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Baker Mayfield injury update Browns QB says he expects to play Thursday night vs. Broncos (192 views)
21 Mar 2024 21:09
No team has been hit harder by injuries than the . The Browns had 20 players on their estimated in preparation for Thursday night's home game against the . Among those players are quarterback , who underwent an MRI on his left shoulder the day after Robert Mastrosimone Jersey Cleveland's 37-14 home lo s to Arizona. Despite the injury, Mayfield said on Tuesday that he expects to play on Thursday night. He said that his practice status for Tuesday had yet to be determined.Mayfield will exercise his collectively bargained right to a second opinion on his MRI with a doctor of his choosing, Cleveland.com's Mary Kay Cabot. Veteran Case Keenum would start in the event that Mayfield is unable to play.Following Sunday's game, Mayfield told reporters that he dislocated his shoulder. He suffered Petr Mrazek Jersey the injury after getting hit by in the third quarter. Mayfield -- who was unable to finish Sunday's game due to the injury -- had suffered a torn labrum to the same shoulder during the Browns' Week 2 win over the . The injury clearly affected Mayfield's effectivene s over the Browns' next two games, as he completed just 53.1 percent of his pa ses in wins over the and . He rebounded by completing nearly 72 percent of his pa ses in Cleveland's 47-42 lo s to the in Week 5.Stefanski was asked on Monday if he would consider resting Mayfield even if the team's medical staff clears him for Thursday night's game. "With any injury, I am not the expert," . "I am not the medical expert so I will listen to the medical team here and will listen to the player. With every single player here, you treat them, and you have a dialogue with them. You talk to the doctors, and again, we will make good decisions and smart decisions with all of these guys."A 10-year veteran, Keenum has a 27-35 regular-season record as a starting quarterback. In 2017, he went 11-3 as Albin Grewe Men Jersey the Vikings starter in the regular season before being on the throwing end of the "Minneapolis Miracle" victory over the that propelled the Vikings to the NFC Championship Game. Keenum spent the following season in Denver, where he and the Broncos toiled through a 6-10 season. He went 1-7 as Washington's starting quarterback in 2019 before signing with the Browns in 2020.Despite signing Adam Erne Jersey on to be Mayfield's backup, Keenum said at that time that he would keep a starter's mentality. "I'm going to be ready to play," Keenum said, via Nate Ulrich of the. "That's my job. I feel like I can play at a high level. I feel like I've played at a high level over the last few years. It may not have shown in some of the wins and lo ses, but this league is tough. There's a constant curve Gordie Howe Women Jersey and kind of a gradual ebbs and flows of it, but I feel like my trend has gone up in the way I have handled games."I say all that to say if Baker's shoelace comes untied and he needs to maybe go get a drink of Gatorade at the water station, I'm going to be ready to go. If I need to take a few snaps, I'm going to handle myself well, and I know that I can."Thursday's game will feature two 3-3 teams who are looking to end losing streaks. Denver has lost three straight games. The Browns have lost consecutive games and have fallen into a tie with the for last place in the AFC North.
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