Orange and Brown Talk: Cleveland Browns Podcast

Josh Gordon announced on Twitter on Monday that he will not be present for the beginning of Browns training camp as he focuses on his treatment plan. It's not the first time the Browns have had to deal with the absence of Gordon. What do we know about the situation? What does it mean for the Browns on field? What's next for Gordon and the Browns? Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe discussed the situatio...

The Browns open training camp next Thursday. That means it's time to talk all about the position battles and the state of the roster. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe went on the clock to break down the Browns' roster position-by-position. We started at the back end of the defense with the safeties and moved our way to the other side of the ball, wrapping up with quarterbacks and spending five minutes...

Episode Notes Cleveland.com's Mary Kay Cabot takes her best guess at some over-unders with substitute host David Campbell as training camp approaches. She also answers some of your questions from her Hey, Mary Kay! mailbag, and talks about why 2018 could be a tough season for NFL referees. The over-under topics include: 2: How many different players will start at left tackle for the Browns this se...

Browns training camp is still a few weeks away, so Mary Kay Cabot and I have some time to ponder some reader questions. On this week's Orange and Brown Talk, we picked ten of our favorites submitted to us this week and had at them. They include: Is Tyrod Taylor poised for a career year? What other players could have breakout seasons? Who is the frontrunner to start at cornerback opposite Denzel Wa...

The Browns are less than a month away from the opening of training camp. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe continue their airport series of podcasts as Mary Kay is off to another far-off(ish) destination. We asked and answered four different Browns questions in today's episode, including: Who is the most important offseason acquisition? (2:25)Who is the most important draft pick for the 2018 season? (9...

Dan Labbe and Mary Kay Cabot are back this week with a new podcast. Dan is fresh off a series of training camp observations in wich one innocous line about Baker Mayfield not being ready to compete for the starting quarterback job made national headlines. You can read the full story here. Mary Kay and Dan talked about how something like that happens and about the context of the observation. Then w...

Tyrod Taylor is the Browns starting quarterback, and that's probably the best news coming out of the offseason program. Nothing against Baker Mayfield, of course, it's just that starting the guy who has played and won in the NFL is sure to have a positive domino effect on the Browns. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked all about the impact Taylor starting will have on the entire offense as our big...

The Browns wrapped up OTAs this week. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe were at the final open practice on Tuesday. The highlight was Baker Mayfield moving up to the second team, which we discussed off the top of today's podcast. Then we talked about Denzel Ward's move to the first team defense. Dan posted a Q&A with wide receiver Jarvis Landry at cleveland.com/browns. You can hear that full interview...

The Browns have made big investments on the offensive side of the football this offseason, bringing in a new quarterback, a new wide receiver, new running backs -- it's an exciting thing for Browns fans. So, will the offense actually be able to score points? Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talk about that off the top of this week's podcast. Other topics we covered include: 12:50: Our three quick hit...

The Browns held their first open practice of OTAs on Wednesday. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe were there, of course, so that's what we talked about on the latest of edition of our Browns podcast. Topics include: Thoughts on Baker Mayfield and Tyrod Taylor. Players we are most interested in watching the rest of the spring. Duke Johnson's contract situation. Johnny Manziel's advice for Baker Mayfield...

The Browns will go under the 'Hard Knocks' microscope this training camp. NFL Films and HBO will feature them in their weekly series that follows an NFL team through training camp. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked all about that. We addressed three questions: How will it impact the quarterback situation? Will this change the way Hue Jackson is viewed by fans? Who will turn into the star of the...

The Browns drafted a quarterback No. 1 overall and now it's time to talk about the plan they have in place for Baker Mayfield. Head coach Hue Jackson has said repeatedly that Tyrod Taylor is the starter and there's no reason to not believe him at this point. Except Mayfield isn't going to just sit back and let it happen. No. 1 picks in the NFL usually play early, so Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe di...

The Browns wrapped up the NFL Draft on Saturday. They added nine players in total over the course of the three days including, most notably, quarterback Baker Mayfield and cornerback Denzel Ward on Thursday. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe went on the clock to discuss the players the Browns drafted on Saturday following the completion of Day 3. We divided up the days like this: 10 minutes on the Day...

