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

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns will host Louisville QB Lamar Jackson on visit next week” (C-T) - “Louisville’s Lamar Jackson has been conspicuously absent when the top quarterbacks are mentioned in connection with the Browns, who have the Nos. 1 and 4 picks in the upcoming draft.”
• “Could the Browns Make Five 1st Round Picks?” (OBR) - “Josh Allen this, Sam Darnold that, don’t forget about Baker Mayfield, Josh Rosen and Lamar Jackson either—is anyone else tired of ‘report’ after ‘report’ linked to who the Cleveland Browns are selecting...”
• “What the Browns are saying about the top quarterbacks in the draft” (ESPN) - “The Cleveland Browns will begin final draft preparations this week and next by hosting the top quarterbacks at the team’s facility in Berea, Ohio.”
• “Ryan Leaf urges Sam Darnold to avoid the Browns, but apparently hasn’t gotten the memo” (cleveland.com) - “Leaf, the No. 2 overall pick of the Chargers in 1998, asserts that Cleveland is ‘a place where quarterbacks go to die.’”

NFL:

• “Patriots pull off huge trade, send Brandin Cooks to Rams for first-round pick” (CBS) - “In exchange, New England will receive a sixth-round pick and the 23rd overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.”
• “Odell Beckham Jr. trade is reasonable for only 3 NFL teams” (Sporting News) - “A trade for Beckham is realistic and warranted for only three other teams, all of which have the three elements needed to acquire him...”
• “Dez Bryant has not met with Cowboys about his contract yet” (PFT) - “Jerry Jones said last week he expected to meet with Dez Bryant and his representation in the coming days. A week later, the meeting still hasn’t happened...”
• “County officials OK bonds for Raiders stadium in Las Vegas” (AP) - “Officials in Nevada’s Clark County have approved the sale of bonds for the construction of the Oakland Raiders’ stadium in Las Vegas.”