Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (11/9/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Denzel Ward ‘should be good’ to face Falcons after hip flexor injury forced early exit vs. Chiefs” (C-T) - “Ward’s hip flexor injury returned last week and knocked him from the 37-21 loss to the Chiefs after one defensive series, but he was back practicing Thursday...”
• “Browns encouraging rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield to cut it loose: ‘That’s the next step’” (ABJ) - “Williams explained he has told Mayfield the Browns have confidence in him and fully support him, so he shouldn’t be the least bit worried about miscues.”
• “Mayfield hopes NFL officials find consistency on helmet hits” (AP) - “Twice this season, Cleveland’s rookie quarterback has been struck in the head by tacklers during games and both times the officials failed to call a penalty for the obvious infractions.”
• “Kinder, gentler Gregg Williams is running the Browns” (ESPN) - “The Gregg Williams seen on ‘Hard Knocks’ was cursing about lozenges and cursing at players in a colorful display of old-school coaching.”
• “Bruce Arians to the Cleveland Browns? Let’s think about it” (Pluto) - “What if Bruce Arians would end up coaching the Browns? I can understand why some people would be against the idea. Arians is 66 years old. He beat prostate cancer in 2007.”
• “Ex-Browns coach: Haley thought he’d be interim coach when Hue was fired” (PFT) - “Former Browns head coach Sam Rutigliano, a longtime mentor to Todd Haley, says that Haley was expecting to be named Cleveland’s interim head coach...”
• “NFL Week 10 FOX Atlanta Falcons @ Cleveland Browns Preview” (PFF) - “After a great start to his NFL career, Baker Mayfield has struggled to find week-to-week consistency.”

NFL:

• “Injuries: Eagles’ Darren Sproles aggravates hamstring” (NFL.com) - “The Philadelphia Eagles have been without Darren Sproles since Week 1, but were optimistic he would return in time for Week 10.”