The Cleveland Browns will get two important players back for their Week 7 road game against the Tennessee Titans, according to the team’s injury report released Friday, October 23. Defensive tackle Mason Graham carries no injury designation for the game, clearing the way for his return, and running back Quinshon Judkins is also set to return after missing Cleveland’s last contest.
Graham’s return is the biggest boost on the report. The defensive tackle has missed the last couple of games with a knee injury, leaving a hole in the middle of Cleveland’s defensive front. He already has four sacks this season, and getting that kind of interior pressure back should help a defense that has had to work around his absence in recent weeks.
Judkins gives the offense a similar lift. The running back sat out the last contest, and his return restores a key piece of the ground game as Cleveland heads on the road. With Judkins available again, the Browns will not have to lean as heavily on their remaining backs to carry the rushing workload against Tennessee.
Not every name on the report brought good news. Cleveland ruled out Mike Hall Jr. and Teven Jenkins for the Titans game, while Kalia Davis and Dillon Gabriel remain on injured reserve and are also listed as out. Those absences will test the Browns’ depth on both lines and leave the team without several players it had counted on earlier in the season.
Four Browns are listed as questionable, starting in the secondary. Safety Grant Delpit is working through concussion protocol and was limited, while cornerback Denzel Ward was limited on Friday with a hand injury. Linebacker Quincy Williams is also questionable, though both Ward and Williams are expected to play at this time, which would keep two important defenders in the lineup.
Running back Dylan Sampson rounds out the questionable list, and his situation carries extra intrigue. Sampson is on injured reserve, and if he plays, it would be his first appearance since a Week 1 injury against Jacksonville landed him on IR. A Sampson return alongside Judkins could give Cleveland the backfield one-two punch together for the first time since the season opener.
For Browns fans, the overall picture heading to Tennessee is one of a roster getting healthier at the right spots, even with four players out and four more still to be decided. Graham anchoring the defensive front again and a fuller backfield could change how Cleveland approaches this road test. Final decisions on the questionable players will come before kickoff, and the game itself has not yet been played.
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