Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (9/17/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Burrow, Bengals Hit Road Vs Browns On NFL’s 100th Birthday” (AP) - “Joe Burrow’s childhood was pretty much the same as every other boy raised in football-obsessed Ohio, the NFL’s birthplace.”
• “Browns Mayfield Says Offense’s Potential Isn’t ‘False Hopes’” (OBR) - “The Cleveland Browns season opener last week against the Ravens was a resounding dud. Although the team, overall, played poorly, the offense had an extremely poor showing.”
• “RT Jack Conklin among 6 questionable Thursday night” (92.3 The Fan) - “If Conklin, who signed a 3-year, $42 million contract as a free agent in the spring, can’t go, Chris Hubbard, last year’s starter, would likely be called upon to replace him.”
• “Browns elevate LB Montrel Meander” (Browns.com) - “The Cleveland Browns have signed LB Montrel Meander to the active roster from the practice squad. In addition, the team waived T Alex Taylor from injured reserve with an injury settlement.”
• “No matter what, some Browns fans are planning to come to Thursday’s home opener” (Pluto) - “From the moment it was announced the Cleveland Browns were allowed to sell 6,000 tickets for the home opener, I had one question.”

NFL:

• “Seven positives in latest round of NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 testing” (NFL.com) - “NFL clubs began padded practices in mid-August. The NFL administered 80,017 COVID-19 tests to players between Aug. 12 through Saturday, and there have been seven confirmed tests.”
• “NFL kickers missed the most field goals in an opening week since 1982” (PFT) - “If it seemed like kickers were missing left and right in Week One, well, they were. Fifteen kickers missed at least one kick.”
• “Bruce Arians on Brett Favre’s critique: Tom Brady and I are ‘fine’” (ESPN) - “Bruce Arians said he does not care what people have to say about him pointing out quarterback Tom Brady’s mistakes publicly after Sunday’s loss to the New Orleans Saints.”
• “Washington NFL owner Dan Snyder says his team may have already found its permanent name” (CBS) - “After one week of action in the NFL, one of the biggest surprises is in the NFC East, where the Washington Football Team currently sits alone in first place.”