PICK: Cleveland Browns
Plenty of teams could use a shot in the arm at receiver, but I’m trying to focus on the one team for which it would be a complete and utter catastrophe to leave Pittsburgh without a legitimate pass-catching prospect. It might be a bit weird to use such urgent language about an offense that needs help almost everywhere and is still, let’s say, unsettled at the quarterback position. It’s true, most receivers can’t do squat without someone to reliably throw them the ball. But most quarterbacks also need someone to throw the ball to, and Cleveland has struggled almost as hard to solve that portion of the equation over the years. Since Josh Gordon’s magical 2013, just two Browns receivers have logged 800-plus receiving yards and six-plus receiving TDs in the same season: Jarvis Landry in 2019 and Amari Cooper in 2022. Don’t let the frequency with which a WR is mocked to Cleveland at either No. 6 or No. 24 overall lull you to sleep on the importance of adding one. Put a weapon like Carnell Tate, KC Concepcion or Jordyn Tyson in the mix with Harold Fannin Jr. and Quinshon Judkins, and the Browns might actually have something cooking for whoever ends up proving to be the Chosen One under center.
