CLEVELAND, Ohio — David Njoku didn’t get his Christmas wish today — to be active for the Browns home finale against the Ravens.

Njoku, the Browns’ No. 29 overall pick in 2017, is a healthy scratch for the second straight week despite being fully recovered from his wrist surgery.

Defensive end Olivier Vernon is also inactive with his knee injury for the sixth time in the last seven games, and he played only a dozen snaps in the loss to Pittsburgh on Dec. 1.

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Last week, when Njoku was a surprise scratch for the Cardinals game, he was understandably dismayed.

“It is what it is,’’ Njoku said Monday. “I can’t really say anything upon it because it wasn’t my request, so I’ve just got to keep going.’’

Asked if it was a disciplinary move from the Bengals game, he said, “That’s a good question, but I don’t know that.’’

After Njoku failed to secure a pass that was picked off against Cincinnati, Freddie Kitchens yelled at him, and he yelled back.

"“It’s football, you know?'' said Njoku. "It comes as it comes.''

But sources say Njoku hasn’t run good routes in the games he’s played and that he’s looked rusty in practice after missing 10 games with the wrist injury, which was surgically repaired.

Demetrius Harris will start in place of Njoku for the second straight week.

Njoku acknowledged that he’s had to work his way back from the wrist injury that he suffered in Week 2 against the Jets.

“It’s surgery, you know,'' he said. "It obviously takes a while, but like I said, I just try to just give my all every week and go from there.''

As for the team’s relationship with Freddie Kitchens, he said, “Yeah, we’re still riding till the wheels fall off. We’re working to just do the best we can do to finish strong.''

As for questioning his future with the team, Njoku, said, “Negative. Just got to keep working. That said, this is just another day. You’ve just got to continue to work and control what you can control.''

Njoku has only five catches this in three games this season for 41 yards and one TD.

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Regarding Vernon’s absence, the Browns have been hurting without him and fellow starting defensive Myles Garrett for most of the second half of the season.

Vernon, acquired in an offseason trade with the Giants for guard Kevin Zeitler, has 24 tackles and three sacks in nine games, not what the Browns were hoping for when they paid him $15.25 million this season.

Other key Browns inactives are tackle Kendall Lamm (knee), guard Drew Forbes and tight end Pharoah Brown.

It means right tackle Chris Hubbard will be back in his starting spot after Lamm replaced him for two games.

In other Browns news, Odell Beckham Jr. told ESPN’s Josina Anderson that he’ll meet with a specialist on Jan. 13th to determine if he needs sports hernia surgery.