CLEVELAND — Sunday's game against the New York Giants saw the Browns struck with injuries to the offensive line—and in the fourth quarter, the biggest injury they dealt with came on the other side of the ball as reigning Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett left the field with trainers.
The Browns' defense had just stopped the Giants on third-and-12, but as the team celebrated the stop, Garrett remained down on the field.
Trainers rushed onto the field to assist Garrett, who limped into the blue medical tent for evaluation. A short time later, Garrett was on the sidelines and then he returned to the game.
However, Garrett appeared to be in pain after the plays, and after the defense forced New York to punt, Garrett walked gingerly off the field.
Garrett said on Friday after the team's final practice he was dealing with a foot injury that he would play through. Despite suffering through the injury Sunday, Garrett doesn't plan to miss games if he can help it.
"I'm not concerned about something I don't know about. So, get the results, we'll move from there. At this point, I'm going to continue to move as I have and look forward to playing the next game until someone tells me otherwise," Garrett said. "It's the foot, but like I said, it's more than just the foot. There's multiple things going on. I mean, I think the foot's feeling good or feeling better. It's one thing or another, so it's kind of just feeding into each other right now. Nothing's sitting right because nothing has time to heal because I'm leaning on something else and I'm compensating here to make something hurt there. It's just been, like I said, a cycle."
Garrett said that pushing through the pain is something he does because of his dedication to the game—and the fans. Fans who chanted his name as he came back onto the field after being checked in the medical tent.
"I felt empowered to continue to give my best for not only for my team but for the fans, for our organization. And that's kind of things that you dream of and it's not the situation we wanted to be in with the score, but with that kind of support behind myself and us, that's when you step up and make plays and we made plays down the stretch, but we needed to make a couple more, but that's the stuff that you play for. So I'm going to continue to make us as Browns proud and do my best," Garrett said.
Head coach Kevin Stefanski said Garrett will undergo an MRI on Monday to evaluate the injury, or injuries perhaps, a little better.
