Browns Brandon Weeden Lacked Receivers Before Now He Is Really Limited

Written By Larry M. Glicken "LG"

Injuries, injuries and yes, more injuries. The last thing Brandon Weeden who is 0-4 needed was all the injuries to the Browns receivers. Mohamed Massaquoi has been out with a hamstring injury, he is still out of practice as the Cleveland Browns prepare to take on the New York Giants. To make matters worse for Weeden's offense, Josh Cribbs is out with a concussion and is listed as day to day. The injuries run deeper than those, the Browns speedster Travis Benjamin is out with an undisclosed  injury. Shumur is once again holding back the information about Benjamin's injury. He too is listed as day to day.

Another guy out with a concussion is tight end Alex Smith. Smith may be the guy the Browns offense misses the most, he not only has the ability to catch the football his blocking is huge. The Browns held Smith out of the Baltimore game and Cleveland isn't going to rush anyone back who suffers a concussion after what happened last season with Colt McCoy in the Steelers game.

The NFL launched a full scale investigation into the way the Cleveland Browns handled players with concussions  and you can bet your last dollar the team isn't going to risk that happening again.
Brandon Weeden and his Browns receivers need all the practice time they can get, Weeden's receivers already have a problem catching the ball and at times Weeden has problems delivering the ball too. The pressure for the Browns to win a game is in full force, to go 0-5 is really going to put Pat Shurmur's job in question more so than it is already. The chances of the Browns beating the Giants at the Giants home field are not that good. The Browns are going to need some help in this one and the guys who could contribute are the guys that are injured.

Perhaps this will be the week we see Pat Shumur get Trent Richardson more involved in the Browns offense. The past 2 weeks Shumur really hasn't used Richardson in the running game as he should. Richardson only rushed the ball for a total of 26 carries in the Browns last 2 games. This week the Browns are going to need someone to step up big. It may as well be their number one draft pick. This way the Browns may be able to keep the Giants pass rush off of Brandon Weeden....It is going to be tough enough for the Browns, they may as well try to keep Brandon Weeden in the upright position as long as they can.....


Larry Glicken is the owner of www.clevelandsports360.com and the host of the Cleveland Sports 360 Show, an online streaming sports video show at www.streamingsportstalk.com