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March 23, 2016With the loss of Travis Benjamin to free agency, the rest of the Cleveland Browns wide receivers will have to step up in 2016. One of those receivers will be Terrelle Pryor, who not only has so much potential, but at 6-foot-6 inches and 240 pounds, has elite size as well. Per Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, head coach Hue Jackson has always been impressed by Pryor, whether it be at wide receiver or quarterback for this team, raving about his talented up-and-coming receiver at Tuesday morning’s AFC coaches breakfast.
“I’m kind of working through that as we start to put pieces on our team. You guys know I have a lot of respect for Terrelle and what he tried to do a year ago. He’s very talented, in my opinion. I’ve known him as a quarterback, and I think he’s always had ability to play quarterback in the National Football League.”
In case you forgot, Jackson helped the Oakland Raider draft Pryor in the 2011 supplemental draft when he was their head coach and was also in Cincinnati when he and the Bengals gave the former Buckeye a chance at quarterback before he was waived after just six weeks and a day later was claimed by the Browns on June 22.
With just one reception — an impressive one at that — and eight targets for 42 yards last season, it’s hard to be impressed by the 26-year-old, but the head coach seems to have faith in the fact that he can be a weapon for his team.
“He’s demonstrated the ability to play receiver, so to me he’s a weapon. He’s somebody that we can do a lot of different things with and we’ll see where fits here pretty soon.”
So far this offseason, Pryor has been working extremely hard — whether it be throwing, catching, or working on his route-running — which has impressed Jackson even before OTAs begin. But, with so much talent, the head coach is still unsure how he will use him, whether it be as a dual-threat quarterback or as a wideout.
“In the back of my mind, he’s a lot of things, so we’ll figure it out.”
After the Browns signed a one-year tender for Pryor in the first week of March, the wide receiver (or quarterback) signed it last week. As of this publication, Pryor joins Brian Hartline, Andrew Hawkins and Taylor Gabriel on the Browns’ wide receiver depth chart. The NFL is expected to have a decision on Josh Gordon’s potential reinstatement within a week.
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This is encouraging. Why not give him another shot at QB?
HE’S A WEAPON!
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He could throw the ball to himself. Analytics!
He could be two roster spots in one. Moneyball!
Yup.
I see that Twinkies were harmed in the making of this video. Shameful.
They were caught by mouths off camera.
A weapon is what you call a player who you don’t want to call a receiver or quarterback or position of actual football.
Owing to the infinite shelf life a herd thinning was inevitable.
On my team = AWESOME POTENTIAL/HIDDEN GEM!
On any other team = hot garbage.
“Pryor joins Brian Hartline, Andrew Hawkins and Taylor Gabriel on the Browns’ wide receiver depth chart.”
OMG. What is Hue going to say? We have a lot of depth there and Pryor is really going to have to work hard to make it? I really like what I have seen of Gabriel going over the middle? Hawkins 10 games of tape in the last 2 years has been impressive?
Oh and I Know there is Gordon. I know if I were to apply for reinstatement after indefinite suspension, knowing Goodell has the ultimate decision making power, the first thing I would do is find a guy who is under police investigation for domestic violence and go out partying with him. And of course tweet it out to the world for good measure. What better way to show teammate solidarity.
Is “receiver” a position on the football field?
RGIII – running QB, likely starter
Pryor – slotback, backup QB. Pryor can go in motion from the slot, can run, throw, catch, block. Weapon is a way to describe someone who can line up in various positions and perform various functions. Hue wants a dynamic offense, where players can play multiple positions. At least one, Pryor. Having versatile players makes innovation easier.
Sure, I get that. But, Pryor has not been good yet as a weapon/receiver. He isn’t exactly Percy Harvin / DeSean Jackson out there.