Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (4/1/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “AP Source: Browns Signing Free Agent Clayborn To 2-Year Deal” (AP) - “The Cleveland Browns plan to sign veteran free agent defensive end Adrian Clayborn to a two-year, $6 million contract...”
• “Browns’ chances of making 2020 playoffs increase with NFL owners approving expansion from 12 to 14 teams” (cleveland.com) - “The increased format, which adds one wild-card team per conference, brings the total number of wild cards to six.”
• “How expanded playoffs would’ve changed things in NFL, including for 2007 Browns” (BrownsZone) - “The NFL’s decision to expand the playoffs from 12 to 14 teams this season could have a major impact on the league based on how things have played out in the past.”
• “JC Tretter stresses unity in letter to NFLPA members” (PFT) - “New NFL Players Association president, and Browns center, JC Tretter needs to create a sense of unity in the union. And he knows it.”

NFL:

• “Roundup: Bengals release veteran CB Dre Kirkpatrick” (NFL.com) - “The Cincinnati Bengals’ remade secondary won’t include Dre Kirkpatrick. The team informed the cornerback of his release, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.”
• “NFL free agency 2020: Why can’t Cam Newton, Jameis Winston find starting jobs? Here are a few theories” (CBS) - “Cam Newton and Jameis Winston remain on the market, despite resumes that indicate they both should be starting quarterbacks.”
• “The NFL Insists the 2020 Season Will Go On As Scheduled, But Will It?” (MMQB) - “The NFL will make some changes to the draft, but spokespeople say it’s not time for contingency plans on a modified regular season just yet.”
• “Kyle Allen, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen benefit from joint workouts” (ESPN) - “They went to California trying to prepare for the season, as they did last year. Now, like the rest of America, these young NFL quarterbacks are just trying to get through each day.”