Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (9/4/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Leading Man: QB Baker Mayfield Brings Hope, Hype To Browns” (AP) - “The service elevator door slides open and Baker Mayfield politely waits for his wife, Emily, to exit and then follows her down a hallway into the downtown hotel’s restaurant.”
• “Will There Be A Changing of the Guard After the Two Trades?” (247Sports) - “The Browns continue to search for the long-term replacement--or at least the 2019 replacement--for last year’s starting right guard, Kevin Zeitler.”
• “Browns’ receiver misery from 2016 NFL Draft has company” (cleveland.com) - “Misery loves company, so Browns fans should revel in the receiver failings from the 2016 NFL Draft on display this week.”
• “Myles Garrett to take over as player captain for Chris Long Foundation’s ‘Waterboys’” (Browns.com) - “In just his second year in the NFL, Myles Garrett took on the role of team captain with the Cleveland Browns.”

NFL:

• “Source: Elliott, Cowboys have 6-year extension” (ESPN) - “The Dallas Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott have come to terms on a six-year, $90 million contract extension, a source told ESPN on Wednesday.”
• “Rams, Goff agree to terms on 4-year, $134M extension” (NFL.com) - “The team has agreed to terms with the quarterback on a four-year contract extension, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network’s Michael Silver reported, per a source informed.”
• “Arthur Blank: Falcons “very, very close” to a deal with Julio Jones” (PFT) - “Falcons owner Arthur Blank long has expressed optimism at getting a long-term deal completed with Julio Jones before the start of the season.”
• “Steelers may be forced to start former AAF star against Tom Brady, Patriots in Week 1” (CBS) - “Six months ago, he was playing cornerback and receiver for the San Diego Fleet of The Alliance of American Football.”