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Browns’ Weeden improves in second start

Associated Press

Rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden showed improvement in his second preseason game, avoiding major mistakes as the Cleveland Browns beat the Green Bay Packers 35-10 in Green Bay, Wis., on Thursday night.

Weeden, a first-round pick out of Oklahoma State who already has been chosen the Browns’ starter, played the first half and was 12 of 20 for 118 yards.

In the night’s other preseason game, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and the Falcons’ Matt Ryan each directed a pair of scoring drives before visiting Cincinnati’s reserves held on for a 24-19 preseason victory over Atlanta.

Deadline closes in for NFL, officials

Less than three weeks before the season kicks off, the NFL and the NFL Referees Association are no closer to an agreement to end the lockout of the officials.

As replacement officials work preseason games – and generally get criticized for their performances – the league and officials disputed such issues as full-time employees and adding officiating crews.

Not since 2001 has the NFL played games that count in the standings with replacement officials, and that was for one week. This lockout began June 3.

Around the league

The Texans signed left tackle Duane Brown to a new contract. The six-year contract is worth $53.4 million, with $22.08 million guaranteed, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said on condition of anonymity because terms have not been released. … The NFL provided a federal judge with what it says is evidence Commissioner Roger Goodell did not improperly pre-judge the four players suspended in the bounty investigation. The evidence includes a copy of a letter the NFL Players Association sent the league on March 7 asking Goodell to delay punishment of players implicated in the bounty probe. … The NFL says Chargers defensive tackle Garrett Brown has been suspended without pay for the team’s first four regular-season games for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. … Linebacker D.J. Williams was excused from the Broncos’ practice for personal reasons, one day after being convicted on two charges in a Denver court.