Browns extend Stefanski, Berry contracts

The extensions have been expected for months and were announced Wednesday as the Browns were on the practice field.

Terms of the extensions were not immediately known.

Stefanski led the Browns to an 11-6 record and playoff appearance last season despite a rash of injuries, including losing quarterback Deshaun Watson with a shoulder injury after six starts. Cleveland started — and won — with four different QBs.

Stefanski was named AP Coach of the Year for the second time following the season. The 41-year-old is 37-30 with two playoff appearances in four seasons since being hired by Cleveland in 2020.

Prior to Stefanski taking over, the Browns made the playoffs once since their expansion rebirth in 1999.

The 36-year-old Berry returned to the Browns in 2020 after spending one season as Philadelphia’s vice president of football operations. He was Cleveland’s vice president of player personnel from 2016-18.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Chuck Clark felt disrespected at this time a year ago, unhappy with how things went down for him in Baltimore.

He brought a prove-them-all-wrong attitude with him to New York last offseason when the Jets acquired him from the Ravens, eager to be a pivotal piece of an already solid secondary.

Then, on the final play of the final practice of voluntary organized team activities, Clark tore the ACL in one of his knees and was sidelined for the season.

“I couldn’t believe it when it did happen,” Clark said Tuesday, recalling how he thought his knee was simply just sore. “I wasn’t accepting it, you know? So I was like, ‘I’m moving around. It’s just not true.’”

After surgery and a lengthy rehabilitation while sticking around the team trying to do whatever he could while sidelined, Clark is healthy again and back on the field.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Packers quarterback Jordan Love might not have a clear-cut No. 1 receiver among his plethora of potential targets.

But he has so many options that he doesn’t believe it’s necessary that one stand out.

“I think it’s a good problem to have, and I think you don’t have to have a No. 1 receiver,” Love said. I think it works out well when you can spread the ball out and you got different guys making different plays and you can put them in different areas.”

The Packers had a different player lead the team in yards receiving in each of their final five regular-season games last year. All five – tight end Tucker Kraft, Dontayvion Wicks, Romeo Doubs, Bo Melton and Jayden Reed – remain with the team.

That doesn’t include Christian Watson, who has caught 12 touchdown passes over his first two seasons despite missing 11 games due to hamstring issues.

PITTSBURGH — Cam Sutton is getting a second chance in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Steelers signed the veteran defensive back to a one-year deal on Wednesday, more than two months after he was released by the Detroit Lions for his involvement in an alleged domestic violence incident in Florida.

Sutton eventually surrendered to authorities and entered a pretrial diversion program after the charges were reduced from a felony to misdemeanor battery.

The 29-year-old Sutton spent the first six seasons of his career with the Steelers before signing a three-year deal with Detroit last spring. Sutton collected 65 tackles to go with one interception for the Lions, who won the NFC North and advanced to the NFC Championship game before falling to San Francisco.

Sutton excelled during his time with Pittsburgh, who relied on his versatility to play him at both cornerback and nickelback positions. He played in 84 games during his first stint with the Steelers from 2017-22, picking off eight passes.