The Cleveland Browns will not have defensive end Desmond Bryant this season, as the team placed him on the non football injury list.
Training camp is just getting underway for many teams, but the Cleveland Browns have already lost their first player for the 2016 season with the news that defensive end Desmond Bryant will be out for the entire campaign after suffering an injury off the field earlier this month.
Bryant was placed on the non-football injury list after tearing his pectoral muscle while lifting weights just over a week ago. Initially, Bryant was given a four to six month window for a possible return to the field, which he thought was just enough time to make it back, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
"“Absolutely, I’m hopeful that I can [come back this season]…it’s possible. I’ll do everything I can to get back as soon as I can.”"
It’s not the first time in his career that Bryant has missed serious time on the field, except his previous time away was by his own decision as Bryant took off a year while at Harvard to focus on his academics.
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In all likelihood, this will be the last we have seen of Bryant in a Browns uniform. As he’ll be turning 32 before the start of the 2017 season, he is due $7 million next season and will be quickly shown the door in favor of a younger player.
In his three seasons with Cleveland, which came after a four-year run with the Oakland Raiders, Bryant had a combined14.5 sacks while missing a combined seven games due to injury.
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