"If their participation in practice Thursday is any indication, it looks like the Browns could have the services of running back Peyton Hillis (hamstring) and wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi (concussion) on the road Sunday against the Houston Texans.

Both players returned to practice; both made it through without any setbacks.

Hillis took snaps with the first-team offense and did not appear slowed by the pulled left hamstring that has forced him to miss the Browns' past two games.

That was not the case last week, when Hillis tried to give it a go and re-injured the hamstring during practice.

"I went through warm-ups really well," Hillis said of the attempt last week. "I was cutting on it and … it was an endurance and flexibility thing. Because I just burst off it one good time and it kind of pulled up on me again."