RB James Davis Placed on IR, Out for Season

by Chris Pokorny on Oct 3, 2009 3:33 PM EDT in General News

You can forget about developing RB James Davis this season. The Cleveland Browns placed the rookie running back on the injured reserve, ending his season before the start of Week 4. Taking Davis' roster spot is RB Chris Jennings, who was promoted from the team's practice squad. Jennings had an impressive fourth preseason game, but is generally untested at the NFL level beyond that.

The extent of what Davis' injury was is not known at this point, including whether or not it had to do with his one-car accident earlier in the season. Davis' rookie season will end with the following line: 9 carries, 15 yards. 4 catches, 5 yards.

With Jamal Lewis doubtful for this Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Jerome Harrison is likely to get the start again, with Jennings serving as the backup.

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by Bernie19Kosar on Oct 3, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions

Yikes. What next?

"But people are stupid, and their memories are short." - FredOx

by woodsmeister on Oct 3, 2009 4:10 PM EDT reply actions

APRIL FOOLS!!

please?

by siejecy on Oct 3, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

Sigh…

by TheRealSlimShady on Oct 3, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

Sigh…

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by Chris Pokorny on Oct 3, 2009 4:53 PM EDT reply actions

Mother f’n sigh…

You are reading my signature.

by rolub on Oct 3, 2009 5:09 PM EDT reply actions

JAMES DAVIS

Wow!, I feel like Lucy just moved the ball on me again.

by RUSSELL S on Oct 3, 2009 5:10 PM EDT reply actions

great….

by emily522 on Oct 3, 2009 5:40 PM EDT reply actions

chris jennings takes his roster spot. hope he can run as well in preseason. duce mcallister is still out there.

by rockybrown on Oct 3, 2009 5:46 PM EDT reply actions

Eh…

I’d be more upset had he actually done anything this year. If nothing else this means more carries for Harrison.

by e.c. matter on Oct 3, 2009 5:50 PM EDT reply actions

He showed serious flashes in preseason and I just don’t trust Harrison to stay healthy.

Every carry Lewis gets is a wasted play this season and this means more plays to Lewis.

by Ryan Kelsey on Oct 3, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

You’re probably right.

It’s always bad to lose young players this early in the season.

by e.c. matter on Oct 3, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Meh…

by Simmsinns on Oct 3, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions

sob

If you're at the table and you don't see a sucker..... you're it.

by Brownie's Year on Oct 3, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions

Ah, crap.

by RelapsingDawgCatcher on Oct 4, 2009 12:31 AM EDT reply actions

The last game he seemed very timid running the ball.

by Red-Right-88 on Oct 4, 2009 7:13 AM EDT reply actions

This really sucks. The only thing we have to look forwad to this season is getting a look at young guys and building for the future, and Davis could possibly be one of those players. He looked good at time in the preseason but that doesn’t always translate to the regular season, so we really don’t know what we have in him. Davis was one of the bright spots on this team for me, so this is really bad. Not so much for winning or losing games but evaluating our players for next year.

I know a few people got all excited about Chris Jennings running well in the fourth preseason game and expected our running game to look much better this year, but I think our three games so far show how meaningless the preseason is. I’ll be very surprised if Jennings does anything productive for us this season. We’ll have to hope for some big plays from Harrison.

by Buckeye Brad on Oct 4, 2009 12:17 PM EDT reply actions