Story byMatt SullivanWed, December 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM UTC·2 min readIs Andrew Berry's job safe? Update on Browns' GM's status for 2026 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Cleveland Browns are in the middle of a rough 4-12 season, and overall, things have gone very poorly this season. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut, if there was one bright spot, other than Myles Garrett chasing the NFL sack record, it would be the production from the 2025 rookie class. In the wake of such a strong rookie class and the uncertainty around Andrew Berry's job status as GM going forward, NFL insider Jeremy Fowler of ESPN revealed a key update for Berry heading into 2026. Andrew Berry gets Browns GM status update for 2026"Browns general manager Andrew Berry has been operating like someone who will be back," Fowler writes, "and that's my sense of what will happen."Thanks to an incredibly successful 2025 NFL Draft, Berry looks to have his job secure for the 2026 season, and potentially beyond. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhile there was a lot of drama surrounding the quarterback selections of Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, the rest of the 2025 draft class for Cleveland was a stellar one. Their first pick was Mason Graham, but he was acquired after a trade-down with the Jacksonville Jaguars that netted the Browns an extra second-rounder in 2025 and a first-rounder in 2026. More: Deion Sanders' reaction to Shedeur's terrible interception tells the whole storyGraham started slow, but now that he's turned things around, the Browns made out like bandits in that trade with the Jaguars.