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Mohamed Massaquoi practices, but status remains uncertain
November 17
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi (concussion) returned to practice Wednesday and will decide later in the week if he's healthy enough to play against the Jaguars on Sunday. "We're going to progress," he said. "Each day I'm going to do a little bit more. And whenever I feel great to get back out there, I'll get back out there." Massaquoi, who because of the concussion has missed two games and left another early, said he's not too worried about another concussion because the Browns have been so careful with him. "I feel confident the symptoms won't come back," he said. "I feel confident that concussions aren't going to happen in the future, so I feel real good. Whenever you talk about"
Browns' Hillis, Massaquoi look ready; big test awaits Haden
November 4
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"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"
Browns running back Peyton Hillis sits out another practice; Mohamed Massaquoi out of Sunday's game
October 29
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Browns running back Peyton Hillis sat out practice again Friday with his pulled hamstring and is questionable for the 49ers game, and receiver Mohamed Massaquoi was ruled out with his concussion. But tight end Ben Watson returned to the practice field Friday after also suffering a concussion against the Seahawks and worked with the first-team offense. He's listed as questionable, but should be available for duty against the 5-1 49ers. "(Hillis) ran inside," said coach Pat Shurmur, who brought Hillis along on the trip. "He was able to run. He'll be available to play and if he can play, he'll play." Watson, who also suffered a concussion early in training camp, isn't exactly sure when he"
Cleveland Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi limited with hamstring
September 15
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Browns starting wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi, who missed all four preseason games with a bone chip in his foot, has been bitten by the highly-contagious hamstring bug that's been plaguing the team. He was limited in practice today with the "it" injury of 2011. Massaquoi, who caught three passes against the Bengals -- including a 56-yarder -- discovered what so many of his teammates already knew this season: that streaking down the field after a long layoff often results in a pulled muscle. Some of the other Browns who have missed practice or gametime with hamstring injuries include T.J. Ward, Usama Young, Ben Watson, Josh Cribbs and Peyton Hillis."
Browns Mohamed Massaquoi, Carlton Mitchell both return to practice
August 29
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"Browns quarterback Colt McCoy joked that he inspected Mohamed Massaquoi's gear before practice on Sunday. He made sure the shoulder pads fit, the chin strap was buckled and the shoes were laced. McCoy had been without his top target since the lockout ended. He wasn't going to take any chances Sunday. The Browns' shaky depth at receiver was bolstered when Massaquoi and Carlton Mitchell both returned to practice. Massaquoi confirmed he chipped the bone in his left ankle during the final Camp Colt installment in Texas in July. Mitchell needed four screws to repair the index finger he broke on his left hand when it got tangled in a jersey during a special teams period in practice two weeks"
Cleveland Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi returns to practice
August 29
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Mohamed Massaquoi practiced for the first time this preseason on Sunday and revealed afterward that he suffered a bone chip in his left foot during the last Camp Colt in early July. "It feels good," the Browns receiver said. "I'm excited to be back out here with the guys. I wish I could've started a little bit earlier, but now I'm playing a little catch-up." Massaquoi explained that he suffered the injury during the July 10-12 camp in Austin, Texas, which were non-contact practices in shorts and no pads. "I have no clue how it happened or when," said Massaquoi. "It wasn't anything that I can explain. It was just running around. Nothing other than normal workouts." He said he felt pain in"
Massaquoi shrugs off hit, head injury
October 27
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi said he felt ''wonderful'' and ''great'' Tuesday just before returning to the practice field for the first time since suffering a mild concussion on a hit by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison. Massaquoi missed Sunday's victory over the defending Super Bowl-champion New Orleans Saints. Massaquoi said he feels no ill will toward Harrison, who was fined $75,000 for the hit that knocked him out of the game at Heinz Field on Oct. 17. ''It's part of the game,'' Massaquoi said. ''Big hits come very often, whenever guys are flying around, playing hard. It's a rivalry game, so you expect things like that to come out of a game like that.'' Despite"
Mohamed Massaquoi holds no grudges against Steelers' Harrison
October 27
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"In his first comments since suffering a concussion on an illegal hit to the head by James Harrison, Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi refused to say the hit was a cheap shot by the Pittsburgh linebacker. "I won't really go into that," he said. "I just know whenever you're playing hard, some things happen. I think the league is doing a good job to kind of protect guys in certain situations. But things like that happen. It's part of the game we play." Harrison's fine of $75,000 was the steepest of three handed out by the NFL in a crackdown on dangerous hits to the head. The league cited Harrison as a repeat offender. Massaquoi said he's seen the video of the hit "probably a hundred times.""
