Browns’ offensive snap counts, stats, and notes: Week 18

Below, we analyze the snap counts and stats on offense for the Cleveland Browns’ Week 18 sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals.

• I’m a believer in Baker Mayfield nonetheless, however given his accidents this yr, it does make you surprise in hindsight whether or not the Browns might have made the postseason if Case Keenum was beginning. Granted, one might level at Keenum’s unhealthy choices this week (fumble resulting in a landing, and interception within the pink zone) as explanation why it wouldn’t have labored, however total, he performed the function of sport supervisor effectively sufficient once more. In a variety of these shut video games that Cleveland fell quick on, that’s all they actually wanted.

• Who had their preseason cash on D’Ernest Johnson ending the season with extra speeding yards than Kareem Hunt? Johnson is a restricted free agent this coming offseason, and the kind of participant you might see the group slapping a second-round tender on.

(*18*)Cleveland needed to relaxation Nick Chubb within the season finale, however nonetheless make the most of him because the backup operating again after the primary couple of sequence. He ripped off one large run and completed the season 2nd within the NFL in speeding yards, however effectively behind Jonathan Taylor of the Colts.

• Anthony Schwartz dropped one fast slant that hit him proper within the fingers this week. He’ll have to endure a little bit of an offseason transformation to see if he’s worthy of a big function in 2022.
• I used to be questioning the place Rashard Higgins was; he was one among two lively gamers who didn’t play, and he was dominated out within the second half with an sickness.
• Jarvis Landry completed the season with 52 catches for 570 yards and 2 touchdowns. The group faces a tricky resolution with him; that manufacturing just isn’t price the kind of contract he’s getting, however he’s additionally by far their most dependable receiver nonetheless on a group that basically must improve the place.
• Demetric Felton caught his second landing of the season. One of the extra irritating issues wanting again in 2022 is seeing how a lot this group struggled at large receiver, and but the potential of Felton wasn’t utilized extra on these fast display sort of performs. I do know he had a couple of drops too, however you needed extra out of him.

• It was a comparatively quiet day for the tight ends. Austin Hooper led the group in snaps, however didn’t report a catch. He completed the season with 38 catches for 345 yards and 3 touchdowns. One would possibly say that it’s price contemplating kicking him to the curb and re-signing David Njoku as an alternative, however wanting on the lifeless cap area the group would soak up, it’s principally pointless to chop Hooper.
• Harrison Bryant practically caught one other landing go, however mis-timed or came upon his soar ultimately zone.

• The Browns’ offensive line graded very effectively in opposition to the Bengals. Joel Bitonio (90.7), James Hudson (90.0), Jedrick Wills (84.9), and Wyatt Teller (79.1) have been 4 of the group’s top-5 graded gamers on Sunday (Jadeveon Clowney was the opposite participant within the Top 5). However, Cincinnati was taking part in with some reserves in there.
• Per PFF, “Keenum averaged 2.80 seconds to throw, and the offensive line was responsible for just two pressures all game, pending review.”Finalize