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.
#Browns status update:
Questionable: Beckham, Clowney, Green, M. Jackson, McKinley
Out: LeCounte, Peoples-Jones, Ward
— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) October 29, 2021
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.
