Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (5/30/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Ravens, Browns remain front-runners and best fits for Gerald McCoy” (ESPN) - “Sources tell ESPN that the Browns are still very hopeful that he’ll sign. The biggest thing is that he wants to go to a contender. Does Cleveland qualify?”
• “AFC North 2019 offseason grades: Browns get an ‘A,’ while Bengals ranked last with questions at QB, RT” (CBS) - “The Browns, meanwhile, last won a division title in 1989 -- when they played in the AFC Central and had yet to be relocated to Baltimore.”
• “How Jermaine Whitehead emerged as a potential starter in the Browns’ new defense” (cleveland.com) - “Steve Wilks played three safeties on most of the defensive snaps during his one year as the head coach of the Cardinals.”
• “Browns Film Room: LB Sione Takitaki’s strengths and weaknesses” (WFNY) - “In 13 games as a senior last year, Takitaki had 119 tackles, 10 tackles for a loss, one forced fumble and four sacks. He was a four-year player at BYU.”
• “Leaders in Browns secondary -- some expected, another perhaps unexpected -- surfacing at OTAs” (Browns.com) - “Steve Wilks was talking leadership last week before the Browns’ fifth of nine OTAs, and the usual suspects from Cleveland’s defense rattled off his tongue.”
• “Odell Beckham Jr. shows off Cleveland Browns-themed Rolls Royce” (WKYC) - “Although he’s currently absent from optional Organized Team Activities, Beckham’s new team doesn’t appear to be far from his mind.”

NFL:

• “The NFL’s All-Slow Team” (MMQB) - “Here we’ve comprised a team only of players whose 40-yard dash time at their NFL combine was .05 seconds slower than the league average at their position.”
• “Injuries: Trey Burton underwent sports hernia surgery” (NFL.com) - “Coach Matt Nagy said Wednesday that Burton is not participating in OTAs after undergoing sports hernia surgery a couple of months prior. The team hopes to have him full-go by training camp.”