The Cleveland Browns will start Brian Hoyer over Johnny Manziel against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.

Mike Pettine was facing the biggest decision in his first year as head coach of Browns and deliberated several days to decide.

Hoyer started the first 12 games, but with 12:01 to play in the fourth quarter of what turned into a 26-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills last Sunday, Pettine lifted Hoyer in favor of Manziel. Manziel led an eight-play 80-yard touchdown drive to cut the lead to 20-10 with 8:47 left. Manziel finished it with a 10-yard touchdown run.

According to ESPN.com, if the Browns were to lose Sunday, a possible scenario would be for Manziel to start the final three games of the season.

—The Browns placed wide receiver Miles Austin on injured reserve Wednesday after he was hospitalized with a kidney injury.

Austin, 30, was taken to the hospital following Sunday’s 26-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills. He set season highs with seven catches for 86 yards in the game, then reported feeling abdominal pain.

The Browns will be without their second-leading receiver for the rest of the year. He will finish his ninth NFL season with 568 yards and two touchdowns on 47 receptions.

The Browns also signed running back Shaun Draughn.

—Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wants everyone to know that his right wrist is not injured.

Roethlisberger was hit on the wrist by New Orleans Saints linebacker Curtis Lofton during the Steelers’ 35-32 loss to the Saints on Sunday in Pittsburgh, leading to speculation this week that he had a broken bone.

Other than some of the fingers going numb, Roethlisberger said he wasn’t affected, which is contrary to a report Wednesday that indicated he had a broken bone in the wrist. He said the feeling returned to his fingers and he is ready to play Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati.

—The arbitrator in the Adrian Peterson appeal hearing has encouraged the NFL and the players association to negotiate a settlement regarding the running back’s indefinite suspension, ESPN.com reported Wednesday.

The hearing got underway in New York on Tuesday and is expected to resume Thursday. Arbitrator Harold Henderson is scheduled to hear testimony from NFL executive vice president for football operations Troy Vincent on Thursday.

A source told ESPN that there have been no offers exchanged yet.

Peterson is hoping to have his suspension overturned after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell punished him for violating the league’s personal conduct policy for what the league called an “incident of abusive discipline” toward his 4-year-old son.

—Arizona Cardinals running back Andre Ellington has a “severe” hip pointer, coach Bruce Arians said Tuesday night in a SIRIUS NFL interview, and is unlikely to participate in on-field workouts while focusing on treatment this week.

Ellington was already playing with a foot injury that first became an issue in August. He had five carries for 12 yards in the Week 13 loss at Atlanta that dropped the Cardinals to 9-3. Since a season-best performance at Dallas on Nov. 2, Ellington has 52 carries for 101 yards.

The Cardinals are not deep at running back, recently signing veteran Michael Bush to pair with Stepfan Taylor and Marion Grice and Robert Hughes behind Ellington.

—With kicker Robbie Gould battling a quadriceps injury, the Chicago Bears signed free agent kicker Jay Feely on Wednesday as insurance for Thursday night’s game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Gould has been sitting out practice this week.

Feely has connected on 329 of 398 field-goal attempts (82.7 percent) in 13 seasons with Atlanta (2001-04), the New York Giants (2005-06), Miami (2007), the New York Jets (2008-09) and Arizona (2010-13). He has 1,431 career points.

To make room on the roster, the Bears waived/injured wide receiver and kick returner Chris Williams.

—The Buffalo Bills terminated their agreement Wednesday to play one game per season in Toronto.

Bills president Russ Brandon announced in a statement to end the Toronto series.

The series began in 2008 when the Bills became the first NFL team to host a regular-season game in Canada. Over the next six years through 2013, the Bills played six regular-season games and two preseason games at Rogers Centre.

The Bills announced in March that they would not play a game in Canada this season.

—The New England Patriots signed linebacker Deontae Skinner and defensive backs Justin Green and Daxton Swanson to the practice squad Wednesday.