Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (5/1/20)

Cleveland Browns:

• “How one Browns pick lost 30 pounds and another gained it to respectively achieve NFL dreams” (Browns.com) - “Bryant went up nearly 30 pounds as he grew into his body while becoming one of the best tight ends in college football.”
• “From disaster to elite? Browns hoping Jedrick Wills Jr. solves LT problem” (ESPN) - “Last season, both of the Cleveland Browns’ bookends ranked outside the top 40 among offensive tackles in pass block win rate.”
• “Higgins: ‘I’ve seen the rain and now it’s time for the sunshine’” (cleveland.com) - “Rashard Higgins has clawed his way out of Freddie Kitchens’ doghouse and back to the Dawg Pound, where he’s always been a huge fan favorite.”
• “Browns Look Ahead: Contracts And Implications for Team’s Future” (OBR) - “The NFL just completed the 2020 NFL Draft. Due to the pandemic, teams won’t get a live look at their players for some time still.”

NFL:

• “Trent Williams Feels Rejuvenated By Trade To 49ers” (AP) - “After spending all last season on the sideline in a dispute with management in Washington, Trent Williams couldn’t have scripted a much better outcome to this saga.”
• “NFL’s May meeting will now be held virtually” (NFL.com) - “While several teams conduct their offseason program virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it comes as no surprise that the NFL has made changes to its Spring League Meeting.”
• “Troy Vincent: NFL won’t take coronavirus tests that could be used by the general public” (PFT) - “The NFL plans to proceed with the 2020 season. But the NFL also intends not to hog coronavirus tests that could be used by the general public.”
• “Brett Favre predicts Aaron Rodgers will leave Packers to finish career elsewhere after the Jordan Love pick” (CBS) - “Brett Favre, who watched the Packers draft Rodgers in 2005 before Rodgers eventually replaced him in 2008.”