Pierre Strong

The Athletic’s Zac Jackson reports Pierre Strong (upper body) left practice in an ambulance.

According to other reports, Strong suffered an upper body injury while running through tackling dummies in an individual drill. He walked off the field with trainers but was later taken from practice in an ambulance. Strong was competing for a backup job behind Jerome Ford. With Nick Chubb still recovering from the ACL injury he suffered last year, Ford is projected to start for Cleveland early in the season. The hope is that Strong’s departure from practice is precautionary as he did walk off the field under his own power.