Tony Grossi
Tony Grossi covers the Cleveland Browns and NFL for 850 ESPN Cleveland and TheLandOnDemand.com. A 40-year veteran covering professional football in Cleveland, Tony is one of 50 members on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee. A graduate of Ohio University (BSJ, 1979), Grossi has accomplished much in his career, including covering more than 35 Super Bowls and NFL drafts, five NCAA basketball Final Fours, Major League Baseball All-Star Games and World Series, and the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.
The Browns are guaranteed a hot start to the 2026 season
Todd Monken is hoping for a sweltering summer for his first Browns training camp. He’ll need all the humidity Northeast Ohio can offer in August to prepare his team for the steam box that awaits them in the first two weeks of the regular season. In one of the more unusual starts to a Brown …
#HeyTony: Which Browns veterans could be in trouble of making the 53?
Hey Tony: Based on your crystal ball, draft picks, performance and change in schemes, are there any “surprise” vets that need an amazing offseason to keep a chance of making the final 53? I know it’s early and injuries can’t be predicted. — Bryan, Deerfield, IL Hey Bryan: The Browns drafted two wide receivers, three …
As another Browns schedule is revealed, I list my favorite NFL cities and stadiums to visit
Browns fans travel as well as any NFL fan base. I know, because I see and meet them in airports every season. Every year, Browns fans anxiously await the NFL schedule release, not so much to know which team is opening the home season, or when the Steelers and Ravens come to town, but to …
How ‘bout a Browns schedule mock draft?
My third annual Browns schedule mock draft is the schedule I want to see. It is not an attempt to predict the real thing that will be released Thursday night. That’s impossible to predict. Every time the newest Browns’ schedule is released, the first things I look for are a.) the season opener opponent, b.) …
Browns defensive rookies did not go unnoticed at minicamp
Leftover takeaways from Browns rookie minicamp … The only two defensive players among the Browns’ draft class of 10 share at least one characteristic. Toledo safety Emmanual McNeil-Warren (second round) and Alabama linebacker Justin Jefferson (fifth round) might get on the field at different points of their rookie seasons. But both impressed the Browns with …
Browns 6th-round rookie QB Taylen Green: ‘I don’t think there’s anybody like me’
Takeaways from Browns rookie minicamp Day 1 … The new quarterback in town was hard to miss. Taylen Green, the sixth-round pick from Arkansas, is an imposing 6-6, weighs 230 pounds, clocked a 4.36 40 at the NFL Combine, did a 43 ½ in. vertical leap, spins the ball effortlessly with a flick of the …
First look at heralded Browns rookie class takes place at minicamp this weekend
The Browns rookies are here! The Browns rookies are here! The highly-touted Browns draft class of 2026 receives uniforms and locker-room assignments and take the field for the first time in a three-day minicamp starting Friday. Ordinarily, this annual orientation is not a particularly significant event on the NFL calendar unless a franchise quarterback is …
Would the Browns be interested if Brendan Sorsby opts for the NFL supplemental draft?
There’s always another quarterback hope to tempt, tantalize, torture and polarize Browns fans. Now you might add Brendan Sorsby to the list. Sorsby, 22, is the talented, physical (6-3 and 235 pounds) and controversial Texas Tech quarterback contemplating an end run to the NFL via the seldom-used supplemental draft. In the event that happens sometime …
Browns GM Andrew Berry passes Jimmy Haslam’s ‘crucial’ 120 days with flying colors
Can the Browns turn around an 8-26 team in one offseason? On January 5, owner Jimmy Haslam said to get back to him in 120 days. The day Haslam fired head coach Kevin Stefanski and retained GM Andrew Berry, he outlined the immediate tasks at hand. “Let me just say this – the next 120 …
#HeyTony: Other than Spencer Fano, which rookie should have the biggest impact on the 2026 season?
Hey Tony: Besides Spencer Fano, which rookie will have the most impact in the 2026 season? — Chad, Erie, PA Hey Chad: The easy answer is one of the wide receivers, KC Concepcion or Denzel Boston. My below-radar answer is Parker Brailsford. Why a rookie center? If Brailsford nails down the starting center job, it …
A Browns depth chart reset as the spring season kicks into third gear
After adding 10 players in the draft and expecting to add another 10 or so undrafted free agents, the Browns’ roster is approximately 90 percent set for the 2026 season. Free agency continues through training camp, so there may be a veteran or two added, also. But we pretty much know the names that will …
Ceremonial shovels in the ground mean the Brook Park stadium project is really happening
Takeaways from the ground-breaking ceremony of new Huntington Bank Field in Brook Park … The formal ground-breaking ceremony brought out a who’s who of Northeast Ohio movers and shakers, politicians, NFL dignitaries, Browns current players and alums, and Browns Backers club members from outlying states and Canada, too. There was the Haslam family, of course; …
Why it’s no ‘breaking news’ that Deshaun Watson has a significant edge early in Browns QB competition
Thoughts on the Browns’ QB situation … 1. GM Andrew Berry has not been shy in admitting the Browns pivoted to a youth movement after what they viewed as their Super Bowl window closed. Essentially, it closed when Deshaun Watson suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in the second quarter of Game 7 against the Cincinnati …
Browns Considered No Tackles At No. 9 Other Than Spencer Fano
Takeaways from Browns GM Andrew Berry’s appearance on The Really Big Show on 850 ESPN Cleveland … As Andrew Berry basks in the glory of consensus A grades for his 2026 Browns’ draft, the GM shared a few more details on his strategy involving his first four picks. He said he had three players that …