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Cleveland Browns News and Rumors

A View on How the Browns Will Deal with the Salary Cap Issues in 2012

Matt Loede, brownsgab.com

Football Outsiders is out and doing Division by Division looks at the salary cap and how it affects each team around the league. To see about the entire AFC North – click HERE Here’s the Browns breakdown, and some of the background on how they think t…

Matt Loede, brownsgab.com

If the Browns are unable to secure a multi-year deal with D’Qwell Jackson, they will use the franchise tag on the middle linebacker, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports. Pectoral injuries limited Jackson to six games over the 2009 and 2…

cleveland.com, cleveland.com

"Giving up the 22nd is no big deal. I would not worry about that if Heckert, Holmgren and Childress decide HE IS WORTH it and go after him. As long as we make the commitment to upgrade the right side of the O-line and running game to support whomev…

Craig Lyndall, cleveland.com

Did you really think we'd run the quarterbacks right away? No way. We're saving that one. Plus, I thought it would be nice to end the week on a positive note.

ESPN.com

The Cleveland Browns have the fourth overall pick, but that won't be high enough to draft Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay said in a conference call Thursday. He believes the Browns must trade up to the No. 2 pick if…