Browns: 2015 Preseason Review Part 2: WRs, TEs, OL

OFFENSE

I think we all know, the best teams in the NFL have an elite quarterback. Aaron Rodgers is in Green Bay, Peyton Manning in Denver, and Tom Brady in New England. However, teams have won Super Bowls without elite QBs too. Teams like the 2000 Baltimore Ravens won with Trent Dilfer, and the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers won with Brad Johnson.

Those guys were far from household names, yet they led their teams to the championship. The reason? They had great defenses, but they also had great play-makers. The 2000 Ravens boasted Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe at tight end, while the 2002 Buccaneers had Keyshawn Johnson at wide receiver. They were players who helped their “average” at best QBs take their offense to new levels and their teams to championships.

Here in Cleveland, we witnessed what a slightly average QB and play-makers on offense can do. In Part One of the Preseason review we referred to the 2007 season of Derek Anderson, Braylon Edwards, and Kellen Winslow Jr.

Sure that team only went 10-6 and missed the playoffs, but Edwards and Winslow’s performance at WR and TE took Anderson’s game to an unmatched level in his career. They both had over 1,000 yards receiving and teams feared the Browns offense. Is there potential of an offense like that again?

For a team like the Cleveland Browns, McCown is the kind of QB that will remind Browns fans of Dilfer and Johnson. A guy who has bounced around the NFL, who has found mild to average success in the league. His best season? The 2013 season with the Chicago Bears with weapons like 1,000 yard WRs Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery.

Do the Cleveland Browns have that kind of talent at wide receiver? How about at tight end with the potential of Sharpe? The Browns offensive line is often considered to be an elite group of talent. Can they make the difference? Lets break it down and take a look at the wide receivers production thus far in camp.

Next: McCown Goes Deep...To Who?