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Browns notebook: Andrew Hawkins says rookie QB Cody Kessler ‘has a lot of Andy Dalton in him’

BEREA: Virtually everyone who watched Browns rookie quarterback Cody Kessler in the preseason had doubts about whether he would be ready to function in a regular-season game this year.

But Kessler’s rocky preseason could very well have been misleading. Forced into action because quarterbacks Robert Griffin III (fractured left shoulder) and Josh McCown (fractured left collarbone) suffered injuries in the first two games, Kessler has been solid in two starts and will lead the offense again Sunday when the Browns (0-4) host the New England Patriots (3-1).

“That’s how it goes sometimes. You just don’t know till you know.