Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (8/9/18)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Callaway traveled for Giants game, hearing rescheduled, dashcam reveals ammo and gunstrap in car” (Plain Dealer) - “Callaway was found to have a gun strap and several rounds of ammunition in the car, but no gun.”
• “Giants quarterback once told Browns QB Baker Mayfield to be his towel boy” (ABJ) - “Webb is the quarterback who tried to make Mayfield his towel boy when they were freshman teammates in college.”
• “Hue Jackson ‘still confident’ in Cleveland Browns’ structure despite Antonio Callaway incident” (WKYC) - “During his press conference, Dorsey spoke of the structure within the organization to help players with troubled pasts overcome their issues.”
• “Hard Knocks debut foreshadows potential dysfunction” (PFT) - “Making the Hue-Haley exchange far more remarkable was the fact that it happened on camera, and that Kitchens, Haley, and Jackson all knew it was happening on camera.”

NFL:

• “Sources: Jets open to trading Teddy Bridgewater for right price” (NYDN) - “The Jets don’t quite have an embarrassment of riches at the game’s most pivotal position, but they do have flexibility thanks to Bridgewater...”
• “Raiders want Pro Bowl LT Donald Penn to take pay cut” (ESPN) - “NAPA, Calif. -- The Oakland Raiders want Pro Bowl left tackle Donald Penn to take a pay cut, a year after he held out for and received a raise and contract extension from the team.”
• “The truth about the lowering the helmet rule may be hiding in plain sight” (PFT) - “There’s no requirement that the lowering of the head be prolonged or that the contact have a certain force or aggression.”
• “Earl Thomas visits Texas practice during holdout” (NFL.com) - “Thomas showed up at the University of Texas’ fifth practice of fall camp in Austin on Wednesday, per multiple reports, and was seen with fellow former Longhorn and NFL safety Michael Huff.”