Factoid
Mike Holmgren talked up second-round wide receiver Greg Little last week, and the Browns are definitely looking for somebody to make an impact for them. Sixteen NFL wide receivers went over 1,000 yards last year, but the Browns didn’t even have two wideouts combine to reach that mark. Their top yardage guy (among wide receivers) was Mohamed Massaquoi at 483.
Part of this was due to the nature of Cleveland’s offense. Tight end Benjamin Watson had a surprisingly productive year, catching 68 passes for 763 yards. But the Browns struggled to pass the ball, and their wide receivers weren’t very effective.
The chart below shows the most productive pairs of wide receivers for each team. Denver’s pair, Brandon Lloyd and Jabar Gaffney, were the most productive pair, at 2,323 receiving yards. Thirteen other pairs finished with at least twice as many yards as the Browns.
WIDE RECEIVING DUOS
Pairs of receivers with the most receiving yards:
Rec Yard TD
142 2323 13 Denver (Brandon Lloyd, Jabar Gaffney)
178 2139 12 Indianapolis (Reggie Wayne, Pierre Garcon)
117 2020 16 Philadelphia (DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin)
119 2012 15 Pittsburgh (Mike Wallace, Hines Ward)
139 1996 20 NY Giants (Hakeem Nicks, Mario Manningham)
137 1986 9 Washington (Santana Moss, Anthony Armstrong)
126 1944 17 Green Bay (Greg Jennings, James Jones)
156 1894 12 Atlanta (Roddy White, Michael Jenkins)
137 1855 7 Arizona (Larry Fitzgerald, Steve Breaston)
137 1837 13 Houston (Andre Johnson, Kevin Walter)
165 1834 8 Miami (Brandon Marshall, Davone Bess)
139 1814 13 Cincinnati (Terrell Owens, Chad Ochocinco)
150 1786 15 New Orleans (Marques Colston, Lance Moore)
132 1745 18 Detroit (Calvin Johnson, Nate Burleson)
119 1651 14 Buffalo (Steve Johnson, Lee Evans)
105 1650 13 NY Jets (Braylon Edwards, Santonio Holmes)
125 1639 14 Baltimore (Anquan Boldin, Derrick Mason)
114 1602 13 Dallas (Miles Austin, Dez Bryant)
134 1554 12 New England (Wes Welker, Deion Branch)
97 1521 8 Chicago (Johnny Knox, Earl Bennett)
84 1462 15 Tennessee (Kenny Britt, Nate Washington)
99 1439 8 San Francisco (Michael Crabtree, Josh Morgan)
109 1382 11 Jacksonville (Mike Thomas, Mike Sims-Walker)
94 1375 16 Kansas City (Dwayne Bowe, Chris Chambers)
90 1359 13 Tampa Bay (Mike Williams, Arrelious Benn)
138 1309 5 St. Louis (Danny Amendola, Brandon Gibson)
95 1245 6 Seattle (Mike Williams, Ben Obomanu)
65 1231 7 San Diego (Malcom Floyd, Patrick Crayton)
88 1148 7 Minnesota (Percy Harvin, Sidney Rice)
66 1079 4 Oakland (Louis Murphy, Jacoby Ford)
83 1062 5 Carolina (Steve Smith, David Gettis)
76 829 2 Cleveland (Mohamed Massaquoi, Chansi Stuckey)
—Ian Allan
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