Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (12/28/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns’ Playoff Chances Take Hit With 23-16 Loss To Jets” (AP) - “After a 23-16 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday, the Browns will need to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers next Sunday if they’re going to end the NFL’s longest playoff drought.”
• “Baker Mayfield says he ‘failed’ Cleveland Browns with fumbles in loss to New York Jets” (ESPN) - “Still, Mayfield refused to use those key absences, especially at receiver, as an excuse, and he shouldered the blame for the loss.”
• “How the Steelers saved the Browns — and now the Browns can make the playoffs by beating them” (cleveland.com) - “They say the enemy of your enemy is your friend. This time, the Browns’ enemy was their friend.”
• “Kevin Stefanski: Not having receivers is no excuse in Browns’ loss to Jets” (BrownsWire) - “Losing your entire group of starting receivers less than 24 hours before a game is certainly less than ideal.”
• “A weekend and loss like this could only happen to the Browns” (BrownsZone) - “If something like this was ever going to happen to a team in the NFL, it could only be to the team that it happened to.”
• “NFL Week 16 PFF ReFocused: New York Jets 23, Cleveland Browns 16” (PFF) - “Due to trailing the entire bout, Baker Mayfield attempted 53 total passes, completing just 28 for 285 yards and no scores.”