When the Los Angeles Rams made their biggest move of the offseason by acquiring Myles Garrett, it also meant trading away one of their brightest young stars in Jared Verse.
Death, taxes, and a new Browns coach getting embarrassed in his first game. From offense to defense, the Browns laid an egg to kick off the 2026 season.
Jared Verse’s start with the Cleveland Browns couldn’t have gone any worse after their 34-10 blowout loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon.
Jared Verse has yet to play a regular-season snap for the Cleveland Browns, but he has already made his message clear for the season. Ahead of Cleveland’s Week 1 matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Verse already is giving out warnings, and it starts with Trevor Lawrence.
How many of the NFL quarterbacks to rack up at least 4,000-passing-yards and toss at least 30 touchdowns in the same season can you name in six minutes?
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars know that any given Sunday isn't just a saying in the NFL. They aren't going to overlook any team, starting with the Cleveland Browns in Week 1.
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 Cleveland Browns are on the road against the Jacksonville Jaguars to start the season. Jared Verse’s comment just added a new layer to the Week 1 matchup.
It’s difficult to replace a legend, and that’s exactly what new Cleveland Browns defensive end Jared Verse is being tasked to do. He was traded to the Browns in the offseason for future Hall of Famer Myles Garrett, who is coming off a season with an NFL-record 23 sacks in 2025.
While the Cleveland Browns traded away their star pass rusher, Myles Garrett, this offseason, they have done a good enough job of building their edge room back out so that there won’t be a complete drop-off from that spot.
Jared Verse was born in Dayton, Ohio, and on June 1, the Browns brought him home as the return piece in one of the biggest defensive trades in NFL history.
Cleveland Browns defensive end Jared Verse offered a subtle clue Thursday about the team’s ongoing quarterback competition, though he stopped short of naming his preference.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
Jared Verse is doing a great job of saying the right things about his new team. Even Cleveland’s gloomier weather is getting praised by the new Browns star defensive end.
NFL teams rarely admit an offseason move was a mistake until the evidence becomes impossible to ignore.
The Rams made Verse the 19th overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, and he later earned Defensive Rookie of the Year Award honors.
As of July 21, veteran Deshaun Watson and second-year pro Shedeur Sanders are on track to resume competing for the Cleveland Browns' starting quarterback job after veteran Browns players report for training camp on July 28.
Verse was part of the package that the Rams sent to the Browns in return for superstar pass-rusher Garrett in early June.
Verse is now a Browns player via the June trade that resulted in the Rams acquiring two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett.
It isn’t easy being the son of an NFL legend, and Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders has had to learn that the hard way.
Cleveland sports radio host Anthony Lima of 92.3 The Fan told his audience that projecting Myles Garrett-level expectations onto new Browns defensive end Jared Verse is both unfair to the player and a setup for permanent disappointment.
How has the team reacted to the trade of Garrett?
According to Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, it sounds like some in the locker room weren't necessarily bummed to learn that Garrett wouldn't be staying with the AFC North club through the summer months.
How many of the 47 rookies to make the NFL Pro Bowl since the 2014 season can you name in five minutes?
Jared Verse almost feels like the forgotten man in the trade that sent superstar pass-rusher Myles Garrett from the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams.
After months of denying any interest in trading their most prized asset, the Cleveland Browns decided to pull the trigger on a Myles Garrett trade after all.
Verse sent a new warning to the NFL regarding the 2026 season.
The Los Angeles Rams improved to 8-2 on the season and took sole position of first place in the NFC West via a 21-19 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
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