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Browns notebook: Safety Jordan Poyer hospitalized overnight with lacerated kidney after taking devastating hit

NASHVILLE, Tenn.: As Browns starting free safety Jordan Poyer ran down the field to cover a punt, Tennessee Titans running back Antonio Andrews blasted him with a devastating blow to the midsection, chest and face mask.

Poyer remained on the ground for several minutes after absorbing the hit with 6:33 left in the second quarter. He eventually walked to the sideline with medical personnel. They checked him for a concussion, carted him off the field from the sideline and took him to Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital before halftime.

Poyer was diagnosed with a lacerated kidney, coach Hue Jackson said.