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Getty Images Browns running back Nick Chubb, in his first game since Week Four, delivered the dagger for home team by not scoring a touchdown. When was the decision made that Chubb would pass on a clear and easy touchdown? “It was made in the huddle, and I got the call from Baker [Mayfield] to...

Getty Images Weather brought rain, hail, lightning and a delay to Sunday’s game in Cleveland. That was the highlight of the first half, which kicked off 37 minutes late. The Browns lead 3-0 at halftime. Cody Parkey kicked a 41-yard field goal after the Browns drove 52 yards in 12 plays on...

Getty Images The Sunday Splash! headline: Romeo Crennel may coach the Texans in 2021. The inevitable implication: Jack Easterby may have found yet another accountability loophole. Easterby serves as both executive V.P. of football operations and interim G.M. in Houston, despite a stunning...

Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. It’s an abbreviated set of early kickoffs on Sunday because CBS will be broadcasting the final round of The Masters before flipping to football in the...

Getty Images A severe thunderstorm has delayed the start of the game at Cleveland. The Browns issued a statement at the scheduled 1 p.m. start: “Due to severe weather, today’s game will be delayed at FirstEnergy Stadium.” Players returned to the locker room. High wind, hail, lightning and...

Getty Images Myles Garrett entered the day tied with Aaron Donald for the NFL sacks lead. Garrett now leads. The Browns pass rusher single-handedly blew up Houston’s first drive. He stopped Duke Johnson for a 1-yard loss on second-and-two, and then sacked Deshaun Watson on third-and-three...

Getty Images Texans interim head coach Romeo Crennel may get the “interim” label removed in 2021. Crennel is viewed within the organization as a “strong possibility” to be the permanent head coach next year, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Part of the issue is that the Texans aren’t...

Getty Images The Texans won’t have running back David Johnson for at least the next three weeks. They placed Johnson on injured reserve Saturday with a concussion. Johnson, their leading rusher, was injured in last week’s victory over Jacksonville. He has 119 touches for 569 yards and four...

Getty Images As Josh McCown officially joins his 13th professional team, the 41-year-old quarterback knows what he’d like to do when his NFL playing career ends. He’d like to coach pro football. “I believe so,” McCown told reporters on Friday when asked about a career in coaching, at the NFL...

Getty Images The Browns are getting running back Nick Chubb back in the lineup this week. The team activated him Saturday, and he will play Sunday. Cleveland also announced it elevated offensive guard Michael Dunn from the practice squad. Chubb ranked third in the NFL with 335 rushing yards...

Getty Images Week 10 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Colts and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images Texans cornerback Gareon Conley went on injured reserve in September after having ankle surgery in the offseason and it appears he will not be back with the team this year. Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that Conley has had complications in his recovery from that...

Getty Images Quarterback Josh McCown has now officially become a member of his 13th professional football team. On Thursday, the Texans moved McCown from the exempt list, after the mandatory COVID-19 testing and waiting period expired. Born on July 4, 1979, the 41-year-old Jacksonville, Texas...

USA TODAY Sports Former Texans P.R. director Amy Palcic has become over the past 24 hours one of the best-known figures in the NFL, sparked by the team’s abrupt, stunning, and arguably politically-motivated decision to fire her. On Thursday morning, she posted this message on Twitter: “On what...

Getty Images Browns running back Nick Chubb practiced without a full knee brace Thursday and appears ready to return Sunday, Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports. Head coach Kevin Stefanski isn’t ready to proclaim Chubb good to go just yet. “We’ll get to Friday and make a determination if...

Getty Images The firing of Texans P.R. director Amy Palcic continues to create P.R. problems for the team. Among other things, the team is fighting the perception that executive V.P. of football operations and interim G.M. Jack Easterby made the decision. Team president Jamey Rootes insists...

Getty Images It’s ironic, to say the least, that the Texans have taken a major P.R. hit from firing their P.R. director. The sudden and confusing decision to terminate the employment of V.P. of communications Amy Palcic, reportedly telling her she is no longer a “cultural fit,” has triggered...

Getty Images Texans receiver Kenny Stills, an NFL player who will always say and do what he believes regardless of the consequences, has made his views clear regarding the team’s decision to fire P.R. director Amy Palcic. Stills doesn’t like it. Although not available to reporters on...

Getty Images The Texans continue to make changes. Even if those changes continue to be curious. First came the abrupt and stunning firing of coach and General Manager Bill O’Brien after only four game into his dual role. Now comes, via Adam Schefter of ESPN, the abrupt and stunning firing of...

Getty Images While the Texans were generating strong reactions for their latest off-field move, head coach Romeo Crennel was dealing with briefing reporters about on-field matters. One of those matters is the status of running back David Johnson. He suffered a concussion early in last Sunday’s...