Dawgs By Nature
The end is near for the 2025 Cleveland Browns season, and it looks like it will go out with a whimper. Who knows which players will play on either side of the Battle of Ohio or how motivated two teams that will select in the Top 10 of the 2026 NFL draft will be, but injuries are likely to impact the quality of play in Week 18.
The Cincinnati Bengals will host the Browns, with the weather expected to warm up to the mid-30s for the game, with mostly sun in the forecast. For the final practice of the 2025 season, the weather was a little worse in Berea on Friday:
Cleveland ruled out TE Harold Fannin Jr., TE David Njoku, and LB Carson Schwesinger after they missed practice on Friday. The end of great rookie years for two players and, potentially, the end of Njoku’s Browns career.
OL Tevin Jenkins will start at right guard if he clears concussion protocol in time for the game on Friday. We will have the full injury report later today.
Also, be thankful Cleveland is taking things a bit more seriously than another team with a losing record:
