Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (5/24/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Duke Johnson ‘very optimistic’ contract extension will get done” (C-T) - “The Browns added a pair of high-quality running backs during the offseason — Carlos Hyde in free agency and Georgia’s Nick Chubb with the No. 35 pick in the draft.”
• “Tyrod Taylor unfazed by reports Browns tried to trade for Eagles quarterback Nick Foles” (MJ) - “Taylor looked like a starting quarterback during practice on May 23 — the only practice of the three this week open to the media.”
• “Browns’ Jarvis Landry: ‘I consider myself the best receiver in the NFL’” (Plain Dealer) - “Landry estimated that about 20 of his receptions each year are of the one-handed variety. Tyrod Taylor’s thoughts on that?”
• “Browns welcome Hard Knocks to Cleveland” (Browns.com) - “Following the team’s first winless season and a 1-31 mark over the past two years, the Browns stand to improve following a head-spinning offseason in which they reconfigured their roster.”

NFL:

• “NFL players, coaches and owners react to national anthem policy” (ESPN) - “NFL owners have approved a national anthem policy that requires players to stand if they are on the field during the performance but gives them the option to remain in the locker room...”
• “Reuben Foster’s domestic violence charges dismissed” (NFL.com) - “A judge dismissed two felony domestic violence charges against Reuben Foster on Wednesday, six days after his former girlfriend recanted accusations...”
• “Incognito taken into custody for psychiatric examination” (AP) - “Boca Raton police spokeswoman Jessica Desir said officers received a call Wednesday morning from a patron at Life Time Gym about a disturbance involving Incognito.”
• “Antonio Brown to Le’Veon Bell: Showing up can make things better” (PFT) - “While Brown thinks that showing up could lead to the deal that Bell wants with the Steelers, he’s not worried that the running back’s absence will hurt him on the field.”