Zone Coverage

The Browns remain unable to win in Pittsburgh, losing to the Steelers on Sunday to split the season series. Beat writer Scott Petrak recaps the loss with Dave Chudowsky of WKYC-TV, and the two ponder Jameis Winston's role with the team and Dustin Hopkins' kicking woes before getting down to the important question: Will Taylor Swift be at Sunday's game against the Chiefs at Huntington Bank Field?

The Browns lost a shootout in Denver on Monday night, but at least it was entertaining, as fans got the full spectrum of the Jameis Winston experience and Jerry Jeudy had his revenge. Scott Petrak talks with Dave Chudowsky about that and they preview Sunday's rematch with the Steelers, in Pittsburgh.

It's not quite a holiday weekend yet, but Browns beat reporter Scott Petrak and Dave Chudowsky of WKYC-TV can see it from here. They talk about offensive lineman Jack Conklin's return and preview the Browns' Monday night game at Denver, which has historically been a nightmare matchup.

The Browns beat the Steelers in a winter wonderland Thursday night, and Scott Petrak and Dave Chudowsky of WKYC-TV recap the game and talk about the embers of hope still smoldering in what's an otherwise forgotten season -- and how they'd never get a snow globe game like that in a dome.

The Browns came out of the bye and hung tough with the Saints for three quarters before a complete collapse in the fourth. Scott Petrak recaps another bleak loss for the Browns, which saw Dawand Jones go down with a season-ending injury and Dustin Hopkins have problems making kicks, with Dave Chudowsky of WKYC-TV. But they can't dwell on it too much, as the Browns have a short week and face the Steelers at Huntington Bank Field on Thursday night.

The Browns are coming out of the bye, Jameis Winston will continue to be the Browns' starting quarterback and offensive lineman Jedrick Wills is making business decisions. Scott Petrak talks with Dave Chudowsky of WKYC-TV on these and other topics in the latest edition of the Zone Coverage podcast.

Well, the Browns limped into the bye with a 27-10 loss to the Chargers. Scott Petrak talks with WKYC-TV's Dave Chudowsky -- who channels his inner Admiral Ackbar from "Star Wars" -- about the loss, which wasn't as close as the score would indicate, and Andrew Berry's annual bye week news conference that didn't say much -- but did introduce the concept of a "thought partner."

Scott Petrak and Dave Chudowsky of WKYC-TV -- like Browns fans everywhere -- are mourning the loss of broadcaster Jim Donovan, and can 't help but wonder if there was a little intervention from beyond as the Browns snapped a five-game skid with a win over the Ravens. Scott and Chud talk about the changes that occurred in that game and what they mean going forward, and look ahead to this Sunday's matchup at home against the Chargers.

It's been an eventful few days for the Browns. The Haslams announced their intent to move off the lakefront to a new dome in Brook Park, Nick Chubb returned and Deshaun Watson is done for the year with a ruptured Achilles tendon. Oh, and the Browns lost to the Bengals, and with the Ravens coming to town, it doesn't look like things will get better soon. Scott Petrak talks about as much of this as he can handle with Dave Chudowsky of WKYC-TV.

Nick Chubb could return this week. And that's the extent of the good news. Beat writer Scott Petrak talks with Dave Chudowsky of WKYC-TV about the Browns' loss to the Eagles -- another game against a bad team where the Browns couldn't get out of their own way -- Kevin Stefanski's insistence that Deshaun Watson is the way forward, and this week's battle for the bottom of the AFC North with the Bengals.