BEREA — Safety Mike Adams (hamstring) and right tackle Ryan Tucker (knee) didn’t practice Friday and were listed as questionable on the official injury report for Sunday’s game with Washington.
Tucker has been bothered by a sore knee following Monday night’s game, his season debut. He didn’t practice Wednesday, was limited Thursday and wasn’t on the field Friday during the half-hour open to reporters.
Kevin Shaffer had started the previous 20 games at right tackle before missing Monday night with a concussion. He was expected to rotate with Tucker if both were healthy, but would get all the playing time if Tucker is sidelined.
Shaffer was listed as probable after making it through his first contact practice Thursday.
Adams was added to the injury list Friday and his leg was wrapped as he watched practice. He started the first five games as a fill-in for Brodney Pool and Sean Jones and has two interceptions.
Jones said Friday he’s ready to reclaim his starting role and play the entire game. If Jones starts, a healthy Adams would play in nickel and dime packages and resume a bigger role on special teams.

Redskins report

Starting cornerback Shawn Springs (calf) didn’t practice and was listed as doubtful.
Clinton Portis (hip), the NFL’s leading rusher with 643 yards, was a full participant in practice after missing the previous two days and was listed as questionable. Safety Chris Horton (ankle), backup cornerback Fred Smoot (groin) and defensive end Jason Taylor (calf) were also questionable. Taylor didn’t practice.
Left tackle Chris Samuels (ankle) and cornerback Carlos Rogers (calf) practiced and were probable.

Sleep deprivation

Offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski might feel the effects of a short week more than anyone else in the Browns organization. After the Monday night game, he had one less day to watch film of the Redskins and formulate a game plan.
“You lose a lot more sleep than what you normally might have,” he said Friday. “Everything is more condensed, more intense, the decisions have to be made quicker and in trying to put things together, the players have to focus a lot more.
“The game plan is evolving as the week goes on. It’s on everybody to focus, and paying attention to detail is even more critical in a short week.”
The Browns have three short weeks remaining: a Thursday night game versus the Broncos and two Sunday games following Monday nights.

Don’t jump

Chudzinski said the offense worked during practice this week to eliminate the penalties that have been a problem all season. The Browns had 10 Monday night, including six false starts.
“There was a bunch of times where I wanted to jump out of the (press) box the other night,” he said. “What we really strived and worked for this week in practice was to try to simulate as much as we could, whether it’s the noise, blitzing and all of those things.
“We chart our penalties in practice and an offensive lineman hadn’t jumped in practice since before the Baltimore game. We talked about what things might be in the game that we are not getting in practice, so we tried to simulate those this week as much as we could.”

Extra points

Nose tackle Shaun Rogers wasn’t fined by the NFL for a hit on New York quarterback Eli Manning. There was no penalty on the play, but the Giants asked the league to review the play in which Rogers landed heavily on Manning after the pass had been thrown.
• Romeo Crennel was named Motorola NFL coach of the week by voters on NFL.com.
Contact Scott Petrak at 329-7253 or spetrak@chroniclet.com. 

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