Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (11/21/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Source: Browns’ Myles Garrett points to ‘13 Antonio Smith ban during appeal” (ESPN) - “Antonio Smith, who was suspended in 2013 for two preseason games and one regular-season game for swinging his helmet at then-Dolphins offensive lineman Richie Incognito.”
• “QB Mayfield Exudes Leadership At Critical Time For Browns” (AP) - “In those raw emotional moments following the stunning brawl with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Baker Mayfield exuded calming leadership.”
• “TE David Njoku returns to practice after missing 8 games” (BrownsZone) - “He ran routes and caught passes. Njoku returned to practice Wednesday morning and was designated to return from injured reserve after missing eight games with a broken wrist.”
• “Damarious Randall laments ‘so many death threats’ on social media after ejection from Steelers game” (Plain Dealer) - “Johnson left the game with a concussion and bleeding from an ear. But Randall said he didn’t intentionally intend to hit him helmet-to-helmet.”

NFL:

• “Injuries: Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill (hamstring) day-to-day” (NFL.com) - “Tyreek Hill’s hamstring scare is nothing more than that -- a scare. Hill’s injury was deemed minor, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source informed of the situation.”
• “Full practice for Mitchell Trubisky on Wednesday” (PFT) - “Nagy said he hoped that quarterback Mitchell Trubisky would be able to work during the session after injuring his hip during last Sunday night’s loss to the Rams.”
• “Lions’ Matthew Stafford not thinking about shutting down for 2019 due to back injury” (CBS) - “Matthew Stafford doesn’t know if his back injury will keep him sidelined for the remainder of the season, but he certainly hopes it won’t.”
• “Is the NFL Facing Another QB Drought, and What Can Teams Do About It?” (MMQB) - “The quarterback drought was a real thing. The Jaguars built a team that, pretty successfully, operated without one for the better part of two seasons.”