Browns: 5 practice squad players who will play big minutes this year
By Chad Porto
WR JoJo Natson
The Browns have a receiving corp that is teetering on a tight rope. If everything goes their way, they’ll have two Pro Bowls, a Rookie of the Year contender, and four potential guys of 500 yards or more.
If things don’t go right, three of their four best players spend at least a quarter of the season on the injury list and JoJo Natson is lining up across from Rashard Higgins and Donovan Peoples-Jones. Either way should be interesting.
That’s the problem that plagues the Browns‘ receiving corp, Jarvis Landry, Odell Beckham Jr., and Anthony Schwartz have all been dealing with injuries or rehabbing from injuries that affected their abilities at some point over the last year. If you were a betting man, which I wouldn’t recommend, and you were given the option to put money down at the position most likely to see injuries pile up; even I’d recommend picking the receiving corp.
They’re a group of potentially talented, but potentially wounded guys. They could be game-breakers or be broken by game time.
It’s not only the injuries but performance issues with the return teams could see Natson be brought back as well, and used similarly to his role last season.