Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (4/13/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns, WR Jarvis Landry close to huge contract extension” (C-T) - “A contract extension is close to being finalized, a league source confirmed to The Chronicle-Telegram. It would pay Landry $75.5 million over five years with $47 million guaranteed...”
• “Browns could be dangerous at WR ... with one big ‘If’” (ESPN) - “With the Cleveland Browns, he’ll be promoted and might even be the No. 1 receiver in a group that has taken giant strides from the inexperienced crew that started the 2017 season.”
• “All signs pointing to Browns taking Josh Allen No. 1 overall right now” (CBS) - “The Allen buzz could all be a lie. After all, everything you hear during the month of April relating to the draft is usually false and purposely false to boot.”
• “Browns have talented options at RB if they opt to pass on Saquon Barkley” (Browns.com) - “Saquon Barkley might be one of the best running back prospects of the last decade, but the Browns could still land an impactful ball carrier later in the NFL Draft.”
• “Minkah Fitzpatrick says he loves challenges, would feel ‘blessed and grateful’ to play for Browns” (ABJ) - “If Fitzpatrick really likes challenges, he would love trying to help reverse the fortunes of the Browns, who went 1-15 and 0-16 the past two seasons.”

NFL:

• “NFL rejects Burfict’s appeal, upholds 4-game suspension” (AP) - “Burfict will be sidelined to start a season for the fourth year in a row, this time serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers.”
• “Against all odds, Michael Crabtree-Aqib Talib III is on” (NFL.com) - “Aqib Talib and Michael Crabtree will ply their trade outside the confines of the AFC West in 2018, but that won’t stop the two men from sharing a field this year.”
• “How will conflict over cancellation of Kaepernick workout be resolved?” (PFT) - “The dueling reports regarding the reasons for the cancellation of the Colin Kaepernick workout in Seattle set the stage for a good, old-fashioned pissing match.”