The Cleveland Browns face a quarterback competition between veteran Deshaun Watson and rookie Shedeur Sanders, while their wide receiver room is also a point of interest with new additions Tylan Wallace, KC Concepcion, and Denzel Boston. The article also touches on past disappointing trades and previews the tight end position for training camp
The Cleveland Browns have 12 wide receivers in training camp, so we split up our receiver preview into two parts. You can catch up on Part 1 here . For Part 2 below, surely there is one gem who will rise above the rest to stick around? Height: 6-0 | Weight: 190 lbs | Age: 25 Experience: 3 years | College: Louisville Jamari Thrash was a 5th round pick by the Browns in 2024. He barely played as a rookie, but in training camp last year, he seemed to be doing well to go along with a nice preseason. Then, Isaiah Bond was signed and immediately moved ahead of Thrash it seemed like. Thrash caught 10 passes for 107 yards last year, but by midseason, he was inactive the rest of the year. In December, the team even waived him for a week before adding him back to the roster. He could benefit from the fresh eyes of a new coaching staff, so one could argue that he’s just as much in competition for that fourth receiving role as the likes of Cedric Tillman , Isaiah Bond , and Malachi Corley . But I’m expecting this to end up being the end of his time with Cleveland, or a practice squad candidate. Final Roster Odds: 10% Height: 5-11 | Weight: 200 lbs | Age: 27 Experience: 6 years | College: Oklahoma State Tylan Wallace was a 4th round pick by the Baltimore Ravens in 2021, so there’s one of the team’s few ties to new head coach Todd Monken . Don’t expect his offensive production alone to win him a roster spot, though. In 5 years with Baltimore, Wallace had 22 catches for 305 yards and 2 touchdowns. Wallace is one of the candidates this year to be a team’s, “He’s a receiver, but he really factors in on special teams.” With how bad the Browns were on special teams defense this year, besides a new special teams coach coming in, they also needed fresh personnel. Wallace isn’t known as an ace per se, but he did have 23 special teams tackles in 5 years, including 8 last year. He also has a little bit of NFL experience returning punts and kickoffs, although he was not in that role regularly with Baltimore. Final Roster Odds: 25% Height: 5-8 | Weight: 171 lbs | Age: 23 Experience: 2 years | College: South Carolina I had a thing for Gage Larvadain last year. As an undrafted free agent, he made some nice plays in training camp and led the team with 9 catches for 94 yards and 1 touchdown, 2 rushes for 20 yards (including 1 touchdown), and had 10 punt returns. I never realized how small he was until doing this write-up, but he didn’t play like a 5-8, 171 lbs receiver. During the regular season, Larvadain ended up becoming the team’s primary punt returner, finishing with 24 returns for 167 yards (7.0 yards per return). He was worked into some reps at receiver too, logging 7 catches for 71 yards and running 1 time for 3 yards. I’ll still be rooting for Larvadain in this year’s camp, but he (along with the other guys below) face an uphill battle at trying to make a positive impression with the depth ahead of them. Unlike Wallace, Larvadain did not play special teams defense a year ago. Final Roster Odds: 20% Height: 5-8 | Weight: 180 lbs | Age: 24 Experience: 1 year | College: Kent State Luke Floriea is the local kid. If you recall, he went undrafted last year, but the Browns picked up the Mentor native and Kent State alumni for training camp. Floriea has a great start to camp last year, and fans will remember this beautiful 30-yard snag that he had from Shedeur Sanders in the preseason (see below). Unfortunately, while making that same catch, he hurt his hamstring, which led to him missing the rest of camp and eventually being waived/injured. He eventually re-signed with the Browns and spent the season on the practice squad. In my head, I root for the underdog story and could see a path for Floriea overcoming the odds and winning a role in this offense. He’s already shown some good things this offseason, and those positive plays won’t go unnoticed by a new coaching staff. But, it’s still very crowded on the back end of the roster here. Fans [... truncated ...]
