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B.J. GOODSON
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Tests positive for coronavirus Goodson is on the reserve/COVID-19 list after testing positive for the virus Saturday, Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.
Impact The 27-year-old will be unavailable for Sunday's contest against the Jets, and Tae Davis is expected to start a middle linebacker in his place. Goodson needs to clear the league's COVID-19 protocols before rejoining the active roster.
DECEMBER 27, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Shifts to COVID-19 list Goodson was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday.
Impact Goodson either tested positive for the virus or came into close contact with an infected person. He won't be eligible to play in Sunday's game against the Jets, and his status for a Week 17 matchup against the Steelers is in question as well. The 27-year-old has racked up a career-high 91 tackles through 14 games as the team's starting middle linebacker. Tae Davis appears to start in Goodson's place this week.
DECEMBER 26, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Browns place B.J. Goodson on the reserve/ COVID-19 list, activate Jedrick Wills Goodson is the team’s leading tackler
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Registers seven tackles in Week 10 Goodson collected seven total tackles during Sunday's 10-7 win against the Texans.
Impact Goodson has started all nine of his appearances during his debut campaign with the Browns, thus far recording 65 tackles, three pass deflections, two interceptions, a fumble recovery and half a sack. The Clemson product's tackle total is already a new career high with seven games still remaining on the regular-season slate. Upcoming next is a matchup with Philadelphia's 24th-ranked scoring offense, as Goodson and the Browns try to push to a 7-3 mark.
NOVEMBER 17, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Records second pick Goodson had seven tackles and an interception in Sunday's 37-34 win over the Bengals.
Impact Goodson's second interception of the season stopped the Bengals in the red zone on the game's opening drive when Cincinnati got as far as the Browns' 2-yard line. The seven tackles gives him 52 for the season, within nine of the career-high 61 stops he recorded in 2018. Despite the positive contributions, however, Goodson graded out at replacement level (46.1), according to Pro Football Focus' metrics, Scott Patsko of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
OCTOBER 27, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Watch B.J. Goodson intercept Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow in the end zone off a Denzel Ward tip See B.J. Goodson intercept Joe Burrow in the end zone in the first quarter of Sunday's game.
OCTOBER 25, 2020 • CLEVELAND.COM
Notches double-digit tackles Goodson posted 10 tackles and a half sack in Sunday's 38-7 loss to the Steelers.
Impact Goodson logged 57 of 65 defensive snaps (88 percent) en route to a team high in tackles. This was Goodson's first double-digit tackling effort of the season, and he's now up to 46 stops through six games. The fifth-year linebacker should comfortably hit 100 tackles for the first time in his career as long as he stays healthy since there's no true competition for his starting job at this time.
OCTOBER 19, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Stacks up nine tackles Goodson made nine tackles (three solo) in Sunday's 32-23 win over the Colts.
Impact Goodson has yet to hit double-digit tackles in a game this year, but he leads the team with 36 total stops and is on pace to surpass the 100-tackle threshold for the first time in his career. It's a bit concerning that he doesn't play every snap like Joe Schobert used to do in Cleveland, but as long as Goodson is the starting middle linebacker, he'll be a viable IDP option.
OCTOBER 12, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
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Tackle leader Week 1 Goodson led the Browns with nine tackles and played 49 snaps (83 percent) in Sunday's 38-6 loss to the Ravens in Week 1.
Impact There was roster churn at linebacker during the offseason and Mack Wilson's knee injury created more uncertainty. Those developments led to Goodson moving into a prominent role as the team's starter at middle linebacker. His previous career high in tackles was 61 in 15 games with the Giants in 2018, and Goodson could blow that away with a full season as a starter in 2020.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
