The Browns received some good news Monday. They may well see Mack Wilson in action early this season.
Wilson is not expected to need surgery to repair his hyperextended knee, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com tweets. A four- to six-week timetable represents the current tentative expectation, which would make the start of October a realistic goal for the second-year linebacker.
This injury occurred in practice nearly two weeks ago. Browns doctors and Dr. James Andrews, whom Wilson sought for a second opinion, determined surgery should not be necessary, Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com notes. Wilson’s recovery going smoothly would put him on track to be back early during the Browns’ regular-season slate. The Alabama product was an expected Week 1 starter for Cleveland, which has retooled at linebacker.
Cleveland cut Christian Kirksey and allowed 2019 tackles leader Joe Schobert to walk in free agency. The Browns have 2019 draftee Sione Takitaki, 2020 third-rounder Jacob Phillips and former Giants B.J. Goodson and Tae Davis in the fold on their defensive second level. Following Wilson’s injury, they also added former Seahawks, Raiders and 49ers starter Malcolm Smith.
Thank god
Huge sigh of relief if you’re a Cleveland fan. This dude is their only linebacker competent enough to cover over the middle of the field. I would still sign someone like Bradham for depth purposes however
Yeah, I was surprised to see them add Malcolm Smith instead of…well, several other options. Bradham must have a severe undisclosed issue to have his contract terminated so suddenly and not receive any further interest from linebacker needy teams.
Yes i am a Cleveland fan
Name of the post: Sione Takitaki