Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (2/18/15)

Cleveland Browns:

• "Browns hire Kevin O'Connell as QB coach" (AP) - "Kevin O'Connell got Johnny Manziel ready for last year's NFL draft. The Browns will count on him to help make Manziel — or some other quarterback — a quality starter."
• "Where are teams finding QBs? Usually high in the draft" (FSO) - "The NFL Scouting Combine is underway, bringing decision makers from every NFL team together for an up-close look at more than 300 prospects eligible for the 2015 NFL Draft."
• "Bill Polian: Browns should expect stiff penalty in Textgate case" (WKNR) - "Do’s and don’ts of general managing: Bill Polian could write a book on building a winning football team. Wait, he has. It’s called Game Plan: The Art of Building a Winning Football Team."
• "AFC North: Franchise Tags" (PFF) - "The Franchise Tag option hasn’t been used by teams nearly as often in recent seasons as it was in 2011 and 2012, but it remains as a method of retaining top talent — even if it’s just buying time to work out a long-term deal."

NFL:

• "Don't believe hype on background checks spotting character at scouting combine" (Yahoo! Sports) - "The NFL scouting combine begins this week and the activity that yields the least information compared to its hype isn't the 40-yard dash times of nose guards."
• "2015 NFL Combine: Here's interview schedule for each coach and GM" (CBS) - "The NFL Scouting Combine officially kicks off on Wednesday in Indianapolis, but don't look for any 40-yard dash records to be broken that day."
• "Five things to watch at NFL combine" (ESPN) - "With all the business happenings at the combine annually, it's no surprise the NFL moved up the start of this year's event by one day."
• "Cowboys 'leaning' toward using franchise tag on Dez Bryant" (PFT) - "The two-week window for using the franchise tag opened on Monday and the Cowboys see wide receiver Dez Bryant when they look through it."