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The Browns have a lot of question marks on the injury front for Sunday night’s game against the Rams.Two of the biggest are the team’s starting cornerbacks. Denzel Ward and Greedy Williams both popped up on the injury report with hamstring injuries on Thursday and didn’t practice on Friday before being listed as questionable.They have plenty of company in the secondary. Safeties Morgan Burnett (quad) and Sheldrick Redwine (hamstring) are also questionable while safety Damarious Randall (concussion) is out for the second week in a row.Wide receiver Rashard Higgins (knee) Jim Brown Jersey White , right tackle Chris Hubbard (foot), defensive end Chris Smith (not injury related), and linebacker Adarius Taylor (ankle) are also questionable. It’s a long list, but Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens said that he expects some of those players to play and play well.“The guys that show up are going to play well,” Kitchens said.Linebacker Christian Kirksey (chest), tight end David Njoku (concussion Bernie Kosar Jersey White , wrist) and tackle Kendall Lamm (knee) are ruled out along with Randall. Ranking of the league’s QBs puts Browns second-year player among some good company." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteDawgs EDTShareTweetShareShareSporting News taps Baker Mayfield as a Top 10 quarterbackKen Blaze-USA TODAY SportsThe Cleveland Browns embarked on a rebuilding plan that was always centered on not selectinga franchise quarterback until the time was right. That time arrived on April 26, 2018, when the Browns made quarterback Baker Mayfield the No. 1 overall selection in the 2018 NFL Draft.Mayfield went on to throw for a team-rookie-record 3,725 yards in 2018, which is also the sixth-best mark by a rookie in NFL history. His 27 touchdown passes broke the rookie record of 26, which had been shared by Peyton Manning (1998 with the Indianapolis Colts) and Russell Wilson (2012 with the Seattle Seahawks).As he prepares for his second season running a Browns offense that should be one of the league’s most entertaining Jarvis Landry Jersey White , Mayfield is ready to take his place among the league’s best quarterbacks, according to Vinnie Iyer at The Sporting News.Iyer ranked the starting quarterbacks for the league’s 32 teams, and after the standard group that included Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, New England’s Tom Brady and New Orleans’ Drew Brees, Mayfield checked in at No. 9:A look at the rest of the list highlights some interesting takeaways:Mayfield is ranked ahead of the other starting quarterbacks in the AFC North: Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisber (No. 10), Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson (No. 23) and Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton (No. 26).Mayfield is light years ahead of his fellow rookies from the 2018 NFL Draft: Sam Darnold of the New York Jets (No. 22) Nick Chubb Jersey White , Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills (No. 25) and Josh Rosen of the Miami Dolphins (No. 35).Mayfield is ranked higher than several quarterbacks that the Browns were allegedly going to “regret” not drafting or trading for: Philadelphia’s Carson Wentz (No. 11), Houston’s Deshaun Watson (No. 13), Chicago’s Mitchell Trubisky (No. 15), San Francisco’s Jimmy Garoppolo (No. 16).It may have taken the Browns longer than some would have liked to finally land their quarterback, but Mayfield quickly rewarded that patience as a rookie.Now with a year of experience, a full season working with head coach Freddie Kitchens https://www.brownslockerroom.com/authentic-baker-mayfield-jersey , and a high-powered offense at his disposal, Mayfield should continue his ascension up the ranks of the league’s best quarterbacks.