Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (1/15/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Hue Jackson shuffles coaching staff — Ken Zampese in as QB coach” (C-T) - “Hue Jackson didn’t have the same patience with his coaching staff that owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam have shown him.”
• “The Browns front office makeover means Hue Jackson is in the crosshairs” (cleveland.com) - “Considered a front office “rising star” while working at one of John Dorsey’s previous NFL stops, he turned down another organization to try to help build the Browns into a contender.”
• “Alex Smith in a Browns jersey? Reunion with John Dorsey could be a good fit” (ESPN) - “New Cleveland Browns general manager John Dorsey concedes that the NFL is a quarterback-driven league. In past years, the Browns have driven the position into a brick wall.”
• “Browns anticipate ‘even bigger’ things from Duke Johnson after breakout season” (Browns.com) - “The best season of Duke Johnson’s young career came in a season without a single win. But Johnson, a bright spot in a winless season as Cleveland’s top offensive playmaker, never lost motivation to be that light.”

NFL:

• “What (and Who) Went Down During the Divisional Round” (MMQB) - “Stefon Diggs looked back once—then twice—before accepting reality. No one was going to catch him.”
• “Ben Roethlisberger still has ‘a desire to play football’” (NFL.com) - “Ben Roethlisberger lost out on his chance at potential revenge in the AFC title game, but there’s always next year.”
• “Will Drew Brees stay with the Saints?” (PFT) - “With his 2017 season, his contract fulfilled, and the team having no ability to tag him, Saints quarterback Drew Brees has his first crack at the open market since arriving in New Orleans a dozen years ago.”
• “Eagles underdogs to Vikings despite hosting NFC Championship” (CBS) - “The Divisional Round was everything we hoped, and more. Only one game wasn’t close -- Titans at Patriots -- and it was the late Saturday game and the most likely to be a blowout.”