Browns top pick Garrett still sidelined by unknown injury

Myles Garrett wore a baseball practice Wednesday instead of cap at a helmet.

The No. 1 overall draft pick remains slowed by an injury the Browns insist is not serious but are choosing to keep secret.

Garrett stayed on the side and worked with a trainer while his Cleveland teammates continued their offseason workouts without the rookie defensive end. Browns coach Hue Jackson did not specify Garrett’s injury or why he was kept out of practice.

“It’s nothing major,” Jackson said. “So think we’re right where we need to be.”

Jackson said Garrett did practice on Tuesday, I when the workout was closed to the media, but it’s not known how much he participated.

“I know you guys want to see him in the worst way,” Jackson told reporters. “He looked like Myles Garrett. Big, fast, tough. He’s everything we think he is.”

Last week, Garrett described the injury “as a little nick” and said the Browns were holding him out of practice as a precaution. He also said he expected to be “full tilt” for this week’s workouts. The 6-foot-4, 272-pounder was slowed by an ankle injury during part of his junior season at Texas A&M.

Injuries: Thumb sidelines Casel

Tennessee backup quarterback Matt Cassel will have surgery to put a pin in his right thumb after being hurt during the Titans’ offseason program.

Cassel was hurt Tuesday during the Titans’ closed organized team activity session.

Coach Mike Mularkey announced the injury to Cassel’s throwing hand after Wednesday’s session. The coach said Cassel will probably be out about six weeks but “should be ready to go for training camp.”

Bears backup quarterback Mark Sanchez will likely miss the rest of Chicago’s offseason program after suffering what the team says is a minor injury.

Broncos outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett will miss the rest of the team’s offseason program because of a hip injury sustained in a non-team workout last week.

Coach Vance Joseph tweeted that Barrett won’t need surgery but will be out “at least the next few months.”

Tirico in, Michaels out on Thursday night football

Mike Tirico is replacing Al Michaels as the play-by-play announcer for Thursday night games this season.

The NFL needed to approve the switch because its contract with the network calls for the top broadcast team to do Thursday games. NBC has those games from Nov. 9 through the end of the year after CBS handles the first portion of the schedule.