Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (12/3/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Freddie Kitchens expects Baker Mayfield to practice, play this week after bruising throwing hand” (BrownsZone) - “Kitchens declared Mayfield good to go this week after he banged his right hand on a helmet late in the first half Sunday during the 20-13 loss at Pittsburgh.”
• “Worn Out? Loss Puts Kitchens’ Future With Browns In Jeopardy” (AP) - “Browns coach Freddie Kitchens swears he’s not anxious about his fashion choices or future. Maybe he should be. They’re both under heavy scrutiny.”
• “The Only Freddie Kitchens Question John Dorsey Needs to Answer” (247Sports) - “The Cleveland Browns 2019 season seemed to hit a glacier on Sunday in their loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. While their playoff hopes are still alive, they dangle by a string.”
• “Kitchens: 1-0 mentality won’t go away despite tough loss in Pittsburgh” (Browns.com) - “The 1-0 mindset got the Browns back into the playoff hunt and back into a position to make Sunday’s game as big as it was.”

NFL:

• “Sources: Josh Shaw’s parlay bet included Arizona Cardinals game” (ESPN) - “A three-team parlay that included an Arizona Cardinals game led the NFL in part to suspend Cardinals defensive back Josh Shaw for violating the league’s gambling policy...”
• “Lions place rookie tight end T.J. Hockenson on injured reserve due to ankle injury” (CBS) - “The Detroit Lions have placed rookie tight end T.J. Hockenson on injured reserve, head coach Matt Patricia announced during his press conference on Monday.”
• “Patriots waive kicker Kai Forbath after one game” (NFL.com) - “A day after appearing in the Patriots’ Sunday Night Football matchup against the Texans, the veteran kicker was waived by the team on Monday afternoon.”
• “Doug Pederson: Lack of discipline, consistency on me” (PFT) - “Eagles head coach Doug Pederson said on Sunday that the team self-destructed in a 37-31 loss to the Dolphins and he assigned blame for that on Monday.”