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On Sunday, a video emerged that purported to show Browns receiver Jerry Jeudy stating his preference at quarterback. Jeudy has responded to the viral clip.
First, it’s important to watch the video. There’s a skip. After the question appears on the screen regarding his choice at the position, the image jumps. After the edit, Jeudy flashes four fingers, which is being interpreted as Jeudy wanting Deshaun Watson to get the job over Shedeur Sanders.
Here’s what Jeudy had to say, on Twitter: “I don’t speak on decisions that aren’t mine to make. I support my teammates/Brothers, I do my job, and control what I can control. Let’s stop creating narrative that aren’t there for likes and clicks. I bet this won’t go viral because it’s too positive/real for y’all.”
Again, the video isn’t reliable. It skips before Jeudy holds up four fingers. He could have been answering any question. It’s impossible to conclude with any degree of certainty that he was answering the question of which quarterback he prefers.
And he’s right. It’s not his decision to make. Why would he state a preference before training camp even opens? Jeudy needs to be ready to work with, and get targeted by, whoever wins the job.
Browns running back Quinshon Judkins’ rookie season ended with an ugly injury in December, but it won’t affect him in training camp.
Judkins is full-go for camp, seven months after surgery to repair his fractured fibula and dislocated ankle, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.
That’s no surprise, as Judkins participated in the offseason program, but clearance for full contact practices was the last step.
The Browns took Judkins in the second round of last year’s draft, but he didn’t sign his rookie contract until September as he faced a misdemeanor battery charge that was eventually dismissed. After missing Week One, Judkins started Week Two and started every game until his injury ended his season in Week 16.
Judkins finished his rookie season with 230 carries for 827 yards and seven touchdowns, and he projects to be the Browns’ top running back this season.
The crowd that crows about college football chaos compelling Congressional intervention will love this one, even if it’s not much of a surprise.
Earlier this week, former Texas offensive lineman Cole Hutson secured a temporary restraining order allowing him to return to college football despite entering the draft, not being picked, participating in the Browns’ and Cowboys’ rookie minicamps, and not being signed by either team.
Via Pete Nakos of On3.com, a Texas judge granted the request for extra-extraordinary relief — one that often is presented and decided without the defendant having a chance to be heard. The next step will be a hearing on a motion for a preliminary injunction, which would extend the TRO through the resolution of the case.
It’s very hard to secure a TRO. Hutson’s success suggests that he’ll also get a preliminary injunction at the hearing set for August 3.
Hutson’s case follows a recent ruling by an Ohio judge granting a preliminary injunction to 24 athletes based on an age-based eligibility model for a fifth year. Hutson has played four years of college football, appearing in 48 games and making 23 starts.
While Hutson has yet to rejoin a college program, it appears that Texas would be willing to bring him back.
“If it ultimately all goes through, we’re getting a veteran player, right?” Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said, via Ralph D. Russo of The Athletic. “At the end of the day, there’s nothing like having an experienced player on your team, in your locker room, in the offensive line room. What does the future hold? I don’t know. I haven’t seen Cole. It’s been seven months since the last time we played. So there’s a lot that we have to kind of sort through and unpack. But if we’re fortunate enough to have him back, it’d be great.”
The naysayers will claim that the sky is falling, given that Hutson donned an NFL uniform. But he never signed an NFL contract. He was never paid to play pro football. In the recent past, basketball players who had been drafted by the NBA had been permitted to return to college.
It’s a narrow ruling, applying only to players who fit within the new NCAA eligibility rule. The new standard provides players with five years of eligibility “if they enroll in college no later than the academic year after their 19th birthday.”
Usually, news of a player’s home being put on the market is the spark for speculation that he may be looking for a new city in which to play. For former Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, the “For Sale” sign has come nearly two months after he was traded to the Rams.
Via Kalan Hooks of ESPN, Garrett’s home in Wadsworth, Ohio, is available for $2.1 million.
Sitting on two acres, the house has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and 4,300 square feet of living space. (There’s no mention of whether it comes with his quarterback graveyard.)
The house was built in 2018, a year after Garrett arrived in Ohio as the first overall pick in the draft.
To get a similar home in L.A., Garrett will probably need to move the decimal point one space to the right.
The Browns have made a roster move with training camp set to begin soon.
Cleveland announced defensive tackle Maliek Collins has been placed on the active/physically unable to perform list.
Collins suffered a season-ending quad injury in Week 13 of last season. He was placed on injured reserve in early December.
The Browns will be able to take Collins off of the PUP list whenever he is medically cleared if he’s healthy during training camp.
Collins signed a two-year deal with Cleveland during the 2025 offseason. In his first year with the club, the veteran defensive tackle tallied 6.5 sacks with seven tackles for loss and 13 quarterback hits in his 12 games.
