Steelers vs. Browns: 3 key starters ruled out for Sunday’s matchup

An ailing Browns team will be without (at least) two defensive playmakers on Sunday.

On Friday, safeties Karl Joseph (hamstring) and Ronnie Harrison (concussion), two of Cleveland’s key defensive players, were ruled out for Sunday’s Steelers square-off at Heinz Field.

Joseph was placed on injured reserve back in August with a lingering foot injury he sustained in Oakland last season but has played since Week 1.  He contributed an interception for a 49-yard touchdown versus Washington in Week 3. Joseph recently suffered a hamstring injury that also kept him out of last week’s Browns-Colts matchup.

Harrison sustained the concussion when he started in place of Joseph versus the Colts. Prior to exiting the game, he scored on a pick-six to give the Browns a halftime lead.

Third-year guard Wyatt Teller has also been ruled out for Sunday.

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Quarterback Baker Mayfield and starting receivers Odell Beckham, Jr. and Jarvis Landry are all, apparently, questionable. They could just be punkin’ the Black and Gold. Me thinks punks be punkin’.

We’ll see on Sunday… Here we go!

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