Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (7/14/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Former Browns star Joe Thomas joins Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez’s bid to buy the Mets” (WKYC) - “Several NFL and NBA have joined Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez’s bid to buy the New York Mets baseball team.”
• “Baker Mayfield, Joe Burrow to have same rating in Madden 21?” (cleveland.com) - “Burrow leads the way for rookie QBs with a rating of 76. That’s fairly average. But it also just so happens to be the rating Mayfield ended the ‘Madden NFL 20’ campaign with.”
• “Myles Garrett Has ‘First-Ballot’ Hall of Fame Ability, Says Anonymous NFL Coach” (B/R) - “Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett is still scratching the surface of his talent, but his upside remains enormous.”

NFL:

• “NFL unveils Oakley Mouth Shield to combat coronavirus” (ESPN) - “Currently, there is no mandate to wear a face shield, but the NFL’s medical experts are advocating for the use of the protective equipment.”
• “Chargers safety Roderic Teamer suspended four games” (NFL.com) - “An undrafted rookie in 2019, Teamer signed with Los Angeles shortly after the draft and filled in admirably for an injured Derwin James and Adrian Phillips.”
• “Giants don’t plan to extend Leonard Williams at franchise tag deadline” (CBS) - “New York assigned Williams with the franchise tag earlier this offseason and they now plan to wait out signing the former first-round pick to an extension, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.”
• “SEC waiting until end of July to make a decision on fall sports” (PFT) - “While the Pac-12 and Big Ten have made decisions about their fall sports, the SEC continues to take a wait-and-see approach.”