Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (4/29/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Dates are set for 2021 NFL Draft in Cleveland” (Browns.com) - “Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, Destination Cleveland and the Cleveland Browns today announced the 86th NFL Draft will be held April 29 - May 1, 2021 in Downtown Cleveland.”
• “Source: Browns, WR Higgins Agree To 1-Year Contract” (AP) - “Higgins will sign the $910,000 veteran minimum deal soon, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the agreement.”
• “Virtual Offseason Underway & Going Well According To Stefanski” (OBR) - “With a first year head coach in Kevin Stefanski, the Browns original offseason program was supposed to begin on April 6.”
• “Browns won’t give out Joe Thomas’s No. 73” (PFT) - “Although Thomas’s number isn’t officially retired, Stefanski said he doesn’t want anyone wearing it on his watch — even though Thomas offered to let Wills wear it.”
• “Jarvis Landry reveals what went wrong with Browns in 2019” (ESPN) - “Jarvis Landry joins First Take and details what he thinks led to the Browns’ disappointing season in 2019.” - VIDEO

NFL:

• “Saints announce they’ve signed Jameis Winston” (NFL.com) - “Winston was replaced by Tom Brady in Tampa Bay this offseason and will now presumably back up another legend in Drew Brees.”
• “Brett Favre weighs in on the Packers’ shocking decision to draft Aaron Rodgers’ eventual replacement” (CBS) - “If there’s anyone out there who understands exactly what Aaron Rodgers is going through right now, it’s definitely Brett Favre.”
• “A Blocker Moves to the Pandemic’s Front Line” (MMQB) - “Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is putting his doctorate in medicine to use: fighting the coronavirus outbreak at a longterm care facility in Quebec.”