Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (4/26/17)

Cleveland Browns:

• "Browns discussed trading up with three teams in top 8" (NFL.com) - "NFL Network's Michael Silver reported Tuesday that the Browns have spoken with at least ‘three teams in the top eight’ about trading up."
• "Browns can still find impact starter if they hang on to 12th pick" (MJ) - "Choosing Garrett with the first pick increases the odds of Brown trading up from 12 to get in position to draft a quarterback because standing in his way..."
• "Browns' cycle: April failures lead to April excitement" (ESPN) - "The opinion has been espoused both inside and outside the Cleveland Browns' organization that the upcoming NFL draft is a franchise-changing event..."
• "Rape allegations made in Cleveland against NFL Draft prospect" (WKYC) - "According to a report from the Cleveland Police Department, a woman, 23, says she was raped by a man, 21, she met in the Westin Hotel elevator about 2:45 a.m."

NFL:

• "Saints, 32-year-old Adrian Peterson agree on 2-year contract" (AP) - "The Saints on Tuesday came to terms on a two-year contract with Peterson, a 10-year veteran who has posted seven 1,000-yard seasons with Minnesota and once eclipsed 2,000 yards."
• "Martavis Bryant conditionally reinstated after drug suspension" (PFT) - "Bryant has been conditionally reinstated to the NFL after he spent the entire 2016 season suspended for violation’s of the league’s substance abuse policy."
• "Daryl Washington conditionally reinstated after three-year ban from NFL" (CBS) - "Washington was conditionally reinstated by the NFL on Tuesday after a three-year absence due to repeated violations of the league's substances of abuse policy."
• "Dalvin Cook and the Stories Behind the Red Flags" (MMQB) - "Dalvin Cook sets down the PlayStation controller and takes a seat on the couch in his new apartment in Boca Raton, a temporary home before the NFL draft."