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Browns sign QB Brian Hoyer
Brian Hoyer is coming home to play for the first team he ever loved. Hoyer, who grew up rooting for the Browns and starred at Cleveland's Saint Ignatius High School, signed a two-year contract on Friday, adding veteran experience to a troublesome position. Hoyer agreed to the deal Thursday but ...
Browns agree to terms with QB Hoyer
The Browns have agreed to terms on a two-year contract with former Arizona quarterback Brian Hoyer. Hoyer, cut earlier this week by the Cardinals, is expected to compete for a backup job behind either Brandon Weeden or Jason Campbell. The Browns also have third-stringer Thaddeus Lewis on their roster. Hoyer, ...
Browns QB Weeden: "I want to be the guy"
The way Brandon Weeden sees it, nothing's changed. He's still Cleveland's starter. And he plans to keep it that way. Sure, Weeden was aware the Browns worked out several top college quarterbacks leading into April's draft, but the team didn't pick one. He's also mindful that veteran Jason Campbell can ...
Browns, RB Jackson agree to 1-year deal
The Browns have agreed to terms with free agent running back Brandon Jackson on a 1-year contract. Jackson played in just two games for Cleveland last season. In the finale against Pittsburgh, he rushed for 54 yards on eight carries. Jackson was inactive for 13 games. The Browns had high ...
Haslam says he didn't know about rebate issues
Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam says he was "absolutely not" aware of and did not participate in the practices that led to the federal investigation into his Pilot Flying J company. "I take responsibility for what happens at PFJ as the guy at the top of the shop, but I ...
Freeh hired by plaintiffs against Browns owner
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's firm has been hired by trucking companies suing Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's company, Pilot Flying J. Pilot Flying J, the nation's largest diesel fuel retailer, has been alleged to have bilked customers out of rebates. Plaintiffs attorney Mark Tate confirmed to WBIR-TV in Knoxville ...
Browns sign RB Robbie Rouse
The Cleveland Browns have signed diminutive undrafted free agent running back Robbie Rouse. The 5-foot-9 Rouse is Fresno State's career rushing leader. In four years at the school, Rouse ran for 4,467 yards, scored 37 touchdowns and added 110 receptions for 794 yards. He rushed for more than 1,000 yards ...
Troubled Bryant getting second chance with Browns
Armonty Bryant was afraid his NFL career had ended before it even started. The Browns, though, are giving the troubled seventh-round draft pick one more chance — his last chance. Arrested last week for driving under the influence in Oklahoma, Bryant, who also had a felony drug charge last October ...
Browns sign OL Rashad Butler
The Cleveland Browns have signed free agent offensive lineman Rashad Butler to a one-year contract. Butler spent the past six seasons with the Houston Texans. He was on injured reserve all of 2012 with a triceps injury, and he played in just two games in 2011 because of an elbow ...
Browns draft pick Bryant gets deferred sentence
Cleveland Browns seventh-round draft pick Armonty Bryant has been given a deferred one-year jail sentence after pleading no contest to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. Bryant was arrested Friday near the stadium at East Central University, where he was a standout player for the Division II ...
Browns owner Haslam apologizes to fans
Jimmy Haslam shook hands, shared laughs and talked some football with his newest customers. After some troubling weeks, the Browns owner finally got a chance to tell Cleveland fans he was sorry that he had let them down. Embarrassed by a federal investigation of fraud inside his truck-stop company, Haslam ...
Former Browns GM Heckert joins Broncos
Former Cleveland Browns general manager Tom Heckert is the Denver Broncos' new director of pro personnel. Heckert replaces Keith Kidd. He'll work closely with Executive Vice President John Elway and Matt Russell, the Broncos' director of player personnel. Heckert is entering his 23rd season in the NFL. He started as ...
Browns draft pick Bryant arrested in Oklahoma
Browns draft pick Armonty Bryant was charged Monday with driving under the influence of alcohol, the latest legal trouble for the defensive end. Bryant was arrested Friday in Ada, Okla., according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press. He was charged in Pontotoc County District Court and a ...
Browns wrap 1st draft under Haslam
The Browns' first draft under new owner Jimmy Haslam, a fresh front office and coaching staff was anything but ordinary. It was unpredictable, productive, maybe even a little odd. Over three days, the team continued its latest rebuilding project by addressing some glaring needs. The Browns picked LSU pass rusher ...
Ravens make defense a priority in NFL draft
Not long after the confetti settled on the turf at the Superdome, the world champion Baltimore Ravens realized their defense was in need of a major overhaul. The unit was ranked an uncharacteristic 17th in 2012, and much improvement was needed if the Ravens were to have a shot at ...
LSU has 8 defensive players selected in NFL draft
LSU opponents often felt as if they were playing an NFL defense when they faced the Tigers. Turns out, they weren't wrong. The Tigers had eight defensive players selected during the three-day, seven-round NFL draft. LSU defenders started coming off the board Thursday in the first round when outside linebacker ...
Browns use last pick on OL Gilkey
The Cleveland Browns used their final pick in the NFL draft to select Chadron State offensive lineman Garrett Gilkey. The 6-foot-5, 318-pound Gilkey is the second straight Division II player taken by Browns, who used their first pick of the seventh round on defensive end Armonty Bryant from East Central ...
Browns select DE Bryant in 6th round
With the first of two seventh-round picks, the Cleveland Browns selected defensive end Armonty Bryant from East Central Oklahoma in the NFL draft. The Browns used the 217th overall pick on the 6-foot-3, 263-pound Bryant, who didn't perform the bench press at the scouting combine following right shoulder surgery. Bryant, ...
Browns pick Notre Dame S Slaughter
After trading away two earlier picks, the Cleveland Browns selected Notre Dame safety Jamoris Slaughter in the sixth round of the NFL draft. The Browns traded their fourth- and fifth-round picks for selections in 2014 before using pick No. 175 on Slaughter, who had his 2012 season cut short after ...
Browns trade 2 picks for 2014 selections
The Cleveland Browns are already planning ahead for next year's draft. For the second time on Saturday, the Browns traded away one of their late-round picks in this year's draft for selections in 2014. They first swapped their fourth-round pick (No. 111 overall) to the rival Pittsburgh Steelers for a ...
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