Daily Dawg Chow (6/29): Good TEs, trade rumors and sad memories

Browns: Don Rogers and what might have been (Thomas Moore) – Talented safety died 40 years ago, leaving Browns and their fans wondering if the 1980s would have gone differently.
Browns roster: How will Cleveland’s TE room shake out heading into 2026? (Matthew Wilson) – Analyzing the team’s current tight end room and how it could play out this season.
Browns roster: Why the Shedeur Sanders trade rumors are complete nonsense (Matthew Wilson) – Trading Sanders would be incredibly odd, regardless of the outcome of the QB competition.
Browns WR intrigued by who ‘comes away’ with the starting QB job (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns QB competition has everyone intrigued, including rookie WR KC Concepcion.

Deshaun Watson may start the season, but here’s why Shedeur Sanders could finish it (Orange and Brown podcast) – In Cleveland, quarterback stability has been an elusive luxury. The Browns have cycled through starters at a pace that would make any fan’s head spin and heading into the 2026 season, the situation is no clearer than it’s been in years. On the latest Orange and Brown Talk podcast, Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot and host Dan Labbe tackled one of the most fascinating prediction questions of the offseason: Who will be the Browns’ starting quarterback in Week 15?
Insider says one Browns receiver’s days could be numbered (Browns Nation) – Whenever promising new players join an NFL team, that undoubtedly means someone else is on the way out. There is a 53-man roster limit, and there are only so many snaps to go around.
Browns could turn another Steelers disappointment into free-agency gold (Dawg Pound Daily) – The Cleveland Browns struck gold with one former Pittsburgh Steelers first-round pick. They signed Devin Bush in 2024 and turned him from a draft disappointment to one of the NFL’s best value-add defensive players.

Jets’ Demario Davis spends nearly $1M annually on body recovery (ESPN) – Demario Davis was ready to quit football in 2016. He was only 27, but every joint in his body ached. By midseason, the pain was unbearable.
To develop Fernando Mendoza, Tom Brady leans on his observations of Peyton Manning (The Athletic) – Tom Brady never experienced the position Fernando Mendoza now finds himself in — and it was Brady who put him there.
Free agent CB Kenny Moore looking for ‘culture fit,’ weighs in on Colts departure (NFL.com) – It’s late June, the time of year in which established, available veterans make their pitch to contending teams. Free agent All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins did it during a Wednesday appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio. Cornerback Kenny Moore followed suit Thursday.