Scott Fujita, Browns fear injury could be career-threatening: Report

Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita's career suddenly appears to be in doubt because of a neck injury, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported on Monday. Mortensen reported that both the team and player worry the injury could be of the career-threatening variety.

The report is a seemingly stunning development for Fujita. He missed Sunday's win over the Cincinnati Bengals with what the team termed as a "shoulder/neck injury," but the team gave no indication that it was long-term or career-threatening. He suffered the injury during the Browns' Week 5 loss to the New York Giants, when he left the game and never returned.

Fujita had player in the Browns' previous four games, recording 14 tackles and one sack.

Fujita has been one of the most outspoken critics of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in the ongoing Saints bounty scandal. Fujita blasted Goodell in a statement last week after the commissioner reduced his three-game suspension reduced to one.