Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (5/1/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Repeat after John Dorsey: Duke Johnson not getting traded” (PFT) - “How many times do John Dorsey and Freddie Kitchens have to proclaim the Browns aren’t trading running back Duke Johnson? A lot, apparently.”
• “Browns LB Mack Wilson carries memories of fallen friends with him everywhere he goes” (WKYC) - “Cleveland Browns linebacker Mack Wilson never goes anywhere without his friends, and he has the ink to prove it.”
• “Draft latest stroke of John Dorsey’s unpredictability, and he isn’t finished” (CantonRep) - “Browns GM didn’t take any players from position groups he deemed strongest in draft. His LB corps was set last spring. Then he added a Super Bowl starter.”
• “John Dorsey hits with Greedy Williams, misses by picking kicker, other takeaways from NFL Draft” (C-T) - “For better or worse — usually much worse — the Browns have dominated the discussion preceding and following recent drafts.”

NFL:

• “Longtime Chiefs star Jamaal Charles reportedly retiring as Kansas City’s all-time leading rusher” (CBS) - “Tuesday the 32-year-old back is set to sign a one-day contract with his longtime team and hang up the cleats.”
• “Colts pick up free agent Ware to bolster backfield” (ESPN) - “The Indianapolis Colts have signed free-agent running back Spencer Ware, the team announced Tuesday. Ware’s signing comes after the Colts didn’t select a running back in the 2019 NFL draft.”
• “Chargers GM: No timetable on Philip Rivers’ contract” (NFL.com) - “Los Angeles Chargers general manager Tom Telesco made it clear in January that quarterback Philip Rivers, who enters the final year of his contract, was ‘not going anywhere.’”
• “Inspector In Kraft Case Says She Saw Evidence Of Trafficking” (AP) - “Inspector Karen Herzog told a judge she saw clothing, beds and other items that led her to believe women were living in the Orchids of Asia Day Spa when she visited in November.”