Orange and Brown Talk: Cleveland Browns Podcast

There's still plenty of smoke around the Browns and a potential Baker Mayfield trade with the Carolina Panthers. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko and Dan Labbe kicked off Thursday's podcast talking Mayfield and potential trade options. Would the Browns want Sam Darnold in return? How much money would they be willing to eat of Mayfield's contract? Could this play out into the season? Then they discuss what they saw and heard from the team's field trip to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, including what Joel Bitonio said about Mayfield and Myles Garrett skipping the team's tour of the museum. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns held their first practice of minicamp on Tuesday, but it was overshadowed by Deshaun Watson speaking to the media for the first time since his introductory press conference in March. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed what they heard from Watson's press conference and what stood out to them about what Watson had to say. Then they shift gears and talk about what they saw on the practice field on Tuesday morning. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns hold mandatory minicamp this week, still waiting on the league to hand down potential punishment for their starting quarterback, Deshaun Watson. If the league suspends Watson for the 2022 season, does it make the trade to acquire him a mistake? Or is their a bigger picture to consider in all of this? Mary Kay Cabot answers that question and more with Dan Labbe on Tuesday's Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. They also discuss if there's a way for the Browns and Baker Mayfield to mend fences if Watson is suspended, which second-year player could make the biggest impact and which rookie they're looking forward to watching most. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our weekend/Monday podcast brings our latest roundtable draft: Browns position rankings. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe start by talking about the Browns not wavering in their support of Deshuan Watson as their franchise quarterback. Then they draft Browns positions. Over the course of three rounds, they try to rank the best positions on the roster. Where does quarterback rank, especially if Watson is playing? What about the receivers? Where will the cornerbacks and edge rushers go? They draft all the positions. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns wrapped up the voluntary portion of the offseason program on Thursday, holding their tenth and final OTA practice. They will hold mandatory minicamp next week. Three of the ten practices were open to the media. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko and Dan Labbe got together on Thursday and offered up what stood out to them when they got to watch the team practice for the first time this season. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns held their final OTA practice open to the media on Wednesday, but everything felt overshadowed by the latest Deshaun Watson news, a story from The New York Times raising the number of massage therapists he used to 66 over 17 months. Later in the day, Tony Buzbee, the attorney for the plaintiffs suing Watson, added the Houston Texans as defendants in the suits along with Watson. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed the latest on Watson, including what was said following practice on Wednesday by Kevin Stefanski and John Johnson III. They also talked about whether we need to hear from Andrew Berry or even the Haslams. Then they do talk some football, including Baker Mayfield being excused from OTAs and Cade York kicking in front of us for the first time. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 24th lawsuit was filed against Deshaun Watson on Monday and on Tuesday, while we were recording, New York Times reporter Jenny Vrentas dropped a story reporting Watson received massages from 66 women over a 17-month span. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed the Watson situation in the second half of our Wednesday podcast, including whether Watson could get a full season suspension. In the first half of the podcast, we go over a few other Browns-adjacent headlines, including how we'll judge Kevin Stefanski in 2022 and whether the Browns should want to re-sign Odell Beckham Jr. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday brings another edition of Hey, Mary Kay! on the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. Mary Kay Cabot answers questions from our Football Insider subscribers. She addresses how the Browns offense looks different with Deshaun Watson at quarterback, the Browns receiving criticism for their decision to acquire Watson, how D'Ernest Johnson's deal impacts Kareem Hunt and more. She also gets into Romeo Crennel's retirement and his time as Browns coach and whether the Browns expect Baker Mayfield to show up at mandatory minicamp next week. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns roster appears mostly set as they head towards the end of their offseason program. Still, there are some areas that could use some tweaking. With that in mind, what position group would we steal from another AFC North team to put on the Browns roster? Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe answer that question and four others on our weekend edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. They also answer: Which Browns position group would other AFC North teams covet? If a Browns player won rookie of the year, who is most likely? Where do the Browns rank in the AFC North right now? What was Andrew Berry's most significant offseason move, outside of acquiring Deshaun Watson? Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns have paid much of their core at this point and while they've managed to lessen the cap hit in the near future, are there concerns down the road? It's one of the questions Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe answer on Friday's Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. They also discuss the cornerback situation and how it will look along with what an unleashed Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah could look like in 2022. Then they talk about Jacoby Brissett as well as how the Browns offense could look different this season. