AFC North Injuries: Bengals, Ravens each lose key defender for year

A couple of key defenders went down, most likely for the year, in the AFC North over the past 24 hours.

The Cleveland Browns have been dealing with a lot of injuries this offseason. While many have been day-to-day or week-to-week types, the team did lose tight end Stephen Carlson and linebacker Jacob Phillips for the season, likely, due to injuries over the last week.

With the way the team is approaching training camp and preseason so far, they have been able to avoid injuries to key starters by limiting their involvement in certain activities. That will continue today in the preseason game against the New York Giants as most starters and key players will not be on the field.

Cleveland is not the only AFC North team battling injuries. The Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals each just lost a key defender for the season, most likely.