C.J. Mosley News

Browns nosetackle Shaun Rogers was fined $7,500 for horsecollaring Carson Palmer.

Browns Pro Bowl nose tackle Shaun Rogers is done for the season with a lower leg injury.

Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers will be placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season with a lower leg injury.

Carson Palmer completed just 13 passes for a pedestrian 110 yards. Don't try selling that as a silver lining to Browns linebacker David Bowens.

Browns defensive lineman Robaire Smith was surrounded by a cloud of uncertainty when he returned to Cleveland for the opening days of training camp in August.

Allen Park -- And for an encore, Matthew Stafford likely will take a seat on the bench.

In the battle between two of the worsts, someone had to come out on top. Regardless of what kind of defense was played or not played, no matter which team had more inexperienced players on the field.

The chant was simple and spirited. A Perhaps loud enough to echo throughout Browns headquarters.

Browns coach Eric Mangini defended his practice methods in the wake of veteran running back Jamal Lewis saying they were too grueling and after another practice-squad player suffered a season-ending ruptured patella tendon in a post-practice opportunity drill.

Over the last two to three weeks, recruiting news has been predicably slow. There's no rush for anybody but the early enrollees, and even then, there's no real need to solidify any decisions until high school football seasons are over.

Just call it the "Amazing Race"? the race for the coveted No. 1 recruiting class in the nation.

Lane Kiffin has said he wants Tennessee's football program to emulate Alabama. Toughness, discipline and winning are the virtues the first-year UT coach is striving for.

William Gay had 11 2 sacks as part of his team-high-tying seven tackles and assist for the Steelers, who held off the Lions 28-20. C.J. Mosley had three tackles and four assists as the Browns got their first win of the season, 6-3 over the Bills.

Scribbles in my notebook on a Monday after the Browns lost, 34-20, to Minnesota ... 1. One of the running debates between the Browns' front office and the coaching staff during the previous regime was the implementation of Kamerion Wimbley.

Eric Mangini has been a head coach for 49 NFL games, counting one playoff game. No. 50 is Sunday, his first game coaching the team he once worked for as a ball boy, the Cleveland Browns .

The moment Brett Favre did the inevitable and came out of retirement for the second straight year, Cleveland Browns Stadium became the place to be for Week 1 of the NFL season.

The auditioning has ended, which means it's time for Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini to confer with his staff and make some critical decisions.

Big city, big game, big night for the Browns. When the Browns and Bears wrap the preseason at 8 p.m. ET Thursday night, both teams will looking for their starters to get some quick, productive work and get out healthy.

Browns defensive lineman C.J. Mosley was born into a life of traveling and has not slowed down since.

BEREA: Through three weeks of training camp and two preseason games, there seems only one certainty about the Cleveland Browns quarterback competition.