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LB Malcolm Smith and TE Harrison Bryant are the players who tested positive for COVID-19, per sources. Bryant was already isolated and on the COVID list after a high-risk close contact outside the building.

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1344668535335874562

So at least four players -- Malcolm Smith, Harrison Bryant, LB B.J. Goodson and S Andrew Sendejo -- won't be available Sunday against the #Steelers. Contact tracing and further testing will determine if any others are ruled out, too.

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1344668906951204864

Its malcom smith and bryant. Wont be able to play sunday or playoff game if we make it

LB corps, even though it’s bad anyways, looks even worse now

At least Takitaki practiced yesterday. Having to play Mack Wilson is. . . not great.

the other bad thing ... if we don’t have Joseph (who can play more in the box), that limits that group even more.

I honestly wonder if we can sign someone

It looks like we will have our receivers for the Steelers game?

Browns’ LB Malcolm Smith and TE Harrison Bryant test positive for COVID-19, but Jarvis Landry and 4 others expected back today

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2020/12...list-today.html

as of now, yes. but things can change by the minute

Sign someone that would be worthwhile AND be able to get up to speed in the defense within just a few days?

Unless that person has been on our practice squad, or perhaps the 49ers practice squad, it's not likely at all.

And players can’t join the team for six days because of Covid protocol.

j/c...



Jake Trotter
@Jake_Trotter
Jarvis Landry, Rashard Higgins, DPJ, Hodge, Jacob Phillips all in fact coming off COVID-19/reserve list today, per Kevin Stefanski #Browns

Yes and with the playoffs around the corner how much can you delay these games unless you decide to start a week later on everything.

Taki & Phillips back, all WR's back.

We just might be kinda Ok.... until the other half of the defense and all RBs test positive Saturday night at 9pm.

Other teams have had problems with the virus (the Titans, Ravens, and Titans come to mind) but we are just having horrible timing.

As far as the vaccine, everyone involved has said that the players will get the vaccination when it is available to the general public. They won’t get priority.

I would not expect the NFL to allow any players to get the vaccine until after the season at the earliest. Nobody is going to allow their availability to be put at risk and possibly sidelined for even one week at this point. Teams whose seasons end Sunday *may* begin to have players get it, but again, they may also choose to wait to see what longer-term issues there may be.

It's a multi-billion dollar industry; they won't run into that willy-nilly.

With it being a home game, Joseph can still return as long as his Sunday morning test comes back clean.

So we would have Harrison and Joseph at safety.
TakiTaki on the outside with Wilson/Phillips on the Mike (If we hold on...for one more day...yep...I just went there).
And the Chief with a chance to prove himself in place of Harrison.

I'm ok with that...

Nor should they get priority.

If you hadn't, I was about to even before I read as far as that next sentence



Even with us getting all of our guys back and them sitting a bunch of theirs, this isn't going to be a cakewalk. We've proven that no game is a cakewalk.

Common sense eludes many. When you know nothing about a new virus, mistakes are made. The more you know as time passes, the better the information you have to make informed decisions. It's not complicated.

J/C

Several mentioned some stats earlier about the % of positive/negative testing after 2 days, 3 days, etc. I can speak from experience for myself and my whole family (wife and 2 daughters). I was a close contact in November and isolated at home. By day 5, I thought I was out of the woods with no symptoms, but on day 6 I lost my sense of smell. I got tested the next day and had Covid. 5 days later my wife and daughters tested positive (and this was with me living in the bedroom/bathroom with no contact to them at all). Thankfully, our symptoms were mild (head cold, loss of taste/smell) but it did open my eyes to the 7-10 day thing. Had I gotten tested after a day or two it would likely have been negative. That's why the Thursday and Friday tests are so important for the players who are identified as contacts.

Not good.

Unbelievable

Losing Ward is obvious bad news. Not being able to practice might be just as bad if not worse.

Geezzzzzzzz

It's out of control now.

I may need to do something else Sunday.

I certainly feel bad for our coaching staff for the circumstance. The constant unknown and no practicing has to be so challenging

Yes. It is not possible to keep players and coaches safe from Covid and hold the season. This is no surprise. The first people to get the shots are the most vulnerable. The front-line healthcare workers and the elderly and infirm. Sports are far less important than saving people's lives! As of yesterday, 343,000 Americans have died from Covid. 3,808 Americans died yesterday of Covid. So no, NFL players aren't going to get the vaccine ahead of doctors and nurses and the elderly that are dying in droves.

Losing Denzel is perhaps the worst lost on defense possible (besides Myles)

Praying these are the last, and theres nomore players added until this game is played.

My fear is other CBs and LBs will be identified as close contacts.

Yeah, I fear that tomorrow we’ll get a rush of close contacts. It’s really unfortunate timing. Sucks

Mary Kay, there isn't going to be a playoff game. For the Browns to even have a hope of beating the Steelers we have to be 100%. EVERYONE has to be there and be in tip-top shape. That is not the case. While it is possible the Browns could win the odds are very much against it. We had a great year, we won a lot more games than we had reason to believe we would but the end is here...

Agreed and I hate to sat it.

Vegas disagrees with you. I do as well, playing the backups of the Steelers I think we'll be fine.

I'm not Nostradamus (like some of you seem to think you are), but I still think we're going to win the game. Two words: Mason Rudolph; take a deep breath, guys.

If I end up being wrong, so be it, but I'll be damned if I'm throwing in the towel because we lost a CB who has already missed as much time as Ward has.

Denzel is talented and a good CB whom we can count on for about 8-10 games a season.

Well at this point even if we win we will get blown out next week. Without our best secondary player ben will throw for probably 300 on us next week. I still think there is foul play here. For all this to start when it did last week. I dont care how paranoid I sound.

I don't think your paranoid slick. It's just the dark cloud following this team for the past 50+ years.

56 years to be exact.

Said it before, this team has handled protocols worse than just about every team. They need to look inward and find out why they have a bunch of idiot players not doing their part to stay isolated . The other teams like bal/tn had a breakout but then got it right. seems like we are closing our facility every other day.