CLEVELAND — Dawand Jones will get another shot at playing left tackle.
The second-year Browns offensive tackle will start at left tackle Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers . It's his second consecutive start at a position he had not played in a game since he was at Ohio State in 2020.
Jones started at the position a week ago against the Baltimore Ravens because Jedrick Wills Jr. was inactive due to a knee injury. Wills was available against the Chargers, but will be the backup swing tackle instead of starting, which he's done in all 57 of the games in which he's appeared since the Browns made him the No. 10 overall pick in the 2020 draft out of the University of Alabama.
There's no other changes to the starting five up front from the previous week, meaning it will be just the second time this season the Browns will start the same offensive line combination in consecutive games. They started the same five in Weeks 1 and 2, only it was Jones at right tackle instead of left and James Hudson III at left tackle.
The Browns' inactive list only featured one injured player: Linebacker Jordan Hicks (ribs, elbow, triceps). The other four were healthy scratches: Quarterback Bailey Zappe , running back D'Onta Freeman, offensive tackle Germain Ifedi and defensive tackle Quinton Jefferson .
Zappe will be the emergency No. 3 quarterback behind starter Jameis Winston and backup Dorian Thompson-Robinson . He was signed off the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad to fill the hole in the quarterback room created by Deshaun Watson 's season-ending Achilles injury.
The injuries to Hicks and, even bigger, Jeremiah Owusu Koramoah will mean Mohamoud Diabate and Devin Bush will start at linebacker. Owusu-Koramoah was placed on injured reserve on Saturday due to the neck injury that he sustained against the Ravens.
QB Bailey Zappe (3QB)
RB D'Onta Foreman
LB Jordan Hicks
OT Germain Ifedi
DT Quinton Jefferson
Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on X at @ceasterlingABJ
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Browns injury news: Dawand Jones gets 2nd straight left tackle start
