Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (3/9/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Odell Beckham Jr. could become model Cleveland Brown” (Crowquill) - “Only time will tell for sure, but the thinking goes that if OBJ is still a Cleveland Brown at the end of April, odds are good he’ll still be one in September.”
• “Tom Withers: Odell Beckham Jr.’s ‘Inability To Practice’ Contributed To Mayfield’s Regression” (BrownsNation) - “Associated Press sports writer Tom Withers gave Beckham ‘credit’ for playing through the injury.”
• “Steve Wilks wants to make sure next job has some longevity” (PFT) - “Steve Wilks has been fired twice in the last two years, but he’ll avoid the same fate after the 2020 season comes to an end.”

NFL:

• “Saints plan to place first-round tender on quarterback Taysom Hill” (ESPN) - “Saints plan to place a first-round tender on restricted free-agent quarterback Taysom Hill, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday...”
• “Chargers, Ekeler Agree To 4-Year Contract Extension” (AP) - “The running back has agreed to a four-year deal with the Chargers worth $24.5 million, including $15 million guaranteed. Ekeler was slated to become a restricted free agent...”
• “NFL insider notes: Cowboys have spent the least on payroll since 2016” (CBS) - “Cowboys fans, don’t believe the hype about trouble keeping Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper and Byron Jones and anyone else.”
• “Mahomes says he ‘didn’t understand how to read defenses’ until last year” (USA TODAY) - “Mahomes, 24, is already an NFL MVP and a Super Bowl MVP after leading the Kansas City Chiefs to their first title in 50 years in only his second season as a starter.”
• “An American Football Coach, an Italian League, and Coronavirus” (MMQB) - “How Joe Bommarito, a former New York Jets scout now coaching a pro team in Italy, is navigating his team as the coronavirus spreads through the country.”