CLEVELAND, Ohio – Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry each had 130 targets in 2019, the most among Browns wide receivers. Next on the list? Damion Ratley with 22.

Beckham and Landry together had 202 more targets than the rest of the team’s receivers combined. Ratley, Antonio Callaway, KhaDarel Hodge, Rashard Higgins and Taywan Taylor saw just 58 passes come their way.

Even as fans clamored for more playing time for Higgins last season, it was clear that the passing game had little room for more than Beckham and Landry. There’s a good chance that will remain the same under Kevin Stefanski.

Stefanski’s offense in Minnesota used formations with three wide receivers just 25 percent of the time last season, the only NFL team to dip below 36 percent. Instead, the Vikings used two-receiver formations more than 50 percent of the time and often had multiple running backs or tight ends on the field.

The Browns used three receivers about 60 percent of the time, but it didn’t lead to more targets for anyone other than Beckham and Landry.

Browns reception and target leaders in 2019 (Pro Football Focus)

The Vikings, too, were top heavy at wide receiver. Stephon Diggs led the Vikings with 91 targets in the regular season, and Adam Thielen was next among receivers (47), followed by Olabisi Johnson (41). There would’ve been a bigger gap between Thielen and Johnson if not for an injury that cost Thielen much of the second half of the season. He missed four games and played less than 10 snaps in two others, a stretch that saw Johnson start five times.

Running back Dalvin Cook was the Vikings’ second-leading receiver in 2019 with 53 catches on 62 targets. The Browns certainly have capable running backs to equal Cook’s role, with Nick Chubb getting 45 targets and Kareem Hunt reaching 43 in just eight games.

The challenge for Stefanski’s passing game with the Browns could be the tight ends. Stefanski’s offense made big use of tight ends in Minnesota, with Kyle Rudolph and Irv Smith Jr. each totaling 42 targets in 2019. The Browns, meanwhile, struggled to have consistent impact from the position.

It was a lost season for David Njoku, and Demetrius Harris caught just 55 percent of his 27 targets (three drops). They were expected to be the top two options when the season began.

Ricky Seals-Jones had a nose for the end zone, with four of his 14 catches being touchdowns. Most of Pharaoh Brown’s snaps were spent as a run blocker, and Stephen Carlson, a mid-season addition from the practice squad, had a very small sample size in the passing game (six targets).

Njoku is entering the final year of his rookie contract and would cost the Browns $3 million in dead cap space to move on. Harris is signed through 2020, but would only cost the Browns $1 million in dead cap money. Seals-Jones is a restricted free agent and Brown is an exclusive-rights free agent. Carlson’s cap hit in 2020 is only $585,000.

The Browns have plenty of roster decisions to make once the front office is settled, and depth is important at every position. But Stefanski’s offense suggests you can expect tight end to be higher on the priority list than the No. 3 receiver.

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