Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (2/8/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns hire Sam Shade as assistant special teams coach” (OBR) - “Following his retirement from the NFL, Shade began his coaching career as a volunteer coach for five seasons at Briarwood Christian School in Birmingham, Ala.”
• “New Mexico State WR calls Josh Gordon a ‘freak of nature,’ emulates game after Browns playmaker” (Browns.com) - “At the Senior Bowl, he said teams are intrigued by his catch radius and ability to highpoint balls in the air over smaller defenders.”
• “How the Cleveland Browns can use 12 picks” (ABJ) - “As most mock drafts do, it starts with Southern California quarterback Sam Darnold at No. 1, followed by Penn State running back Saquon Barkley at No. 4.”
• “A Super surprise shouldn’t change Browns QB plans” (Plain Dealer) - “Nothing they do in signing a veteran quarterback in free agency should change the plan at the top of the draft. Nothing. Imagine having too much of a good thing for once.”

NFL:

• “Franchise-tag deadline and NFL’s other crucial offseason financial dates” (CBS) - “Some dates have league-wide importance. Others can potentially affect specific player contracts and the salary cap of individual teams...”
• “Colts say ‘rivalry on’ after McDaniels backs out of deal” (AP) - “Ballard stood in front of reporters trying to explain why New England’s longtime offensive coordinator reneged on a deal he initially accepted.”
• “Andrew Luck going ‘to prove a lot of people wrong’” (ESPN) - “Luck, who has not thrown a football in more than three months, will not need a second procedure on his right shoulder, general manager Chris Ballard said Wednesday.”
• “Steelers see role for Ryan Shazier on team in 2018” (NFL.com) - “Ryan Shazier is still recovering from a spinal injury he suffered in December, but the Pittsburgh Steelers see the linebacker continuing to be part of their organization moving forward.”