Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (5/15/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Dive play: Browns coach jumping into Lake Erie for charity” (AP) - “The coach is keeping his promise and plans to jump into Lake Erie on June 1 in an event for charity and hopefully wash away two long, losing seasons.”
• “Browns sign fifth-round pick linebacker Genard Avery” (MJ) - “Genard Avery, a linebacker selected in the fifth round of the draft last month, has signed his rookie contract, the Browns announced on May 14.”
• “Kay Adams: Remodeled Browns added several underrated players in offseason” (NFL.com) - “NFL Network’s Kay Adams explains how the Browns improved their team this offseason with the best underrated players.” - VIDEO

NFL:

• “NFL Insiders predict: The most improved team in 2018” (ESPN) - “Cleveland Browns. They had the league’s worst quarterback play in 2017, but solidified it by acquiring Tyrod Taylor and first overall pick Baker Mayfield.”
• “NFL seeks help from Congress on sports gambling ruling” (AP) - “The NFL wants Congress to enact a framework for legalized sports betting in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that clears the way for more states to allow sports gambling.”
• “DeAngelo Hall retiring after 14 years; ‘Skins say not yet” (NFL.com) - “After 14 NFL seasons, the longtime Washington Redskins corner is retiring from the NFL, he told reporters Monday.”
• “Cardinals’ second-round pick was reportedly arrested two months before 2018 NFL Draft” (CBS) - “Kirk is facing some legal trouble over an incident that occurred more than two months before the team selected him with a second-round pick in this year’s NFL Draft.”
• “FOX confirms Joe Buck, Troy Aikman will call Thursday Night Football” (PFT) - “FOX confirmed today that Buck and Aikman, who were already the top Sunday afternoon duo for the network, will also call the new Thursday night package.”