Daily Dawg Chow: Browns news (5/10/21)

Cleveland Browns:

• “Evaluating the Potential Impact of Anthony Schwartz and Demetric Felton” (OBR) - “The use of pre-snap motion provides an indicator to the quarterback of a man versus zone defense, the alignment, and tests the defense’s eye discipline.”
• “Trading up for a linebacker shows Andrew Berry will go against the grain” (BrownsWire) - “It’s an erudite way of saying they were willing to break character to land a player they really wanted. That’s how much these Browns valued Owusu-Koramoah.”
• “Did ‘Browns is the Browns’ motivate Cleveland? ‘Probably a lot,’ JuJu Smith-Schuster says” (PFT) - “Kudos to Smith-Schuster for owning it, for not running from it. He said what he said, the game went how it went. No regrets, no apologies.”
• “Browns officially break ground on synthetic turf practice fields at Hoban” (ABJ) - “Archbishop Hoban High School hosted members of the Browns on Thursday for an official groundbreaking celebration for two new synthetic turf fields.”

NFL:

• “Packers apparently offered to make Aaron Rodgers the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback earlier this offseason” (CBS) - “Packers got so desperate to fix things with Rodgers that they offered to make him the NFL’s highest paid quarterback.”
• “Lions’ Frank Ragnow Becomes Highest-Paid Center in NFL” (SI.com) - “Ragnow’s four-year extension is reportedly worth just under $70 million, per NFL Network. His average yearly salary will be $13.5 million per season.”
• “Seahawks’ DK Metcalf posts 10.37-second time in 100M dash at 2021 USATF Golden Games” (NFL.com) - “Metcalf posted a 10.37-second time in the 100-meter dash, finishing last in his nine-man race and 15th overall in the field of 17.”
• “Former NFL defensive end Brandon Bair saves man after fiery train crash” (ESPN) - “Former NFL defensive end Brandon Bair saved a man from a flaming semitruck minutes after it had been struck by a train, according to East Idaho News.”