Brandon Weeden left the Browns locker room wincing in pain with a right shoulder injury Sunday night. Trent Richardson hobbled out with a walking boot on his left foot for the long trek to the team bus, where a bunch of dejected players and coaches sat waiting for him.
The Browns were crushed, 34-12, by the Denver Broncos, as Peyton Manning (339 yards and three touchdowns) was more than their depleted secondary could handle. But the loss of their two-first round picks to injuries stung just as much. At this point, it looks like both might sit out next week’s finale in Pittsburgh.
“You never want to see anyone go down,” said quarterback Colt McCoy, who finished the game and produced an 80-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter. “We hope, as a team, Brandon’s okay. We hope Trent is all right.”
The loss dropped the Browns to 5-10 — their 11th double-digit loss total in 14 seasons and the fifth straight. The 12-3 Broncos, meanwhile, won their 10th straight. It was the Browns’ largest margin of defeat this season, and they’ve been outscored 72-33 the last two weeks.
“That record sucks,” said Joe Haden, who lost bookend corner Sheldon Brown to a concussion in the first half. “Everybody is disappointed. We can’t keep coming in here and talking to y’all and saying ‘this is what they did.’ They just beat us.”
Weeden (12-of-19, 104 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs) was knocked out of the game with 3:54 left in the third quarter when Von Miller exploded in on Weeden’s right side and sacked him for a 9-yard loss. Weeden got up slowly, grimacing in pain and shaking his right arm. He walked off with the trainers and soon headed to the locker room.
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