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- Where do the Cleveland Browns’ running backs rank in the loaded AFC North? -- 2019 Position Rankings (Jake Burns via Cleveland.com) “There is no way around it: AFC North running backs are as impressive as any division in the NFL. The Browns and Ravens added big names, while the Bengals and Steelers bring back copious production.”
- Most Important Questions Ahead of Training Camp - No. 6: How does tight end shake out? (clevelandbrowns.com) “We start with David Njoku, the former first-round pick who very much feels like he’s on the precipice of a true breakout season. Njoku is an excellent leaper (even when sometimes it’s a preposterous attempt that ends up seeing him carried into the end zone), has shown improved hands and is working on his blocking.”
- Cleveland Browns: 3 most important defensive players (fansided via dawgpounddaily) “Cleveland has plenty of returning starters as well as some new blood that will help them as they look to take their next step.”
- All-Time Cleveland Browns Depth Chart (247sports) “The team is led by the likes of running back Jim Brown, quarterback Otto Graham and offensive tackle Joe Thomas. The inside linebacker and wide receiver positions were relatively weak. Running back and offensive tackle are two of the deepest positions on the squad.”
- Cleveland Browns top memories from the last 20 years (video - cleveland.com) “There are so many moments that stand out in those two decades, including BottleGate, the Browns winning their first game, that lone playoff season in 2002, the record-setting season by Josh Gordon, the whirlwind Johnny Manziel years and more.”
NFL:
- NFL Teams Facing a Closing Window of Opportunity (Sports Illustrated) “It’s hard to imagine a realist overseeing his NFL personnel department and not looking at his assembled group in terms of a championship window. Quarterback performance arc, depth at injury-riddled positions and the number of talented players on rookie contracts all factor in.”
- 61 mph? Patriots’ Tom Brady posts his pass velocity (NFL.com) “The New England Patriots’ quarterback wanted the world to know his arm, even at the age of 41, is just fine. Brady posted on Instagram Thursday a picture of radar gun reading 61 mph, presumably which tracked one of his throws.”
- Ryan Shazier’s goal is still to make the Hall of Fame, be the NFL’s best linebacker despite devastating injury (www.cbssports.com) “Ryan Shazier hasn’t played in an NFL game since he suffered a spinal injury in the final month of the 2017 regular season. And he’ll spend the entire 2019 season on the Steelers’ physically unable to perform (PUP) list, which means the earliest he could return to the field is 2020.”
- Julian Edelman unsure about Josh Gordon’s future (NFL.com) “Gordon and quarterback Tom Brady worked out together last week, according to Brady’s Instagram. But the wideout remains indefinitely suspended for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy in December.”
- Sources: Chiefs hopeful for NFL ruling on Tyreek Hill before start of training camp (yahoo sports) “Following the NFL’s eight-hour interview with Hill on Wednesday in Kansas City, sources tell Yahoo Sports the Chiefs are hopeful a ruling on the matter will come before the start of training camp, and if that comes to fruition, expect him to be in attendance for the start of camp on July 26 in St. Joseph, Missouri.”