Browns kicker Dawson was added to injury report with calf injury

The Cleveland Browns kicker Phil Dawson was put on the team’s injury report on Friday with an injured right calf. His status for the Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens remains questionable, with a 50 percent chance of playing.

Dawson is the only player left from Cleveland’s 1999 expansion team. He made 24 of 26 field goals in 19 career games and has been remarkably consistent against the Ravens. He was tied for the second in club history behind Lou Groza with a record of 216 career field goals.

With Dawson’s status being uncertain for Sunday’s game in Baltimore, the Browns began to work out several free agent kickers in order to get a reserve in case Dawson will not play. The free agents practiced field goals and kickoffs as they were being videotaped by Cleveland personnel.

Bills will play against Buccaneers without three defense starters

The Buffalo Bills will play their Sunday game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers without three defense starters because of injuries. Linebacker Paul Posluszny is expected to miss about six weeks after having surgery to repair a broken bone in his left arm, and Chris Kelsay’s status is uncertain with a bruised knee, and Aaron Schobel has a sore back.

Coach Dick Jauron said Posluszny’s surgery went well and the team is hoping he’ll return before Week 8. The linebacker hurt his arm on Monday in the first half of Buffalo’s season-opening 25-24 loss at New England, where he coincidently sustained a season-ending injury after breaking two bones in the same arm two years ago.

Jauron listed Kelsay as day to day after he missed practice. It’s unclear whether he’ll be able to play this weekend because of the extent of the bruising in his knee. Kelsay was hurt late in the second quarter after colliding with teammate Ryan Denney

Schobel took part in the entire practice, but he had been complaining of a sore back since Tuesday, and he was added to the injury report late in the afternoon.