Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (8/10/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Mayfield and Barkley have strong debuts in preseason opener” (AP) - “Replacing starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor late in the first quarter, Mayfield hit 11 of 20 passes for 212 yards, two touchdowns, and converted two fourth-down plays with his feet.”
• “Dez Bryant to Browns GM: ‘I’m coming to the Land to see you’” (ESPN) - “Bryant then took to Twitter to tell Dorsey, as well as his 3.5 million followers, that he wouldn’t mind playing for the Browns but that he isn’t ready yet.”
• “John Dorsey believes Antonio Callaway didn’t smoke marijuana” (Plain Dealer) - “Asked if believes a league suspension will be forthcoming, Dorsey said he’d let that situation play out, but he feels ‘pretty optimistic’ Callaway will test negative.”
• “Slow start to Browns’ season should land Hue Jackson one really hard knock” (C-T) - “It wouldn’t matter if Jackson was one of those lugging the water bottles into the huddle during timeouts.”
• “By the numbers: QB play, defense help Browns to preseason win” (Browns.com) - “The Browns gave up 4 rushing yards to Barkley after his opening run, proving that they could once again be of the league’s premier run defenses this season.”
• “Browns vs. Giants Highlights | NFL 2018 Preseason Week 1” (NFL on YouTube) - “The Cleveland Browns take on the New York Giants in Week 1 of the 2018 NFL preseason.”

NFL:

• “Injuries we’re tracking from Week 1 of preseason” (NFL.com) - “. Washington Redskins rookie running back Derrius Guice left against the New England Patriots to be evaluated for a knee injury.”
• “Andrew Luck gets sacked, gets back up in first NFL action since 2016” (CBS) - “In his two series of action, Luck led the Colts to two field goals by completing 6 of 9 passes for 64 yards and a 87.3 passer rating.”