Cleveland Browns running back Duke Johnson’s name has been connected with trade rumors for a while now, going back since at least the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine, during which General Manager John Dorsey more or less hedged on whether or not the team would ultimately move the veteran after adding Kareem Hunt.
It helps that later on Johnson also formally requested a trade. But since then, Dorsey has taken a different tone and been much more emphatic about the team’s desire to keep him, working alongside second-year starter Nick Chubb and the former Pro Bowler in Hunt when he returns from suspension.