Browns Make Troubling Announcement on Quinshon Judkins After Early Exit
Quinshon Judkins has been a bright spot for the Cleveland Browns‘ anemic offense but he exited Sunday’s matchup against the Patriots with a shoulder injury.
Judkins suffered the injury in the second half against the Patriots. He was facing some tough sledding before going down. He had just 19 yards on nine carries — a paltry 2.1 yards per carry average. He added three catches, but those went for negative three yards.
After initially dubbing Judkins questionable to return, the Browns ruled out their star rookie. Fortunately, the Browns are heading into their bye week, which will give Judkins some extra time to recover. He declined to talk to reporters after the game.
In Judkins’ absence, fellow rookie Dylan Sampson saw an increased workload. The Browns also have veteran Jerome Ford on the depth chart.
The Browns also suffered a scare late in the fourth quarter when rookie linebacker Carson Schwesinger was rolled up on at the end of a play. He limped off the field and did not return. Schwesinger leads the Browns in tackles and notched his first interception against the Patriots.
Browns cornerback Tyson Campbell, who recently came over via trade, was also ruled out with a concussion.
Browns RB Quinshon Judkins ‘Spark’ Browns Needed
Judkins was coming off a strong performance in a 31-6 victory against the Miami Dolphins. He rushed 25 times for 84 yards and found the end zone three times.
“We worked very hard to make sure that we got Q and our runners into the second level as much as we could because we knew they would make some yards,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said after the win. “So, there were some things that we blocked up really well. If you block it up well for Quinshon, he’s gonna make a lot of yards.”
Judkins missed all of training camp and the preseason. He’s been playing catch-up, but his raw talent has been on display.
“This is my first year in the league, you know, so just trying to get comfortable with a lot of different things and running different schemes,” Judkins said. “Just trying to go out there and execute to the best of my ability.”
Browns QB Dillon Gabriel Continues to Struggle
With the run game unable to get on track, more pressure was on rookie Dillon Gabriel to produce. He wasn’t able to do much, failing to look downfield, with almost all of his completions going to tight ends and running backs.
Gabriel also turned the ball over, throwing two interceptions. It was something he had not done in his first three games as the starter. The Browns were also called for a safety when Gabriel was called for intentional grounding in the end zone.
The Browns enter their bye week facing a pivotal decision at quarterback. Gabriel has struggled to establish himself as a reliable NFL starter, while rookie Shedeur Sanders remains waiting for his shot. Sanders sat out Sunday’s game with a late-week back injury, but depending on his recovery, he could be in line for consideration as the starter when Cleveland returns from the bye to take on the New York Jets.
Myles Garrett’s Greatness — And the Cleveland Browns’ Futility — Are Each Summed Up With One Statistic
Myles Garrett chose to re-sign with the Cleveland Browns because he thought his team had a chance to be a winner. One statistic reflects how wrong that was.
You can dunk all you want on Cleveland Browns edge defender Myles Garrett after he signed a four-year, $160 million contract extension with $123.596 million guaranteed after insisting that he wanted out of Cleveland because he wanted to play with a winner. Fair game, but at the same time, it’s tough to bag on the guy when he put up a historic performance against the New England Patriots on Sunday, and was “rewarded” with a historic statement of futility as a result.
Garrett sacked Patriots second-year Patriots quarterback Drake Maye five times, which is his career high and a franchise record, and he totaled eight pressures in the game. It mattered in that when Maye was pressured on Sunday, he was obviously affected — but when he wasn’t pressured, he recorded the highest possible passer rating of 158.3 in a 32-13 Patriots win.
Overall, Maye completed 18 of 24 passes for 282 yards, three touchdowns, one interception, and a passer rating of 135.8. Garrett, on the other hand, became the first player in
The only other times in recorded NFL history in which one player had at least five sacks in a game and saw his team lose at all? It’s happened exactly three times.
- On October 2, 1983, Howie Long of the Los Angeles Raiders had five quarterback takedowns against the Washington Redskins, but the Raiders lost, 37-35, as Washington came back from a 35-20 fourth-quarter deficit.
- On November 16-, 1986, Leslie O’Neal of the San Diego Chargers had five sacks against the Dallas Cowboys, but Dallas engineered a comeback from a 21-10 fourth-quarter deficit.
- And, on November 11, 1991, Derrick Thomas of the Kansas City Chiefs set the NFL’s single-game record with seven sacks against the Seattle Seahawks, but the Chiefs lost, 17-16, because they couldn’t score a fourth-quarter touchdown, and the Seahawks could.
Those were all close games in which the result could have gone either way. This Patriots-Browns game was close in the first half — the score was 9-7 in the Patriots’ favor at the half — but then, everything capsized for the Browns as it tends to do. In this case, it was the utter futility of Cleveland’s offense, which was summed up pretty well by Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel.
