Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (2/24/21)

Cleveland Browns:

• “NFL Teams Can Now Use Franchise Tag, Browns Will Sit This One Out” (BrownsDigest) - “NFL teams can now place the franchise tag on pending free agents if they wish to do so. Teams have from now until March 9th to place the tags.”
• “Analyzing the CBs: Browns held their own in face of numerous injuries” (Browns.com) - “Despite the adversity, the Browns held their own at one of the least forgiving positions on the field.”
• “Michael Lombardi: The hiring of Stefanski told me the Browns think that Baker Mayfield could only be successful in a Kubiak type offense” (92.3 The Fan) - “Lombardi joined Ken Carman and Anthony Lima to go over the Cleveland Browns offseason.”
• “Social media speculates about free agency clues in J.J. Watt’s tweet” (WKYC) - “J.J. Watt’s cryptic tweet on Tuesday resulted in several social media users trying to find clues about his free agency.”

NFL:

• “Roundup: Texans create cap space by releasing OL Senio Kelemete, LB Peter Kalambayi” (NFL.com) - “In an offseason expected to be full of cap-saving moves, the Houston Texans parted ways with two rotational players on Tuesday.”
• “Are the Steelers still willing/able to pay Ben Roethlisberger $19 million this year?” (PFT) - “It’s one thing for the Steelers to want to bring quarterback Ben Roethlisberger back for another year.”
• “Dez Bryant plans to play two more years, but it won’t be with Ravens after his six-game stint in Baltimore” (ESPN) - “Dez Bryant wants to play two more seasons, but it apparently won’t be with the Baltimore Ravens.”
• “Cassius Marsh, Linebacker and ‘Foil King’” (SI.com) - “The veteran pass rusher’s love of fantasy card games like Magic and Pokémon, and how he’s passing that love on to others.”