Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (4/7/21)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Wyatt Teller, Malcolm Smith receive largest of 2020 performance-based pay bonuses” (92.3 The Fan) - “NFL management council distributed the list of players to receive a performance-based pay benefit for the 2020 season and 58 Browns are in line for a bonus.”
• “John Johnson on Cleveland fans: ‘The city is unbelievable’” (BrownsWire) - “Johnson was the team’s prized free-agent signing this offseason. Johnson is already feeling happy and at home in Cleveland. He’s having an unbelievable experience in ‘Believeland.’”
• “NFL Draft: 10 Year History of the 26th Overall Pick” (OBR) - “A team used to drafting in the top ten or so, before trade downs at least, has to wait a very long time until they can make their selection, barring a trade up.”
• “Cody Parkey feels at home with the Browns, ready to build off solid 2020 season” (Browns.com) - “Cleveland is no easy place to be an NFL kicker. Cody Parkey can attest to that after playing 15 games with the Browns last season.”
• “If the Browns trade up, will it be for a defensive end or a cornerback?” (BrownsZone) - “If the Browns trade up in the draft, do you think it will be for a defensive end or a cornerback? Any chance the team stays at 26 and takes a linebacker?”

NFL:

• “Roundup: Rodney Hudson receives three-year, $30M extension from Cardinals” (NFL.com) - “Rodney Hudson went from a team looking to shed his salary to a team willing to take it on and pay him more in the near future.”
• “Atlanta Falcons open to trading No. 4 draft pick, source says” (ESPN) - “The Atlanta Falcons are ‘open to moving’ out of the No. 4 pick in this month’s NFL draft, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, as the first three picks in the draft appear to be locked in.”
• “NFL: We are monitoring ‘deeply disturbing’ allegations against Deshaun Watson” (PFT) - “The NFL did not comment on the start of that investigation, but NFL vice president of communications Brian McCarthy did issue a comment on Tuesday.”
• “Rodgers Gets Surprise During ‘Jeopardy!’ Hosting Stint” (AP) - “Rodgers is hosting “Jeopardy!” for the next two weeks as the show goes through a series of guest hosts to replace Alex Trebek, who died of cancer on Nov. 8.”
• “Five reasons for Zach Wilson’s meteoric rise to No. 2 quarterback” (CBS) - “BYU’s Zach Wilson is widely viewed as the second-best quarterback prospect available in the 2021 NFL Draft behind Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence.”