Daily Dawg Chow (4/6/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• 2018 NFL Mock Draft: Cleveland Browns Select QB Lamar Jackson at No. 1 (dawgsbynature.com) - “Jackson is the most dynamic player available in this year’s class for any team to select to contribute to their offense. His passing ability is much better than his statistics might have you believe.”
• Are the Browns persuading Baker Mayfield to attend the draft? (Dawg Pound Daily) - “That makes it likely that whoever the Cleveland Browns select with the No. 1 overall pick will be in attendance, meaning Browns fans will have the opportunity to see that player hold up their new Cleveland jersey with a No. 1 on the back for a photo opportunity with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.”
• Cleveland Browns predraft depth chart: Offensive line (cleveland.com) - “April is a busy month for the NFL. Teams will report for the start of their offseason program this month and, of course, the draft takes place the last weekend of the month.”
• 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. Oklahaoma’s Baker Mayfield is the first to visit, and he’ll be followed in no particular order by USC’s Sam Darnold, Wyoming’s Josh Allen and UCLA’s Josh Rosen.”
• Browns must decide if Josh Allen’s talent can overcome his lack of accuracy (ESPN) - “In two seasons as a starter, Allen completed 56.3 and 56 percent of his passes. That number has led to intense analysis, with many questioning whether it should be disqualifying in a league where 60 percent is the minimum and others saying Allen’s overall skills override the number.”

NFL:

• Rams and Broncos Exploiting the NFL’s Newest Market Inefficiency (Sports Illustrated) - “One through-line connects nearly every notable piece of personnel news from the last week-plus: Su’a Cravens being traded to the Broncos, the Rams adding Brandin Cooks and Ndamukong Suh, Jim Mora suggesting former UCLA QB Josh Rosen might not be the best pick for the Browns”
• Marquette King signs three-year deal with Denver Broncos (24/7 Sports) - “The decision by Jon Gruden and the Oakland Raiders to release punter Marquette King was unquestionably a surprising one. The All-Pro’s outgoing personality apparently didn’t mix with what Gruden and company were looking for, and his cap hit of nearly $3 million wasn’t one the Raiders were looking to incur next season.”
• Lamar Jackson among 22 prospects attending 2018 NFL Draft (NFL.com) - “The league announced on Thursday a list of 22 prospects that will attend the event as guests of the NFL. USC’s Sam Darnold, UCLA’s Josh Rosen and Wyoming’s Josh Allen will be in Dallas for the draft, along with Louisville’s 2016 Heisman Trophy winner, Lamar Jackson.”
• Introducing SEMTEX, a new way to look at college production (Fanrag): “After applying these adjustments to our positional rate statistics, Situationally Enhanced Metric Testing for Efficiency and eXplosion (SEMTEX) is conducted. SEMTEX’s testing parameters are inspired by machine learning protocols, and when ran over this enhanced production data set, indicate quarterbacks with the highest and lowest chances of NFL success based on past data.”