{"id":649027,"date":"2026-01-02T21:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/649027\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:17:11","slug":"bengals-vs-browns-injury-report-joseph-ossai-out-chase-brown-good-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/649027\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals vs. Browns Injury Report: Joseph Ossai out, Chase Brown good to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincyjungle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> will take the field one last time on Sunday when they face the Cleveland Browns at Paycor Stadium. As they look to close out a disappointing 2025 season on a high note, the team\u2019s injury report has ruled out four players, while confirming one offensive contributor will be good to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Running back Chase Brown (illness) is off the injury report after missing practice on Wednesday and Thursday. He will be good to go after being a full participant on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Defensive end Joseph Ossai (ankle), cornerback Josh Newton (hamstring), center Matt Lee (knee), and receiver\/return man Charlie Jones (ankle) will all be out, marking the official end of their seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Defensive tackle B.J. Hill (ankle) is listed as questionable, so he may try to give it a go. He will likely test the ankle out in pregame warmups and make a decision with the medical staff from there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tight end Cam Grandy (chest) is also questionable. With Mike Gesicki and Noah Fant healthy and Tanner Hudson as the third tight end, they may opt to keep Grandy inactive and give him an early start to his offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For Cleveland, they will be without their top two tight ends, as David Njoku (personal) and Harold Fannin Jr. (groin) will both be out. Both are very effective players, so Shedeur Sanders will be missing a couple of his weapons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Standout rookie linebacker Carson Schwesinger (quad\/ankle) will also be out. He has had a very strong rookie campaign that has now come to an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A few more players came off a lengthy report and have no game status after a week of practice.<\/p>\n<p>Bengals vs. Browns Injury Report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals will take the field one last time on Sunday when they face the Cleveland Browns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,21233,2296,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-649027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals-injuries","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115827589180749470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}