Carlos Dunlap will play but Rey Maualuga will not as the Bengals put their undefeated record on the line Thursday night vs. the Browns.
Both had been listed as questionable, Dunlap with an ankle injury and Maualuga with a calf injury. Vincent Rey will start at middle linebacker in place of Maualuga. Eric Winston is the likely starter at right tackle in place of Andre Smith, who was previously announced as out due to a concussion.
NFL teams carry 53 players and 46 can be active for games; the Browns had listed six players as out, so their inactive list for the game didn’t require much work. Josh McCown, Joe Haden, Donte Whitner, Andrew Hawkins, Brian Hartline and Jordan Poyer had been listed as out; the seventh inactive player is former Bengals linebacker Jayson DiManche.
The Browns are listing Taylor Gabriel as the starting wide reciver in Hartline’s spot. It was previously announced that Johnny Manziel will start in place of McCown.
Pierre Desir started in place of Haden earlier in the season. Rookie Ibraheim Campbell will make his first NFL start in place of Whitner at strong safety. Free safety Tashaun Gipson will play despite being listed as questionable with an ankle injury.
Also inactive for the Bengals are Mario Alford, Chris Lewis-Harris, C.J. Uzomah, Pat Sims and Marcus Hardison.