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Browns QB Seneca Wallace says ankle sprained, Jake Delhomme received painkiller before game: Browns Insider

The Browns starting quarterback for Pittsburgh is uncertain with Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace both suffering from ankle injuries.

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Seneca Wallace gingerly watched the second half on the Browns sidelines after suffering a right ankle injury late in the first half against Atlanta.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Seneca Wallace said he suffered a sprained right ankle in the first half of Sunday's 20-10 loss to the Falcons, and Jake Delhomme's high right ankle sprain receiving a painkilling injection before the game in case he was needed, a league source said.


That means the Browns' quarterback status is uncertain heading into the Sunday's game in Pittsburgh.


"I was limited," said Delhomme. "I'm not blaming anything. I was somewhat limited, but we knew that going in. We certainly didn't think Seneca would go down, but that's football. There were a couple plays you wish you could move a little better, but that's the frustrating thing."


Delhomme, who was questionable for the game and limited in practice all week, said the film didn't lie.


"We had a decent idea [I would sit out]," he said. "The film from practice told us a great deal of what I could and couldn't do. You didn't have to be too smart to know Seneca was going to be our best option this week. It just wasn't there."


In regard to the Steelers game, Delhomme said, "You want to let the healing or swelling process take place and see what happens in the morning and go to work. Nobody is coming to save us. We'll see."


Delhomme, who limped throughout, was sacked once by Jamaal Anderson and pressured into his second interception by John Abraham, who also had two sacks on Wallace.


"Me trotting out there or hobbling out there, that's blood in the water for a lot of those guys, let's be honest," said Delhomme.


Coach Eric Mangini said the Falcons' quick pass rush helped make the decision to start Wallace.


"This is a fast defense, a defense that does pressure quite a bit," he said. "I just felt like Seneca, with his mobility and things that he could do, would give us a better chance to operate the offense and do some of the 'move in the pocket plays' that were effective early in the game."


Wallace suffered the sprained ankle with 25 seconds left in the first half when Abraham rolled up on it after a sack. Wallace said X-rays showed "nothing bad, but we'll see what happens after I go in here and have the doctors check it out."


Wallace will most likely undergo an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. When it first happened, Wallace hopped off the field and limped into the locker room.


He said he felt like he could've gone back in the game, but "I would've been close to 70 percent. I think if I would've gone back in, it probably would've made things worse."


Wallace went 11-of-15 for 139 yards with the 19-yard TD pass to Peyton Hillis, earning a 124 passer rating.


"I felt like I was clicking," he said. "We were hitting on all cylinders offensively in the first half, and unfortunately got an ankle sprain, so we'll see what happens from here on out."


Injury report, part II: Hillis said he suffered a pulled quad muscle during Thursday's practice and was struggling the whole game.


"I came out there today and tried to warm it up, hoping it would loosen up a little to where I could play and wouldn't feel it, but that wasn't the case," he said. "I went out there and knew I wasn't 100 percent, but I knew that my teammates needed me. I wanted to stay out there for them."


Hillis only rushed for 28 yards on 10 carries, but made a sensational one-handed grab of a 19-yard Wallace pass for the Browns' lone TD. He limped off after the catch, then aggravated the injury chasing down a third-quarter interception that ended up being nullified. He was in obvious pain on the sidelines, getting attention from the trainers.


"They just told me to just calm down," he said. "That's what I did and that's why it took me so long to stay on the sideline."


Hillis became the first Browns player to record a touchdown in five consecutive games since Earnest Byner did it in six straight in 1985.



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With a 19-yard field goal in the third quarter, Phil Dawson drew even with Lou Groza for career field goals for the Browns.

BROWNS CAREER FIELD GOALS
1. Lou Groza (1950-59, 1961-67): 234 
1. Phil Dawson (1999-2010): 234 
3. Don Cockroft (1968-80): 216 
4. Matt Bahr (1981-89): 143 
5. Matt Stover (1991-95): 108

CAREER POINTS BY A BROWN
1. Lou Groza (1950-59, 61-67): 1,349 
2. Don Cockroft (1968-80): 1,080 
3. Phil Dawson (1999-2010): 990* 
4. Jim Brown (1957-65): 756 
5. Matt Bahr (1981-89): 677 
* — includes 1 rushing touchdown vs. Cincinnati (10/10/99)

Dawson ties record: With his 19-yard field goal in the second quarter, Phil Dawson tied Hall of Famer Lou Groza's Browns' career mark of 234.


"I have a lot of mixed emotions," said Dawson. "I would trade it for a win. I'm guarded to say anything too remarkable about the accomplishment because this is a team game. It's just the way I approach it but it would be doing Mr. Groza a disservice to just blow it off.


"He's a Hall-of-Famer, he's in the Ring of Honor and he's a legend, especially in Ohio. He grew up in Berea and was an Ohio State Buckeye, so out of respect for him, this is a tremendous honor. To finally get here through it all, to have my wife and two boys here and my daughter back home watching on TV, that is pretty neat."


Brown was down: Cornerback Sheldon Brown suffered a shoulder injury tackling Tony Gonzalez in the third quarter, and trotted off for a play. But a play later, he ran back out onto the field, only to give up a 45-yard touchdown pass to Roddy White.


"I'll be all right," he said. "The shoulder's good. It had nothing to do with it."


Falcons coach Mike Smith thought maybe it did.


"We saw the guy leave the field, there's no doubt about that, on the Tony Gonzalez completion," said Smith. "He was not able to leave the field, and had to leave the field under assistance from the trainers. You're always doing your due diligence in knowing who is in the game and who is not in the game."




Tony Grossi and Mary Kay Cabot analyze the Cleveland Browns 20-10 loss to the Atlanta Falcons



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