CLEVELAND — Editor’s note: the video in the player above is from Dec. 24, 2020.
As the Cleveland Browns attempt to clinch their first playoff spot since 2002, they’ll do so shorthanded. Prior to heading to New Jersey for Sunday’s matchup against the New York Jets, the Browns announced that wide receivers Jarvis Landry, Rashard Higgins, Donovan Peoples-Jones and linebacker Jacob Phillips will miss the game after being placed on the NFL’s reserve/COVID-19 list.
The addition of Landry, Higgins, Peoples-Jones and Phillips to the COVID-19 list came hours after the Browns announced that they had closed their team facility and delayed their flight to New Jersey after a player tested positive for the coronavirus. Later in the day, the team announced that linebacker B.J. Goodson had been added to the COVID-19 list and that it would continue to conduct contact tracing in order to identify close contacts.
We’ve placed WR Rashard Higgins, WR KhaDarel Hodge, WR Jarvis Landry, WR Donovan Peoples-Jones & LB Jacob Phillips on the Reserve/COVID-19 list.
In addition, we’ve elevated (Contagious Disease Addendum) WR Ja’Marcus Bradley, LB Montrel Meander & WR Derrick Willies from the PS. pic.twitter.com/sCSte9PejF
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) December 26, 2020
More on this stop as it develops.