The Browns spent 2025 fighting through a wide receiver room that never gave the offense much room to breathe. Jerry Jeudy was the clear headliner, but even his line - 50 catches, 602 yards and two touchdowns - only told part of the story.
Behind him, the rest of the position group combined for 67 receptions, 865 yards and two touchdowns. That’s the kind of production that leaves an offense stuck in place.
Andrew Berry made sure that didn’t stay the same for long. He added KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston in the draft, giving Jeudy a pair of new running mates and giving the Browns a receiver group that should look much better this fall. As Todd Monken gets ready for his first training camp as head coach, the wideout room is one of the spots worth watching closely.
The current depth chart starts with Jeudy, then Boston and Concepcion, followed by Isaiah Bond, Jamari Thrash, Cedric Tillman, Tylan Wallace, Aaron Anderson, Malachi Corley, Luke Floriea, Gage Larvadain and Kole Wilson.
The best version of this group starts with Jeudy looking more like the player who posted career highs in 2024, when he finished with 90 receptions and 1,229 receiving yards. In that scenario, 2025 turns out to be the strange season, the one dragged down by the quarterback situation rather than a sign of who he really is.
If Boston and Concepcion can justify where they were taken in this year’s draft, the Browns will have done real work on the outside. And if Bond comes out of a proper offseason and becomes a dependable deep threat, that gives the offense another layer it badly needed.
That’s the kind of setup Berry can live with. If the Browns eventually find a real quarterback, the pass game would already have the pieces in place.
The downside is ugly. In that version, Jeudy’s big Cleveland season was the exception, not the rule, and Boston and Concepcion fail to become the kind of impact players the Browns hoped for. Bond, meanwhile, never gives the offense the vertical punch it needs.
Still, the overall outlook is straightforward: unless the top four are wiped out by season-ending injuries in the preseason, this receiver group should be far better than the one Cleveland rolled out in 2025. Jeudy may not need to chase his 2024 numbers, because Boston, Concepcion and Bond should help take some of that burden off him. That also lets the secondary options settle into roles that fit them better, instead of asking them to carry more than they can handle.
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