Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (2/11/21)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns’ Top Contracts to Consider Cutting Ahead of NFL Free Agency” (B/R) - “The Cleveland Browns made plenty of noise in 2020 and have the means to make even more in 2021 if they play this offseason right.”
• “Baker Mayfield finished top 5 in rate of positively graded throws by PFF” (BrownsWire) - “One of the areas where Mayfield spiked upward in new coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense in Cleveland was in making better decisions, leading to better throws.”
• “Are the Cleveland Browns on a Path to a Super Bowl? Comparing the 2020 Browns with the 2018 Kansas City Chiefs” (OBR) - “There is a good case that the Cleveland Browns’ biggest hurdle in making it to the Super Bowl in the near future is the Kansas City Chiefs.”
• “Pass rush and play action: Applying lessons from Super Bowl LV to the Browns” (cleveland.com) - “What can we learn from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ victory over the Kansas City Chiefs? Well, having Tom Brady at quarterback helps.”
• “Browns players always will remember the gleam in Marty Schottenheimer’s eyes” (ESPN) - “Marty Schottenheimer famously told his Browns, ‘There’s a gleam, men. There’s a gleam. Let’s get the gleam.’”

NFL:

• “If not the Seahawks in 2021, where will Russell Wilson play?” (PFT) - “Although it seems more likely that a trade of Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson would happen next year at the earliest, the situation seems to be developing quickly.”
• “Former Packers DC Mike Pettine hired by rival Bears as senior defensive assistant” (NFL.com) - “Mike Pettine’s unemployment lasted less than a month, and he didn’t even have to change divisions.”
• “Ravens Pro Bowl tackle Orlando Brown Jr. wants to be traded and multiple teams are interested” (CBS) - “According to CBS NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, Brown has been given permission to seek a trade, and multiple teams are interested in his services.”