Commanders' Noah Brown: Sidelined by kidney injury

Brown is dealing with an injury to his kidney and is expected to miss several weeks, Ben Standig of The Athletic reports.

Brown's early departure from Washington's Week 13 win over the Titans was initially attributed to a rib injury. Coming out of a Week 14 bye, head coach Dan Quinn revealed Wednesday that Brown is in danger of missing the rest of the season due to an internal injury, though he didn't go into specifics. The Commanders have now updated Brown's injury as being to his kidney -- perhaps a laceration that was caused by a cracked rib. With Brown out for at least the next few weeks, there's an opportunity for Dyami Brown, Olamide Zaccheaus and Luke McCaffrey to get more snaps alongside No. 1 receiver Terry McLaurin.