The Cleveland Browns placed starting left tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. on injured reserve Tuesday, meaning quarterback Deshaun Watson's blindside — and right shoulder — will be protected by someone else for at least the next four games. Wills, who is having a solid season, sustained several injuries to his right kne e in Sunday's 27-0 win over Arizona. The 2020 first-round pick has a sprained medial collateral ligament, low-grade posterior cruciate ligament sprain and bone bruises. Cleveland also placed rookie cornerback Cameron Mitchell on IR with a hamstring injury.
Some blockbuster moves were made Oct. 31 ahead of the NFL’s 4 p.m. trade deadline. None involved the Browns. The only trade the Browns made was to send little-used wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones to the Detroit Lions for a 2025 sixth-round draft pick. DPJ, a sixth-round pick by the Browns in 2020, has been targeted 18 times this season and has eight catches for 97 yards and no touchdowns. He caught 61 passes for 839 yards last season. Both were career highs. “He continues to be dependable for us,” Coach Kevin Stefanski said on Oct. 30 after Peoples-Jones was not […]