Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (2/18/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns Mailbag: Exactly how many picks do the Browns have in the 2019 NFL Draft?” (Browns.com) - “The Browns hold their own picks in Rounds 1-6. We know the first pick will be No. 17, the second-rounder will be No. 49 and the third-rounder will be No. 80.”
• “Browns will reach playoffs and leave behind this seven-team group of postseason outcasts” (cleveland.com) - “This putrid weekly writing attempt is a wretched failure of repetitive nonsense, inane statistics, insipid analysis and frivolous word play.”
• “Browns’ AAF affiliate Birmingham Iron off to perfect start” (247Sports) - “The Birmingham Iron are an an affiliate of the Cleveland Browns. The New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills also represent the team.”

NFL:

• “Team-by-team look at potential 2019 tag candidates” (PFT) - “It’s a tradition that truly is unlike any other. Whether it’s a good tradition or a bad tradition is in the eye of the tradition beholder.”
• “Attorney for Colin Kaepernick sees Panthers, Patriots as potential landing spots for QB” (ESPN) - “Mark Geragos spoke with CNN a day after Kaepernick and Eric Reid reached a settlement with the NFL concerning their collusion grievances against the league.”
• “Brown details Big Ben, Rooney relationships in AMA” (NFL.com) - “Antonio Brown watch-slash-stakeout is in full effect, and the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver continues to contribute to the offseason drama of his making.”
• “Le’Veon Bell Is Ready to Return, But Where?” (SI.com) - “Before rocking the NFL with the seismic decision to sit out the 2018 season, Bell helped usher in the new age of big, pass-catching running backs.”
• “Demaryius Thomas involved in car crash, suffers only minor injuries” (CBS) - “Thomas, who was recently released by the Houston Texans, was involved in a single-vehicle car crash in the Denver area early Saturday morning.”