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Browns game status for Week 8 vs. Ravens

Wyatt Teller - questionable
Jerome Ford, Ronnie Hickman, Jordan Hicks and Jedrick Wills Jr. - out

Related Players: Nick Chubb, Pierre Strong Jr.

Chubb is set to continue taking a big piece of the backfield pie here, but it's doubtful he gets to a huge workload for another week or two. Consider him an RB3 option in Week 8.

The Panthers ruled out WRs Diontae Johnson (rib) and WR Adam Thielen (hamstring), while QB Andy Dalton (right thumb) is doubtful.

So it'll be Bryce Young throwing to backup receivers on Sunday in Denver.

Related Players: Xavier Legette, Jonathan Mingo, David Moore, Jalen Coker

It's probably not a good idea to start any Panthers players this week, and that likely includes Chuba Hubbard.

Panthers WR Diontae Johnson (ribs) is not practicing again.

Related Players: Xavier Legette, Jalen Coker

Johnson sure has been dealing with a lot of ailments this season. He's borderline unstartable with Bryce Young back at the helm regardless, and even more so if he's limited in any capacity.

Adam Thielen said he thinks the plan is to open his 21-day practice window on Wednesday.

Related players: Diontae Johnson, Xavier Legette, Jonathan Mingo

Thielen has missed the last four games the post went on to say. He's dealing with a hamstring injury. The Panther offense is struggling again, even under Andy Dalton, but Thielen's presence would be a welcome addition and perhaps be a reliable target for Dalton. He could also help to open things up for a frustrated Johnson. It remains to be seen if Thielen would play in Week 8, even if his window is opened this week.

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson’s season appears to be over, but how long his recovery takes after Sunday’s Achilles injury remains to be seen.

Watson has a ruptured Achilles tendon and will undergo surgery soon, according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com.

Related players: Jameis Winston, Dorian Thompson-Robinson

What’s unclear is the nature of the surgery, with Watson considering both conventional surgery and a newer “speed bridge” procedure that can result in a faster return to action. That’s the surgery Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had last season, and he was able to resume practicing faster than most players with Achilles tears, the story went on to say. DTR took over for Watson but injured his finger, forcing Winston to come in and finish the game. X-rays were negative on the finger, according to reports. There seems to be a good chance Winston will take over as the Browns QB, however. It will be worth monitoring this situation as the week goes on.

Browns QB Deshaun Watson left Sunday’s game against the Bengals with a lower body injury.

Adam Schefter shared a tweet David Chao that suggests Watson may have suffered a torn Achilles. If so, his season would obviously be over. Watson was 15-of-17 for 128 yards before the injury. Dorian Thompson-Robinson is now in at quarterback, Jameis Winston is the emergency quarterback.

The Browns ruled out Jerome Ford and Ronnie Hickman, who didn’t practice this week.

Jordan Hicks, Nyheim Hines, Ethan Pocic and Juan Thornhill are all questionable.

Browns RB Nick Chubb is officially questionable for Sunday. He’s practiced the last three weeks ahead of his expected season debut.

The Browns backfield is a complete stay-away until we have a better idea of Chubb's health/how the backfield work is going to be split. Keep them all on your bench for Week 7.

Browns OC Ken Dorsey said RB Nick Chubb's workload for Sunday is "still a work in progress."

"We want to make sure that he's available for the long term."

Related Players: Pierre Strong Jr., D'Onta Foreman

The Browns backfield is a stay-away in Week 7.

According to multiple reports, the Bills are acquiring Amari Cooper from the Browns.

Buffalo will receive Cooper and a 2025 sixth-round pick while Cleveland will receive a 2025 third-round pick along with a 2026 seventh-round pick.

Related players: Josh Allen, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Curtis Samuel, Dalton Kincaid, Dawson Knox, Jerry Jeudy, Elijah Moore, Cedric Tillman, David Njoku

Cooper, 30, has caught 24 passes for 250 yards with two touchdowns this season. His fantasy production has been inconsistent so far, but that can probably be blamed on the poor play of quarterback Deshaun Watson. Last year Cooper finished with a line of 72-1,250-5, mostly without Watson under center. Cooper will eventually be locked in as the Bills WR1 and push players like Shakir, Coleman Kincaid and Knox further down the fantasy depth chart. It's easy to see Cooper having a chance to thrive with Allen as his QB. Meanwhile in Cleveland, Jeudy, Moore and Tillman will battle it out at the WR position with Njoku becoming more of a target at TE.

Head coach Kevin Stefanski did not make any major declarations about Nick Chubb’s availability, only saying they’ll continue to take it one day at a time.

“Yeah, Nick’s working very hard,” Stefanski said in his news conference. “Just spent some time with him just now. He’s going to take this thing day by day and see where we go. But this only comes with hard work.”

Related players: Jerome Ford, D'Onta Foreman, Pierre Strong Jr.

It was reported over the weekend that the Browns are expecting Chubb to return to play in their Week 7 matchup with the Bengals, the story said. Chubb has been sidelined since Week 2 of last season, when he suffered a serious knee injury. Ford is expected to miss time with a hamstring injury, which would leave the team with Foreman and Strong at the RB position.