I don’t think the Browns will honor the late Jim Brown by naming their stadium after him, and I think that’s a good move.

The facility, which reverted back to being Cleveland Browns Stadium recently after the club and FirstEnergy, the previous naming rights holder, parted ways, will find a new naming rights holder. It will bring in significant money, and the Browns can’t afford to — and won’t — turn that down.

But they can name the playing field for Brown, and I think that might be the way to go. It would give them a permanent recognition and memory of Brown going forward.

I also think they will give serious consideration to putting his No. 32 on the helmrts for this season, like they did in the late 1950s for three seasons. They would likely make the slight change to the striping on the helmet to make it authentic, too, removing the two brown stripes on either side of the white stripe that have since been added.

What a cool idea that would be.

But again, anything the Browns do will first have to be run past his widow, Monique, and their family. And that’s the way it should be.

Steve King

Browns Sign T Dawand Jones

BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have signed T Dawand Jones. All seven of the club’s 2023 draft picks have now been signed.

Dawand Jones | T | Ohio State

4th round (No. 111 overall)

Spent four seasons at Ohio State (2019-22) and played 41 games, including 27 starts…Started all 13 games at right guard in 2021, and all 13 games at right tackle in 2022…Earned first-team All-America honors in 2022 by CBSSports.com and second-team all-Big Ten Conference honors by the league’s coaches…Earned second-team all-Big Ten Conference honors in 2021…Helped lead Ohio State to a No. 9 ranking nationally in total offense (490.7 ypg) and No. 2 in scoring (44.2 ppg) in 2022…Was working on a degree in communications before electing to forego his final year of eligibility and enter the 2023 NFL Draft…Native of Indianapolis, Ind.

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