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Cleveland Browns hoping bye week helped heal injured starters: Notebook

BEREA, Ohio -- On a day when Johnny Manziel lost his job as starting quarterback, the Browns are hoping to get a few other starters closer to playing on Monday night against Baltimore. One of those starters is responsible for protecting the man replacing Manziel, Josh McCown.

"The bye was good for (left guard) Joel (Bitonio)," head coach Mike Pettine said on Tuesday. "He got a lot of good treatment in. I would think by the end of the week that there is a chance that he would at least get himself to the point where he'd be questionable for the game.