Courtney Brown has surgery, vows he will make comeback

Kellen Winslow Jr. will miss at least two months with a broken right leg.
BEREA (AP) -- Courtney Brown refuses to surrender to injuries. He's already planning another comeback.
Just hours after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ligament that will sideline him for the season, Cleveland's oft-injured defensive end told Browns coach Butch Davis to plan on seeing him soon.
"He was like, 'I'll be back, I'll be in there in a couple days rehabbing,' " Davis said Wednesday. "He's got an awesome, awesome disposition. He's a remarkable kid."
Remarkable, too, would sum up Brown's determination to keep playing despite a career slowed by major injuries. The first overall player drafted in 2000, Brown was placed on injured reserve Tuesday -- the fourth straight year he has ended up there.
But although his body keeps breaking down, Brown won't give up, a fact that doesn't surprise any of his teammates, who speak glowingly of him.
"He ain't going to quit," defensive end Kenard Lang said.
"He's going to keep on fighting. You know that little Chihuahua always biting at your pants leg? He's going to comeback. I got faith in Courtney. He's going to come back stronger and better."
Linebacker Andra Davis is sure of it, too.
"He's not a quitter," Davis said. "He's going to keep fighting. Courtney is the strongest person that I know mentally. He's had some bad breaks, but he's going to keep fighting on."
Brown tore a ligament in his foot in the first quarter of Sunday's game against Dallas -- the first of six Cleveland starters to go down with injuries.
Update on Winslow
Tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. will miss at least two months with a broken right leg, but Davis is still optimistic the first-round pick will be able to help this season.
Winslow had surgery Tuesday and Davis said while doctors inserted screws to stabilize the fracture, they did not find any ligament damage. If all goes well, Winslow could be walking in two weeks and Davis is holding out hope he'll have the former University of Miami standout back in November.
The Browns have discussed placing Winslow on injured reserve for the rest of the season, but want to hold off as long as possible.
"You hedge your bets when you say things like this, but he's got a chance to play a pretty significant part in the second half of the season provided there are no setbacks," Davis said.
Meanwhile, nine players missed all or some of Cleveland's practice on Wednesday. A new addition to the Browns' injury report was cornerback Anthony Henry, who sustained a concussion in Sunday's loss at Dallas.
Henry is listed as questionable for this week's game against the New York Giants, as is cornerback Daylon McCutcheon, who had three pins surgically inserted on Tuesday into a broken middle finger.
McCutcheon didn't practice on Wednesday, but Davis said he has been cleared to play.