The 2025 season will be the Cleveland Browns' 73rd as a member of the National Football League (NFL), their 77th overall and their sixth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kevin Stefanski and Andrew Berry. They will attempt to improve on their 3–14 record from the previous season and return to the playoffs after a one-year absence.

Offseason

Staff changes

On January 5, one day after the 2024 season ended, the Browns fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and offensive line coach Andy Dickerson, both after one season with the team.[1]

On January 8, the Browns hired former Rice University head coach Mike Bloomgren as their new offensive line coach.[2]

On January 14, the Browns promoted tight ends coach and passing game specialist Tommy Rees to offensive coordinator to replace Dorsey.[3]

Roster changes

Free agents

2025 Cleveland Browns Free Agents
Pos. Player Tag 2025 Team Signed
OT Hakeem Adeniji UFA
TE Jordan Akins UFA
S D'Anthony Bell RFA Seattle Seahawks March 22
CB Tony Brown UFA Cleveland Browns March 20[4]
LB Devin Bush Jr. UFA Cleveland Browns March 12[5]
OT Geron Christian UFA
RB Nick Chubb UFA
G Michael Dunn UFA
DT Michael Dwumfour ERFA
CB Mike Ford UFA Atlanta Falcons March 17[6]
RB D'Onta Foreman UFA
C Nick Harris UFA
DE James Houston RFA
OT James Hudson UFA New York Giants March 12[7]
LS Charley Hughlett Release[8] Philadelphia Eagles March 14[9]
DT Maurice Hurst Jr. UFA
OT Germain Ifedi UFA
RB John Kelly ERFA
WR Elijah Moore UFA
WR James Proche UFA
TE Geoff Swaim UFA
S Juan Thornhill Release[10] Pittsburgh Steelers March 17
DT Dalvin Tomlinson Release[11] Arizona Cardinals March 12[12]
OT Jedrick Wills UFA
QB Jameis Winston UFA New York Giants March 21[13]
QB Bailey Zappe RFA Kansas City Chiefs March 17[14]

Signings

2025 Cleveland Browns Free Agents
Pos. Player 2024 Team Signed
WR DeAndre Carter Chicago Bears March 19[15]
DT Maliek Collins San Francisco 49ers March 12[16]
OT Cornelius Lucas Washington Commanders March 12[17]
G Teven Jenkins Chicago Bears March 20[4]
DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka Tampa Bay Buccaneers March 12[18]

Trades

2025 Cleveland Browns Offseason Trades
Date Team Player(s)/Asset(s) Received Player(s)/Asset(s) Traded
March 12 Philadelphia Eagles QB Kenny Pickett QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson
2025 5th round selection

Draft

Main article: 2025 NFL draft
2025 Cleveland Browns draft selections
Round Selection Player Position College Notes
1 2
2 33
3 67
94 From Bills[A]
4 104
5 139 Traded to the Minnesota Vikings[B]
164 Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles[C] From Lions[D]
6 179
192 From Dolphins via Bears[E]
200 From Vikings[B]
204 Traded to the Buffalo Bills[A] From Lions[F]
216 Compensatory selection
7 218 Traded to the Los Angeles Chargers[G]
240 Traded to the Chicago Bears[E] From Vikings[B]
255 Compensatory selection

Draft trades

  1. ^ a b The Browns traded a sixth-round selection (204th overall) and WR Amari Cooper to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for a third-round selection (94th overall) and a 2026 seventh-round selection.[19]
  2. ^ a b c The Browns traded a fifth-round selection (139th overall) and a 2024 fifth-round selection to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for sixth- and seventh-round selections (200th and 240th overall), and DE Za'Darius Smith.[20]
  3. ^ The Browns traded a fifth-round selection (164th overall) and QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson to the Eagles in exchange for QB Kenny Pickett.
  4. ^ The Browns traded a 2026 seventh-round selection and DE Za'Darius Smith to the Detroit Lions in exchange for a fifth-round selection (164th overall) and a 2026 sixth-round selection.[21]
  5. ^ a b The Browns traded a seventh-round selection (240th overall) and DT Chris Williams to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a sixth-round selection (192nd overall).[22]
  6. ^ The Browns traded WR Donovan Peoples-Jones to the Detroit Lions in exchange for a sixth-round selection (204th overall).[23]
  7. ^ The Browns traded a seventh-round selection (218th overall) to the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange for K Dustin Hopkins.[24]

