According to the Browns, he is expected to miss an extended period of time during the 2016 season after medical tests on Sunday night and Monday morning revealed a fractured coracoid bone in his left shoulder.
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You have to wonder what Cleveland fans are thinking about the big trade that sent their No. 2 overall NFL Draft choice to the Eagles this spring, allowing Philadelphia to pick Wentz. He finished with a 77.3 passer rating, as the Vikings beat the Tennessee Titans without scoring an offensive touchdown.
You may recall that the Eagles have teased us before with great starts.
Griffin had been criticized during his tenure in Washington for not sliding or protecting himself, something Browns coach Hue Jackson had demanded he do in Cleveland.
Wentz threw a 19-yard TD pass to Jordan Matthews on the opening drive and tossed a ideal 35-yard TD pass down the right side to Nelson Agholor for a 22-10 lead in the third quarter, one play after converting a 4th-and-4 from the Browns’ 40. “That’s all about timing, accuracy and poise”.
The Eagles stunned the National Football League last week by trading away veteran passer Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings. He threw two touchdown passes and one interception, throwing for 231 yards and completing 62.9% of his throws.
His top receiver was Terrelle Pryor, who had three catches for 68 yards.
“It felt like we were on the field the entire game”, Ertz said.
THEY SAID IT: Browns WR Corey Coleman: “We have stuff to work on”. The quarterback position is the hardest. “There’s a chance for a huge play and you don’t make it, so you have to kick field goals”, he said. Joe Haden’s return from offseason surgery showed he had a lot of rust on his cleats.
Griffin stayed in the game as the Browns went for the first down on fourth-and-4.
If Sunday was any indication of what Wentz will become for the Eagles, the Browns made (another) quarterback mistake. Wentz was poised throughout most of the game, sustaining drives and making tight throws. McLeod was excellent in his Eagles debut, recording four tackles, one for a loss on a play where he shot into the backfield like a torpedo, a pass deflection, and an interception. Cam Erving, who has become the team’s most notorious whipping boy among fans and media, gave the wild dogs a big juicy steak to fight over when he snapped the ball out of the back of the end zone for a safety.
The first drive put the crowd in a frenzy and the Eagles could only hope it was a preview of what’s to come in the next decade with Wentz. Sturgis made a 22-yard field goal to extend the Eagles lead to 10-0 with 12:30 left in the second quarter.
He was the Eagles’ leading receiver in 2015 with 85 catches for 997 yards and eight touchdowns – courtesy of two different starting quarterbacks (Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez). Nelson Agholor had four catches for 57 yards and one TD. Collectively, the Eagles ran for 133 yards, with Ryan Matthews collecting 77 yards along the way, including a 1-yard run late in the fourth quarter.
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Griffin had said he “hurt pretty bad” after he was hit by cornerback Jalen Mills at the end of an 11-yard run with 3 minutes, 41 seconds left and the Browns down 22-10. Eagles CB Leodis McKelvin (hamstring) and Browns DB Derrick Kindred (ankle) also were injured.
