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Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon is the new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals and, as Mary Kay Cabot reported on Monday, Gannon could look to Browns quarterbacks coach Drew Petzing as his offensive coordinator.

If Petzing leaves, what is the domino effect on the Browns' offensive coaching staff? Where could they look for a new quarterbacks coach?

Mary Kay and Dan discuss possible options if the Browns need one and the approach they should take.

Then they discuss Greg Newsome II and his displeasure playing in the slot and the next moves there as well as the area of the team new defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz will improve most and more.

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Browns fans found themselves watching another Super Bowl without their team on Sunday night, but there is some hope if Deshaun Watson plays like he's capable of playing in 2023 and beyond.

How close are the Browns to the two teams we watched in Super Bowl LVII? It's one of the questions Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe answered in a Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk podcast.

Mary Kay also answered questions about what the Browns can steal from the Eagles' quarterback run game, what's going to happen with Browns assistant coaches, what she'll remember from this Super Bowl and more.

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The Browns had just put up the best half of offense they would during Deshaun Watson's six games as the starting quarterback. Amari Cooper, who had been talking about seeing "fireworks" from the offense all season, was asked if the show had finally started. Cooper, in his understated yet matter-of-fact way, wasn't ready to brag about pyrotechnics. "Nah, I don't think so," Cooper said after the Browns scored three second-half touchdowns in a Week 17 win at Washington. "Trust me. Especially not with me, like trust me. Nah, not yet. We're going to get there, though." Those fireworks never transpired for the Browns, at least with Watson. The burning question as the offseason passes the one-week mark remains, however: Will they show up in September when the Browns return to the field? It's the $230-million question that hangs daily over the Browns, now that they've taken care of the most immediate concern of hiring Jim Schwartz as their next defensive coordinator. It's the reason why they mortgaged their near future in draft capital and sacrificed public relations some 10 months ago to swing a trade with the Houston Texans to bring Watson to Cleveland. The return on that investment was never going to be fully judged based upon the small sample size produced in Watson's first season with the Browns. Once his suspension by the NFL due to the more than two dozen allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct during massage appointments was raised from six games to 11 through a settlement, that became almost a foregone conclusion.

However, there's no question the Watson the Browns saw in the final six games of the season did not produce the "fireworks" of which Cooper spoke. He completed just 58.2% of his 170 pass attempts for 1,102 yards with seven touchdowns and five interceptions.“Of course, I didn't meet the expectations," Watson said a day after the season ended. "Of course, we wanted to try to find our way into the playoffs and have extended games and opportunity to clinch the division, all these different things. But as far as just being able to play football again, get out there and knock some rust off, have some ups, have some downs, have some in-betweens and kind of really get the feel of how we want to operate as an offense and what we want to look forward to as a Cleveland Brown, I definitely did that." It was beyond just Watson, though, where the offense seemed to stagnate in those final six games. The Browns went from averaging 23.9 points, 376.9 total yards and 222.5 passing yards a game through the first 11 games, to 16.3 points, 298 total yards and 166 passing yards a game over the final six games. Again, not "fireworks." In fact, they were barely sparklers. No one understands that better than the one whose job may be most on the line next season if those numbers don't significantly improve. Now that coach Kevin Stefanski is able to turn his attention away from remaking the defensive staff, that attention will fully go toward answering the riddle of what is the right scheme for the Browns with Watson at the controls. “I think that is part of this offseason ... making sure that we are putting all of those things together," Stefanski said at an end-of-the-year news conference. "Obviously, having the true offseason with Deshaun and starting the season with him is I think will be obviously a big deal as it relates to that. We want to make sure that we are scoring points in any which way we can. We want to give our guys a chance to play fast.

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This weekend, Super Bowl LVII hits the Philadelphia Eagles against the Kansas City Chiefs in a battle for football glory. With the big game just days away, Kainani Stevens brings our Locked On NFL hosts together to get their picks for the matchup. The local experts from around the Locked On Podcast Network have takes after their teams either played both the Eagles and Chiefs, one of them, or just watched from afar as the two most dominant teams of this season rolled through the year. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network.

