Not surprisingly, given where the week started for the Cleveland Browns, injuries will play a bigger role in Week 15 than even the frigid weather is expected to. The Browns can plan around the cold, but not having seven players, including four starters, and another five being questionable, is more difficult to deal with.
While we await the official injury report from both Cleveland and Chicago, Browns HC Kevin Stefanski told the media that the game statuses for 12 players in Week 15:
Out for Browns vs Bears
- OL Jack Conklin
- OL Wyatt Teller
- TE David Njoku
- CB Denzel Ward
- RB Dylan Sampson
- DT Adin Huntington
- QB Deshaun Watson, who will not be activated from IR this week
Questionable for Browns vs Bears
- OL Joel Bitonio
- WR Cedric Tillman
- DT Mason Graham
- WR Cedric Tillman
- OL Zak Zinter
- WR Malachi Corley
With Ethan Pocic
lost to injured reserve, Cleveland will be without four of the team’s five expected starters from the start of the season on the offensive line. If Bitonio and Zinter are not able to play, six of their top seven linemen will be out.
With that many players out and questionable, the Browns may not be able to field a full squad versus the Bears this week.
