Browns lineman Miller suffers concussion; condition improving
BEREA, Ohio - Browns offensive tackle Ryan Miller sustained a concussion during a blocking drill in practice on Saturday, but the team said his condition has improved and he is likely to be released from the hospital in the evening.
Reports say Miller, who is in his second season with Cleveland, was carted from the field and taken by ambulance to the Cleveland Clinic after he was hurt during one-on-one drills inside the team's indoor facility.
Coach Rob Chudzinski updated the team on the 6-foot-7 Miller's condition after practice.
"He's doing well," Chudzinski said. "He's responsive and it sounds like things are better at this point."
Cleveland's players, wearing shoulder pads for the first time in training camp, were performing blocking drills before Miller wound up on the turf at 4:39 p.m. Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas said the incident happened when "two helmets kind of hit in the wrong way, kind of a freak thing."
As medical personnel rushed to aid the motionless Miller, the music inside the field house was turned off and several players took off their helmets and dropped to a knee. After Miller was immobilized and strapped to a backboard, the entire Browns team and coaching staff huddled around the player and prayed.
"It's always tough to see your fellow linemen or one of your teammates go down like that," Thomas said. "It's hard because obviously there are things more important that football and your health is certainly one of them. Sometimes it's hard to get back and focused on football when you see a guy laying there and not moving."
