Cleveland Browns: Grades from the horrendous loss to the Bengals

Wide Receivers: F

Even in an ugly game, the lack of production from the receiver group stands out. The leading pass catcher in this group was rookie Corey Coleman, who gained 26 yards.

Besides Coleman, Andrew Hawkins got in on the action with a reception which went for four yards, and star Terrelle Pryor never got past the parking lot with only one reception for three yards.

Doing the simple addition, the wide receivers accounted for 33 yards on the day, despite being targeted a total of 15 times. Not surprisingly, this is a season low.

To make matters worse, it’s not like this unit did anything else to aid the team’s quest for victory. They didn’t block well on the outside, mostly because there were not many outside runs, and they didn’t help out their quarterback when needed. Rashard Higgins had a drop, and neither Pryor nor Coleman made the difficult catches they had opportunities to make.

For a team that likes to throw the ball, it would be a good idea to throw to more than two receivers. It would also be nice to have multiple receivers catch more than one pass. For obvious reasons that need not to be explained further, this group failed to do their job in Sunday’s game.