The Cleveland Browns' wide receiver overhaul started in 2025, or so they hoped. With Jerry Jeudy locked in as the WR1, they took a chance on Isaiah Bond, a projected Day 2 pick who went undrafted after a grand jury declined to indict him on a sexual assault charge.
After missing training camp and essentially learning the offense on the fly, Bond's struggles as a rookie were perfectly understandable. He drew some buzz this past offseason, though, after bulking up and looking sharp in camp. He looked like a prime bounce-back candidate, even with more competition in the wide receiver room.
Fast forward to today, and not only has he failed to live up to the hype β he didn't even play an offensive snap against the Saints in Week 9.
It's still early in his career, but it seems like Todd Monken and company have Bond buried on the depth chart.
Browns snap counts from Week 9 vs the Saints
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- Dylan Sampson with 22 more snaps than Quinshon Judkins
- Jared Verse tied his season low in percentage of snaps played (57%), the 43 snaps is the second most he's played in a single game this season, though
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Isaiah Bond is quickly disappearing from the Browns' offensive plans
The Week 9 road loss to the Saints was the first time Bond didn't play a single snap on offense. He had played at least four snaps in every game and was the first guy off the bench with 49 snaps in Week 5 when KC Concepcion left that game with a concussion.
Ironically, that performance only put him in the spotlight. He had multiple egregious drops in the loss to the Jets, including one in the end zone and one that would've put the team in field-goal range.
The Browns have two rising stars in the building. Concepcion and Denzel Boston should get as many targets as they can handle, with tight end Harold Fannin Jr. also being heavily involved. Still, Bond was also supposed to be a part of the mix, and he's now even lost ground to more of a special-teams player like Tylan Wallace.
Bond is a one-trick pony at this point in his development, but the Browns don't even seem to trust him when they need an explosive play.
The Browns held onto Jeudy at the NFL trade deadline, as expected, so unless something drastic changes, the passing game's pecking order should remain untouched. If that's the case, it's only logical to assume that Isaiah Bond might not be in the team's plans beyond 2026.
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