EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Can we get a wrist check, please?

Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. wore a watch during pregame warmups, but not the same $189,500 Richard Mille watch he wore during last week’s 43-13 loss to the Titans that created such a stir.

This one was acrylic with silver accents, and also appeared to be a wildly expensive Richard Mille.

Whether or not he wears it during the game remains to be seen. The NFL warned the Browns that Beckham is not allowed to because it violates the rule for wearing a hard object.

But Beckham said Thursday "I’ll wear it if I want to wear it.''

He also put a stop to all watch talk on Thursday and wanted the focus back on football. Then he dropped the bombshell that he believes Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams coaches "cheap shots and dirty plays'' and is responsible for his string of injuries, beginning with a sprained ankle during the 2017 preseason courtesy of Briean Boddy-Calhoun and spiraling into his broken ankle (12 missed games in 2017), torn quad (four missed games at the end of 2018) and current hip injury.

He also lamented to cleveland.com the fact that the NFL was singling him out and wouldn’t do the same for Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

If Beckham wears the watch during the game, he might possibly get fined by the NFL. Once in full uniform, Beckham still had the watch on, but also had a purple sleeve on his left arm.

In a nod to Beckham, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett checked his imaginary watch in pregame while he was throwing passes.

In other Browns news:

* Rashard Higgins (sprained ankle) was among the inactives. Mayfield’s go-to guy, Higgins caught two of three passes for 46 yards last week, including a 35-yarder to set up a TD.

The Browns were in three wides 94 of the time last week, according to Warren Sharp Analytics, with Higgins being one of those receivers, along with Beckham and Jarvis Landry.

With Higgins inactive, Damion Ratley could be the third receiver. Derrick Willies should also get some playing time.

Higgins, who suffered the injury in the first half against the Titans, said Monday he expected to be ready for the Jets game.

* Chris Smith is a game captain for tonight. Smith decided to play tonight to honor the memory of his late girlfriend Petara Cordero, who was struck and killed Wednesday morning by a woman who told police she had been drinking. The Browns have rallied around Smith this week, and Damarious Randall and Christian Kirksey said they were dedicating their games to him.

* For the Jets, receiver Demaryius Thomas, acquired in a trade last week with the Patriots, is active despite being listed as questionable and not practicing all week with a hamstring. Thomas played with Jets QB Trevor Siemian, who will start tonight’s game, in Denver, so the two should have some timing.

* Defensive end Genard Avery is inactive for the second straight week. Avery, who’s making the switch from linebacker to end, apparently hasn’t found his niche yet. Mack Wilson, the Browns’ 2019 fifth-round pick out of Alabama, is starting in place of strongside linebacker Adarius Taylor, who’s inactive with a high ankle sprain.