Browns might lose DT for season: Browns coach Pat Shurmur announced Friday that defensive tackle Phil Taylor suffered a pectoral tear and will miss a considerable amount of time, potentially the 2012 season. Taylor is a key cog to the Browns' run defense -- without him the team would likely have to lean on one of their drafted rookies: University of Cincinnati defensive tackle John Hughes. "[M]ost likely he's going to have surgery here in the middle of the week," Shurmur said. "He is going to miss some significant amount of time, more months than weeks. It's too early to speculate how long that will be." (Updated 05/11/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/26/12).
Fantasy Analysis
This might be the beginning of a long year for the Cleveland run defense. But even if Taylor were healthy, we'd wait to consider the Browns DST, possibly taking a look at them as a one-week replacement off waivers when faced with a favorable matchup. (Updated 05/11/2012).
