The Cleveland Browns would just like to play one game with all their offensive weapons on the field, thanks very much.
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Instead of moving toward having all hands on deck, the Browns keep sliding in the other direction. Already without Josh Gordon for the time being as he serves whatever length suspension the NFL finally decides to give him, the Browns will likely go Sunday vs. the Saints with no Jordan Cameron.
The tight end was listed as questionable on the Friday injury report with a shoulder. No Cameron and no Gordon means that Brian Hoyer will have to make it work with the likes of Miles Austin, Andrew Hawkins, Gary Barnidge and Taylor Gabriel.
It’s enough to make a man long for Greg Little and Kellen Winslow Jr. Almost.
Mike Pettine said on Friday that he was still holding out hope for Cameron to get on the field, despite the fact that Cameron was unable to practice Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
With Cameron on the field for Week 1 the Browns were able to make a game of it against Pittsburgh before finally falling 30-27. Without Cameron, their only viable receiving threat if you want to be brutally honest, they would seem to have little shot against the Saints.
The lack of offensive firepower could prompt Mike Pettine and Kyle Shanahan to get creative and dream up a package for quarterback Johnny Manziel. Or who knows, maybe they’ll throw Manziel in there as a receiver and see what he can do.
It would open up the possibility of some neat WR options plays, at the very least.