{"id":904445,"date":"2026-05-29T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/904445\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:51:15","slug":"browns-roster-wr-isaiah-bond-could-be-better-than-you-think-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/904445\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns roster: WR Isaiah Bond could be better than you think in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Cleveland Browns absolutely dominated the 2026 NFL Draft, selecting two wide receivers who both the media and NFL organizations gave first-round grades. With that being said, one \u201cveteran\u201d receiver could end up being a more exciting and productive player in 2026 than many currently predict in Todd Monken\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The two rookies, Denzel Boston and KC Concepcion, have been excellent throughout the first week of Cleveland\u2019s voluntary OTAs, though Concepcion had some early drop issues.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Everyone\u2019s been infatuated with Boston\u2019s size (6\u20194\u201d, 215 lbs.) and Concepcion\u2019s quick-twitch ability, but one of the most overlooked players at the position could be in line for a fairly large workload in 2026 compared to last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Second-year receiver Isaiah Bond showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-roster-players\/125685\/browns-offense-wr-kc-concepcion-jerry-jeudy-denzel-boston-isaiah-bond-malachi-corley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:elite speed and a good feel for the game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;elite speed and a good feel for the game&quot;}\" class=\"link \">elite speed and a good feel for the game<\/a> as a rookie in 2025, and he provided the team with a legitimate deep threat, which is something that they were searching for over the past few seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He was surprisingly good as a short to intermediate route-runner as well, being able to create separation on quick slants, digs, and different mesh routes. Though he\u2019s on the smaller side at 5\u201911\u201d, 180 lbs., Bond\u2019s been pretty durable so far, and he\u2019s shown that he can take a hit and get right back up. Durability and playmaking ability will be key in Cleveland\u2019s new offense, so Bond already gets a good grade in that department heading into 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Though <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/32685\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jerry Jeudy;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jerry Jeudy&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Jeudy<\/a>, Denzel Boston, and KC Concepcion are \u201cprojected\u201d to be the target leaders at wide receiver this season, seeing Isaiah Bond coming out of nowhere and ending up as one of the top producers is a realistic outcome after the type of year he had as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bond played in less than 50% of total offensive snaps in 2025 and was still able to gain 338 receiving yards on 18 receptions. Depending on how Todd Monken uses him in 2026, it wouldn\u2019t be surprising at all to see him have a better season statistically than one of the Browns\u2019 two rookie receivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">What are your thoughts on Isaiah Bond\u2019s outlook for 2026? Join fellow Browns fans in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns absolutely dominated the 2026 NFL Draft, selecting two wide receivers who both the media and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[4955,86,85,54,2337,32198,7,5629,5574,2827,43380,6,8345,17,23813],"class_list":["post-904445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-browns","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-browns","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-clevelandbrowns","tag-denzel-boston","tag-football","tag-getty-images","tag-isaiah-bond","tag-jerry-jeudy","tag-kc-concepcion","tag-nfl","tag-rookie-season","tag-shedeur-sanders","tag-todd-monken"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116658194569325049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904445","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=904445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}