Cleveland Browns: Predicting statistical leaders in 2018

The influx of talent for the Cleveland Browns will have a huge impact on their season totals, but who will be their leaders in the major statistical areas?

Even with the unsettling and unexpected news of wide receiver Josh Gordon sitting out the start of camp, the feelings about this season are much better than in years past for the Cleveland Browns.

That has to do with the players added to this team that suddenly make them deep in areas that used to be problem spots for them. The most noticeable changes have come at running back, quarterback and the defensive secondary.

At running back we see Carlos Hyde and Nick Chubb as new faces. The quarterback room has nothing but new players with Tyrod Taylor, Baker Mayfield and Drew Stanton in town now.

And the secondary has undergone similar changes with only Briean Boddy-Calhoun returning as a projected member of the cornerback group.

With all that being said, we still have to see how all these pieces fit. Here we will try and sort that out by predicting which players will lead the team in their major statistical areas.

Passing statistics won’t be an issue because Taylor should be the only quarterback under center this season, or at least we hope because that means everything is going according to plan. So instead, let’s first look at who will be big around him on offense.