CLEVELAND, Ohio - Tyrod Taylor showed up at a men's apparel store on West 25th street Friday evening, wearing one more accessory than he planned when he initially set up his first meet and greet with Browns fans.



It was the thick wrap around his puffy and bruised left hand and wrist.

Taylor, though, knows it could be worse. He dodged a bullet after falling awkwardly on his left wrist during Thursday night's 5-0 victory over the Eagles.

Nothing broken, nothing torn. Just a bruised and swollen hand and a dislocated pinkie that hurt as much going back in as it did coming out.



"Hand's good,'' he told a trio of Browns reporters while standing outside of Xhibition, where fans decked out in Browns gear were lined up down the street for photos and autographs. "It's a lot better than it was last night.''





Best of all, Taylor doesn't plan to miss a beat with the opener against Pittsburgh on Sept. 9, a little over two weeks away. One fan wore a Tim Couch jersey with all the QB names on it since 1999, and has a spot reserved for Taylor.



"Yeah, I'll be out there (in practice) tomorrow,'' Taylor said.



He admitted the injury "was definitely scary, but it's part of the game. You can't control those type things. Of course, in a perfect world try to get my hand from under me, but luckily it wasn't worse than what it was. So I was able to get back out there and compete. That's the main thing.''



Amazingly, Taylor's season didn't flash before his eyes when he spilled to the sideline with his wrist bent awkwardly and his pinkie dangling and excruciating.



"No, I didn't think that far into it,'' he said. "I literally just prayed to be honest. Like I said, you can't control some of those situations. Things happen on the football field that are out of your control, but luckily it wasn't too bad. It could've worse but it wasn't and I was able to get back out there and compete with the guys and that's what I love doing is competing.''

One of the worst parts of the ordeal was popping the pinkie back in. Taylor tried to look away and let the doc do his thing, but it wasn't exactly the 15 seconds Jackson billed it as during his conference call Friday.



"Yeah, it wasn't as quick as I thought it was going to be, but they got it back in,'' he said. "It took a couple tries. It was tough, though. But it ended up happening. Luckily, they got it in."



Taylor knew right away that "something in my hand was off. My wrist was a little jacked up at the time, too. But like I said, everything came back negative, which is a good sign and we were able to put the finger back in place. It's my left hand, at the end of the day. So deal with it. Like I said, it'll be sore for a couple of days but it's nothing that's going to stop me.''



He said "the main thing right now is just calm the swelling and continue to keep moving it, keep the range of motion there, get back out there. I won't miss any time. Just more so just dealing with the soreness of it.''



Taylor hasn't seen the tumble yet himself, as he was rolling left and firing the ball back inside to Jarvis Landry in the end zone, but has heard plenty about it.



"Of course, I felt the play, so I knew what happened, but my parents told me that it looked pretty nasty on TV, so definitely glad that it wasn't as worse as it looked. Continue to keep moving forward from here.''



Taylor came out for two series and was replaced by Baker Mayfield. But as soon as the X-rays came back negative, he was right back out there, lobbying Hue Jackson to put him back in the game. Jackson obliged and Taylor played the final three series of the first half.



"Once they told me there was no structural damage, like I said, it's just sore and I've battled through soreness before in my career,'' he said. "Being with the team for the first year, it's just getting out there and jelling with the team, being with the offense and just competing.

"Definitely in my eyes (it was important) just to be out there first and foremost to show them that toughness, but at the same time, be out there and still lead the group. That's what I want to do.''



Taylor, who produced two TD drives in his 11 preseason series, will likely sit out the preseason finale in Detroit on Thursday. If so, he finished 20-of-28 attempts for 186 yards with one TD and no picks for a 101.2 rating.



"We did some good things,'' he said. "It's something to build on. Of course, with the limited playing time in the preseason, you don't get a chance to fully get into a groove sometimes, but each and every day as you work hard in the practice and continue to keep getting better in practice, ultimately you get ready for a season.''



Taylor was injured on his fourth straight incompletion into the end zone from the 1, but help is on the way. Josh Gordon will return to walk-throughs beginning tomorrow, and Antonio Callaway (groin) will be back in practice this week. Both sat out the Eagles game.

"That'll be awesome,'' Taylor said. "That's my first time hearing that as far as Josh so that's awesome. I'm looking forward to getting him back on the field. I know he's excited to come out and show what he can do, not only to his teammates but to the people, to the city.

"There's a wonderful opportunity ahead of him. We're going need him to be big for us this season, so i'm looking forward to it as well as Callaway."