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pick up their fourth home win of the season when they host the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium.The Panthers come into the game on a four-game losing streak and fresh off the firing of defensive line coach Brady Hoke and assistant secondary coach Jeff Imamura.The game may not be as favorable as it appears on first blush https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Antonio-Callaway-Jersey , however, as the Browns have seen their run defense take a downward turn, especially over the course of the past five weeks.Starting with the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 8, the Browns have reverted to the bad old days when it comes to stopping the run. Cleveland has given up more than 125 rushing yards four times in the past five games, and also allowed an average of 4.8 yards per carry or higher four times. The ugly breakdown:Pittsburgh in Week 8: 168 rushing yards and 5.4 yards per carryKansas City in Week 9: 139 rushing yards and 5.8 yards per carryCincinnati in Week 12: 129 rushing yards and 6.4 yards per carryHouston in Week 13: 187 rushing yards and 4.8 yards per carryThe only team the Browns have contained on the ground during that stretch came at home against the Atlanta Falcons, who gained just 71 yards and averaged just 3.7 yards per carry.That has dropped the Browns to 28th in the NFL in rushing yards allowed per game (136.4), 23rd in yards per carry (4.8) and 30th in rushing touchdowns allowed (15). With a defense that is struggling to stop the run, the Panthers may be the worst team for the Browns to be facing right now, as Pro Football Focus points out:Carolina comes into this week’s game as the league’s second-best running attack at 140.8 yards per game Britton Colquitt Jersey , tops in the league in yards per carry with 5.5, and tied for seventh in rushing touchdowns with 13. Christian McCaffrey is carrying the water on the ground for the Panthers, having rushing for 863 yards and 5.3 yards per carry, while quarterback Cam Newton has chipped in 450 rush yards and is averaging 4.9 yards per carry.The Panthers took it to another level the past two weeks as they averaged 194 rushing yards and 8.45 yards per carry in their games against the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Those numbers come with a caveat, however, as despite the big numbers the Panthers lost both games. (H/T to Patrick Veverka)The Browns may be in for a long day on the ground against the Panthers this Sunday.But it could be the Panthers who are disappointed by what the scoreboard reveals at the end of the game. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Crew has new owners and management, and the team plans a summer groundbreaking for a $230 million downtown stadium.The Save the Crew movement gained momentum last year after the team owner, Precourt Sports Ventures Tyrod Taylor Jersey , announced plans to move the franchise to Austin, Texas.The incoming ownership group includes Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, and former Crew team physician Peter Edwards, whose family owns a Columbus-based development/construction business. "We think this about soccer. We think this about a team, but it really isn't," Edwards said Wednesday as new owners and management were introduced. "It's about a community. It's about having pride in our city, and it's about having pride in our team. All those things roll into the fabric of our community. For us to not have this team here would have left a hole in our city, and my family said that wasn't acceptable, and we were going to do whatever we could to figure out a way to keep this team."Caleb Porter Baker Mayfield Color Rush Jersey , who won an MLS Cup in 2015 with the Portland, was hired as coach to replace Gregg Berhalter, who left to coach the U.S. national team. Porter said local enthusiasm for the team drew him to the job."When I saw all of you in this community rallying behind this club, that's the type of club I want to manage, a club that's relevant, a club that the people are proud of, a club where they're going to fight and roll up their sleeves to save it," Porter said. "I felt compelled to come back and jump on board with that movement to save the Crew — but not just save it but elevate it."The new stadium will be near Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Emmanuel-Ogbah-Jersey , and Huntington Park, where the Triple-A Columbus Clippers play. The plan also calls for redevelopment of the team's 20-year-old stadium north of downtown into a training facility and community sports park."One of the things we have to get going on is — because we want to break ground really quickly on the stadium — is doing the whole, entire comprehensive plan," Dee Haslam said. "We've done this so fast. I don't know that anyone has ever put a concept together (this fast), and we hope to be in the ground this summer for sure in order to make deadline. I think we're going as fast as we can go."Haslam promised a winning team."It's a big investment," she said. "We're committed to winning. It's so important to win for a community. We obviously have experienced not winning (with the Browns), so winning is so important. We get that message loud and clear."