BEREA, Ohio – In a game filled with negatives, the injury news was not be as bad as initially feared.

Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden, who played just 28 snaps due to a shoulder injury, is considered day to day with a possible bruised rotator cuff. Rookie cornerback Justin Gilbert, who left the 30-0 loss to the Bengals with a head injury, did not suffer a concussion, coach Mike Pettine said.

Gilbert should be ready for Sunday's game in Charlotte against the Panthers. The status of Haden, who had an MRI Monday, is unclear.

"He has not been ruled out for this weekend, but I think we'll know much more information when it quiets down and we get to the end of the week," Pettine said.

--- The coach praised the play of rookie corner Pierre Desir, who saw his first action of the season on defense. He was pressed into service due to the injuries to Haden and Gilbert.

"(He) went out and played 39 snaps and played at a high level -- was very physical, tackled well," Pettine said. "Here's a kid coming from Lindenwood (Mo. University) where our training camp practices had more people than his games did, and it was not big for him at all . . . Here's a guy that I think he heard from everybody that, 'Hey, this is your redshirt year.' He didn't want to hear that, and he certainly didn't prepare that way. He went out and played very well."

--- Pettine said K'Waun Williams (hamstring), who's missed Sunday's game, might have a chance to return to practice this week.

--- The coach conceded there were communication issues with Johnny Manziel and halfback Terrance West on several handoff attempts.

--- Pettine said the tweaks the Browns made to the offense were not radical enough to excuse a few poor performances on the offensive line. "It's not that we shifted gears in such a way that we asked the offensive line to go from running the run-shoot to running the wishbone. It was still, conceptually, everything that we've been doing."

Pettine thought right tackle Mitchell Schwartz played one of his better games. The Browns might consider another change at center, he said, a position that remains in flux since the Oct. 12 loss of Alex Mack to a broken leg.