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- (Makes you wonder what is in store for Cleveland fans when the domed stadium opens in Brook Park in a few years.)AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWild card weekend continues with three games on Sunday and one on Monday night, and the outcome of a few of these games may open up some unexpected candidates for the Browns to consider in their head coach search. We are getting ahead of ourselves, so for now, let’s start the weekend with the latest news about the Browns and the NFL in today’s edition of the Saturday Dawg Chow. Dawgs By Nature:NFL head coach vacancies: Browns could get more competition after Wild Card games (Jared Mueller) – The number of NFL head coaching vacancies could grow after the playoffs start, making things interesting for the BrownsBrowns request head coaching interview with talented AFC West DC (Matthew Wilson) – Cleveland has requested to interview Los Angeles Chargers DC Jesse Minter for their vacant head coach position. Browns 2026 NFL draft: Huge QB Trinidad Chambliss update (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns 2026 NFL Draft options at QB may have just increased to include Mississippi’s Trinidad Chambliss after an NCAA ruling on his college eligibility. Browns NFL draft: College playoff game priority watching for Cleveland fans (Barry Shuck) – 2026 NFL Draft could be led by Fernando Mendoza, Dante Moore, who played against each other in Friday’s College Football Playoffs. Browns head coaching search: Is Mike McDaniel Cleveland’s savior?
- (Matthew Wilson) – Mike McDaniel could immediately repair Cleveland’s biggest problem. Browns head coaching search: A Retread, a hot name, and a wild card option (Curtiss Brown) – The Cleveland Browns head coaching search could end up with Brian Flores, Robert Saleh, or a surprise candidate. Cleveland Browns:Kevin Stefanski couldn’t make an unworkable situation work in Cleveland (The Ringer) – On Monday morning, the Cleveland Browns fired head coach Kevin Stefanski after a six-year tenure that included two Coach of the Year wins and Cleveland’s first playoff win in more than 25 years.
- But, as is often true of the Browns, quarterback turmoil—especially since they traded away Baker Mayfield, the player Stefanski had the majority of his success with—hangs over the team and Jimmy Haslam’s decision. Kevin Stefanski says farewell to Browns fans in a full-page letter to the Dawg Pound (cleveland. com) – Kevin Stefanski, fired by the Browns on Monday, took out a full-page ad in The Plain Dealer on Friday to say farewell to Browns fans. How Browns navigate ‘next 120 days’ that are ‘crucial’ to ‘winning’?
- (Beacon Journal) – The stakes for the first part of the offseason have been set by Browns owner Jimm.
