Browns DEs Alex Wright, Isaiah Thomas both undergo knee surgeries, will miss start of season

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns will start the season missing a pair of defensive ends.

Alex Wright and Isaiah Thomas both underwent knee surgeries on Tuesday and will be sidelined into the regular season, depriving Cleveland of depth and potentially forcing the Browns to look outside for help.

The team said Wright and Thomas were both operated on at University Hospitals by Browns physician Dr. James Voos. The Browns expect the players to need “several weeks” to recover and estimate they’ll be back “early in the season.”

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