Daily Archives: October 29, 2021

Nick Harris designated to return from IR

Posted on by
Advertisements

The Cleveland Browns have designated the second-year center to return from injured reserve.

Nick Harris could be making his return to the Cleveland Browns relatively soon. The team has reportedly designated Harris to return from injured reserve. Cleveland will have three weeks to activate Harris after making this designation.

While the Browns have J.C. Tretter entrenched as the starting center, should he not be able to play Nick Harris is an obvious replacement. Considering how much the offensive line has been beat up this season, having a competent backup lineman has proven to be valuable this season.

 

Browns: DPJ, Ward out, OBJ, Clowney questionable

Posted on by
Advertisements

The Cleveland Browns have listed three players as out and five others as questionable ahead of Sunday’s matchup with Pittsburgh.

While the Cleveland Browns will have Baker Mayfield back in their lineup, three others have been listed as out for this Sunday. Cleveland will be without Denzel Ward, Donovan Peoples-Jones, and Richard LeCounte. Additionally, Odell Beckham Jr., Jadeveon Clowney, A.J. Green, Malik Jackson, and Take McKinley are questionable.

Ward has been dealing with injuries all season and his status week-to-week is more up in the air than previous seasons. Peoples-Jones was scratched just before Thursday’s win over Denver and it appears his injury will keep him sidelined for another game.

As far as Beckham is concerned, he is beat up pretty bad at the current moment. It was reported earlier that OBJ had sustained a Grade 3 AC Joint sprain, definitely the type of injury that would impact the performance of a receiver.

The trio of defensive lineman listed as questionable could pose some problems for the Browns defense. It is not necessarily that Clowney, McKinley, or Jackson are elite players, in fact they are far from it, but the depth at those positions is not great and that leads to defensive issues stemming from the front.

Baker Mayfield to start Sunday vs. Steelers

Posted on by
Advertisements

The Cleveland Browns will see the return of their starting quarterback when they face the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday.

After missing last Thursday’s game due to multiple injuries, Baker Mayfield will be making his return to the starting lineup. Mayfield is dealing with a torn labrum and fractured humerus bone in his non-throwing shoulder.

Injured or not, Baker Mayfield has not been himself this season. Throws have been off-target or ill-timed, two things that can be due to his injury. Unfortunately subpar field vision, poor timing, a lack of pocket presence, and holding the ball longer than should does not apply to his injuries. Mayfield’s numbers this season have been pedestrian at best and when the team turned to Case Keenum last week they saw a typical Mayfield performance from the last two seasons under Kevin Stefanski.

If Baker Mayfield were to struggle or see his injuries in shoulder become worse, it would not be all that surprising to see the Browns turn to Keenum once again.

Monsters recall Vallati, assign Greaves to Kalamazoo

Posted on by
Advertisements

The Cleveland Monsters have made two roster moves ahead of their full weekend of games.

After registering his first career AHL win in net, the Cleveland Monsters have assigned goaltender Jet Greaves to the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL. Additionally, Cleveland has recalled defenseman Giovanni Vallati from Kalamzoo.

Vallati has appeared in one game for the Wings this season. If Vallati plays for the Monsters it will mark just his third career AHL game, previously appearing in two games for the Manitoba Moose in 2020-21.

Justin Danforth assigned to Monsters

Posted on by
Advertisements

The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned the forward to the Cleveland Monsters.

After a brief amount of time in Columbus, Justin Danforth is returning to the Cleveland Monsters. Danforth was recalled  by the Blue Jackets on October 16th, but did not appear in a game.

Prior to being recalled, Justin Danforth appeared in just one game for the Monsters registering one assist.