Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (5/7/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns sign potential Thomas replacement Corbett” (NFL.com) - “Joe Thomas’ retirement brought an end to a legendary career and created a massive void at left tackle for the Cleveland Browns.”
• “Antonio Callaway says he takes responsibility for positive drug test” (ESPN) - “Callaway said his positive drug test at this year’s scouting combine was the result of a dilute sample and that he’s taking steps to put his troubled past behind him.”
• “After Baker Mayfield’s 1st practice, Hue Jackson says ‘Tyrod Taylor’s the starting QB and that won’t change’” (Plain Dealer) - “Hue Jackson is determined to keep Baker Mayfield Mania reined in.”
• “Browns struggle to find the right balance between veteran and rookie quarterback” (PFT) - “OK, so what if Jackson is right? What if Taylor does indeed lead the organization to winning?”
• “Denzel Ward doesn’t practice with hip flexor strain, says should be back soon” (C-T) - “Ward, the No. 4 pick in the draft last week out of Ohio State, didn’t practice Saturday after straining a hip flexor Friday in his first practice in the NFL.”

NFL:

• “Jets’ Todd Bowles can’t say if Teddy Bridgewater will fully participate at OTAs” (CBS) - “On Saturday at rookie minicamp, Jets coach Todd Bowles sounded unsure about Bridgewater’s status for OTAs.”
• “Panthers Defensive Backs Coach Curtis Fuller Resigns Amid Workplace Conduct Complaints” (SI.com) - “Fuller was a former NFL safety who joined the Panthers in 2013 as a coaching assistant and took over the secondary before 2017.”
• “NFL coaches see both challenge and opportunity in implementation of new helmet rule” (USA TODAY) - “This was all in the spirit of the new rule the NFL is implementing this year to ban the use of the helmet on hits.”