Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (12/30/15)

Cleveland Browns:

• "Pettine remains confident in kicker Coons" (C-T) - "Travis Coons began the regular season as the Browns’ kicker. He will have the opportunity to finish it in the same role. Coons has missed four of his last 10 field goal attempts — all of them blocked..."
• "Making case to retain Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine" (Plain Dealer) - "In his first news conference of the season's final week – which as Browns' fans know is never about the opponent or even the game – coach Mike Pettine said Monday his focus is on the Steelers."
• "The Cleveland Browns and their 3-4 Stink-fence" (DPD) - "In a previous article, I posited that it is very important in the hiring process to hire a coach, not his philosophy, and that the coach either shares your philosophy or will adopt it as his own."
• "Browns 'Consider Problems Are More About Personnel Than Coaching'" (92.3) - "Jason Cole of Bleacher Report joined Bull & Fox to talk about the latest on the Browns’ possible offseason changes, how Johnny Manziel’s future factors into all of this..."

NFL:

• "Where will Chip Kelly go next after being fired by the Eagles?" (CBS) - "There are stunning coaching changes and then there is the absolutely shocking release of Chip Kelly on Tuesday night by the Philadelphia Eagles."
• "MRI shows AJ McCarron sprained wrist in Bengals' loss to Broncos" (ESPN) - "Cincinnati Bengals quarterback AJ McCarron suffered a sprained left wrist against the Denver Broncos, MRI results showed Tuesday..."
• "Gus Bradley to return as Jacksonville Jaguars coach" (NFL.com) - "Jaguars owner Shad Khan is looking forward to big things in 2016, and he wants Gus Bradley to lead Jacksonville there."
• "Al Jazeera Reporter Defends Peyton Manning HGH Report" (Deadspin) - "Al Jazeera’s Deborah Davies went on the Today Show this morning to defend her publication’s reporting of Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning’s alleged connection to HGH shipments."