By KRISTIE RIEKEN HOUSTON — Rookie C.J. Stroud became the youngest quarterback to win a...
Elyria Catholic football: Panthers add former NFL coach Doug Colman to staff
When Elyria Catholic went searching to fill an opening on its coaching staff, Athletic Director...
![Nick Saban retiring as Alabama head coach on Jan. 10 and then Bill Belichick and the Patriots agreeing “to part ways” one day later brought on a rush of memories of what it was like to cover the Browns from 1991-95. Belichick, formerly the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants, was hired to replace the disastrous Bud Carson, who after getting the Browns to the AFC championship in the 1989 season saw his team finish 3-13 in 1990. The late Art Modell, who moved the Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore after the 1995 season, had Belichick pegged to replace […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP20023210818640-2.jpg?w=132 "Nick Saban retiring as Alabama head coach on Jan. 10 and then Bill Belichick and the Patriots agreeing “to part ways” one day later brought on a rush of memories of what it was like to cover the Browns from 1991-95. Belichick, formerly the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants, was hired to replace the disastrous Bud Carson, who after getting the Browns to the AFC championship in the 1989 season saw his team finish 3-13 in 1990. The late Art Modell, who moved the Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore after the 1995 season, had Belichick pegged to replace […]")
Nick Saban, Bill Belichick exits rekindle Browns memories from 30 years ago | Jeff Schudel
Nick Saban retiring as Alabama head coach on Jan. 10 and then Bill Belichick and...
Browns-Texans wild-card matchup could come down to pass rush battle
It is looking as though cornerback Denzel Ward will be good to go for the...