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns held their second OTA practice open to the media on Wednesday and their fifth overall. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe were there for practice and media availability after and offered their takeaways from the day on Thursday's Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. They start by discussion Deshaun Watson and the early impressions he's making on coaches and teammates. Then they get into the linebacker position and how it is shaking out with Jacob Phillips and Anthony Walker Jr. Then they get into Johnny Stanton IV's role and the evolving tight end position before talking about Myles Garrett taking the defense to Miami this week. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's practically June (or maybe it is June by the time you hear this) and Baker Mayfield is still a Cleveland Brown. They have been unable to find a trade partner or an agreement that fits and so the journey continues. Mary Kay Cabot answers questions from our Football Insider subscribers about Mayfield and how much longer this could play out. She also discusses Jacoby Brissett and what the Browns could accomplish with him starting and a potential length for a Deshaun Watson suspension. Then she answers questions about Amari Cooper, the No. 2 receiver and more. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a long weekend, so Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe decided to throw open the floor to our Football Insider text subscribers to ask us anything. They came through in a big way. We spend our podcast talking about our favorite movies and TV shows, the team and era we would love to cover for one season, dogs or cats and Mary Kay does some storytime involving cat acupuncture and Jared Leto. (They're separate stories.) We'll be back on our normal schedule with a new Hey, Mary Kay! podcast dropping during the day on Tuesday and an OTA practice recap later on Wednesday. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns agreed with tight end David Njoku on a 4-year contract extension worth up to $56.75 million on Friday. It makes Njoku one of the highest-paid tight ends in football. Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe got together on Friday night on Zoom to react to Njoku's new contract. Is this a case of the Browns betting on upside? Will their gamble pay off or will they regret the decision? What does Njoku need to do to justify his new deal? They get into all of that and more on our emergency podcast. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns began OTAs this week at the team's practice facility in Berea. Attendance was strong this week as they begin to build their offense around new quarterback Deshaun Watson and build on the defense's strong finish a year ago. Wednesday marked the first of three practices open to the media, meaning we got to see the entire practice and hear from players and head coach Kevin Stefanski after practice. On Friday's Orange and Brown Talk Podcast, Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed what they took away from the practice, from Watson's performance to who lined up where on the depth chart. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Thursday episode, the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast and the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast come together. Mary Kay Cabot talks about the football side of things and Paul Hoynes talks about the baseball side of things with Doug Lesmerises as they look at the investigations into, and suspension decisions around, Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson and former Guardians pitcher Trevor Bauer, who is now on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Both face multiple sexual misconduct allegations with no criminal charges. Watson's investigation by the NFL is drawing to a close and a suspension could come soon. Bauer has been suspended for two years by Major League Baseball and is in the midst of appealing. How are the league's processes similar and different? Are the structures in place sensible? And does the decision on Bauer tell us anything about what might happen with Watson? Thanks for listening to this combo episode from cleveland.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday night brought more news around the allegations against Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. Two of his accusers spoke to Soledad O'Brien on HBO's 'Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.' Following the interviews, Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe discussed what they heard and what might be next. In Part 2 of the podcast, Scott Patsko and Ashley Bastock join Dan to look ahead to OTAs and what they're watching as the Browns' spring program hits its stride. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns are re-signing Jadeveon Clowney to a one-year deal over the weekend. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe start off their discussion on Tuesday's podcast with Clowney and the Browns defense running it back. Then they discuss Mary Kay's interview with Deshaun Watson's attorney, Rusty Hardin, and what the Browns signed up for in acquiring Watson. In the second half of the podcast, they spend time on Watson taking the offense to the Bahamas and the latest on still-Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All week we've gone through Andrew Berry's three draft classes as Browns GM and projected roles for all of the players for the 2022 season. To wrap up the series, we're doing a roundtable draft of Berry's picks since his time as Browns GM. Mary Kay Cabot, Doug Lesmerises, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe rank the players Berry has drafted -- including projecting to what we expect them to do in the 2022 season -- by drafting them over the course of four rounds. Who is the best player he has drafted? Who falls down the board? Who don't we draft? We discuss it all on the roundtable. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Sound effects: Buzzer sound effect by eritnhut1992 on Pixabay. Ding sound effect by Pixabay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've spent time talking about the 2020 and 2021 draft classes and our expectations for what they can contribute in 2022 in recent episodes. What about GM Andrew Berry's most recent draft class? This week, we're taking a look at all three of his classes and reasonable expectations for each player in them this season. We continue with the 2022 class. Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discuss each player in the class and what we expect them to contribute in 2022. How doe we factor in Deshaun Watson and Amari Cooper in this class? Will Perrion Winfrey start right away? What about the Day 3 pics after Cade York? Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've spent time talking about the 2022 draft class and our expectations for what they can contribute in 2022. What about GM Andrew Berry's other two draft classes? This week, we're taking a look at those classes and reasonable expectations for each player in them. We continue with the 2021 class. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discuss each player in the class and what we expect them to contribute in 2022. We also frame where we stand with each player after their first two years in the league. What's next for Greg Newsome II and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah? What does a successful season look like for Anthony Schwartz? Where does Demetric Felton fit longterm? Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've spent time talking about the 2022 draft class and our expectations for what they can contribute in 2022. What about GM Andrew Berry's other two draft classes? This week, we're taking a look at those classes and reasonable expectations for each player in them. We start with the 2020 class. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko and Dan Labbe discuss each player in the class and what we expect them to contribute in 2022. We also frame where we stand with each player after their first two years in the league. Will Jedrick Wills Jr. play well enough for the Browns to exercise his fifth-year option? Will Grant Delpit establish himself as one of the starting safeties long term? What if Nick Harris isn't the starting center? We talk about all seven players Berry drafted in 2020. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deshaun Watson is meeting with NFL officials this week regarding the investigation into the allegations against him. This weekend, he'll be taking his offensive teammates to the Bahamas to get some work in -- and build some team chemistry. Our Football Insider subscribers had questions about that and more for Mary Kay Cabot in the Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the podcast. They also had questions about playing multiple running backs more and what some of the recent former Browns signings elsewhere say about Andrew Berry and the decisions he has made. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jarvis Landry era is over in Cleveland as the veteran wide receiver signed a 1-year deal with his hometown New Orleans Saints. To start off the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast, Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe look back at Landry's time in Cleveland and what he meant to the organization. Then they get into what they saw and heard at rookie minicamp on Friday. They discuss Jerome Ford, Cade York, Martin Emerson and Perrion Winfrey as well as some other players. They even spend time figuring out where exactly the "Phil Dawson flag" is located at FirstEnergy Stadium -- if it's even still there. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns 2022 schedule was released on Thursday night along with the scheduled for the rest of the NFL. After the schedule was released, Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe got together to break it down the best way they know how: via a draft. First, they discussed their initial impressions, including the first four games and if there's anything to take away regarding a potential Deshaun Watson suspension. They also discuss why the Browns got so few prime time games. Then they draft all 17 games based off what they feel are the best or most interesting. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NFL is releasing the 2022 schedule on Thursday night and Browns fans will finally know when their team is playing its games during the highly-anticipated season. Even before the schedule comes out, there are plent of storylines to keep tabs on regarding the Browns, many of them pertaining to new quarterback Deshaun Watson. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe went through the storylines they'll follow this season and what they're looking froward to seeing when the Browns do finally take the field in 2022. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NFL will release its schedule on Thursday night at 8 p.m. It’s one of those days on the NFL calendar that the league manages to make a big deal out of and we eat it all up. Mary Kay Cabot, Doug Lesmerises and Dan Labbe got together and tried to predict the Browns’ 2022 schedule fantasy-draft style. They pick all 17 games -- and even toss in the bye week -- with Dan picking first, Mary Kay picking second and Doug picking third. They lay out all 18 weeks and we’ll see how we did when the schedule comes out later this week. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NFL schedule is coming out this week and some of our Football Insider subscribers were wondering if there might be anything to read into the layout of the schedule as far as a potential Deshaun Watson suspension is concerned. Mary Kay Cabot answered that question and more in the Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. She also discusses Jarvis Landry and whether him not returning is more about the Browns or Landry, what positions the Browns are best at drafting and, in light of the upset at the Kentucky Derby this weekend, if there is a particular Browns win that she found shocking. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a first on Buckeye Talk and the Orange and Brown Talk podcasts as the two shows merge into one on this Friday, with the Ohio State podcast and Cleveland Browns podcast from cleveland.com coming together for a common cause: Drafting the best former Ohio State players currently in the NFL. To do that, Stephen Means of Buckeye Talk and Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe of Orange and Brown Talk joined Doug Lesmerises of both pods to go over the roughly 70 Buckeyes on NFL rosters right now. That includes veterans like Cameron Heyward and Johnathan Hankins, rookies like Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson, defenders like Denzel Ward and the Bosa brothers, and offensive stars like Terry McLaurin and Ezekiel Elliott. Eight rounds, four drafters, 32 Ohio State players picked. Who went first? Who didn't get picked? Who won the various debates about players on the same teams or with similar resumes? Thanks for joining us for this special episode, which is appearing in both podcast feeds. Whether you are a fan of the Buckeyes, the Browns, or both, thanks for listening. