Cleveland Browns news (5/6): What do you want to read about?

Rookie Minicamp is Coming!

The Browns will welcome the rookies to Berea this week for Rookie Minicamp, which runs from May 8 to May 10. We will have plenty of news about what goes on over those three days, but until then, here are some stories to help you get acquainted with the new guys, courtesy of our own Barry Shuck.

• Browns QB Taylen Green: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft
• Browns TE Joe Royer: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft
• Browns CB Nate Davis: Everything you need to know from childhood to UDFA
• Browns LB Justin Jefferson: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft
• Browns 2026 NFL draft: OT Austin Barber interview with DBN
• Browns C Parker Brailsford: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft
• Browns OT Austin Barber: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft
• Browns S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft
• Browns WR Denzel Boston: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft
• Browns WR KC Concepcion: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft
• Browns OT Spencer Fano: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft

The Feed

In these troubled and divisive times, this is one thing that all Browns fans can get behind!

Cleveland Browns

• The Browns answered plenty of questions this offseason; here’s what’s left (cleveland.com) – The biggest question the Browns have left themselves post-draft is at quarterback. That’s why Deshaun Watson is suddenly the topic du jour, the early leader in the battle to start for new head coach Todd Monken.
• Carsen Ryan’s coach at BYU sees perfect opportunity with Browns (Beacon Journal) – Carsen Ryan wasn’t invited to the NFL combine. For a draft prospect, that can be a major hurdle to get over.
• Sound Smart: 5 Observations on the Biggest Post-Draft Storylines (Fox Sports) – Deshaun Watson is in pole position to start at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in 2026. And … my goodness, why and how Where is Shedeur Sanders?
• Browns put on notice over latest Deshaun Watson decision (heavy.com) – There is a growing belief that the Cleveland Browns cannot hold a clean quarterback competition due to their investment in Deshaun Watson. (*Editor’s note: This is what we are curious about – is this the type of story you want to read?*)
• Which Browns have been overlooked this offseason? Quinshon Judkins leads the list (The Athletic) – The Cleveland Browns’ 10-man draft class officially arrives Thursday afternoon for a weekend rookie minicamp. Two weeks from today, the quarterback competition and overall installation of new coach Todd Monken’s offense will proceed to the next step when Cleveland holds its first organized team activity practice.

NFL

• Falcons believe rookie WR Branch fits new scheme (ESPN) – Zachariah Branch spent the night of April 24 in a five-bedroom suite at the Crockfords Las Vegas, a luxe offshoot of the Resorts World hotel and casino right on the famous Strip.
• NY Giants news: DT D.J. Reader finally agrees to terms with New York (Big Blue View) – The Giants land the veteran nose tackle they needed.
• Ranking the top 15 NFL quarterbacks on rookie contracts in 2026 (NFL.com) – The title window. It’s open when a team has a franchise quarterback who’s demonstrated the ability to lead his squad to the promised land, and it’s wide open when that quarterback is on his rookie contract.