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is Week 3 of the NFL season! To help everyone pass the time, let’s open the weekend with the latest news and notes about the Cleveland Browns and the NFL in today’s edition of the Saturday Dawg Chow.
Dawgs By Nature:
- Browns: Key ST player suffers Friday practice injury (Thomas Moore) – Kicker Andre Szmyt will undergo an MRI after injuring his calf in practice on Friday.
- 5 quick hitters with Acme Packing Company: Are the Packers getting too cocky, too early, against the Browns’ defense? (Chris Pokorny) – We ask about the Green Bay Packers’ defense with Micah Parsons in it, WR Matthew Golden, a potential weakness area, and more.
- Browns rookie quietly emerging as elite force on offense in 2025 (Matthew Wilson) – Cleveland rookie tight end Harold Fannin Jr. has exploded onto the scene in 2025.
- Cleveland Browns fans have spoken: it’s time to kick Joe Flacco to the curb (Chris Pokorny) – Browns fans are already wanting to go to a backup after the team’s 0-2 start.
- Browns vs. Packers: Week 3 Need to Know (Thomas Moore) – Cleveland is back home to take on an undefeated Green Bay squad. Here is everything to know about the game.
- NFL Week 3: 3 things the Browns must do to beat the Packers (Barry Shuck) – The Cleveland Browns vs. the Green Bay Packers in Week 3 could be a Cleveland win if they do some things right.
- Who are the Browns’ Top 5 NFL Draft Picks of the 21st Century? (Abby Mueller) – Through all of the uncertainty with the Browns franchise, the NFL draft has some positive decisions to reflect on.
Cleveland Browns:
- Why Quinshon Judkins could be ‘game breaker’ for Browns’ offense (ESPN) – It might have been garbage time, but it was nonetheless a welcome sight for the Cleveland Browns and rookie running back Quinshon Judkins.
- In search of complementary football, special teams must clean up mistakes (Browns Zone) – While there isn’t an I in team, there is one in complimentary. But not complementary. The Browns are getting a lesson in teamwork, and homophones, this week as they try to rebound from an 0-2 start.
- Browns defense gears up for ‘old-school, full-time running back’ in Packers’ Josh Jacobs (Beacon Journal) – Browns defense gears up for ‘old-school, full-time running back’ in Packers’ Josh Jacobs.
- The Browns can’t get a turnover: What Jim Schwartz is saying (cleveland.com) – The Browns defense is off to as good a start as you could ask for this season with one glaring exception. The defense failed to force a turnover on Sunday for the fourth consecutive game dating back to last season and lost the turnover battle for the ninth straight time.
- 5 Questions With the Enemy: Week 3, Cleveland Browns (Acme Packing Company) – Thank you to Dawgs by Nature’s Chris Pokorny for stopping by and answering a few questions about the Cleveland Browns that I had before their matchup with the Green Bay Packers in Week 3.
NFL:
- The slow, boring erosion of the Kansas City Chiefs dynasty (The Ringer) – The Chiefs have fallen into an 0-2 hole, and worse, they’re no fun to watch. Is there a way out beyond asking more and more of Patrick Mahomes?
- 2025 NFL trade deadline: Candidates to move, teams to watch (ESPN) – We’re only two weeks into the 2025 NFL season and still more than six weeks away from the Nov. 4 trade deadline. But NFL seasons go by very quickly, and each week offers an array of new data points on which teams base their short- and long-term decisions.
- Wondering why that Nick Chubb TD in Monday’s Bucs game was so easy? (Tampa Bay Times) – No one is denying that Tampa Bay allowed the Houston Texans to score so the Bucs could get the ball back for a game-winning drive.
- Falcons cut K Younghoe Koo after seven years with team (NFL.com) – In the aftermath of Parker Romo’s perfect performance on Sunday night, it was all but a given that Younghoe Koo’s time in Atlanta had come to a close. That proved to be the case as the Falcons released Koo on Friday, five days after he was inactive and not in attendance for Atlanta’s 22-6 win over the host Minnesota Vikings.
