Daily Dawg Tags: Josh McCown done for the season
By Thomas Moore
Spanning the virtual globe to bring you the latest news about the Cleveland Browns and the NFL – these are your Daily Dawg Tags for Wednesday, Dec. 2.
Cleveland Browns:
Josh McCown out for season with broken collarbone
"After one of the most heartbreaking losses in franchise history, more bad news came from the Cleveland Browns as Josh McCown will miss the rest of the season after sustaining a broken collarbone during Monday night’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens."
5 takeaways from the Browns loss to Baltimore
"Heading into Monday night’s game between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens, all anyone could talk about was how it was going to be one of the worst games of not only the season, but in the entire history of Monday Night Football. Say what you will about the Browns, but at least they are rarely boring. Here are five takeaways from the latest loss."
Baltimore-Cleveland grades (PFF)
"The top takeaways and highest-graded players from the Ravens’ 33-27 victory over the Browns."
Mike Pettine undermined himself against the Ravens (NFL Spin Zone)
"Mike Pettine’s hypocrisy made him look incompetent before the game against Baltimore. The Cleveland Browns head coach made a difficult but correct decision in demoting Johnny Manziel the week before only to completely undermine what he’s been saying since he was hired in starting Justin Gilbert against the Baltimore Ravens. As bad as the record looks, it is decisions like this that will kill whatever credibility Mike Pettine has as a head coach."
QB play not the Browns biggest problem and that is troubling (cleveland.com)
"The fact is if you cataloged the major reasons why the Browns sit 2-9 and are riding a six-game losing streak, quarterback play would not be high on that list. That should alarm the organization."
NFL News:
Dallas Cowboys looking for a QB to develop (NFL.com)
"The NFL draft hasn’t been the way the Dallas Cowboys have stocked the quarterback position for a long time — the club has drafted just two of them since 1992 — but Cowboys owner Jerry Jones might be ready to buck that trend given the team’s struggles in the absence of the injured Tony Romo this season"
Is Week 13 a must win for the Steelers? (Still Curtain)
"With a tough stretch of games upcoming for the Pittsburgh Steelers, could this week’s Sunday night game against Indianapolis be a must win, or should it be looked at as just another game?"
Report: Falcons hold players-only meeting (PFT)
"According to multiple reports, the Atlanta Falcons responded to losing their fourth game in a row by holding a players-only meeting this week."