Mike Hall is back on the field, and he’s not looking back.
The Browns defensive tackle was away from practice for nearly three weeks this summer after a hard collision on Aug. 1 with running back Quinshon Judkins, a play that set off plenty of speculation outside the building. Hall didn’t return until Aug. 18, and with no official explanation from the team or his camp, the absence became a talking point.
On Wednesday, Hall made his stance plain: the situation is over as far as he’s concerned.
“Yeah, I mean, we’re teammates at the end of the day, so, I mean, it’s just a little, you know, mishap on the field,” he said. “But other than that, you know, he’s my brother, at the end of the day, he’s still my teammate. So we were getting ready to play Jacksonville, and that’s what I’m worried about.”
When asked if he had spoken directly with Judkins since the incident, Hall kept it just as simple.
“Yeah, like I said before, he’s my teammate, so I mean, got to talk to him at some time,” he said. “But we’re getting ready for Jacksonville, and that’s all I’m worried about.”
The collision itself had already been addressed by head coach Todd Monken, who described it as a mistake rather than something deliberate. “There is a certain amount of regret right at the moment when it happens,” Monken said. “But we are all human, and we do make mistakes.”
Judkins later gave his own account, saying he felt the need to “protect the team” and “protect your teammates” in the moment, while also acknowledging he should have handled it differently.
Even with those explanations, questions lingered because neither the Browns nor Hall’s representatives confirmed whether the incident had anything to do with the three-week stretch away from practice. The team never officially tied the two together.
Judkins has also drawn attention for reasons beyond that training-camp hit. He was arrested in Fort Lauderdale on a misdemeanor battery charge just before last year’s training camp, a case that delayed his rookie contract signing.
Now both players are heading into the 2026 season with the same message: move on and get ready for Jacksonville. That’s the matchup Hall kept circling, and it’s the one that now marks the Browns’ next step into Week 1.
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