Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (8/9/19)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns trade Duke Johnson to Houston Texans for 4th-round pick in 2020 that can become a 3rd-rounder” (Plain Dealer) - “The Browns granted running back Duke Johnson his wish on Thursday and traded him to the Houston Texans.”
• “RB Dontrell Hilliard has up-and-down night in wake of Duke Johnson trade, but coach Freddie Kitchens likes him to fill that role” (C-T) - “For Dontrell Hilliard, that means more time on the field, more chances with the ball and more scrutiny.”
• “Fantasy football fallout of Duke Johnson being traded to Houston” (PFF) - “In Cleveland, Nick Chubb is now on a path to potentially be a three-down option over the Browns’ first eight games of the season.”
• “Freddie Kitchens strikes aggressive tone in victorious preseason debut” (Grossi) - “A new era: In his first in-game decision as Browns head coach, Freddie Kitchens took the ball after the Washington Redskins lost the opening coin toss.”
• “Higgins: ‘Talk of the Day Should Be WR Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi’” (247Sports) - “Higgins elaborated more on Sheehy-Guiseppi’s touchdown as well, saying, “We were calling it before it even happened.”
• “6 plays that changed the Browns’ win over the Redskins” (Browns.com) - “It’s commonly said in both locker rooms and sports bars alike that a football game is often decided by six key plays.”
• “JIMMY’S TAKE | Cleveland Browns were dominant in preseason opening win over Washington Redskins” (WKYC) - “Jim Donovan, described the sequence as a ‘thing of beauty’ as Mayfield and company executed the two-minute drill to perfection.”