Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (12/11/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Reeling Steelers suddenly in range for Browns” (ABJ) - “From out of the blue, Pittsburgh popped into the Browns’ improbable but not outlandish playoff picture. The Steelers’ stunning loss at Oakland on Sunday left Cleveland precariously in the hunt...”
• “Gregg Williams details availability of JC Tretter, Denzel Ward” (247Sports) - “There is not enough talk about center JC Tretter doing the same by playing through injury for more than a month. Tretter suffered an injury, has been limited in practice each week...”
• “Browns’ luck -- and culture -- continue to change” (Grossi) - “The tackling was shoddy. The coverage drew flags. They lost two fumbles on offense. They missed a key extra point. They were being dink-and-dunked down the field with the game on the line.”
• “Breshad Perriman: ‘It’s a total blessing’ to be part of Cleveland Browns” (WKYC) - “Perriman’s professional career had been a struggle through three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, so much so that the team cut ties...”

NFL:

• “Injuries: Bills RB LeSean McCoy (hamstring) day-to-day” (NFL.com) - “John Harbaugh said quarterback Lamar Jackson ‘looks like he’s OK.’ Jackson sat out the final two plays of Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs after injuring his ankle.”
• “Raiders fire GM Reggie McKenzie midseason as Jon Gruden assumes complete control of franchise” (CBS) - “A divorce was inevitable given the power structure in Oakland: Jon Gruden signed a 10-year, $100 million contract to coach the team last year...”
• “Jason Garrett: ‘There is no truth’ to Jason Witten story” (PFT) - “Owner Jerry Jones also took time out to dispute the story, making it a fairly concerted effort to downplay the report. Both Jones and Garrett have substantial reason to...”
• “Redskins going with Josh Johnson over Mark Sanchez” (ESPN) - “After losing their fourth consecutive game Sunday, they will turn to their fourth starting quarterback of the season. But this time it had nothing to do with an injury.”