The Browns are still sorting out who their quarterback will be in Week 1, but they have a better sense of who will be catching passes from either Deshaun Watson or Shedeur Sanders . First-round pick KC Concepcion, second-round pick Denzel Boston and free agent acquisition Tylan Wallace joined Jerry Jeudy , Cedric Tillman and Isaiah Bond in the wide receiver group this offseason. That makes for a much deeper group than the team was working with during the 2025 season and Concepcion said on NFL Network recently that he believes it has the potential to be a potent one as well. "I think that this new wide receiver room, it can be dangerous ," Concepcion said. "Everybody complements each other. Everybody is a different receiver." Tight end Harold Fannin was the team's leader in receptions and receiving yards last season while Jeudy was the only wideout with more than 21 catches. The offseason moves show a desire to change things in 2026 and Concepcion thinks the team is on the right track
The Browns are still sorting out who their quarterback will be in Week 1, but they have a better sense of who will be catching passes from either Deshaun Watson or Shedeur Sanders. First-round pick KC Concepcion, second-round pick Denzel Boston and free agent acquisition Tylan Wallace joined Jerry Jeudy, Cedric Tillman and Isaiah Bond in the wide receiver group this offseason. That makes for a much deeper group than the team was working with during the 2025 season and Concepcion said on NFL Network recently that he believes it has the potential to be a potent one as well. “I think that this new wide receiver room, it can be dangerous ,” Concepcion said. “Everybody complements each other. Everybody is a different receiver.” Tight end Harold Fannin was the team’s leader in receptions and receiving yards last season while Jeudy was the only wideout with more than 21 catches. The offseason moves show a desire to change things in 2026 and Concepcion thinks the team is on the right track
Wallace, a 2021 fourth-round pick who spent the first five years of his career in Baltimore, now joins the division-rival Browns on a one-year deal. Across 68 total games with the Ravens, Wallace accumulated 22 catches for 305 yards and two touchdowns. He also emerged in the return game in 2025, totaling a career-high 123 kick-return yards. Now, Wallace will compete for a reserve role in Cleveland's wide receiver room, which now is crowded due to the additions of KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston in the 2026 NFL Draft
Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk with the San Francisco 49ers. Where do you start? Leading up to April’s NFL draft, San Fran GM John Lynch stated that Aiyuk was not going to be traded. The team voided the $27 million in guaranteed money in his contract. Aiyuk has been rehabbing from a torn ACL that he suffered last season. Aiyuk had a warrant issued by the District Attorney’s office for a misdemeanor charge of exhibition of speeding. From that point on, after destroying his knee, Aiyuk went AWOL from the franchise and is currently on the reserve/left squad list. Then, the cryptic social media messages Aiyuk posted stated the Niners front office was “mad because they are stupid.” RELATED: CONCEPCION AND BOSTON – A PERFECT COMPLEMENT Now, there are reports that the 49ers are ready to release Aiyuk and start a new chapter that doesn’t include him. Should the Browns reach out? It is no secret that last season, Cleveland had one of the worst receiver groups in the league, ranking #31. But a lot has transpired since the end of the 2025 NFL season. Jerry Jeudy is still on the roster. In April’s college draft, GM Andrew Berry selected KC Concepcion out of Texas A&M in the bottom of the first round. With the very next pick, Berry took Washington receiver Denzel Boston. Veteran Tylan Wallace was signed in free agency , although he is more of a return man. Isaiah Bond is scheduled to grow his development and take control of the slot receiver spot. It remains uncertain where Cedric Tillman ’s role will be, if at all, and there are still capable backups such as Malachi Corley and Jamari Thrash to consider. One might ask: where exactly would Aiyuk fit? Aiyuk (6’-0”, 200 pounds) was drafted by the 49ers after a very good Senior Bowl week in 2020 and was the 25th overall pick. As a rookie, he became the first receiver since the merger year of 1970 to score two rushing touchdowns in his first three NFL games. He has played in 69 NFL games with 67 starts. His stats: 446 targets, 294 receptions for 4,305 yards, 209 first down conversions, 25 touchdowns, 14.6 yards per catch average, 1,493 YAC, and 22 drops. He has also rushed 13 times for 117 yards and scored twice. His best season was in 2023 when he had 75 catches for 1,342 yards with seven TDs. He was voted Second Team All-Pro that year. Aiyuk has never had breakaway speed and has issues getting separation. He is a good route runner with excellent YAC numbers. He is considered dynamic with a massive catch radius. Aiyuk a tremendous wingspan of 80” with shiftiness and good vision. After his breakout year, the 49ers then inked him to a four-year $120 million extension at the end of 2024 training camp. But in Week 7, he tore his MCL and ACL against the Kansas City Chiefs, which required surgery and landed him on IR. At the beginning of training camp last year, he was placed on the PUP list as he was still experiencing issues. He did not play a down in 2025 and San Fran went after the majority of his guaranteed money that remained. Aiyuk’s future with the 49ers, and in the league for that matter, has been a hot topic all offseason. He refused to rehab at the team’s facilities and, in fact, had his surgery performed in Los Angeles , where he remained for his rehab. All of this was a point of contention with the Niners front office, who prefer to have its medical and rehab staff take care of situations like this. Teams prefer to monitor their own wounded. And without being under the thumb of the organization, the 49ers had no real way of knowing what was going on with Aiyuk’s rehab. There were rumors of scar tissue that wasn’t properly taken care of. Aiyuk cut off all communication with the team, so nobody knew anything. Does Aiyuk even want to play football any longer? The 49ers still don’t know anything about Aiyuk’s situation and timeline. Nobody is clear as to why Aiyuk has avoided all contact with his team. Now, he’s calling them “stupid.” NFL insider Jason Canfora stated that an [... truncated ...]