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going back to school on Thursday's Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe are answering true or false and fill-in-the-blank questions from our Football Insider subscribers. Will Baker Mayfield play at all in 2022? When and where will Jadeveon Clowney sign? Who's the player the Browns could regret passing on drafting by trading out of the No. 44 overall pick? We answer those questions and more on today's podcast. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're still talking draft on Wednesday's Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. Today, Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko and Dan Labbe answer six Browns questions about their draft picks and more. Which pick will make the biggest impact in 2022? Which player will define this draft? The Donovan Peoples-Jones of this draft will be ___. Rank the most likely of these three to be on the roster Week 1: Demetric Felton, Kareem Hunt, D’Ernest Johnson Where will David Bell rank among Browns receivers in yardage in 2022? Who will have more sacks this year: Perrion Winfrey or Alex Wright? Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The draft is over and our Football Insider subscribers have questions about the post-draft roster and more on today's Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. Mary Kay Cabot answers questions about the thinnest part of the roster after the draft, the most underrated pick and more. Then she discusses the outlook in the AFC North and where the Browns fit. Then, Mary Kay and Dan answer a question about whether the NFL will feel more pressure regarding Deshaun Watson after Major League Baseball suspended Trevor Bauer for two years. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns completed their third draft with Andrew Berry as GM this weekend. It was a very different draft after giving up this year's first-round pick and the next two as part of the trade to acquire Deshaun Watson. Mary Kay Cabot, Doug Lesmerises, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe recap the weekend on our draft review roundtable. They discuss their favorite picks, winners and losers and what they would change about the draft. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns finally made some draft picks on Friday night, but it was, once again, Baker Mayfield leading the news cycle. Moving Mayfield became a little more difficult after the Panthers traded up to select quarterback Matt Corral. Mary Kay Cabot, Doug Lesmerises, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed what's next for Mayfield and the Browns and how much longer this could play out. Then they get into the Day 2 picks the team made, how they felt about the decision to trade down and the night overall and more. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns will finally get to go on the clock on Friday night during the 2022 NFL Draft. Mary Kay Cabot, Doug Lesmerises, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe say what they think Andrew Berry and Co. should do with thier first pick of the draft. In the second half of the pod, listen to a replay of our live stream as we react to the Panthers not selecting a quarterback at No. 6 overall and what it means for Baker Mayfield. We also follow along as the Steelers eventually go on the clock and select Kenny Pickett and go through the Ravens pick at No. 25 overall. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a special draft day edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast -- no, not "Draft Day" the movie, again -- actual, real draft day. Today, we're going into the war room. Mary Kay Cabot is the GM. Doug Lesmerises, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe are going to convince as to who the Browns should pick at Nos. 44, 78 and 99. Will she listen or will she use her executive power and make the call on her own. Either way, Tim Bielik, our resident draft expert, will be there to tell us if we're right or wrong. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NFL Draft gets underway in Las Vegas on Thursday night. The Browns don't have a pick, but their fans will be watching closely to see how things fall. Cleveland.com's resident draft expert, Tim Bielik, joined Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe to preview the draft and go over his latest 7-round Browns mock draft. He advocates for them to trade up from No. 44 and take a receiver and explains why. He also tells us some other receivers to watch, his favorite sleepers, the kicker he wants for the Browns and more. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's draft week, but Baker Mayfield is still a hot topic for the Browns and their fans. It was evident in this edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Hey, Mary Kay! podcast. Mary Kay Cabot answers questions from our Football Insider subscribers about whether Mayfield will be traded this weekend, what happens if he's not and why we haven't seen some support for him from his teammates. Then they look ahead to the draft and what could happen at No. 44 overall. Should the Browns trade up? What's the biggest surprise move they could make and more? Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns go on the clock in less than a week and we're kicking off draft week with a roundtable. Mary Kay Cabot, Doug Lesmerises, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe talk through their thoughts on this year's draft and the Browns' approach. What will make a good draft? What about a bad one? Who are our draft crushes? What player getting mocked to the Browns doesn't make sense? And, of course, who should the Browns pick next week? They get into all of it on this Orange and Brown Talk roundtable. