Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (9/8/14)

Cleveland Browns:

• "Turnaround fueled by up-tempo offense" (ESPN) - "Mike Pettine attributed the change from one half to another with the Cleveland Browns to the team's veteran leadership. Offensive guard John Greco put it a little more succinctly."
• "Terrance West, Isaiah Crowell enjoy dazzling debuts in loss" (Plain Dealer) - "Jim Brown is always the best running back in whatever room he stands. But as the 78-year-old gridiron icon walked slowly from the Browns locker room, he acknowledged the strong performance he had just witnessed."
• "Brian Football quashes all the Johnny Manziel talk, for now" (USA TODAY) - "For at least one more week, all those sports talk radio calls for Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine to plug in his Johnny Manziel magic app have been muted."
• "Antonio Brown kicked the Browns punter in the face" (CBS) - "There's roughing the kicker and then there's what Antonio Brown did to Browns punter Spencer Lanning. While returning a punt, Brown went full Karate Kid, cranking Lanning in the face/helmet with his cleat."
• "Week 1: Browns vs. Steelers highlight" (NFL.com) - VIDEO

NFL:

• "Injuries to several superstars mar season-opening action" (SI.com) - "NFL teams must adjust to injuries as an unfortunate constant, but some teams had to do that far sooner than they would have preferred to open the 2014 season..."
• "Week 1: Drama-filled start to 2014" (ESPN) - "In a highly competitive and entertaining Sunday, six of the 12 afternoon games were decided by a touchdown or less."
• "Inside Manning" (Sports On Earth) - "The clock in the hotel room shows 9:45 p.m. Peyton Manning is standing in somewhere between the bed and the television set holding a football, as if he is taking a snap from center. On one side of him is Emmanuel Sanders."