The Panthers agreed to terms with outside linebacker Cam Gill earlier Thursday. They filled an open roster spot later in the day by signing free agent tight end Caden Prieskorn.
Prieskorn, 26, spent time with the Lions and Broncos during training camp in 2025. He was briefly on the practice squad of the Bucs and then the Browns.
Cleveland signed Prieskorn to a futures contract but cut him May 19.
He played college ball at Ole Miss and Memphis and was offensive MVP of the 2023 Peach Bowl after catching 10 passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns.
The Browns made a change to their cornerback group before training camp gets underway next week.
They announced the signing of Damarri Mathis to their active roster. They waived cornerback Dom Jones with a failed physical designation in a corresponding move.
Mathis was a Broncos fourth-round pick in 2021 and spent three years with the team before being claimed off of waivers by the Panthers last August. Mathis tore his ACL a short time later, however, and missed the entire season.
Mathis had 18 starts in his 43 appearances for the Broncos. He had 103 tackles, three tackles for loss and nine passes defensed in those games.
Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson are set to continue their competition to become Cleveland’s QB1 at training camp later this month.
But before that, the two recently were down in South Florida training with some of the club’s skill players to prepare.
At his youth football camp over the weekend, Sanders said that’s part of the attitude they want to put forth in the competition — they are willing to put everything aside to come together as a team.
“I would say it’s the same thing that we’ve been saying from Day 1,” Sanders said, via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. “We’re both trying to be the best version of ourselves we could be. So we’re not going to let anything get in between of that. So it’s a level of respect that we all in the quarterback room have for each other.
“And we’re not really emotional when it comes to things that we can’t control. We mainly focus on and thrive on getting better in the work every day. So if I like something he’s doing, I ask. If he likes something I do, then [he] asks. It’s conversation, and that’s what’s most effective.”
Cabot noted that Cleveland’s top receivers Jerry Jeudy, Isaiah Bond, Cedric Tillman, KC Concepcion, and Denzel Boston were among the attendees at the workouts in Miami.
“I think it was extremely important that us as a group, for whoever was available, was available to come down to Miami,” Sanders said. “And there were a couple other players that schedules didn’t align with it, but it’s all good for those that came and stuff. It was truly amazing. And we felt a different type of bond just outside of the facility, outside of these things.
“And we all vow to continue doing our part and keep it going while we’re here. Those relationships and how funny it is when you have a lot of dialogue and in different situations where a lot of your teammates is very fun and it’s exciting. You create these real memories, these real bonds, and it’s irreplaceable. So I’m truly thankful that it happened. I know everybody that came was excited and we had a great time.”
Browns rookies are set to report to training camp in Northeast Ohio on July 23, with veterans reporting on July 28.
Free agent center Ethan Pocic has agreed to a one-year deal with the Ravens, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
The Ravens lost three-time Pro Bowl center Tyler Linderbaum to the Raiders in free agency. Danny Pinter, Jovaughn Gwyn and Corey Bullock are the other centers on the roster, and they have combined for 10 career starts, all by Pinter.
Pocic, who turns 31 next month, spent the past four seasons in Cleveland. He was recently medically cleared after tearing his left Achilles in a Dec. 7 game against the Titans.
He is entering his 10th season since the Seahawks made him a second-round pick in 2017. Pocic spent five seasons in Seattle, appearing in 57 games with 40 starts.
He signed with the Browns as a free agent in 2022 and started 57 games for the club.
Jared Verse burst onto the scene as the Rams’ first-round draft pick in 2024, winning the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year award. But he still remembers one offensive lineman who showed him the hard way that there’s a difference between the NFL and college football.
That player was 49ers left tackle Trent Williams, who physically overpowered Verse in a way he had never felt before when they locked up in the first home game of Verse’s career.
“It was against Trent Williams at SoFi Stadium,” Verse said on NFL Network. “He didn’t throw me to the ground or nothing like that. We were running a stunt game so I was going into the B-gap. They were trying to get outside of us, like a wide play. He got to my outside shoulder, and usually if somebody gets on my outside shoulder I’m able to just throw him off, move him out of the way, drop him to the ground. You can’t do that with Trent. I tried to move his hands and it was like moving cinder blocks. I move his hands — chopping, doing all this stuff to get his hands off. I literally said, like, ‘Trent, get off of me.’ Trent’s got a deep voice. He literally just starts laughing and was like, ‘You so funny, Verse.’ We’re watching film the next day. My coach was like, ‘Jared, you’ve got to get off this block.’ I’m like, ‘Coach, I tried, I don’t even know what you want me to tell you. I tried my hardest.’”
Williams has given a lot of rookies a rude awakening during his 16-year NFL career. The good news for Verse is that, now that he’s on the Browns, he won’t be seeing Williams this season.