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It's official – Joe Thomas has been voted into the NFL Hall of Fame! It's an honor Cleveland always knew was coming for Thomas, who assembled one of the most decorated resumes of any left tackle in NFL history in an 11-year career with the Browns. He was voted to 10 Pro Bowls and is the only offensive lineman in league history to be named to 10 consecutive Pro Bowls to start a career. He also earned eight All-Pro honors, six of them as a first-team selection, and totaled them all even though the Browns shuffled through 20 different starting quarterbacks and struggled to build a roster capable of finding consistent success during his career.But Thomas never quit on the Browns, as evidenced by his most improbable career achievement. But Thomas never quit on the Browns, as evidenced by his most improbable career achievement. For 10,363 consecutive snaps — spanning from his first NFL snap in 2007 to his last after suffering an injury during the 2017 season — Thomas never left the field. His snap streak is believed to be the longest by any player in NFL history, and Thomas kept it alive during his entire career by playing through injuries and enduring the constant heartbreak of losing seasons.

The Browns were also part of his identity. He couldn't imagine ever leaving the team that drafted him with the third overall pick in 2007 as Thomas and his father were fishing on a boat in Lake Michigan. He had no desire to leave a fanbase that never took his talents for granted at a position where it's often easy to do so.

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The Super Bowl is here and it's a doozy of a matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. We couldn't call ourselves a football podcast if we didn't do some prop bets for Sunday's contest in Arizona.

Doug Lesmerises and Dan Labbe go through their favorite prop bets for the game, from first touchdown scorer to a parlay Doug likes to a little MVP discussion.

Then they make their picks for Sunday's game.

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Former Browns left tackle Joe Thomas is going to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It became official at the NFL Honors show on Thursday night as Thomas made the Hall of Fame on his first ballot.

Today's podcast is all about Joe and his legendary career.

Dan Labbe starts off with an essay about Thomas and what he meant to the city of Cleveland and how he came to represent it.

Then Mary Kay Cabot joins Dan to reflect on covering Thomas and what it means to have been there from the beginning. She also takes us behind the scenes of the voting.

Ashley Bastock wraps things up with her essay about Thomas and what he meant to Browns fans.

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Jackson and Anthony react to the news of Joe Thomas being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and what he meant to the Browns during his 11-year career

They also preview Super Bowl 57, their favorite prop bets for the game, and of course their prediction for Sunday's matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs

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The Cleveland Browns have a wealth of depth at the cornerback position, and as a result, they played Greg Newsome II in the slot to get Martin Emerson Jr. on the field in nickel and dime sets. It appears, however, that Newsome is not a fan of playing inside and would like to move back outside in 2023 under new defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz.

Responding to a highlight video of his performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Newsome II left just a one-word quip of “outside.” The problem? The Browns have three talented cornerbacks, and one would get phased out if they were to bring on a full-time nickel. This means either Newsome II or Emerson could be flipped for a pick or another position of need, or the Browns could let them battle it out for reps. It will be an interesting offseason.

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With Joe Thomas potentially being announced as a Hall-of-Famer tonight, today's episode is a replay of Joe Thomas' interview with Mary Kay Cabot, originally run on January 17:

Former Browns left tackle Joe Thomas is up for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the first time this year and he has a chance to become a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer.

In this special edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast, Thomas talks with Mary Kay Cabot about all things Browns. They cover:

His eligibility for the Hall of Fame.

Dealing with the mental strain of losing.

Joel Bitonio and his Hall-of-Fame potential.

His time with Johnny Manziel, Josh Gordon and Justin Gilbert.

The quarterbacks he blocked for.

Jedrick Wills' future.

Dealing with memory issues.

+ more.

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