Daily Dawg Chow: Browns sloppy tackling must be cleaned up

Cleveland Browns:

• "Chris Kirksey: Browns’ sloppy tackling must be cleaned up" (MJ) - "Unless the NFL gives them a special exemption and lets them play a 15-16 defense, stopping the run is always going to be an issue."
• "Hue Jackson: Jabrill Peppers is ‘growing and getting better every day’" (ESPN) - "Monday may be the day folks look back and say was when it all began for Jabrill Peppers."
• "Competition bringing best out of Browns kickers" (Browns.com) - "When Cody Parkey heard the Browns drafted Zane Gonzalez, his motivation to maintain Cleveland’s kicking job only grew stronger."
• "Osweiler on knowing he's 'a lot better' than in '15, why '16 was pivotal" (Plain Dealer) - "It's been a tumultuous year and a half, and cleveland.com recently sat down with Osweiler at training camp to talk about everything he's been through."

NFL:

• "Ravens sign journeyman QB Thad Lewis, passing on Colin Kaepernick again" (CBS) - "The quarterback situation in Baltimore remains unclear, but luckily it's a short-term issue, as Flacco expects to be ready come Week 1."
• "Injuries: Matthews suffers chip fracture in sternum" (NFL.com) - "The Bills dealt one of the most potential-packed receivers of the last decade, and in part of their hefty return package received the productive Jordan Matthews from Philadelphia."
• "Assuming Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott appeals suspension, what could happen next?" (USA TODAY) - "The six-game ban would begin Sept. 2. At that point, Elliott would not be allowed into the Cowboys' training facilities until the suspension ends Oct. 23."
• "NFL's 1st female scout details groundbreaking path in book" (AP) - "The team was on the clock in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft, and she had just received confirmation of the choice from the front office."