Browns still linked to pass‑catchers
Coverage this weekend keeps linking the Cleveland Browns’ short‑term plans to finding more pass‑catching help for Shedeur Sanders, with outlets naming receiver additions as a possible Draft use for Cleveland. (marca.com) One mock went further and projected the Browns at pick 24 taking WR Omar Cooper Jr., explicitly framing the pick as support for Sanders. (jackcentral.org)
Cleveland keeps getting tied to more receiving help for Shedeur Sanders less than two weeks before the National Football League draft, with mock drafts pointing to wide receiver at pick No. 24. (nfl.com) (jackcentral.org) The Browns hold two first-round picks on Thursday, April 23: No. 6 and No. 24, the latter acquired from Jacksonville. National Football League draft coverage published in April has listed pass catcher as one of Cleveland’s likely targets with that second first-rounder. (nfl.com) (marca.com) One weekend mock from Jackcentral projected the Browns to use No. 24 on wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. and framed the pick as support for Sanders. The draft begins April 23 in Pittsburgh and runs through April 25. (jackcentral.org) (nfl.com) The logic starts with Cleveland’s 2025 offense. The Browns finished 5-12, scored 279 points, and ranked 31st in points per game at 16.4. (pro-football-reference.com) (nfl.com) Sanders, now listed on the Browns’ official roster in his second season, was drafted in the fifth round in 2025 and appeared in eight games with seven starts. His 2025 line on the team site shows 1,400 passing yards, seven touchdowns, 10 interceptions, and a 68.12 rating. (clevelandbrowns.com) Cleveland already has veteran targets on the roster, including Jerry Jeudy, David Njoku, Cedric Tillman, Malachi Corley, Tylan Wallace, Isaiah Bond, and Jamari Thrash. Jeudy led Browns wide receivers in 2025 with 50 catches for 602 yards, while Browns tight end Harold Fannin Jr. led the team with 72 catches for 731 yards. (clevelandbrowns.com) (espn.com) (foxsports.com) That mix helps explain why the Browns are being linked to receiver rather than a full rebuild at the position. The question in April is not whether Cleveland has bodies at wide receiver and tight end, but whether it has enough difference-making production for a young quarterback. (clevelandbrowns.com) (pro-football-reference.com) The other piece is draft flexibility. With picks No. 6, No. 24, No. 39, and No. 70 in the first three rounds, Cleveland has room to address quarterback support without using its earliest selection on a receiver. (nfl.com) Nothing official from the Browns has committed the club to a receiver in Round 1. But with the draft 11 days away on April 12, the outside read on Cleveland remains consistent: if Sanders is part of the short-term plan, more pass-catching help is still on the table. (nfl.com) (marca.com)
