Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (10/8/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns Postgame Scribbles: In every way, an embarrassment” (Pluto) - “It was a humbled Freddie Kitchens who talked to the media after the loss. At one point, the Browns coach talked about having ‘too many plays.’”
• “Instant Insights: Browns lose to the 49ers on Monday Night Football in Week 5” (WFNY) - “We are here with your Instant Insights and running diary of the Monday Night Football matchup between the 2-2 Cleveland Browns and the 3-0 undefeated San Francisco 49ers.”
• “Richard Sherman annoyed at Baker Mayfield’s handshake snub” (PFT) - “Richard Sherman was annoyed with Baker Mayfield before the game even started. In fact, it was the Browns quarterback’s refusal to shake hands during the pregame coin toss that had the 49ers corner on edge.”
• “Baker Mayfield is a mess, and the Browns are making it worse” (USA Today) - “Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield finished Week 5 with a passer rating of 13.4. Receiver Odell Beckham, meanwhile, finished with a better passer rating (118.8) for a second time this season.”

NFL:

• “FMIA Week 5: Brett Favre, Rick Reilly and How the Colts Upset the Chiefs” (King) - “A weird calm came over Frank Reich and the Colts this weekend in Kansas City. Part of it came from the fact, as Reich told me Sunday night, that the Colts had their best week of practice in his 23-game Indianapolis career.”
• “It’s All Coming Together for Rodgers, LaFleur and the Packers” (MMQB) - “All spring and summer we wondered what the relationship between Rodgers and LaFleur, the new head coach in Green Bay, would look like.”
• “Jay Gruden firing aftermath, plus top NFL trade candidates” (NFL) - “It was as if Jay Gruden knew he’d get one last game in Washington and, after five-plus years in which he had less say than most coaches, wanted to go out his way, with his guy: Colt McCoy.”
• “ Patriots release veteran tight end Benjamin Watson” (NFL) - “Benjamin Watson’s regular-season reunion with the New England Patriots was postponed last week. On Monday, it was cancelled.”