AFC Notes: Marlon Humphrey, Shedeur Sanders, Kevin Stefanski, Browns, Ravens

Browns

Browns HC Kevin Stefanski was asked about fifth-round QB Shedeur Sanders‘ assertion that he feels like he’s ready to play. 

โ€œYeah, heโ€™s doing a good job,โ€ Stefanski said via PFT. โ€œI hope all of our guys feel like theyโ€™re ready . . . and theyโ€™re working very hard at it. We do a lot of work with our players, rookies, vets, all our guys, spending every available minute that we have with them, getting them ready physically, mentally, whether itโ€™s in the weight room, the meeting room, out on the field. So all of our guys are working very hard.โ€

  • Cleveland WR Jerry Jeudy was upset with himself after a fourth-quarter drop: “That sh– got me hot. I gotta make that damn play, bro. It’s a big-time play, I got to catch that sh–. I catch them sh– every day in practice. That would have been a big play …I have to make those f–in’ plays.” (Mary Kay Cabot)
  • Browns QB Deshaun Watson (Achilles) is not expected to have his practice window opened this week despite being eligible to return from the PUP list after four weeks. (Cabot)

Browns

  • Browns HC Kevin Stefanski said WRs Cedric Tillman (hamstring) and DeAndre Carter (concussion) will be out in the “weeks department.” (Chris Easterling)
  • Stefanski was asked if he’s sticking with QB Joe Flacco as the starter: “I understand the question. We have to play better and we have to coach better. This is not about one person.” (Zac Jackson)
  • Flacco on his interception, where there appeared to be a miscommunication between him and Tillman: “We made mistakes. The first pick was on me… I thought he was going. I was in the wrong, not (Tillman).” (Zac Jackson)

Ravens

  • Ravens CB Marlon Humphrey is expected to miss a few weeks with a calf injury, but the injury is not expected to be as bad as it could have. (Ian Rapoport)
  • Baltimore LB Roquan Smith was diagnosed with a grade two hamstring strain and will miss a few week as well. (Rapoport)
  • Ravens HC John Harbaugh spoke on QB Lamar Jackson‘s hamstring injury: “The way I know Lamar, if he could’ve gone in the game, he would’ve been in the game. That’s how Lamar is.” (Rapoport)

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