Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (1/9/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “How Cleveland Browns were frozen out of Jimmy Garoppolo deal” (Pluto) - “Part of the deal was the 49ers would release Hoyer, allowing him to sign with the Patriots. That’s exactly what happened. But the strange part was the Browns were willing to offer more for Garoppolo.”
• “Dorsey would like to hire Packers exec Eliot Wolf, according to report” (ABJ) - “John Dorsey could bring another key piece of his former team’s front office to Cleveland. Dorsey would like to hire Green Bay Packers director of football operations Eliot Wolf, ESPN.com reported.”
• “Jimmy Haslam needs held to his own standards” (WFNY) - “Unfortunately for Cleveland, in the billionaire, megalomaniacal world of NFL ownership, the problems of a fanbase doesn’t often matriculate up those corporate, money-making ladders.”
• “Our 2017 Browns player rankings have a surprise at No. 1” (Grossi) - “Rack ‘em: As a consequence of the Browns’ historic 0-16 season, our annual player rankings take on a slightly different format from the norm.”

NFL:

• “NFL coaching tracker: Latest news, developments” (NFL.com) - “: The Bears named the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator as their next coach. Nagy has spent the last five seasons in Kansas City, first as quarterbacks coach...”
• “Mike Pettine will interview for Packers’ defensive coordinator job” (PFT) - “The Packers will interview Mike Pettine for their vacant defensive coordinator job, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.”
• “CFL team buys more time to negotiate with Johnny Manziel” (AP) - “The Canadian Football League’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats have bought themselves more time to negotiate with former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel.”
• “Rumors about Belichick coaching another team are totally ridiculous, and he agrees” (CBS) - “Right off the bat on his Monday press conference, Belichick was asked about the report that he was told by Kraft to trade backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.”