Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (3/2/21)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Why I’m not heartbroken as the Browns miss out on signing J.J. Watt” (Pluto) - “You don’t need an advanced degree in analytics to show Watt has played only 48 of 80 games in the last five years. His biggest challenge will be staying on the field.”
• “Which Browns are eligible to hit the market in 2 weeks?” (Browns.com) - “It’s March, at last, and the start of the new league year is just two short weeks away. Typically, we’d be picking up the pieces from the NFL Combine at this point of the offseason.”
• “For once, QB quandary is not part of Browns’ vocabulary” (BrownsZone) - “Remember the bad old days, when every team in the NFL had a quarterback but the Browns? Welcome to the good new days, when almost nobody has a quarterback BUT the Browns.”
• “Cleveland Browns Add Jonathan Decoster as Offensive Quality Control Coach” (OBR) - “The Cleveland Browns have added an offensive quality control coach. Jonathan Decoster, 33, replaces Seitu Smith, who left to become the running backs coach at Yale University.”

NFL:

• “Six days in, no tags yet” (PFT) - “The window for applying franchise and transition tags opened six days ago. To date, no tags have been applied. It’s no surprise. As we’ve said in past years, the opening of the window is irrelevant.”
• “Washington expected to part ways with QB Alex Smith” (NFL.com) - “Washington is expected to part ways with the veteran quarterback in the coming days, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network’s Kim Jones reported Monday, per informed sources.”
• “Former Texas Coach Tom Herman Joins The Bears as an Offensive Analyst” (SI.com) - “Former Texas coach Tom Herman is joining the Bears as an offensive analyst/special projects, the team announced.”
• “Troubled receiver Josh Gordon joins Johnny Manziel on team in Atlanta-based startup league, owner says” (ESPN) - “Gordon will join former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel — who was Gordon’s teammate with the Cleveland Browns — on that team’s roster.”