Browns’ Marquise Goodwin affected by ‘alarming’ blood clots in legs, lungs

Veteran Browns extensive receiver Marquise Goodwin has blood clots in his legs and lungs, the workforce introduced Friday.

Goodwin, 32, was positioned on the non-football sickness checklist final Friday after feeling discomfort in his legs and shortness of breath throughout workforce exercises this spring.

The blood clots will power the receiver, who’s coming into his tenth season within the NFL, to overlook the beginning of coaching camp, the Browns stated.

“It was actually alarming at first as a result of I’ve skilled harm all through my profession, but it surely’s by no means been something like this that would flip into one thing detrimental if it’s not taken care of,” he told the team website.

“It was scary at first, however now I’m comfortable with it. I’ve prayed and simply given it over to God.

“It’s out of my management, and the one factor I can management is my effort and perspective and the way I strategy every day shifting ahead.”

Goodwin signed with the Browns in free company this offseason after catching 27 passes for 387 yards and 4 touchdowns in a single season with the Seahawks.

His profession began in 2013 when he was drafted by the Payments within the third spherical, and he spent 4 years in Buffalo earlier than spending three years with the 49ers.

Goodwin doesn’t know when he’ll be capable of get on the sphere once more.

“It’s a type of issues that’s completely out of my management, out of the physician’s management and out of the coach’s management,” he stated. “It’s actually an unlucky deal now we have to take care of, however we have to take care of it within the correct trend.

“The Browns are doing all the pieces of their energy to help me by means of it by permitting me to be across the workforce, on the sphere and in conferences.

“I’m grateful for that, and hopefully this factor will get again below management and I can really feel my physique and what I must really feel so I can assist this workforce make this run.”

He has performed in 102 profession video games and has 187 receptions for 3,023 yards.