AFC Notes: Browns, Colts, Jaguars

Browns

• Browns HC Hue Jackson said Monday that he didn’t say he was going to take over play-calling duties: “I never said I would take over the playcalling. I said I needed to help. I have to be careful not to get too frustrated too.” (Mary Kay Cabot)
• Jackson added he wants to help OC Todd Haley in any way he can and “he’s very open to it.” (Mary Kay Cabot)
• Regarding the decision to trade RB Carlos Hyde, Jackson said he and GM John Dorsey talked it through: “It was an organizational decision.” (Mary Kay Cabot)

Colts

• Colts HC Frank Reich said Monday that K Adam Vinatieri underwent an MRI on Monday for a groin injury. (Mike Chappell)

Jaguars

Following Sunday’s loss, there was a post-game scuffle in the Jaguars’ locker room that included DE Yannick Ngakoue needing to be held back by Calais Campbell.

Regarding the locker room infighting, CB Jalen Ramsey said “it is no secret what’s going on here right now.”

“You all walk in here, you all see how it is in here, you all see how we vibe with each other, you all see how we vibe towards the coaches, you all see how it is. It is no secret what’s going on here right now,” Ramsey said, via Daniel Popper of The Athletic. “Ain’t nobody going to say it because we can’t, but it ain’t no secret what’s going on and it ain’t right right now. It is what it is.”

Meanwhile, Myles Jack was more optimistic about post-game disagreements.

“Me personally, I appreciate it, because at the end of the day, that’s all because we didn’t win,” Jack said. “Everyone wants to win in this locker room. Everyone wants the same thing. So I don’t take nothing from it. The game just ended. Emotions are high. Everybody’s pissed off. We’ll come back tomorrow and fix it. We’ll be all right.”

• New Jaguars RB Carlos Hyde admitted that he was “shocked” to hear that he was being traded to the Jaguars, but believes he’ll help Jacksonville’s rushing attack: “I run angry, downhill, smash-mouth football. That’s been my game ever since I started playing this game. I think I’ll fit in perfect here.”
• Ian Rapoport reports that Jaguars LB Donald Payne suffered a Grade 2 MCL sprain on Sunday and should miss roughly 3-4 weeks.