Team news: Cleveland Browns

Browns TE Austin Hooper will not play Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, according to Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal.

Related Players: Harrison Bryant, David Njoku

Hooper will miss his second consecutive game after having an emergency appendectomy last week.

Browns Head Coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters on Wednesday there is a "possibility" running back Nick Chubb will return in Week 10.

The Browns are set to face the Raiders on Sunday before entering a bye week. It sounds like the Browns believe Chubb can return after the bye. Kareem Hunt has been holding down the Cleveland backfield in Chubb's absence, but his usage will be reduced to his usual change-of-pace and pass-catching role upon Chubb's return. However, as we saw before Chubb's injury, Cleveland's run-heavy scheme makes both Chubb and Hunt startable assets in fantasy.

The Browns began bracing for life without three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on Sunday in Cincinnati, and now they know they will experience it for the rest of 2020.

After Beckham had an MRI on his left knee Monday morning, he texted reporter Josina Anderson and revealed he suffered a season-ending torn anterior cruciate ligament early in the Browns' 37-34 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.

Related players: Rashard Higgins, Jarvis Landry, Donovan Peoples-Jones

A Browns spokesman later confirmed MRI results show Beckham has a torn ACL, which will require surgery. He will be placed on injured reserve and won't return this season, the story said. NFL reporter Adam Levitan said Higgins went out on routes on all 28 Baker Mayfield's dropbacks, so it looks like he could benefit the most with Beckham now out of the picture and is worth a pickup, especially for those hurting at WR. Landy was out on 27 of the dropbacks so he could also benefit. Peoples-Jones went out on 21 of the dropbacks and could enter the fantasy radar.

Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. is going to have an MRI Monday but early indications are that he suffered a major knee injury.

Beckham left Sunday's win over the Bengals early and did not record a catch. This is brutal news for a Browns team that moved to 5-2 and is having their best season in years. Fortunately, the Browns found production from a number of players, including a pair of rookies in TE Hunter Bryant (4-56-2) and WR Donovan Peoples-Jones (3-56-1, including the game-winner with 11 seconds left). Rashard Higgins caught six passes for 110 yards. Fortunately, the Browns schedule is still fairly favorable over the next few weeks before a stretch in December and January that includes the Titans, Ravens and Steelers (sandwiching back-to-back games against the Giants and Jets in Weeks 15 and 16). Cleveland hosts Las Vegas next week.