Browns center Cameron Erving left Sunday’s loss to the Bengals at halftime due to an undisclosed illness and did not return.
After the game, the Browns did not know if the illness was related to the bruised lung that Erving suffered in Week Two that kept him out of the next three games.
“Illness. Definitely illness,” Browns coach Hue Jackson said after the game. “Not going to get into anything [else]. It was an illness and he wasn’t ‘pulled.’ He didn’t come out for the second half, so that’s what happened.”
Erving’s absence caused another offensive line shuffle. John Greco went from right guard back to center. Rookie Spencer Drango started at left guard, and Alvin Bailey also played left guard before going back to right guard when Greco had to move inside.
