Browns QB Mayfield may miss Steelers game
Baker Mayfield isn’t healthy enough to practice, and he may not be much closer to playing either.
The Browns’ quarterback sat out Monday’s workout because of a troubling shoulder injury and there are early signs pointing to Mayfield missing this week’s home game against the rival Pittsburgh Steelers.
Mayfield’s dealing with a torn labrum and fracture in his non-throwing shoulder and was inactive Thursday night, when the Browns started backup QB Case Keenum and beat the Denver Broncos.
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski didn’t provide much of an update on Mayfield’s condition or status other than to say “he’s feeling better” after sitting Thursday and following a long weekend to rest.
JETS QB WILSON WILL MISS
TWO TO THREE GAMES WITH PCL INJURY >> The New York Jets will try to turn around their season without Zach Wilson for a few games.
The rookie quarterback has a sprained posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will be sidelined two to four weeks, coach Robert Saleh confirmed after Wilson had an MRI.
Wilson was injured in the second quarter of New York’s 54-13 loss to New England on Sunday when he was hit by Patriots linebacker Matt Judon, who fell on the back of the quarterback’s legs after he threw an incomplete pass.
Wilson and the team said after the game the initial diagnosis was a sprained PCL, which was the best-case scenario for the hobbled quarterback.
To help fill in for Wilson, the Jets acquired veteran Joe Flacco from Philadelphia for a conditional sixthround draft pick. The pick can become a fifth-rounder based on playing time for Flacco.
RAIDERS SURGE UNDER COACH BISACCIA >> Interim coach Rich Bisaccia has made the Las Vegas Raiders look like a new team the past two weeks.
The Raiders went from back-to-back double-digit losses in their final two games under Jon Gruden to consecutive double-digit wins after following last week’s victory at Denver with a 33-22 win at home against Philadelphia on Sunday.
It’s the first time the Raiders (5-2) have had such a turnaround since 1992 as they head into their bye week in sole possession of first place in the AFC West for the first time since the final week of the 2016 season.