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Good morning, Cleveland Browns fans!
Off-Season Training Activities (OTA), such as those the Browns are starting today, are likely doomed. The NFLPA doesn't like them and may use them as a bargaining chip as the NFL looks at adding an 18th game. How many more years we'll get some actual information from NFL teams during the various weeks in the Summer is up for debate.
But while they're here, the OBR will be there, and today Fred Greetham will get a chance to observe the largely padless "action". His report will be available this afternoon, and we'll discuss what he saw on tonight's OBR Weekly.
While we wait for those to start, we can at least take the opportunity to revel in the noise coming out of Pittsburgh, where local icon Terry Bradshaw is voicing his displeasure with the likely arrival of Aaron Rodgers:
"That's a joke. That to me is just a joke. What are you gonna do? Bring him in for one year, are you kidding me? That guy needs to stay in California. Go somewhere and chew on bark and whisper to the gods out there."
Moreover, Bradshaw is a fan of Kenny Pickett, telling a local radio station that Pickett was done bad by the Steelers, via CBS Sports:
"I liked Kenny Pickett. I liked him at Pitt. I know him, I know what he's like. When they got him to Pittsburgh, they didn't protect him, they didn't get him an offensive line. They wanted to run the football, but they didn't have an offensive line that could protect, and they didn't have weapons. He had no wide receivers to speak of.
"Then they throw a kid in there for two years, and you've got an offense that doesn't fit and doesn't work, and they can't run because their offensive line's not even good enough for a run-blocking team. Now, they're saying Kenny Pickett is a failure. He wasn't a failure, the Steelers were a failure."
Browns fans, please take a moment to absorb all this. We've got Pittsburgh's local legend mocking the team's new quarterback while praising the QB that wound up in Cleveland. All while prognostications are grim for the hanky-waving fans of the franchise. Welcome to the club, Yinzers.
It's a beautiful moment. Don't let it pass by.
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron's golf game improves after a heaping bowl of bark. (Photo: USA TODAY Sports)
MASON GRAHAM MAKES BANK: Who says going to expensive colleges is now a bad investment? Certainly not Mason Graham, who will be raking in a fully guaranteed $40,874,191 based on his efforts at the University of Michigan. And he didn't even have to pay tuition.
The news broke yesterday morning, and we were on it alongside everyone else in the Cleveland market, such as Cleveland 19, Chronicle-Telegram, Beacon-Journal, and even the team later in the afternoon. A couple of sites put the news behind a paywall, which I don't get, since it's freely available everywhere.
THE DAILY SHEDEUR: The amount of attention being placed on a player who isn't even perceived to be in the lead in the quarterback battle heading into OTAs continues to amaze. Now, we have the Browns QB battle featuring Sanders labeled as the "most interesting storyline of the Summer". Oh, and Coach Prime weighed in on yesterday's Rolls-Royce fracas with one word: "Lies".
QUINSHON CONTINUES TO GET ATTENTION: The ripple effects of Quinshon's interview with Sports Illustrated continued yesterday, as the Browns offered up some video of Judkins running drills in OTA. It makes me tired just watching it:
pov: you're running RB drills with Q ?@quinshon_ | #DawgPound pic.twitter.com/diMWCPJpeM
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) May 27, 2025
NATIONAL LISTICLES OF THE DAY: You love listicles from national NFL desks as they absorb the information coming from people like Fred, who are actually standing on sidelines? Well, we've got an excellent bullet point list for you today!
Have a good one! GO BROWNS!
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