Cleveland Browns News: Two Browns nominated for Rookie of the Week
By Dan Justik
The Daily Dawg Tags brings you all the Cleveland Browns news that you need to know, including Baker Mayfield and Denzel Ward being nominated for Rookie of the Week.
The Cleveland Browns have received significant contributions from most of their rookies in the first five games of the season.
Some of the rookies have played so well, that they have been receiving recognition for their performances on a weekly basis.
In three of the first four weeks of the season, a Cleveland Browns rookie won the NFL Pepsi Rookie of the Week award.
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Denzel Ward won the award after a strong NFL debut in the regular season opener. Baker Mayfield then won the award after taking over for Tyrod Taylor and helping the Browns overcome a 14-point deficit to defeat the Jets in Week 3. Nick Chubb then won the award Week 4 after two long rushing touchdowns.
Today’s featured article shows that the Browns have another good chance to win the award as Mayfield and Ward were nominated for the award after their Week 5 performances.
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"Through the first four weeks of the 2018 season, the Cleveland Browns have taken home three NFL Pepsi Rookie of the Week awards.Can the Browns first-year players make it four awards in five weeks? The odds suggest it’s likely."
With how well the Browns rookies have played so far this season, it is not a surprise to see them win the Rookie of the Week awards. But it is astounding that the team has already won the award three times, and they have good odds at winning the award for the fourth time in five weeks.
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