Browns GM John Dorsey made his first draft picks as GM of the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night. Those picks were quarterback Baker Mayfield at No. 1 and cornerback Denzel Ward at No. 4. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe looked back on the first round of the draft early Friday morning. We talked about Mayfield, how long he can stay the backup and what to expect from him. We also talked about Ward and...

All the talk is about to be over. All the speculation is about to end. The Browns go on the clock at 8 p.m. on Thursday night -- at least officially -- and we'll finally start getting answers to our predraft questions. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe are here to get you ready for the opening round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night. We spent plenty of time talking about the quarterbacks the Browns co...

The draft is two weeks away which means we are finally in the homestretch. Which quarterback will the Browns take at No. 1 overall? What will they do with the No. 4 pick? Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked about all that and more in this podcast. Other topics include: Jarvis Landry's contract extension. Will the Browns take Josh Allen at No. 1 overall? Does it mean anything that the key players a...

Quarterback Sam Darnold participated in USC's pro day on Wednesday and impressed with his ability to throw on the move and his accuracy in the rain. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked about that and talked about Josh Allen's upcoming pro day in this edition of Orange and Brown Talk. We also talked about whether pro days matter and the other two quarterbacks, Baker Mayfield and Josh Rosen, who cou...

Joe Thomas announced his retirement on Wednesday, and that was just one of the big stories for the Browns on the day that the new league year began. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talk about Joe's legacy, our memories of him and where he ranks among the all-time greats in team history on this edition of Orange and Brown Talk. Then we get into free agency, what the Browns added, what John Dorsey's go...

The Cleveland Browns made a series of trades on Friday night, giving up multiple draft picks to acquire quarterback Tyrod Taylor, wide receiver Jarvis Landry and cornerback Damarious Randall. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked about the trades on Friday night in a special edition of Orange and Brown Talk. We discussed: What it means to add Taylor. The future for DeShone Kizer in Green Bay. The ad...

The NFL Scouting Combine wrapped up in Indianapolis on Monday. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe were both there and we'll have plenty to talk about from that. Until then, we caught up with Joel Corry of CBS Sports, a former agent and cap expert. We discussed what it might take for a team to land Kirk Cousins, the value of the running back position both now and in the future and, of course, plenty of B...

The NFL Scouting Combine is underway in Indianapolis. That means that draft season is officially underway. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked all things combine on Wednesday evening. Hue Jackson spoke on Wednesday morning, so we got into what he had to say about the quarterbacks and what he's looking for. We also talked about whether this regime can come to an agreement on one quarterback and som...

We are getting closer to knowing whether Bengals backup quarterback AJ McCarron will be an unrestricted free agent and, regardless of the decision reached, he will likely be an option for the Browns in their pursuit of a veteran quarterback. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked about McCarron and more in our latest podcast. We also talked about the draft quarterbacks, other veteran options for the...

The NFL season officially came to an end on Sunday when the Eagles beat the Patriots to win the Super Bowl. That means the Browns are on the clock and we turn our attention -- or continue turning our attention -- to the NFL Draft. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked all things Browns. Among the topics we disucssed: The draft quarterbacks and who is the favorite right now. Baker Mayfield and what h...

Mary Kay Cabot is in Minneapolis for Super Bowl week and she checked in with Dan Labbe via Facebook Live on cleveland.com's Facebook page. You can hear the audio from that appearance in this podcast. Mary Kay and Dan talked about the Browns' quarterback future, including whether they will pursue Kirk Cousins, who else might fit as a bridge quarterback if they go that route and taking a quarterback...

Cleveland.com's Mary Kay Cabot is at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama this week. She took a few minutes Wednesday morning to check in with Dan Labbe and talk all things Browns and Senior Bowl. We talked about her early impressions of the top two quarterbacks there, Wyoming's Josh Allen and Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield. We also talked about the Browns' hiring Todd Haley as their offensive coordinato...