Jared Verse upset with how he's playing, met with team psychiatrist about "mental block"

Browns defensive end Jared Verse still doesn’t have a sack this season, and he says his struggles are more mental than physical.

Verse told reporters in Cleveland today that he has been frustrated and needed to work on himself to get right.

“I’m upset with the way I’ve been playing. I don’t think it’s anything physical, nothing about my body, it’s the mental aspect,” Verse said.

Verse revealed that he has worked with Mayur Pandya, the Browns’ on-site mental health professional, to work through his struggles.

“I met with Dr. P a little bit to figure out what my issue was,” Verse said. “Our team psychiatrist.”

Verse said he wants to be a leader of the defensive line and knows he can’t be that if he’s not taking personal inventory of how he can improve.

“I’m mainly going to put it on myself: I haven’t played well at all this season,” Verse said. “I think I’ve taken a little bit of time looking in the mirror at what I could do better because I think the group goes as I go. That’s my mindset in anything I do.”

Verse said he’s confident that he’s conquering the mental issues holding him back.

“I think it was definitely a mental block,” Verse said. “I train my body every day to push myself to the limits of what I’m physically capable of doing. So I don’t think it was any issue with my body, but I think I’ve taken the steps to figure out what it was.”