BEREA — It was a who's who of Browns players. The problem for the team was that list was all players who weren't practicing Wednesday because of injuries.

It's only Week 4, and Cleveland's locker room has turned into a M*A*S*H unit. It's not the place one wants to be heading into a critical early season road game at the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.

The Browns' list of players not practicing Wednesday included the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year (Myles Garrett, foot, Achilles, thigh), two starting tackles (Jedrick Wills Jr., knee; Jack Conklin, hamstring), a starting middle linebacker (Jordan Hicks, ribs, elbow), a Pro Bowl tight end (David Njoku, ankle) and a starting running back (Jerome Ford, knee) and one of his backups (Pierre Strong Jr., hamstring). That doesn't even include Pro Bowl right guard Wyatt Teller, who the Browns placed on injured reserve Wednesday with a MCL sprain suffered in last Sunday's 21-15 loss to the New York Giants.

"It's football, man," defensive end Za'Darius Smith told the Beacon Journal Wednesday. "You got to think about it. A lot of us go out there with injuries, man, and we don't say nothing to nobody. … But it's football, man."

A number of the players on that injury list will likely end up playing Sunday against the Raiders. Some — including Njoku, who has been out two games with an ankle injury — may even end up practicing in the next two days before the team departs Friday afternoon for Las Vegas.

Coach Kevin Stefanski wouldn't rule it out for anyone who didn't practice. Specifically, he said, "I don't see him being ruled out" when asked directly if he was ready to rule Garrett out.

"I feel like Myles is determined to continue to play," Stefanski said. "He's working through injuries like a lot of guys and he's played through injury in his past. Of course, you always make smart decisions with your players."

Garrett's foot issues have been the story of the last two weeks since he first revealed them to be a problem he was working through since the regular season began. There was little noticeable impact of the pain in either the opener against the Dallas Cowboys or the Week 2 road game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

That changed, though, last Sunday against the Giants when Garrett made multiple trips to the medical tent during the game because of issues. He also was clearly hobbled and in pain as he walked around the locker room postgame.

"Myles is huge," cornerback Denzel Ward, who's battling through his own shoulder issue, said Wednesday. "He is a cornerstone of our defense and of our team, so obviously having him out there is much needed for us. But he's in a training room fighting and getting his body right. I know he's going to, he's ready. He's going to be out there, so he's going to fight. I know he's going to give us his all when he is out there. So, like I say, he's a cornerstone and we need him."

The Browns would also like to have their two cornerstone tackles — Wills and Conklin — finally fully healthy. Conklin has been sidelined since leaving last season's opener due to a knee injury, although it was a hamstring injury that led the Browns to downgrade him to out for the Giants game.

Wills did start against New York, his first appearance since Week 9 last season. He lasted 40 plays before New York's Kayvon Thibodeaux rolled into the back of his knee while Wills was engaged with another New York defender.

"I just got fell on similar to the way I did last year," Wills said. "But I got lucky my leg wasn't planted, so I didn't get the full blunt force. Just a little tweak. I should be all right."

Notably absent on the list were Dawand Jones and James Hudson III, two other offensive tackles. Hudson left the loss to the Giants with a shoulder injury, while Jones dealt with knee soreness that kept him from practicing last Wednesday.

That at least gives the Browns a chance to have two relatively healthy tackles to play against the Raiders. Stefanski did say Pro Bowl left guard Joel Bitonio was also an option to play left tackle depending on Wills' status.

"I think we got to get through today," Stefanski said. "Like I've mentioned to you guys before with any injury and particularly with big men, you want to make sure they practice, when they do practice how they feel, those type of things. So hard to say just yet."

(This story has been updated with new information.)

Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on X at @ceasterlingABJ

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