Saturday Dawg Chow: Browns news (8/12/17)

Cleveland Browns:

• "Kizer being groomed as the Browns' franchise QB -- but timing is everything" (Plain Dealer) - "DeShone Kizer is being groomed as the Browns' franchise quarterback, but timing is everything when it comes to the success or failure of the Notre Dame product."
• "Kizer Rolls: Cleveland Browns Preseason Week 1 Winners and Losers" (WFNY) - "Here are your winners and losers from the first bout of preseason football for 2017."

NFL:

• "Ezekiel Elliott Suspension: What It Means" (MMQB) - "Dallas’s star second-year back will sit for the first six games of 2017 on a domestic violence suspension. The messages are clear: The league is getting tougher on domestic violence, and Elliott needs to change his ways."
• "Bills trade Sammy Watkins to Rams, acquire Matthews" (NFL) - "The team announced that Sammy Watkins has been shipped to the Los Angeles Rams -- along with a 2018 sixth-round pick -- in exchange for cornerback E.J. Gaines and a 2018 second-rounder. In a corresponding swap, the Bills acquired Jordan Matthews and a 2018 third-rounder from the Eagles for starting-level cornerback Ronald Darby."
• "Ryan Tannehill to have season-ending ACL surgery" (NFL) - "It took about a week, but Ryan Tannehill has made the decision to go under the knife. The Dolphins quarterback is undergoing season-ending surgery to repair his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee."

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