NFL didn't go nearly far enough in fining James Harrison -- agent
October 20
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Mohamed Massaquoi's agent is not satisfied with the NFL's $75,000 fine of James Harrison for the Pittsburgh linebacker's hit to the Browns receiver's head. "I think the league talked tough and didn't do too much, to be honest with you," agent Brian Ayrault said. "They fined him $75,000 and he's earned over $20 million the past couple years. What kind of deterrent is that? That's less than 1 percent. "I think the only way you deter this type of behavior is to suspend him. You have to make the team play without one of their best players. Cleveland might be without Mohamed this week and Harrison plays on for the Steelers. How is that fair to the Browns? "The Browns are going to be minus a"
Browns' Ben Watson says Steelers' James Harrison should get max penalty for Massaquoi hit
October 19
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Browns tight end Ben Watson called on Monday for Steelers linebacker James Harrison to get the maximum penalty for his hit on receiver Mohamed Massaquoi. On Monday, the NFL said it was set to start suspending players for such violent hits as early as this week. Harrison knocked both Massaquoi and Josh Cribbs out of the 28-10 loss to the Steelers with blows to the head that resulted in concussions. Both players are in jeopardy of sitting out Sunday's game in New Orleans. "The one against Mohamed was an illegal hit," said Watson. "He led with his head, he hit Mo right in the head, and he dove at his head. By him breaking the rules, one of our players was hurt. The league should take care of"
Harrison's rep grows with hits
October 18
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"Steelers linebacker James Harrison owns a reputation in the NFL for being one of the league's hardest hitters. But the Coventry High School standout may have taken his nasty reputation to new levels Sunday in the Browns 28-10 loss at Heinz Field. Harrison hit Browns receivers Josh Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi so violently on separate plays during the first half, neither was able to rejoin the action. ''Legal hits, not finable hits,'' Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said of Harrison's play. ''James is always ready to deliver for his teammates.'' On the Browns' first possession of the second quarter, Cribbs lined up in the Wildcat formation and kept the ball on a quarterback keeper. As he dived"
Cribbs and Massaquoi knocked from game by injuries in loss to Steelers
October 18
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"The Browns don't have a surplus of weapons to begin with, so they simply can't afford to lose their top playmaker against ultra-talented opponents like the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not even rookie quarterback Colt McCoy's solid NFL regular-season debut could compensate for the loss of wide receiver/return man Josh Cribbs. When Steelers linebacker James Harrison knocked Cribbs out of the game with a helmet-to-helmet hit in the second quarter, he also eliminated the Wildcat offense from the game plan. To make matters worse, Harrison, an Akron native, delivered another devastating tackle, causing the removal of wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi late in the first half. The Browns did enough to hang"
James Harrison says fines for his hits on Josh Cribbs, Mohamed Massaquoi would be a 'travesty'
October 18
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"James Harrison knocked Browns receivers Josh Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi out of Sunday's 28-10 Steelers victory with crushing blows to the head about seven minutes apart in the second quarter. Afterward, Harrison showed no remorse and his teammates praised the hits. "I thought Cribbs was asleep," said Harrison, the 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. "A hit like that geeks you up -- it geeks everybody up -- especially when you find out that the guy is not really hurt -- he's just sleeping. He's knocked out, but he's going to be OK. The other guy, I didn't hit that hard, to be honest with you. When you get a guy on the ground, it's a perfect tackle." Both Cribbs and Massaquoi were"
Two Browns knocked out by Harrison
October 18
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
