CLEVELAND (AP)—Tight end Kellen Winslow has been suspended for one game without pay by the Cleveland Browns for critical comments he made following Sunday’s loss at Washington.
Winslow, who spent three days at the Cleveland Clinic earlier this month with an undisclosed illness, revealed he had a staph infection. He also complained that the team, which has had at least six cases of staph in the past three years, asked him to hide his illness.
Winslow criticized general manager Phil Savage for not checking on him while he was in the hospital, said he felt like he was being treated like a “piece of meat,” and revealed he considered requesting a trade.
In a lengthy statement released Tuesday, Savage called Winslow’s comments and behavior “unwarranted, inappropriate, and unnecessarily disparaging to our organization.
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