CLEVELAND, Ohio – Browns broad receiver Jerry Jeudy had the third-most receptions by a Browns receiver in a recreation throughout Sunday’s 20-3 loss to the Dolphins, however had he made three extra catches, he would have handed Josh Gordon’s 14 on November 24, 2013 and Ozzie Newsom was on October 14, 1984.
He had the chance for these three catches as effectively, and a fourth, however dropped a 3 and didn’t get his ft anyplace else, ruining what was a stable day for the Browns’ new No. 1 receiver.
“I feel I simply wished to make a play and took my eyes off the ball,” Jeudy stated. “I can not get crucial drops, particularly on third down. That is cash down. I’ve to make these. I’ve to catch the ball first earlier than I make any transfer or any play. That is on me.”
Jeudy completed with 12 catches on 18 targets for 94 yards.
His first drop got here on a primary down throw by quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson with 1:37 remaining within the first quarter on the Dolphins’ 46. Thompson-Robinson rolled to his proper and threw again to Jeudy on the left. Dolphins security Jevón Holland jumped in entrance of Jeudy and was unable to make the punt contained in the 30-yard line.
“Hell yeah I am disillusioned,” Jeudy stated as he seemed on the performs.
“The primary was an enormous deep route that might have been an enormous play,” he stated.
Jody’s subsequent mistake wasn’t a fall, it was simply sloppy footwork. With 11:20 left within the second quarter and the Browns up 20 factors, Thompson-Robinson threw to Jeudy on the sideline, who was working again. It seemed like a catch at first, however in a league the place broad receivers are consistently in a position to get their ft in tight spots, Jeudy merely did not try this. His left foot landed out of bounds.
Then, on the following play, Jeudy dropped the ball once more and it was nearly disastrous.
Jeudy pointed to the backfield and Thompson threw Robinson to him standing to his proper, and as Jeudy started to run, the ball bounced off his palms. Miami recovered the ball and returned it for a landing, however a fast evaluate dominated the punt a ahead go and incomplete.
His third landing of the sport got here on third-and-6 on the Browns’ opening drive of the third quarter, a surefire conversion forward of Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey, leaving Jeudy leaping and clapping his palms in frustration.
“Backside (route) third down and the bubble (screens), I am so able to play,” Jeudy stated. “I can not get these drops that approach.”
Drops aren’t any stranger to Jeudy, however he has improved considerably from his rookie season, in response to knowledge from Concentrate on skilled soccerHe dropped 12 passes and the drop proportion was 18.8%, the second highest proportion within the league.
Browns broad receiver Jerry Jeudy was unable to haul in that go within the first half of Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins.John Koontz, cleveland.com
He had 10 mixed drops over his closing three seasons in Denver. This 12 months, he has eight drops and a drop proportion of 8.7%, rating him thirty eighth amongst eligible receivers. The reality is you can stay with dips when a participant produces like Jodi, particularly over the past seven video games – however once they are available in droves like they did right this moment, it is arduous for everybody to take.
Nonetheless, the quarterback, who made an interception and misplaced a fumble, wasn’t about responsible his essential goal for Sunday’s offensive woes.
“It is a crew sport. Particularly in attacking soccer,” Thompson-Robinson stated. “The ten gamers should work collectively to have the ability to get the ball rolling. In the long run, I am the one with the ball in my hand. “I’ve to make higher choices, and I can not have these two turnovers.”
Wanting previous the lows, the vital growth Sunday was Jeudy scoring 18 targets, a career-high, per week after being focused simply 3 times in a 24-6 loss to the Bengals.
“I want it was greater than that,” Thompson-Robinson stated. “You realize, he is our greatest receiver. We now have to have the ability to get the ball in his palms as a lot as potential.”
Head coach Kevin Stefanski echoed that sentiment.
“Jerry is our greatest participant offensively,” he stated. “We’re making an attempt to get the ball rolling any approach we will.”
Jeudy leads the Browns with 84 catches and 1,166 receiving yards, greater than double the receiving yardage of the crew’s No. 2 receiver, David Njoku, who missed Sunday’s recreation and has 505 receiving yards this season.
Browns broad receiver Jerry Jeudy was focused a career-high 18 instances on Sunday towards the Dolphins.Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
He is tied for fifth for many receptions in a single season in Browns historical past and desires simply six subsequent week towards the Ravens to set the crew mark and go two seasons by Newsome — 1983 and 1984 — and Kellen Winslow Jr. in 2006 for the all-time mark.
He’s inside placing distance of the crew’s second all-time passing yardage mark of the season. Presently in sixth place, he’s eight yards behind Jarvis Landry’s 2019 season, 70 behind Webster Slaughter’s 1989, 84 behind Amari Cooper final season and 123 behind Braylon Edwards’ 2007 season.
Josh Gordon’s 1,646 receiving yards in 2013 is the crew report, 480 yards behind Jeudy.
What does Jeudy need from the Week 18 recreation in Baltimore?
“I need to win,” he stated.
How can he put a match like Sunday behind him to attain this objective?
“The performs you drop would be the performs you might have in your head,” he stated. “I simply should maintain taking part in, not give attention to these drops, simply maintain taking part in.”
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