Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (1/21/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “How is coaching staff shaping up?” (Pluto) - “I was talking to an NFL executive who generally has had a low opinion of the Browns in recent years, especially when it came to the composition of the coaching staff.”
• “Freddie Kitchens surrounding himself with wealth of experience” (Browns.com) - “Before Kitchens coaches his first game in September, he’ll have spent months and months with a number of staff members who have.”
• “Baker Mayfield makes Hue Jackson joke during FOX segment” (247Sports) - “Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield joined NFL on Fox’s Cooper Manning for a ‘Baking with Baker’ segment.”
• “Biggest draft need? Who deserves an extension? Jamie Collins coming back?” (C-T) - “Defensive tackle tops my list. Trevon Coley was a disappointment in his second year as a starter and an upgrade is necessary.”

NFL:

• “Conference Championship Game Takeaways” (MMQB) - “Greg Zuerlein Good From 80: That’s a monster kick. That kick should be in that new Godzilla movie, the Millie Bobby Brown one.”
• “Commissioner has authority to take action over Rams-Saints outcome, in theory” (PFT) - “So what can the NFL do about the outcome of the Rams-Saints game? Probably nothing. Bad calls happen.”
• “Sources expect Patrick Mahomes to sign record deal when eligible in 2020” (ESPN) - “Mahomes has become the brightest young star in football, and he could be on the verge of pushing the financial limits of the sport as well.”
• “Roundup: Colts’ Denico Autry fined $13K for sack dance” (NFL.com) - “Autry has been fined $13,369 for unsportsmanlike conduct during last week’s playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported.”