Andrew Hawkins talks Fournette and McCaffrey, Playing for an 0-14 Team, Why He Believes in Hue Jackson

A conversation with the Browns receiver on the team's winless status, why he stands by head coach Hue Jackson, and whether Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffrey should be sitting out their bowl games

Albert Breer | Dec 20, 2016

Andrew Hawkins talks Fournette and McCaffrey, Playing for an 0-14 Team, Why He Believes in Hue Jackson /

In this week's episode, I talked to Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins. Hawkins talked about his winless team and what it is like to play out the season at 0-14. He explained why he believes deeply in first year head coach Hue Jackson. Hawkins has a nephew, Aeneas Hawkins, son of Artrell Hawkins, who is a blue chip recruit with offers from big-time college programs. Hawkins explains the advice he would give his nephew if Aeneas were facing the same decision on whether to play in a bowl game and risk injury before heading to the NFL, or sit out the bowl game to prepare for the combine.

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Published Dec 20, 2016

ALBERT BREER

Albert Breer is a senior writer covering the NFL for Sports Illustrated, delivering the biggest stories and breaking news from across the league. He has been on the NFL beat since 2005 and joined SI in 2016. Breer began his career covering the New England Patriots for the MetroWest Daily News and the Boston Herald from 2005 to '07, then covered the Dallas Cowboys for the Dallas Morning News from 2007 to '08. He worked for The Sporting News from 2008 to '09 before returning to Massachusetts as The Boston Globe's national NFL writer in 2009. From 2010 to 2016, Breer served as a national reporter for NFL Network. In addition to his work at Sports Illustrated, Breer regularly appears on NBC Sports Boston, 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, FS1 with Colin Cowherd, The Rich Eisen Show and The Dan Patrick Show. A 2002 graduate of Ohio State, Breer lives near Boston with his wife, a cardiac ICU nurse at Boston Children's Hospital, and their three children.