{"id":181088,"date":"2025-07-04T15:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T15:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/181088\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T15:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T15:05:13","slug":"cleveland-browns-which-wr-might-be-the-teams-biggest-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/181088\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns: Which WR might be the team\u2019s biggest surprise?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Browns<\/a> will enter training camp later this month with a clear pecking order at the wide receiver position.<\/p>\n

Starting from the top and in descending order:<\/p>\n

Jerry Jeudy is the clear No. 1 receiver after posting the first 1,000-yard receiving season of his career in 2024.
\nCedric Tillman, who is still promising, but needs to stay healthy and show that last season\u2019s three-game stretch<\/a>, where he had 21 receptions for 255 and three touchdowns, was not a fluke.
\nDiontae Johnson, a former Pro Bowl receiver attempting to resurrect his career<\/a> on one of those \u201clow-risk, high-reward\u201d contracts that Cleveland fans seem to love. (The weather may need to cooperate for that to happen<\/a>.)
\nAn interchangeable group that includes David Bell, DeAndre Carter, and Michael Woods II.
\nA potentially promising group of undrafted free agents<\/a> that includes Gage Larvadain, Luke Floriea<\/a>, Cade McDonald, and Kisean Johnson.<\/p>\n

Related: Where does Cleveland\u2019s wide receiver group rank on PFF\u2019s Top 32 list?<\/a><\/p>\n

One player not mentioned but who might be worth keeping an eye on is Jamari Thrash, who was tapped by ESPN as the \u201cbiggest surprise player\u201d on the Browns<\/a> heading into training camp: <\/p>\n

A 2024 fifth-round pick who caught three passes as a rookie, Thrash took advantage of opportunities in an unproven receiver room and established himself as a reliable option for all the Browns\u2019 quarterbacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s had a really strong spring,\u201d coach Kevin Stefanski said. \u201cHe is here all the time working on his body. Very intelligent player, can line up in multiple positions, which I think is valuable. And then he showed up, he\u2019s caught the ball well, and you know the quarterbacks like how he gets open. He finds a way to get open versus zone, versus man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thrash appeared in nine games for the Browns as a rookie last season, logging 143 snaps on offense and one on special teams. He was not involved much in the offense when he was on the field, as he had just seven targets, so he will need to make the most of his opportunities this summer.<\/p>\n

Related: Projecting Cleveland\u2019s Week 1 wide receiver room<\/a><\/p>\n

The good news is that with the Browns having four quarterbacks on the roster, there should be plenty of chances for Thrash and the other wide receivers to show what they can do. Practice reps may be limited, but the quarterbacks, especially rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, will be looking to get in extra work where they can, and they will need willing receivers to work with them. <\/p>\n

The Browns have openings at wide receiver that need to be filled, and if Thrash can become a reliable option, he may be able to take advantage of the opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns will enter training camp later this month with a clear pecking order at the wide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[3937,1646,86,93,85,54,1864,1695,2337,92,7,29,5085,94,6,396,1542,185,24,5647,1116],"class_list":{"0":"post-181088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-be","9":"tag-biggest","10":"tag-browns","11":"tag-by","12":"tag-cleveland","13":"tag-cleveland-browns","14":"tag-cleveland-browns-news","15":"tag-cleveland-browns-roster-players","16":"tag-clevelandbrowns","17":"tag-dawgs","18":"tag-football","19":"tag-front-page","20":"tag-might","21":"tag-nature","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-s","24":"tag-surprise","25":"tag-team","26":"tag-the","27":"tag-which","28":"tag-wr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114795585823425098","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}