Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (1/7/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Why were the Browns given the best odds to land Tom Brady?” (WKYC) - “While 11-2 odds hardly qualify as buzz that something’s adrift, it still seemed strange that the Browns, who don’t need a quarterback, would have the best odds...”
• “Browns Interview Bills Offensive Coordinator Brian Daboll” (AP) - “Brian Daboll spruced up his resume and improved as a coach since the previous time he was in Cleveland nearly a decade ago.”
• “Falcons interview Browns assistant coach Joe Whitt Jr.” (BrownsWire) - “One of the assistant coaches currently in limbo in Cleveland has taken the initiative to look outside the Browns for a new job.”
• “How it can work, why it might fail: Browns coach/GM search” (WFNY) - “Exact structure required to achieve stability is also a false premise. The Indianapolis Colts have sustained success by the football-side reporting through the general manager.”

NFL:

• “Jerry Jones is Betting that Mike McCarthy has Changed” (SI.com) - “In hiring Mike McCarthy as his latest head coach, Jerry Jones’s goal was simply to bet on something that, he hopes, has a smaller chance of crashing and burning.”
• “Rams part ways with defensive coordinator Wade Phillips” (ESPN) - “Wade Phillips will not return next season as defensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams. Phillips signed a three-year contract with the Rams after Sean McVay was named coach in 2017.”
• “Tua Tagovailoa to enter 2020 NFL Draft” (PFT) - “Tua Tagovailoa called it a ‘difficult time,’ but he’s about to be comforted by the warm embrace of professional football. The Alabama quarterback just announced that he was declaring for the 2020 NFL Draft.”
• “Tom Brady played through foot injury late in season” (NFL.com) - “We know after Saturday’s loss to the Titans it wasn’t potent enough to even get out of the Wild Card round. But what we didn’t know until now is Brady was dealing with more than one injury.”