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Need to Know: James Burgess ready to fill in for Jamie Collins for rest of season

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James Burgess Jr. has been here before. The circumstances are different but the young linebacker is adapting the same mindset.

Burgess is set to fill the void left by Jamie Collins Sr., who was ruled out for the season earlier this week with a knee injury. The second-year Browns linebacker started in Collins’ place earlier in the year when the veteran was out for three games with a concussion.

Now, Burgess is staring down seven more starts to close out what’s been a productive year thus far.

“He is a great dude.