Baker Mayfield and Freddie Kitchens also weigh in.

" />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteDawgs EDTShareTweetShareShareDuke Johnson reports to Browns minicamp https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Howard-Wilson-Jersey , but explains why he still wants to be tradedScott R. Galvin-USA TODAY SportsWith Cleveland Browns mandatory minicamp getting started on Tuesday, the expectation was that the practice debut of WR Odell Beckham would be a headline-stealer. Instead, all of the attention centered around the return of RB Duke Johnson. He and his teammates didn’t hold back with respect to commenting on the situation, which makes for a bit of an awkward (or, as QB Baker Mayfield puts it, “self-inflicted”) situation.Let’s start with Johnson, who spoke with the media right away and made it clear that he still wants to be traded. Why?Johnson doesn’t feel wanted any more, and he is putting the blame on the front office, saying that they put him on the trading block a month before he ever asked for a trade. He cited re-signing with the club after 1-15 and 0-16 seasons as reasons why he’s demonstrated that he wanted to be here, before the team made him feel otherwise this offseason.His reason for continuing to ask for a trade is that he seems to think it is inevitable https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Bernie-Kosar-Jersey , and he’d rather have the opportunity to get reps and contribute to a team all season as opposed to what happened with Carlos Hyde in Jacksonville last year (an example that he specifically brought up).He did make it clear that he’s still going to be a professional about everything — that as long as he is a member of the Browns, he is going to give it his all.QB Baker Mayfield was asked if the situation with Johnson makes things awkward, and he didn’t mince words with his response. “It’s self-inflicted. It is what it is. it’s not awkward for anybody else in this building. ... He’s got to do his job. He says he’s a professional, and I hope he does his job.” Without exactly saying it, Mayfield implied that Johnson needs to get over it and focus on this year:The best response of all came from head coach Freddie Kitchens, who had his arm around Johnson as the team headed out to the field for the start of minicamp after interviews were over.I think it could be a good thing that all of this was addressed on Day 1 of minicamp. From a public relations standpoint, it may have even strategicially been done that way — otherwise, why would the team select Johnson as one of the players to speak at the start of minicamp? We can only hope that this was Johnson’s ability to say what was on his mind before taking a, “That’s out of the way, so let’s go play football” mentality.We’ll have a full recap of Day 1 of minicamp later today. More of the latest Browns news and notes from around the web in today’s dose of the Daily Dawg Chow." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteDawgs EDTShareTweetShareShareDaily Dawg Chow: Browns news (4/22/19)Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesCleveland Browns:“2019 Building the Browns: Episode 3” (YouTube) - “In this episode Odell Beckham Jr. arrives in Cleveland Derrick Kindred Jersey , learn what planning goes into the off season workout program, meet Myles Garrett’s new puppy, and follow Head Coach Freddie Kitchens as he talks to high school coaches in Alabama.” - VIDEO“Deeming Denzel Ward worthy of a top-five pick: Transforming the Cleveland Browns, Decision No. 4” (cleveland.com) - “Ward made the Pro Bowl and generally looked like the long-term No. 1 corner the Browns were hoping for.”“Five players in the draft the Browns should consider” (WKNR) - “Dorsey has eight picks, starting with No. 49 in the second round. He has one pick in Rounds 2, 3 and 4 and three picks in Round 5, plus a couple in Rounds 6 and 7.”“Draft rewind: A look back at the Browns’ 2nd-round picks from 2009-2013” (Browns.com) - “Seemingly forever in need of a receiver, the Browns spent their first of three second-rounders -- No. 36 overall -- on a wideout and a local kid: Ohio State’s Brian Robiskie.”NFL:“Hall of Fame talent evaluator Gil Brandt compares Daniel Jones to Peyton Manning” (CBS) - “Brandt also ranked Jones No. 17 on his latest big board. Murray, at No. 7, was the only quarterback listed ahead of him.”“Jared Goff: Contract extension ‘not on my mind at all’” (NFL.com) - “Entering the final year of his rookie deal Myles Garrett Color Rush Jersey , former first-overall pick Jared Goff is in line for a mega-extension sometime in the next 23 months.”“Amazon, Disney in play for Sunday Ticket” (PFT) - “Amazon already streams Thursday Night Football, and Disney would surely love to boost the offerings of its in-house streaming service, ESPN+.”“Wife Of Lions Quarterback Matthew Stafford Has Brain Surgery” (AP) - “Kelly Stafford, the wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, says she is home after surgery to remove a brain tumor.”