The Cleveland Browns take on the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday afternoon October 2 at 1:00 PM EDT.
The game will be in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Friday’s injury report has the Browns significantly outnumbering the Falcons in the injury column.
What We Learned In The Injury Report
Final #Browns vs. Falcons injury/participation report. pic.twitter.com/Q7xD3L2Mio
— Camryn Justice (@camijustice) September 30, 2022
We know that Taven Bryan and Joe Haeg have been ruled out with a hamstring and concussion respectively.
What We Still Don’t Know
The other two players who did not practice are Jadeveon Clowney and Myles Garrett; both are listed as questionable on the Friday injury report.
Clowney had been dealing with an ankle injury, and of course, Garrett is recovering from his Monday afternoon car accident.
Garrett talked with the media on Friday afternoon for the first time since the accident.
#Browns Garrett on if he’ll be able to play vs #Falcons pic.twitter.com/jspubw9n8d
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) September 30, 2022
He is eager to play, but Coach Stefanski says that it will be a game-time decision.
.@Flash_Garrett's play status Sunday will be a game time decision pic.twitter.com/oKF5b7sax8
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) September 30, 2022
Good News For The Browns
After not practicing on Thursday, David Njoku was a full participant on Friday.
Limited practice participants included Joel Bitonio, Jack Conklin, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, and Denzel Ward.
As a result, all of these players should start on Sunday afternoon.
Atlanta’s One Injured Player Is Significant
There is only one injured player on the report, but he is a significant player in the Falcons’ offense.
He is Cordarrelle Patterson, the Falcons running back who has over 300 yards rushing in three games.
Falcons RB Cordarrelle Patterson has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 3.
This is the first time in his 10-year career that he's won that award.
Seeing him shine in this RB role over the past couple of seasons has been really cool. pic.twitter.com/g78pIVJUBW
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 28, 2022
Patterson is the reigning NFC Offensive Player of the Week following his Week 3 performance against the Seahawks.
Falcons’ RB Cordarrelle Patterson is listed as questionable for Sunday vs. the Browns due to a knee injury.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 30, 2022
He is listed as questionable with a knee injury, but he practiced on a limited basis on Friday.
Cordarrelle Patterson is at Falcons practice today. Good sign for the NFL’s No. 3 rusher entering this week.
— Michael Rothstein (@mikerothstein) September 30, 2022
Falcons RB Cordarrelle Patterson (knee) to me today – listed as questionable:
“I feel like I’m going to play every Sunday, no matter what the situation is. I plan on playing Sunday and we all know that’s the plan.”
HC Arthur Smith said he "looked good. They'll assess Saturday.
— Michael Rothstein (@mikerothstein) September 30, 2022
In his mind, Patterson is playing.
On Friday, he said:
“I feel like I’m going to play every Sunday, no matter what the situation is. I plan on playing Sunday and we all know that’s the plan.”
Conclusion
The number of injuries for the Browns puts what should have been a very winnable game for the Browns into question.
It is clear that the Browns’ offense needs to put up the points on Sunday to help this team get the win.
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