Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (1/21/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns Interview Vikings Assistant GM For Opening” (AP) - “The Cleveland Browns have interviewed Vikings assistant general manger George Paton for their GM opening, a person familiar with the team’s itinerary told The Associated Press on Monday.”
• “Source: Browns plan to hire Bill Callahan as offensive line coach” (ESPN) - “New Cleveland coach Kevin Stefanski will be tasking Callahan with improving an offensive line that struggled to protect second-year quarterback Baker Mayfield at times last season.”
• “Kevin Stefanski must wait until after the Super Bowl to officially hire 49ers’ Joe Woods as defensive coordinator” (cleveland.com) - “His 49ers defeated the Packers 37-20 in the NFC Championship Game Sunday, and will face the Chiefs Feb. 2 in Miami.”
• “Baker Mayfield is ‘very happy’ with the Browns’ hiring of Kevin Stefanski” (WKYC) - “Speaking to TMZ Sports, Baker Mayfield shared his first thoughts on the Cleveland Browns’ hiring of head coach Kevin Stefanski.”
• “Former Browns personnel executive Bill Davis passes away” (Browns.com) - “Bill Davis, the Browns’ Vice President of Personnel during the start of the team’s memorable run through the 1980s, passed away Saturday. He was 81.”

NFL:

• “Titans DC Dean Pees retires after 16 seasons in NFL” (NFL.com) - “Dean Pees’ Super Bowl title-winning NFL career has come to an end. The Titans defensive coordinator announced his retirement Monday.”
• “Revisiting Jimmy Garoppolo trade; 49ers and Patriots both came out winners” (CBS) - “New England made the rather shocking move to trade Garoppolo to the 49ers on Oct. 31, 2017. The Pats received a 2018 second-round pick (No. 43 overall) in exchange for Garoppolo.”
• “Ratings for conference championships drop, in comparison to last year” (PFT) - “The AFC Championship, played in the 3:05 p.m. ET window on CBS, drew 41.1 million average viewers. The early game in 2019, Rams-Saints on FOX, averaged just over 44 million.”