Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (9/26/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “A win, a tie, Baker Mayfield and an evolving season prediction” (C-T) - “The game, the season and the franchise changed when Baker Mayfield entered against the Jets with 1:42 left in the second quarter Thursday night.”
• “Baker Mayfield’s historic debut tops the charts among NFL rookie QBs” (PFF) - “Mayfield’s NFL debut will go down in the history books as not only the first win for the Cleveland Browns in 635 days, but it also finds itself atop the leaderboard...”
• “Baker Mayfield nominated for Rookie of the Week” (247Sports) - “Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield has been nominated for NFL’s Pepsi Rookie of the Week. Mayfield entered Thursday night’s game...”
• “Browns host 20th annual ‘Taste of the Browns’ event at FirstEnergy Stadium” (WKYC) - “There was a great vibe at FirstEnergy Stadium on Monday night as the Cleveland Browns hosted the 20th annual ‘Taste of the Browns’ event...”
• “Jamal Adams says Jets’ defense didn’t prepare for Baker Mayfield” (ESPN) - “Adams said Tuesday the defense wasn’t prepared for rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield, who came off the bench last Thursday to spark the Cleveland Browns to their first win in 20 games.”

NFL:

• “Injuries: Buccaneers place Chris Conte (knee) on IR” (NFL.com) - “Chris Conte’s rough night got worse less than 24 hours later. The Buccaneers safety (knee) has been placed on injured reserve, the team announced Monday.”
• “Competition committee wants to discuss increase in roughing the passer calls” (ESPN) - “The NFL’s competition committee is scheduled to speak on a conference call next week about the proliferation of roughing the passer penalties...”
• “NFL disputes reported apology to Jets for holding penalty” (PFT) - “Although the league seems to be getting away from the business of publicly admitting officiating errors, the NFL still provides private apologies when warranted.”