Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (9/18/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Kitchens takes responsibility for Baker Mayfield holding onto ball too long” (C-T) - “Baker Mayfield has looked hesitant in the pocket during the first two games. It’s a striking and troubling departure from the decisive, quick-firing, accurate quarterback of a year ago.”
• “Baker Mayfield and the new world of expectations in Cleveland” (ESPN) - “The Week 2 Browns badly needed the always accommodating Jets to give them a pick-me-up, and boy did the Jets deliver.”
• “Beckham Jr. wears $2 million Richard Mille watch for pregame warmups vs. New York Jets” (WKYC) - “Earlier this week, Odell Beckham Jr. said he was done talking about watches. But the Cleveland Browns star receiver clearly isn’t done wearing them.”
• “Pepsi ‘Believeland’ bottles to mark Browns’ Sunday Night Football appearance” (cleveland.com) - “First Bud Light kickstarted a Cleveland Browns promotion, now Pepsi is getting into the act.”

NFL:

• “Tomlin believes Ben Roethlisberger will return for ‘20” (NFL.com) - “Just before the Steelers’ loss to the Seahawks on Sunday reached halftime, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s season had reached its end.”
• “Melvin Gordon Says He’ll Play ‘Somewhere’ During 2019 Season” (SI.com) - “Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon said he is “going to play somewhere” this season and ‘would be a waste of talent’ if he didn’t.”
• “Jalen Ramsey trade rumors: Two teams reportedly offer first-rounders for Jaguars star” (CBS) - “Jason La Canfora noted Monday that executives around the league had been anticipating a possible trade even before Ramsey’s dispute with Marrone...”
• “Drew Brees to have surgery on Wednesday” (PFT) - “After reports that Drew Brees was headed for surgery on Monday, Saints head coach Sean Payton said that the quarterback was going for a second opinion before moving forward with an operation.”