After placing four defenders on Injured Reserve earlier this week, the Browns have now put a fifth as rookie cornerback Myles Harden is now out at least four weeks with a shin injury.
Harden was inactive in the Week 1 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, a healthy scratch, however. As a seventh round pick, this is not unusual for them to spend most of their first season in the NFL in street clothes.
The Browns also signed linebacker Michael Barrett to the practice squad, meaning that a cornerback on the practice squad is likely going to be signed to the active roster to fill Harden’s roster spot. Expect that cornerback to be Tony Brown II.
Barrett, a rookie from Michigan, was drafted on Day 3 by the Carolina Panthers before he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks during the preseason. He was later released by the Seahawks as they trimmed their roster down from 90 to 53.