The
latest Cleveland Browns coverage from Dawgs By Nature, along with additional news from around the NFL in today’s edition of the Sunday Dawg Chow.
Dawgs By Nature:
- Browns finish preseason with 19-17 win over Rams, as Joe Flacco & Dillon Gabriel look good (Chris Pokorny) – The Cleveland Browns finished their preseason with a 19-17 win over the Los Angeles Rams. This was the Browns’ dress rehearsal for the regular season, with some starters playing for the first time, including quarterback Joe Flacco.
- Browns 53-man roster: Shedeur Sanders, UDFA announced as making team (Jared Mueller) – Adin Huntington impressed many during the Cleveland Browns preseason, leading many to assume he made the Browns initial 53-man roster.
- Latest Shedeur Sanders’ draft conspiracy is utterly daft (Thomas Moore) – Of all the conspiracy theories about Shedeur Sanders’ draft all, this one may be the easiest to debunk.
- Ethan Pocic leaves Rams game with leg injury (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns lost starting center Ethan Pocic to a leg injury early in Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams.
- League dabbling in making rules about micro things NFL teams do (Barry Shuck) – NFL making rules about smelling salts without the NFLPA being involved shows the league looking at the details.
- 3 takeaways from Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders preseason debuts (Curtiss Brown) – While the Cleveland Browns starting QB competition is over, the Shedeur Sanders vs. Dillon Gabriel debate rages.
- 3 observations when evaluating the Browns roster (Curtiss Brown) – Cleveland’s roster is not barren, but has some areas of concern.
Cleveland Browns:
- Browns can ‘be pretty creative’ with 4 quarterbacks, Andrew Berry says (Beacon Journal) – How will the Browns manage having four quarterbacks on the 53-player roster after the NFL’s roster cutdown deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 26?
- What did we learn about the Browns’ roster in Saturday’s preseason game against the Rams? (cleveland.com) – The Browns were working mostly against Rams third-stringers in their walk-off, 19-17 win on Saturday. The good news is the starting offense looked crisp and the starting defense was excellent. What does it ultimately mean? We’ll find out in a couple of Sundays when Cincinnati is in town and the real games start.
- Comparing Shedeur Sanders’ and Dillon Gabriel’s preseason stats (USA Today) – Is there a more fascinating quarterback battle in the NFL than the one going on right now for a backup spot in Cleveland?
- Cleveland Browns final 2025 53-man roster projection (ESPN) – The Cleveland Browns open the 2025 NFL regular season against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 7 at Huntington Bank Field. The roster will be cut to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Here is a projection for the Browns.
- Do the Browns have a quarterback who can take a punch? (Terry Pluto) – I’ll just say it, and I bet Kevin Stefanski has the same opinion. There is a comfortable feeling seeing Joe Flacco at quarterback for the Browns to open this season.
- Browns’ preseason finale sees Joe Flacco tune-up, Dillon Gabriel TD drive, Shedeur Sanders struggle (NFL.com) – Cleveland’s final opportunity to evaluate their quarterbacks prior to the regular season saw mixed results.
NFL:
- Despite few roster chages, Bengals ready to roll (ESPN) – A quick stroll around the Cincinnati Bengals’ locker room features a few familiarities. The two stations for table tennis, while used sparingly immediately after practice compared to previous years, are still in the middle of the room. Quarterback Joe Burrow still has the first locker near the hallway that leads past the equipment room and opens up to the rest of the room. And as far as who is in there, it’s many of the same faces, too.
- What’s the impact of an NFL holdout? History shows mixed on-field results (The Athletic) – Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb led the NFL in receptions in 2023 with 135. He was 50 yards and one touchdown shy of leading the league in receiving yards and touchdowns, too. The big year was great timing for Lamb, who was entering the final year of his rookie deal in 2024 and due a monster contract extension. Instead, Lamb’s contract situation set the table for a step back in 2024.
- Preseason rest versus rust debate will linger until we see these Steelers in the real world (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) – Jalen McMillan left his feet, skied for a pass, and was upended by Daryl Porter Jr., nearly completing a full backflip mid-air but instead falling hard on his neck. It was a living, breathing, somersaulting example on the grass at Acrisure Stadium in front of the Steelers, who had most of their prominent players watching from the comfort of sweatsuits. To play or not to play? Rest versus rust. The fine line between risk-averse and reasonable warmup reps.
