5 wide receivers who are making way too much money

4. Jarvis Landry

For the record, Landry is an above average No. 2 wide receiver in the NFL. He deserves credit for improving his craft since leaving Miami. He does not, however, deserve to make $15.1 million next season.

That makes Landry the 11th highest paid receiver in football for the 2020 campaign. He catches a lot of balls for the Browns offense, but he lacks the big play ability to merit that kind of standing. Last year’s average of 14.1 yards per catch was the high mark of his career, but it also must be pointed out that he benefited from playing in an offense with a lot of other weapons.

Watch for Landry’s production to take a noticeable dip this year. The addition of Austin Hooper is going to take targets away from him. The team’s emphasis on keeping Baker Mayfield upright may eliminate some of the intermediate routes that Landry thrived on a season ago.

Landry isn’t the same overrated wide receiver he was when he first arrived in Cleveland, but he’s still overrated. Don’t get caught up in his pure numbers. Watch the tape and see how often opposing defensive coordinators are comfortable letting him work against single coverage. He doesn’t instill the fear required for him to be a Pro Bowl caliber player at his position.