The 2026 offseason practice period is officially over for the Cleveland Browns, and it’s no secret that everybody was focusing on the quarterback position and how it played out over the course of the past month. Today, we’re going to break down and rank all four quarterbacks based on how they performed this spring. Obviously, Watson’s the most controversial player of the group, but he’s also been (surprisingly) the most consistent throughout the offseason practice period for Cleveland. He also looked good moving around the pocket and extending plays in 11-on-11 drills. He consistently ripped off beautiful deep balls in camp as well, connecting on a few 30+ yard completions to guys like Luke Floriea and Tylan Wallace . Sanders got the second-most first-team reps behind Watson, and he also looked pretty good, especially in the intermediate areas of the field. Yes, it was only 7-on-7 and non-contact 11-0n-11 periods, but he looked better in the anticipation department this spring. He did much better at getting the ball out before receivers got out of their breaks on in-breakers than he did as a rookie. Sanders didn’t throw as many touchdown passes in practice, but he looked much more sound from a mental aspect. It’s evident that things have really started to slow down for him heading into year two. To be 100% honest, Gabriel looked pretty much how a backup quarterback should look in spring. He threw a few really nice passes, but had a couple of frustrating interceptions as well. He continues to display a good feel for the offense and is fairly accurate, but his obvious lack of arm strength has limited him throughout the spring. He’s more than capable of operating the offense in the short to intermediate level of the field, but if he needs to extend plays downfield or tries to throw an off-platform deep ball, it gets really sketchy. Green didn’t get much run with the first team this year, and that was to be expected from the team’s 6th-round “project” quarterback. The Browns undoubtedly fell in love with his frame (6’6”, 227 lbs.) and speed (4.36s 40-yard dash), but his throwing mechanics and consistency throwing the football need to improve before he’s ready to see legitimate playing time at the NFL level. There’s a chance that he could be used in different sub-packages or trick plays for Cleveland as a rookie, but that’s about it
The Browns signed Wallace to a contract Wednesday, Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN reports. Wallace is headed to Cleveland after catching just 22 passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns across his five seasons in Baltimore. While the 26-year-old saw limited action on offense with the Ravens, he was a regular contributor on special teams and even managed to return a punt for touchdown during the 2023 campaign
Wallace had four catches for 45 yards and a touchdown on eight targets over 14 games in the 2025 regular season. Wallace was coming off his best season in 2024 when he caught 11 passes for 193 yards and a touchdown on 12 targets. His usage and efficiency tailed off this year, and he was a healthy scratch in two of Baltimore's final three games. Wallace's special-teams chops had been his biggest asset through his first four seasons in Baltimore, but his role diminished on that front as well. He will hit free agency this offseason and will turn 27 in May. Wallace never truly hit his stride as a receiver in Baltimore but he was an accomplished wideout in college who racked up 205 catches for 3,434 yards and 26 touchdowns at Oklahoma State
Wallace (coach's decision) is inactive for Saturday night's game against the Packers. Wallace has participated in 13 games this season, collecting four receptions for 45 yards and a touchdown on eight targets. The Ravens will stick with a wide receiver corps of Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, DeAndre Hopkins, Devontez Walker, and LaJohntay Wester for Sunday night's contest that could eliminate them from playoff contention