Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (10/2/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Mayfield Trusting His Playmakers; Hunt Misses 2nd Day” (OBR) - “After an extremely rough opening game against the Ravens, Baker Mayfield has rebounded the last couple of weeks with ratings of over 110 points in both weeks, including a rating of 117.3 last week.”
• “Bitonio tests sore back in return to practice, takes pride in consecutive-snaps streak” (BrownsZone) - “Bitonio has a streak to uphold and teammates not to let down. Bitonio tested his sore back in practice Thursday after sitting out Wednesday.”
• “Browns evaluating number of candidates for punt, kick return” (Browns.com) - “With Thursday’s signing of WR Ryan Switzer to the practice squad, the Browns added another candidate to return kicks and punts as soon as Sunday’s game against the Cowboys.”
• “Jarvis Landry playing in his 100th straight career game Sunday in Dallas” (cleveland.com) - “What’s more, Landry has never missed a game in his seven-year career, despite gutting it out all last season on a hip injury and undergoing surgery in February.”

NFL:

• “NFL says Steelers-Titans game won’t be played in Week 4 after two more positive coronavirus tests” (ESPN) - “According to a statement from the NFL, one additional Titans player and one personnel member tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.”
• “NFL informs clubs of enhanced protocols for teams possibly exposed to COVID-19” (NFL.com) - “‘The is one simple rule to remember: act as if every person you come into contact with has a COVID infection and take appropriate precautions,’ per the memo.”
• “Recent events should renew consideration of mini-bubbles for each NFL team” (PFT) - “That luck ran out with the news of a shutdown of the Titans’ facility, eventually culminating in the postponement of Sunday’s game between Pittsburgh and Tennessee.”
• “Joe Burrow’s ‘Magic’ Is Already Evident” (MMQB) - “Pull it up on NFL Game Pass and you’ll hear it too: Cincinnati at Philly last week, 7:33 left in the fourth quarter, Bengals in second-and-15.”