{"id":650382,"date":"2026-05-05T23:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/650382\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T23:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:57:08","slug":"sigh-of-relief-for-nfl-browns-fans-sign-of-hope-with-refs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/650382\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigh of relief for NFL, Browns fans? Sign of hope with refs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Cleveland Browns fans are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-discussion\/124210\/everyone-loves-the-browns-draft-impact-on-fans-excitement-hope-level\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:starting to feel a little hope with their team;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;starting to feel a little hope with their team&quot;}\" class=\"link \">starting to feel a little hope with their team<\/a>. While the biggest question remains (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-roster\/124077\/deshaun-watson-shedeur-sanders-browns-qb-competition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:who will start at quarterback;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;who will start at quarterback&quot;}\" class=\"link \">who will start at quarterback<\/a>, and are they good enough to lead to victories?), a huge looming issue lingered over the entire NFL. Multiple times this offseason, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-news\/120097\/nfl-replacement-refs-browns-worst-calls-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:news leaked about huge issues in negotiations between the NFL and the referees\u2019 union;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;news leaked about huge issues in negotiations between the NFL and the referees\u2019 union&quot;}\" class=\"link \">news leaked about huge issues in negotiations between the NFL and the referees\u2019 union<\/a>, with a stoppage all but assumed by many.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Given the poor calls made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-news\/120097\/nfl-replacement-refs-browns-worst-calls-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:replacement refs in the past, much less the real ones;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;replacement refs in the past, much less the real ones&quot;}\" class=\"link \">replacement refs in the past, much less the real ones<\/a>, fans of every team had concerns about how replacement officials could cause problems for them this season. In a league built on parity, a bad call here and there could dramatically change the outcome of a season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Now, there is hope that a deal is actually in the works. After a couple of weeks of silence, which may have ended up being a good thing, a deal could be ratified on Thursday:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">While fans will always question calls made by referees, replacement officials were generally a disaster and are more likely to have their decisions questioned than the veterans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Good news on a Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns fans are starting to feel a little hope with their team. While the biggest question remains&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1748,49,48,1724,3484,195991,2214,514,148198,220416,82],"class_list":["post-650382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-getty-images","tag-huntington-bank","tag-myles-garrett","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-referees-association","tag-scott-walker","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}