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Browns GM Andrew Berry held his pre-draft press conference on Friday. He said a lot without saying a lot, as these things tend to go across the league. Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed what stood out to them from Friday's press conference. They get into the Baker Mayfield situation and why it might be best to just move on -- and why Berry might disagree. Then they discuss what a trade-up could look like or if one will even happen. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns held media availability on Wednesday as the offseason program officially kicks off this week. Head coach Kevin Stefanski, cornerback Denzel Ward, wide receiver Amari Cooper and quarterback Jacoby Brissett were all available. Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed their takeaways from the press conferences on our latest podcast. They discussed how Stefanski is handling the Baker Mayfield situation, how the offense will evolve with Deshaun Watson, what Cooper adds to the offense and more. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns agreed to a big-money extension for Denzel Ward on Monday. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko and Dan Labbe took a look ahead at what might be next for the Browns on Wednesday's Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. First, they discuss the start of the offseason program and what they're keeping an eye on over the next two months. Then, they do a fantasy draft of the next players who could get extensions from the Browns. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We start today's podcast with the Browns extending cornerback Denzel Ward and making him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe discuss what it means for the Browns to do it, their young core getting locked up and why it's so important to draft and develop young talent. Then, Mary Kay offers up the latest on Baker Mayfield and the Panthers as well as when a decision on Jarvis Landry could happen. Lastly, it's on to some Hey, Mary Kay! questions from our Football Insider subscribers. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a roundtable today on the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast and Mary Kay Cabot, Doug Lesmerises, Scott Patsko and Dan Labbe each came armed with one Browns question for the rest of the group. Will Baker Mayfield ever play another playoff game? Should we be concerned about the locker room culture under Kevin Stefanski? What is the minimum expectation for the Browns over the next five years? Are we worried about the defensive line? They dig into all of those topics on today's podcast. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Browns go on the clock in about two weeks. The draft might have lost some sizzle after the team's all-in deal to acquire quarterback Deshaun Watson, but it still matters as Andrew Berry works to complete his roster. Mike Renner, Pro Football Focus' lead draft analyst, joined Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe to talk about the prospects who could be available at No. 44, who might be worth trading up to acquire and some options at No. 78. Be sure to check out "Hutch," a story that dives into top draft prospect Aidan Hutchinson’s childhood, early years at Michigan and the incredible 2021 season. You can find it anywhere you listen to podcasts and on PFF’s YouTube channel. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The long-awaited Baker Mayfield appearance on the YNK Ya Know What I Mean podcast dropped on Wednesday. In it, Mayfield looked back on his journey to Cleveland and then discussed how he felt after the Browns acquired Deshaun Watson. He talked about feeling disrespected, his social media hiatus and speculated on his next chapter in the NFL. Mary Kay Cabot, Doug Lesmerises, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed Mayfield's appearance on the pod and reacted to what he had to say. Did they learn anything new? Why did he do it? Do the Browns just need to close the book on this chapter? They get into all of that and more. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're answering random questions on today's edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. Dan Labbe posed three questions to Scott Patsko and Ashley Bastock and they came up with random answers to random questions. Will Deshaun Watson's contract set a precedent in the NFL like union president JC Tretter hopes? Who could be the Browns' version of Steven Kwan, the surprise Guardians player who has been scorching hot to start the season? What changes would we make to the NFL? Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday means another edition of Hey, Mary Kay! on the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. Mary Kay Cabot answers questions from our Football Insider subscribers on today's podcast and they have plenty on their mind. First off, the Baker Mayfield saga continues. Could the Browns just release their former starter? Then, Mary Kay and Dan get into questions about the draft -- Could they go after a defensive tackle? -- and answer questions about Jadeveon Clowney and more. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NFL Draft is coming and free agency has slowed, so it's time to take a look at the Browns roster as it stands. Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Patsko, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe rank the Top 20 Browns players, fantasy-draft style. They discuss each of their picks as they go along and compare lists to determine who belongs in this group. It also offers a glimpse at what needs the roster still has and areas where they're particularly strong. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a special guest on the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast: Former Browns left tackle and future Hall-of-Famer Joe Thomas. Thomas joins Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe to discuss what went wrong with Baker Mayfield and how players will welcome Deshaun Watson into the locker room. Then they discuss a few other current Browns in Joel Bitonio and Jedrick Wills. Lastly, Thomas talks about the Hall of Fame and his upcoming first year of eligibility for the game's highest honor. Want to get involved in Football Insider? Click here for more info and to sign up. Music credit: Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices