Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (11/8/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Center JC Tretter agrees to 3-year, $32.5 million contract extension to stay with Browns” (BrownsZone) - “Center JC Tretter agreed to a three-year, $32.5 million contract extension, a league source confirmed to The Chronicle-Telegram on Thursday.”
• “Hunt considers himself Nick Chubb’s ‘biggest hype man,’ wants to help Browns any way he can” (Browns.com) - “Hunt had plenty of time on his hands during his eight-game suspension — the back nine of a nearly yearlong stretch away from the football field.”
• “Getting Hot For Kitchens As Browns Fail To Reach Potential” (AP) - “Kitchens sold cars in Alabama before he got into coaching. He may soon have to rely on those sales skills to make a case for keeping his job.”
• “How can Freddie Kitchens salvage Cleveland Browns’ season?” (Pluto) - “At the midpoint of the NFL season, the Browns are the league’s biggest underachievers. Baker Mayfield probably is the NFL’s most disappointing quarterback, given how well he played in 2018.”
• “Odell Beckham doubles down on uniform comments, says only ‘15 percent’ of league follow rules” (CBS) - “Beckham was ordered to change his cleats at halftime of Sunday’s game, which they were blue and red with a face that looked like ‘Joker.’”

NFL:

• “Injuries: Redskins activate Derrius Guice (knee) off IR” (NFL.com) - “Derrius Guice will be back in action following the Washington Redskins’ bye week. The team announced Thursday they’ve activated the second-year running back off injured reserve.”
• “Antonio Brown changes his tune, again” (PFT) - “He lashed out earlier today with a profane tweet that included his latest vow to never play in the NFL again. On Thursday afternoon, he backtracked with a new tweet — and deleted the first one.”
• “Black cat from MNF still on the loose at MetLife Stadium” (AP) - “In its statement, stadium officials denied a published report that said the 82,000-plus-seat facility houses and feeds 300 cats.”