Browns defensive end Desmond Bryant, the team's sacks leader in 2015, underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn pectoral muscle and is expected to miss the 2016 season, according to multiple reports.
Bryant, 30, sustained the injury during a weight-room workout over the weekend, necessitating the surgery that will sideline him an estimated five to six months, Cleveland.com reported, citing an unidentified source to confirm initial reports by 92.3 The Fan and WOIO-TV.
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Losing Bryant, who had six sacks last season, is a big hit for a team that had only 29 in 2015, 28th in the NFL (by comparison the league-leading Broncos had 52).