Shedeur Sanders served as Deshaun Watson’s backup in the Cleveland Browns’ 2026 NFL season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Todd Monken was named the Browns’ head coach during the offseason, with the responsibility of helping revive the Browns after a disappointing 2025 campaign.
The Bucs are solid favorites, but Cleveland is making their chances of winning even more likely with a stubborn decision. The Cleveland Browns are a train wreck, and their track is leading straight to Raymond James Stadium on Sunday.
The 2026 season could not have started worse for the Cleveland Browns, as they traveled down to Florida to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars and left dejected.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports Browns RB Dylan Sampson is expected to miss significant time due to a knee injury suffered in Week 1 against the Jaguars. Fowler adds Sampson was spotted on crutches after the game.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The list of injuries after the opening week of football keeps growing. Possible contenders such as the Ravens and the Patriots all received bad news after Week 1.
Cleveland will go up against its own former No. 1 overall pick in Week 2 of the NFL season. You can bet Baker Mayfield has some extra motivation heading in to this game.
Watson completed 11-of-17 passes for 100 yards with an interception through the first three quarters of the blowout defeat against Jacksonville in Week 1.
Be it stars returning from late-season injuries to starter-level players who missed most or all of last season, the NFL features a host of rehab odysseys to follow as training camps near.
The hits keep on coming for the Cleveland Browns from their first game of the season against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Cleveland Browns dropped their 2026 season opener to the Jacksonville Jaguars 34-10, and the blowout loss came with a costly injury.
Bernie Kosar was the quarterback who dragged the Cleveland Browns back into relevance in the mid-1980s. From 1985 to 1989, he led Cleveland to five straight playoff appearances and three AFC Championship Games, turning the Browns into a legitimate contender again.
Browns running back Dylan Sampson suffered a knee injury in Cleveland’s Week 1 loss to the Jaguars that is expected to sideline him for a significant amount of time, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
Cleveland Browns fans got a rare moment of comic relief this week after a Week 1 performance that gave them plenty to be frustrated about. Former NFL defensive end Isaac Christopher Rochell, who briefly played for the Browns during the 2022 season, posted a tongue-in-cheek offer to un-retire and rejoin the team under new head coach Todd Monken.
The loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday proved to be extra costly for the Cleveland Browns. The Browns were blown out by the Jaguars, 34-10, at EverBank Stadium, spoiling the debut of coach Todd Monken.
Baker Mayfield lost three fumbles. Then he looked at the schedule. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell 33-27 in Cincinnati. He went 23-of-28 for 216 yards. Mayfield posted no picks.
Not a whole lot went right for the Cleveland Browns in a 34-10 loss in the 2026 National Football League regular season opener on the road against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but rookie wide receiver Denzel Boston had a performance he’ll always remember.
After a dismal 34-10 beating by the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Cleveland Browns will now have time to lick their wounds and reevaluate how they should go about the rest of the NFL season.
Deshaun Watson's season debut with the Cleveland Browns went about as well as most people would've thought. Naturally, his performance has led to no shortage of hot takes.