The latest Cleveland Browns news and notes from around the NFL in the Saturday Dawg Chow.
The latest news about the Cleveland Browns and the NFL in today’s edition of the Saturday Dawg Chow:
Dawgs By Nature:
- 2025 NFL Combine: Potential Browns targets to watch (Matt Wilson) – The 2025 NFL Scouting Combine officially begins next week. Today we’re going to look at some players at each position that could be targets for the Cleveland Browns based on scheme fit, play style, and positional value in each pick range.
- NFL Draft guru gives insight into Browns QB rumors he is hearing (Damon Wolfe) – Todd McShay has returned to the draft scene in a big way with his new podcast, The McShay Show, as part of The Ringer. In his first mock draft in nearly two years, McShay has the Cleveland Browns selecting Travis Hunter at two overall.
- NFL draft: Browns want Shedeur Sanders or does Sanders want the Browns to want him? (Curtiss Brown) – Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders, one of the top two quarterbacks in this upcoming draft class, added more fuel to the smoke around him and the Cleveland Browns in a recent video posted by his brother.
- Browns offensive tackle reportedly has another surgery (Damon Wolfe) – Offensive tackle now becomes the biggest priority other than quarterback for the Cleveland Browns after it’s being reported that Dawand Jones recently underwent arthroscopic knee surgery to address a lingering issue he played through last season.
- NFL Free Agency Profile: OT Alaric Jackson, Rams (Thomas Moore) – Cleveland needs help at left tackle. Could they take a look at a possibly under appreciated option?
Cleveland Browns:
- How the Browns can return to the postseason in 2025 (ESPN) – Here are five things the Cleveland Browns need to return to the playoffs in 2025.
- Dispelling 3 quarterback draft myths ahead of a pivotal Browns decision in NFL Draft 2025 (cleveland.com) – The Cleveland Browns are back in the unenviable position of needing to find a quarterback. They do have the second overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, a draft that is largely seen as a two-quarterback draft. Drafting a quarterback is a different science than drafting any other player, which is a science in and of itself.
- NFL combine 2025: Indianapolis storylines start with divisive quarterback draft class (Beacon Journal) – The biggest pre-draft event on the NFL calendar starts in just over a week. The NFL scouting combine will take place Monday through March 3 in Indianapolis. There have been 329 prospects invited to participate, and they’ll meet with individual teams and go through a medical exam while doing the usual array of on-field drills and tests.
- Forget rebuilding, the plan should be to win now (Browns Zone) – Being a fan of a sports team is supposed to be fun. Which team was more fun to cheer last season? The Denver Broncos, who went 10-7 and earned a wild card spot with a rookie quarterback? Or the Tennessee Titans, who were 3-14 and started Will Levis and Mason Rudolph under center? I offer this option because I don’t understand the Cleveland Browns fans who are desperate for a rebuild.
NFL:
- Jacksonville Jaguars tab Rams’ James Gladstone as team’s next general manager (Florida Times-Union) – The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired former Los Angeles Rams director of scouting strategy James Gladstone as the team’s next general manager, the team announced Friday afternoon.
- New Saints head coach Kellen Moore has a defensive coordinator: It’s his old boss (nola.com) – Before his Super Bowl run with the Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints head coach Kellen Moore spent a forgettable 2023 season with the Los Angeles Chargers under then-head coach Brandon Staley. Though their first partnership didn’t pan out, it didn’t prevent them from joining forces again, this time with Moore sitting in the head coach’s seat: according to a league source, Moore is hiring Staley to be his defensive coordinator with the 2025 Saints.
- 10 big questions about the 2025 NFL offseason (The Ringer) – From quarterbacks on the move to big-name trade candidates, this is what to pay attention to in the NFL this offseason.