Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (12/1/17)

Cleveland Browns:

• "Jabrill Peppers vents about $24,000 fine for unnecessary roughness" (ABJ) - "Peppers opened an email from the NFL on Wednesday night, saw the dollar amount he had been fined and immediately stopped reading the letter."
• "Gordon eager to play, tell his 'underdog' story" (AP) - "Gordon's complicated and curious journey from drug-riddled streets to NFL stardom to suspensions to rehab to possible redemption is headed to a fitting location."
• "Numbers don't lie: The Browns have led their fans down a historic path of misery" (ESPN) - "But the Browns have reached historic levels of bad. Looking at the big picture, the accumulation of worsts and firsts might make adults cry."
• "Joe Thomas to launch podcast" (PFT) - "Ever since his 10,363 consecutive snaps streak came to an end when he suffered a torn tricep in the Cleveland Browns' October loss to the Tennessee Titans, Joe Thomas has had some time on his hands."
• "Cleveland Browns vs. Los Angeles Chargers | NFL Week 13 Game Preview" (NFL on YouTube) - "NFL Playbook previews the Week 13 matchup between the Cleveland Browns and the Los Angeles Chargers." - VIDEO

NFL:

• "Injury roundup: Greg Olsen (foot) sits out practice" (NFL.com) - "The Carolina Panthers are taking it slow with Greg Olsen. Coach Ron Rivera said the team held the tight end out of practice again on Thursday out of precaution."
• "Packers file paperwork seeking to recover bonus money from Martellus Bennett" (PFT) - "The Packers have filed paperwork seeking to recover bonus money from Martellus Bennett, Rob Demovsky of ESPN reported."
• "Refs association express concern to Goodell that one Raider avoided suspension" (CBS) - "One group of people that has not forgotten is the NFL Referees Association, which sent a letter to commissioner Roger Goodell..."
• "Sean McVay’s Rapid Rise With Rams Offers NFL Coaching Search Lessons" (MMQB) - "It was deeper than that, going back to the research they’d done after firing Jeff Fisher a month earlier."