Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (4/2/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns trade DE Ogbah to Chiefs, release Kindred, Louis” (AP) - “He had 12½ sacks in 40 games but became expendable when the Browns acquired edge rusher Olivier Vernon from New York in the deal for Odell Beckham Jr.”
• “Duke Johnson asks to be traded” (PFT) - “When Browns running back Duke Johnson didn’t show up to the first day of voluntary offseason work, it naturally fueled the talk that had already begun that he could be traded.”
• “Odell Beckham Jr. fully embraces trade, says ‘this moment is going to be more iconic than we all realize’” (C-T) - “Odell Beckham Jr. was admittedly shocked and shaken by the trade that has uprooted his life. But once it sunk in, he embraced it.”
• “New Nike Ad Starring Odell Beckham, Jarvis Landry Will Have You Fighting Back Tears” (MMQB) - “So in case you needed another reason to root for the Browns this season, here are two best friends from Louisiana who just want to be good at football.”

NFL:

• “Brady fakes retirement after joining Twitter” (ESPN) - “New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has officially joined Twitter, according to a company spokesman, and it isn’t a coincidence that it came on April Fools’ Day.”
• “Lions signing RB C.J. Anderson to one-year deal” (NFL.com) - “C.J. Anderson is heading to Detroit. The Lions are signing the running back to a one-year deal, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported, per a source informed.”
• “NFL keeps losing refs as Super Bowl LIII referee becomes third official to retire in 2019” (CBS) - “In an announcement that definitely wasn’t an April Fool’s joke, the NFL revealed on Monday that referee John Parry has decided to call it quits.”
• “Meet New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson, who might just be the most powerful woman in the NFL” (USA TODAY) - “Gayle Benson chuckled when it was suggested that she has had a baptism by fire.”