The Cleveland Browns have completed head coach Todd Monken’s coordinator hires by appointing Travis Switzer as offensive coordinator to join Mike Rutenberg as defensive coordinator and Byron Storer as head of special teams ahead of the 2026 NFL season. While the club had already addressed Rutenberg’s arrival, the appointment of Switzer marks a significant statement of intent on offense. The …
The NFL’s coaching cycle continued full swing this week as several franchises wrapped up pivotal coordinator hires ahead of the 2026 season. In Las Vegas, the Raiders — now under new head coach Klint Kubiak — have begun assembling the staff that will support their ongoing rebuild after a 3–14 campaign. Kubiak, who departed the Seattle Seahawks as offensive coordinator …
As expected, Matthew Stafford claimed the top individual award at the 15th NFL Honours, but the margin over his nearest rival was perhaps closer than many anticipated. The Los Angeles Rams veteran only narrowly pipped second-year QB Drake Maye, of the New England Patriots, in what many believe was the closest outcome since Peyton Manning and Steve McNair shared the …
The Cleveland Browns have named Todd Monken as the franchise’s 19th full-time head coach, bringing the veteran offensive architect back to the Forest City for a second stint with the organisation. Monken, 59, previously served as the Browns’ offensive coordinator in 2019 and finally becomes a first-time NFL head coach after 11 seasons in the league. He arrives with an …
The National Football League have announced the six finalists for the 2025 Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year award, with the winner to be determined by a fan vote. Fans can cast their ballots at nfl.com/rookies through to end of day Friday 30th January, before the winner is recognised during Super Bowl Week in the Bay Area. The …
Black Monday came and went as the NFL regular season reached its conclusion, with four teams waving farewell to their head coach and joining the two that made changes midseason. Here’s a quick look at the six teams looking for new leadership as they turn their attention towards 2026. ALREADY LOOKING Tennessee Titans The Titans fired Brian Callahan after six …
The final weekend of the 2025 NFL regular season was awash with possibilities, both on the field and off. Playoff places and draft opportunities were all up for grabs in the now traditional divisional head-to-heads that grace Week 18, while players and coaches fought for new records and their very futures with equal zeal. John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin squared …
There was a distinct lack of Christmas cheer in Cleveland after the Browns’ 26–8 drubbing at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The Week 13 game at Huntingdon Bank Field ended in more than just another loss for Cleveland, however, as several Browns players vented their anger at Niners receiver Jauan Jennings, who found himself at the …
It can be very easy to overlook the Cleveland Browns, considering their three-game losing streak sees them sitting at 2-8, almost certainly out of postseason consideration and potentially coming to the end of the Kevin Stefanski era. But for all their troubles and issues, defensive end Myles Garrett is having a tremendous season, and on Sunday he crossed off more …
Cleveland Browns legend Bernie Kosar is finally scheduled to undergo life-saving liver transplant surgery today (Monday) following a series of setbacks. The former quarterback, now 61, announced the news from his hospital bed on Sunday night, having previously revealed that an operation had been planned for last weekend only to be postponed after doctors discovered that the donor liver was …
Through seven weeks of the NFL season, there have been 26 games with a lead change in the final two minutes of regulation, the most in NFL history. Roughly half of all NFL games are decided by a single score. The name of this column, of course, plays on the famous Bert Bell quote on the National Football League’s inherent …
Deciding which games to feature in this column is often simple. Every once in a while, the narratives leaving a weekend coalesce in front of your eyes; sometimes there’s a paucity of interesting storylines to sink your teeth into. Sometimes, there’s simply too many games to cover off. This week was one of them. So, here’s a few of the …
Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski admitted that losing to the Minnesota Vikings in the final minute of a compelling NFL International Series game in London stung mostly because of the errors his side made. The Browns, calling Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ‘home’ for the weekend, led narrowly at the half after the two sides had exchanged first quarter touchdowns, but …
Cleveland Browns debutant Dillon Gabriel was determined to put a positive spin on the defeat his side suffered at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the first of the season’s London games. Rookie Gabriel, getting his first start under center following the benching of veteran Joe Flacco, made a bright start, leading the Browns to an early touchdown as he found fellow …
The Cleveland Browns came with 30 seconds of upsetting another NFC North side as they conceded a late touchdown to the Minnesota Vikings in London. The Browns, whose only win of 2025 came at the expense of the Green Bay Packers in Week 3, appeared to have the upper hand over Minnesota, forcing two fumbles and only losing the points …
When the Minnesota Vikings take the field at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to face the Cleveland Browns this weekend, the NFL International Series will chalk off another milestone as London hosts its 40th regular season game. The phrase ‘from small acorns’ seems a particularly apt British idiom to describe the growth of the International Series initiative which, this year, extends its …
It’s been a special start for the 2025 season, with close games aplenty and much to celebrate on the oft-forgotten third phase of football. There have been 11 special teams touchdowns, the most at this point in 13 years, and the 3,624 kickoff return yards amassed last week is the most in a single week in NFL history. Week 5 …
The Cleveland Browns have decided that the time is right to blood one of their two rostered rookie quarterbacks in place of Joe Flacco — but, in typical Browns fashion, have elected to start Dillon Gabriel on the road… in London! The former Oregon Duck was originally named the team’s back-up quarterback in late August, getting the nod over fellow …
Despite having young blood on their 2025 rosters, both the Indianapolis Colts and Cleveland Browns have opted to err with veteran quarterbacks for the start of the season. Colts head coach Shane Steichen confirmed that former New York Giant Daniel Jones had secured the starting role over 2023 sixth overall draft pick Anthony Richardson after their respective appearances in the …
The Cleveland Browns have admitted that they would be prepared to keep all four quarterbacks present at training camp on the active roster in 2025 if they are ‘53-man worthy’. That was the opinion of general manager Andrew Berry as the main preseason camp opened in Berea with veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett, obtained in a trade with the …
The Cleveland Browns revealed a new look, ambitiously title ‘Alpha Dawg’, which will be worn in three games this coming season, and walked straight into a wall of obvious memes. For the first time in the club’s disjointed 81-year history, an all-brown alternate helmet will be worn with an all-brown jersey combination. The Browns unveiled the helmet ‘design’ on a …
The NFL players union has been thrown into further turmoil by the announcement that J.C. Tretter, who many saw as the logical successor to Lloyd Howell Jr as executive director, is stepping away from the organisation at the earliest opportunity. Although he had only been in office for a couple of years, Howell’s leadership of the NFLPA was been clouded …
Both the Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs continue to face hurdles in their path to building or renovating stadia for the future. The Browns appeared on the way to signing off on a new indoor stadium in the Broom Park district late last month, but have now been set back by a legal challenge to the proposed method of …
Shedeur Sanders had one of the most disastrous draft days ever seen from a projected first rounder, but are his chances of finding a starting role come opening week dwindling? The erstwhile Colorado quarterback is locked in a four-way battle for the starting job in Cleveland, and it seems the possibility of him making any kind of noise on the …
