Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland and defensive lineman Moro Ojomo were both carted off the field after suffering neck injuries during Thursday’s preseason game against the Cleveland Browns.
Cleveland, a seventh-round pick in 2020 who spent the prior three seasons with the Denver Broncos, was injured in the third quarter while attempting to make a leaping grab on a third-down play. He landed awkwardly on his head/neck, and moved very little while laying on his stomach after the hard fall.
Play was halted at the 7:17 mark of the third quarter as Cleveland was attended to by trainers and medical personnel. They moved him onto a backboard before taking him off the field on a cart as players for both teams looked on.
The Eagles reported that Cleveland was out for the game with a neck injury but said he had “movement in all of his extremities.”
In the fourth quarter, Ojomo also was taken off the field on a stretcher after he was awkwardly struck in the neck area by teammate Tristin McCollum while the pair were trying to bring down Browns quarterback Kellen Mond.
Ojomo gave a thumbs-up and waved as he was being taken off the field on the cart. The Eagles confirmed he, too, suffered a neck injury but also had “movement in all of his extremities.”
