Dawgs By Nature
The Cleveland Browns and Tennessee Titans will face off in a matchup for the aged, not ages. The fanbases for both teams have been weathered by the play they’ve had to watch on the field, and now they face each other in Week 14 of the 2025 NFL season. Both teams should be focused on the 2026 NFL draft and where they may be selecting.
Can QB Shedeur Sanders show up his counterpart, the first overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft QB Cam Ward?
Injuries and players sitting out were a big story to start the week, with 15 players sitting out practice on Wednesday. By Friday, seven players were ruled out for the Browns versus Titans, with seven others listed as questionable for Week 14.
With four defensive linemen and a starting linebacker among those listed as out or questionable, it made sense for Cleveland to elevate a defender from the practice squad. With two offensive linemen already ruled out, it seemed likely they would also elevate someone from that group.
Instead, the Browns only elevated DE KJ Henry for the game:
Henry (6-4, 255) is in his third NFL season out of Clemson. Originally a fifth-round pick by Washington in 2023, Henry has appeared in 14 career games with three starts with the Commanders (2023), Bengals (2024) and Cowboys (2024). He has recorded 22 career tackles and 2.5 sacks. Henry will wear No. 90.
With Watson still on Injured Reserve, four of Cleveland’s seven inactive players will be TE Brenden Bates, OL Jack Conklin, DT Adin Huntington, and OL Wyatt Teller. With five players listed as questionable, elevating just one player seems to indicate that at least two of them will be able to play on Sunday. If not, the Browns would have elevated a second player instead of playing a man down on the active roster.
