Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (4/28/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Browns Exercise Contract Option On Star DE Garrett, TE Njoku” (AP) - “The Cleveland Browns exercised the fifth-year contract options on star defensive end Myles Garrett and tight end David Njoku on Monday.”
• “What the Browns didn’t do, and one thing they definitely got right” (CBS) - “The Cleveland Browns have been widely praised for their efforts in the 2020 NFL Draft. They were able to address a handful of needs while doing so with tremendous value.”
• “Can Donovan Peoples-Jones Be the Third Receiver for Baker Mayfield and the Browns?” (numberFire) - “Peoples-Jones won’t be asked to do much in his first season, but he may find himself in the slot and in contention as the team’s No. 3 receiver.”
• “Meet the new bosses … hopefully not the same as the old bosses” (BrownsZone) - “Congratulations, we’ve survived another NFL Draft, a.k.a., the oldest permanent floating craps game in the Western Hemisphere, Rockin’ Roger Goodell proprietor.”

NFL:

• “Biggest steals of the 2020 NFL Draft” (PFF) - “But when the first overall pick is the best prospect we have ever seen in the PFF College era, it fits the bill. We all know it at this point, but the season Joe Burrow had in 2019 shattered PFF records.”
• “New York Giants place rare UFA tender on OLB Markus Golden, source says” (ESPN) - “The New York Giants elected to place a rare unrestricted free-agent tender on outside linebacker Markus Golden, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates.”
• “Texans releasing S Tashaun Gipson after one season” (NFL.com) - “Gipson played in 14 games for the Texans last season, his first and only campaign in Houston after spending the previous three years with the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
• “Joe Burrow is the early favorite for offensive rookie of the year” (PFT) - “The rookie have been picked. So now it’s time to pick the rookie you think will win the two major prizes based on their first-year performances.”