"Steelers linebacker James Harrison knocked two Cleveland Browns players out of Sunday's game with crunching hits to their helmets. First came Josh Cribbs, his Kent State University teammate and friend playing wildcat-formation quarterback, who was injured when the crown of Mr. Harrison's helmet smacked into the left side of his helmet. Then came receiver Mohamed Massaquoi, who, after a catch over the middle, was felled by forearms to the face. "I kind of laid off on him," Mr. Harrison said. Both came within seven minutes in the second quarter. Both Browns players promptly left the game groggy and later bused back to Cleveland with their team for what could well become dual diagnoses of"
Cribss, Massaquoi both knocked out of Steelers' game
October 18
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"The night before his NFL debut against the defense that was supposed to tear him from limb to limb, Colt McCoy used the final team meeting to ease everyone's mind. "Most guys sit down when they talk to the team. He stood up and looked everybody in the eyes," said tight end Evan Moore. 23Share 252 Comments "And he just said to have confidence in him 'cuz he has confidence in us," added receiver Chansi Stuckey. McCoy's poise and command of the offense were evident in the Browns' 28-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in loud, foreboding Heinz Field. He didn't win the game, but he won a lot of respect. The rookie from Texas completed 23 of 33 passes for 281 yards and a 12-yard touchdown to"
Patient Massaquoi waits for ball
September 30
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"If Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi had a motto, something he could write on a piece of paper and tape to his locker, it might be ''My time will come.'' Despite having just three catches for 55 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown, in the first three games of the season, Massaquoi, a second-year receiver, is optimistic that the time will come when the ball is consistently thrown his way. ''Everybody wants more opportunities, but at the same time, we're making strides,'' said Massaquoi, whom the Browns selected out of the University of Georgia in the second round with the 50th overall pick in 2009. ''Everybody is getting better each week. If you look at the first three weeks last year and"
Mohamed Massaquoi shrugs off passing game's slow start: 'It's early'
September 30
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"In Cincinnati, the Bengals are searching for answers as to why their pass offense is so stagnant. Receiver Chad Ochocinco said he's not trash-talking until their offense starts clicking. He and Terrell Owens have combined for 34 catches through three games. Here, the Browns are warbling about running the ball. The fact that Mohamed Massaquoi, their No. 1 receiver, has three catches in three games doesn't seem to faze them. Massaquoi was thrown to one time in Baltimore. It was high and wide. Coach Eric Mangini said that light workload was the result of a run-oriented game plan and the "reads" of quarterback Seneca Wallace on the 24 pass plays that were run. "The thing you can't do,"
Mohamed Massaquoi will miss some practice with strained hamstring
August 16
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Receiver Mohamed Massaquoi will miss some practice time this week after suffering a leg injury on the first drive of the Green Bay game. A source said it's a strained hamstring. Coach Eric Mangini said Massaquoi should return later in the week. If so, he could be ready for the second exhibition game Saturday against St. Louis."
Mohamed Massaquoi poised for improvement
August 13
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"To Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi, his rookie season often felt like one big blur. ''It was like there [were] guys flying by me all the time and I wasn't always sure what I was supposed to do,'' said Massaquoi, now in his second training camp. Massaquoi, a second-round pick (50th overall) out of Georgia last year, is confident he's found a way to slow the game down a bit into a more understandable process. ''Now, I know there's a way to organize the chaos,'' he said. ''Last year was just a lot of chaos going on, just not knowing where guys were because at this level everybody's smart and everybody's athletic.'' His rookie season was difficult both mentally and physically for"