Cleveland Browns backup center Luke Wypler exited the game against the Green Bay Packers with a severe leg injury. Wypler was carted off the field during the second quarter of the game. Wypler suffered the injury after multiple players rolled into the back of his leg while he was engaged in a block.
The Browns medical staff immediately put an air cast on Wypler’s leg as they loaded him onto the medical cart. Wypler was visibly shaken and his teammates on the offensive line were comforting him before they drove him off the field.
Wypler’s injury will throw the Browns’ offensive line room into disarray. After a successful rookie season, Wypler was penciled in as the backup center and the sixth offensive lineman in heavy personnel groupings.
The Browns must find a replacement for the promising player before the season starts. The team was already looking for centers after losing third-team center Brian Allen to IR with a calf injury.