Browns Reveal Starting Left Tackle With Announcement Of Week 1 Inactives

The mystery of who will start at left tackle for the Cleveland Browns is officially answered.

Per the team's officialy Week 1 inactives list, veteran tackle Jack Conklin is inactive for Cleveland's matchup with the Dallas Cowboys. That paves the way for James Hudson III to start on the left bookend of the offensive line.

There was speculation over the last two weeks that Conklin could play left tackle for the Browns in the season opener after he was activated to the 53-man roster on roster cutdown day. Conklin has been rehabbing from a serious knee injury he sustained in Week 1 of last season and practiced for the first time in a year two weeks back. In the end though, the team determined he wasn't quite ready to make his return to the field.

Along with Conklin, usual starting left tackle Jedrick Wills has also been working his way back from a knee injury of his own, which required arthroscopic knee surgery to resolve. He was ruled out by the team on Friday.

While it was all eyes on the tackle spot in particular, the rest of the Browns inactives included.

#17 QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson (3QB)
#25 CB Kahlef Hailassie
#26 CB Myles Harden
#57 DE Isaiah McGuire
#67 G Javion Cohen
#71 T Jedrick Wills Jr.
#78 T Jack Conklin