Staff

Cleveland Browns staff
Front office
  • Owners – Jimmy Haslam, Dee Haslam, Whitney Haslam-Johnson, J. W. Johnson
  • Chief strategy officer – Paul DePodesta
  • Executive vice president/COO – David Jenkins
  • Executive vice president of football operations/general manager – Andrew Berry
  • Assistant general manager/vice president of football operations – Catherine Hickman
  • Assistant general manager/vice president of player personnel – Glenn Cook
  • Vice president of football administration – Chris Cooper
  • Vice president of research and strategy – Andrew Healy
  • Vice president of player personnel process and development – Ken Kovash
  • Director of football administration – Taylor Young
  • Director of player personnel – Dan Saganey
  • Director of pro scouting – Adam Al-Khayyal
  • Director of college scouting – Max Paulus
  • Senior personnel/coaching executive – Bob Quinn
  • Senior executive advisor to the GM – Jimmy Raye III
  • Advisor to the GM – Chris Polian
  • Director of football operations – Tyler Hamblin
  • Director of football operations & process – Joy Tapajcik
  • Director of research and strategy – Dave Giuliani
  • Director of scouting research – Mike Cetta
  • Director of football information systems – Brad DeAngelis
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Tommy Rees
  • Quarterbacks – Bill Musgrave
  • Running backs – Duce Staley
  • Pass game coordinator/wide receivers – Chad O'Shea
  • Assistant wide receivers – Stephen Bravo-Brown
  • Tight ends – Christian Jones
  • Offensive line – Mike Bloomgren
  • Assistant offensive line – Sanders Davis
  • Assistant offensive line – Ben Wilkerson
  • Pass game specialist – Nick Charlton
  • Bill Willis diversity coaching fellow – Nemo Washington
  
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
  • Assistant special teams – Kyle Hoke
Support staff
  • Senior assistant/special projects – Kevin Rogers
  • Coordinator of coaching logistics – Riley Hecklinski
Strength and conditioning
  • Director of high performance – Shaun Huls
  • Director of strength and conditioning – Larry Jackson
  • Assistant strength and conditioning/sports science – Josh Christovich
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Monty Gibson
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Dale Jones
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Evan Marcus
  • Director of performance nutrition – Katy Meassick

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Current roster

Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

As of March 26, 2025. Rookies in italics.
66 active

Preseason

The Browns' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in May, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule.

Regular season

2025 opponents

Listed below are the Browns' opponents for 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in May.[25]
The Browns will also play one of their home games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London as part of the NFL International Series.[26]

Category Home Away
Division opponents
(AFC North)		 Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers
Conference opponents
(AFC East)		 Buffalo Bills
Miami Dolphins		 New England Patriots
New York Jets
Conference opponents
(based on 2024 division placement)		 Tennessee Titans Las Vegas Raiders
Interconference opponents
(NFC North)		 Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings		 Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Interconference opponent
(based on 2024 division placement)		 San Francisco 49ers —

References

  1. ^ Oyefusi, Daniel (January 5, 2025). "Browns fire OC Ken Dorsey, OL coach Andy Dickerson". ESPN. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ^ Russo, Kelsey (January 8, 2025). "Browns announce Mike Bloomgren as new offensive line coach". Cleveland Browns. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ^ Easterling, Chris. "Tommy Rees promoted from tight ends coach to be Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Daily Dawg Chow 3/21: Browns news, Teven Jenkins added and Tony Brown II brought back". DawgsByNature. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  5. ^ Russo, Kelsey (March 12, 2025). "Browns agree to terms with LB Devin Bush". ClevelandBrowns.com. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  6. ^ "Falcons sign core special teams player Mike Ford to a two-year deal". nbcsports.com. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  7. ^ Benton, Dan (March 11, 2025). "New York Giants agree to terms with offensive lineman James Hudson III". GiantsWire. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  8. ^ "Browns release LS Charley Hughlett". ClevelandBrowns.com. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  9. ^ "NFL free agency: Browns long snapper Charley Hughlett signs with Eagles". msn.com. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  10. ^ Alper, Josh. "Browns set to release Juan Thornhill". NBC Sports. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  11. ^ "Browns To Release DT Dalvin Tomlinson". Pro Football Rumors. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  12. ^ "Cardinals Signing DT Dalvin Tomlinson". Pro Football Rumors. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  13. ^ Pellisero, Tom (March 21, 2025). "Giants sign QB Jameis Winston". X.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  14. ^ Simmons, Myles. "Chiefs bring back Bailey Zappe on one-year deal". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  15. ^ German, Spencer (March 19, 2025). "Browns Add Versatile Bears Free Agent Wide Receiver". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  16. ^ Schmidt, Matthew (March 12, 2025). "Browns Make Major $20 Million Defensive Line Addition". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  17. ^ Easterling, Chris (March 11, 2025). "Cleveland Browns agree to terms with veteran offensive tackle Cornelius Lucas". USAToday.com. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  18. ^ Russo, Kelsey (March 12, 2025). "Browns agree to terms with DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka". Cleveland Browns.
  19. ^ "Browns trade Amari Cooper to Bills". ClevelandBrowns.com. October 15, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  20. ^ Poisal, Anthony (May 16, 2023). "Browns acquire Pro Bowl DE Za'Darius Smith in trade with Vikings". Cleveland Browns. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  21. ^ "Lions agree to terms with Cleveland Browns to acquire DL Za'Darius Smith via trade". detroitlions.com. November 5, 2024. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  22. ^ Mayer, Larry (August 24, 2024). "Roster Move: Bears acquire DT Chris Williams in trade with Browns". ChicagoBears.com.
  23. ^ "Lions agree to trade terms with Cleveland Browns for WR Donovan Peoples-Jones". Detroit Lions. October 31, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  24. ^ "Browns agree to trade with Chargers to acquire K Dustin Hopkins, make other roster moves". clevelandbrowns.com. August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  25. ^ "2025 Opponents Determined". NFL Football Operations. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  26. ^ Russo, Kelsey (January 10, 2025). "Browns set to host home game in London for 2025 season". Cleveland Browns. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
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