Browns Plainly Podcast

Myles Garrett's career in Cleveland is already off to a roaring start. He's broken the team's official sack record and will break the unofficial record soon. He's also getting close to 100 sacks and, two years in a row, logged 16 sacks.

Is there another level for Garrett? Will he break his own sack record and finally win that elusive Defensive Player of the Year award?

Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discuss Garrett in their latest 23 questions podcast.

Is this the best defensive line he's played on? How will Jim Schwartz impact Garrett? What is the next level for Garrett? They get into all of it on Tuesday's podcast.

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Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski was recently ranked by one news outlet as the 20th overall head coach in the NFL. We discuss if that ranking is just, as it certainly seems to have some recency bias to it's list.

Stefanski started out white hot in Cleveland, winning coach of the year in 2020 after leading his team to their first playoff win in forever. '21 and '22 had some unfortunate breaks that lead to the Browns falling short of the playoffs which had some members of the fan base questioning the coach.

Cleveland has put together a solid roster ahead of this coming season which most feel should lead to this team contending. Coach is going into year four of a five year deal, a successful season should lead to a contract extension in Berea while not making the playoffs could cause the Browns to look to go another way for 2024.

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It's not uncommon for local and national opinions on a team to differ, especially this time of year. Why does it happen? Who's got it right?

Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe tackle that question on Tuesday's Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. Our questions came from our Football Insider subscribers.

Mary Kay and Dan also answer questions about leadership at the player level and who might step up, who could Browns fans clamor to get the ball more a few weeks into the season and how will Kevin Stefanski and Alex Van Pelt adjust the offense with Nick Chubb and Deshaun Watson together?

They even answer questions about naming the dog mascot and how they'll spend time at The Greenbrier.

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The Cleveland Browns has a promising start in '21 fade into the abyss after the Mayfield injury and overall disarray, the '22 season started with issues like playing the second string quarterback for eleven games. Also a defense that was thought highly of turn into a unit that could not get out of it's own way. Andrew Berry provided coaching and roster upgrades everywhere so it's not time for the Browns to show they can be a consistent winner.

Deshaun Watson has had playmakers added as the offense will shift to a style where most feel we will see the return to stardom for Watson. Jerome Ford is the wild card on offense as we just haven't seen enough to know whether he can step into a 150 touch role in year two.

The defensive overhaul looks great on paper but the unit can not be one that starts slow with a slew on difficult teams on the opening of the schedule. Jim Schwartz looking to keep things simple and letting his stars just go out and play has already won over the secondary.

This team with a strong start should contend for the AFC North title and a playoff trip in 2023 and if they don't the future of the head coach will rightfully be questioned as NFL teams don't usually keep a head man who's missed the playoffs for three straight years.

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On this summer Friday, we decided to have a little fun.

Mary Kay Cabot and Ashley Bastock took questions from our Football Insider Subscribers for an AMA.

The two hit on their favorite Cleveland ice cream spots and the latest restaurants they've tried.

We're also staying on a music theme this week as they pick their dream concert lineup.

There's some football talk mixed in too, as they discuss why they think the NFL John Carroll University pipeline exists since Ashley has some inside knowledge as an alum. They also touch on alternate career paths they think they would be good at, and finally, Mary Kay closes with a fun tidbit from her time covering the team during the Bill Belichick era.

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The Cleveland Browns have three major factors going for them which should have them contending in 2023.

Deshaun Watson will have no more newness to him in his second year, and is surrounded by quality in all phases of his offense. The receiving group is upgraded with a potential break-out player. David Njoku has grown into a complete NFL tight end. Nick Chubb and the offensive line have always been a group that can dominate a weak defense.

Winning teams build their defense on the premise of playing with the lead. So you build your unit with more defensive lineman and secondary players to combat the oncoming passing game. Cleveland is five deep at edge, upgraded at defensive tackle, and posses a secondary that could have eight to nine guys see legit reps.

Jim Schwartz coming into to coordinate Myles Garrett and a now deep defensive roster feels like it should be getting more affection then it's going.

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It's almost that time of year.

We are exactly one month away from the Browns beginning training camp and that means it's time to preview their practice schedule.

Mary Kay Cabot and Ashley Bastock discuss the schedule for open practices in Berea, and how fans can get free tickets for those eight open sessions. They also discuss Cleveland's decision to begin training camp out of town this year at The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia with a week of closed practices, and their two joint practices in Philadelphia with the Eagles.

The two also get into answering one of their 23 questions ahead of the '23 season. First up, they tackle who will start opposite of Dalvin Tomlinson on the interior defensive line.

They make the case for why it could actually be an additional edge rusher in Za'Darius Smith, and all the new alignments they might see.

Finally, they break down the latest with Perrion Winfrey and what his role could be after he encountered a legal issue this offseason that charges were dismissed for last week.

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We've discussed the Browns new defensive scheme a ton over the last few weeks, after getting our first look at Jim Schwartz's system in OTAs and minicamp.

With a new DC, will the Browns have a defense that can hinder mobile quarterbacks up front -- in particular division rival Ravens QB Lamar Jackson?

That's what one of our Football Insider subscribers wants to know and a question that Mary Kay Cabot and Ashley Bastock answer on Wednesday's Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast.

The two also discuss some personnel questions on the interior defensive line, Kevin Stefanski's play calling, and which pass catcher on the roster could be a wild card contributor.

The duo also answers questions about what it's like to cover a team when losses start to pile up and which sports figure they would most like to interview.

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The Cleveland Browns have the potential to be very good in 2023, but it's hard for many NFL analysts to believe in them due to their recent past. The 2019 campaign filled with promise, turned into a season that got a general manager and a first year head coach fired. After finally achieving a playoff win in 2020 the '21 season ended with a team in complete disarray. This team seems to good to not compete but until we see it the doubters have their point.

The early of the Browns schedule will most likely tell the fate of the season. Tested early and often this team better be ready out of the gate. Three division games and the 49ers in week six is easily the toughest part of 2023.

There is a lot of talk about potential break out players from Browns writers but the offense and defense need to have more cohesion and play in harmony for these things to happen.

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Fans aren't afraid of sharing their high expectations for the Browns heading into the 2023 season.

But is there one aspect of the team that you're afraid won't live up to the hype? And how might that impact their playoff goals?

That's what one of our Football Insider subscribers wants to know and a question that Mary Kay Cabot and Ashley Bastock answer on Tuesday's Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast.

They also discuss who the most important players to make those playoff goals come true are, outside of Deshaun Watson and Myles Garrett.

The two also discuss the roles Demetric Felton Jr. and Isaiah McGuire might play, and finally, they touch on Ashley attending Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour this weekend in Pittsburgh, how it compared to an NFL game, and which players on the Browns have musical talent.

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