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Todd Monken held his first press conference of the 2026 offseason program yesterday and honestly? He said everything I needed to hear. Not in a hype, tell-me-what-I-want-to-hear kind of way. In a real, this-man-actually-gets-it kind of way. Two things stood out to me above everything else. Let me break them down. “A Team Nobody Wants to Play” When Monken was asked about the identity of this football team, he didn’t give a long drawn-out answer about systems and schemes. He sa

The QB Room All Showed Up — Including the One We Weren’t Sure About This was the headline coming into the day. We knew Shedeur Sanders was going to be there — he’s been in the building all offseason, Monken has praised his work ethic multiple times, and he clearly understands the assignment as a second-year player trying to lock down a starting job. We knew Deshaun Watson was going to be there too. Watson literally posted a TikTok of himself strapping on his Browns helmet be

Today is Day 1 of Cleveland Browns voluntary offseason workouts, and I’ll be honest with you — the word “voluntary” is doing a lot of heavy lifting right now. Because whether or not certain guys choose to walk through those doors in Berea today tells us more about this team’s 2026 season than anything that happens once the pads actually come on. Two names I’m watching more than anybody else: Myles Garrett (not a BIG DEAL) and Dillon Gabriel. Two completely different situatio

We just sat through Todd Monken's full 38-minute press conference from the NFL Owner Meetings live on the CrocPot Podcast. And I'm going to be straight with you — I came out of that more encouraged about this Cleveland Browns team than I've been in a long time. Not because Monken was flashy or made wild promises. But because everything he said made sense. And without him ever saying a name, he basically told us everything that was wrong before he got here. First thing I want