Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr., proper, breaks up a cross supposed for Cleveland Browns huge receiver Jerry Jeudy (3) in the second half of an NFL soccer recreation in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
BEREA — The Cleveland Browns acquired Jerry Jeudy final yr with the expectation that he might be the staff’s prime receiver.
Instead, Jeudy has had a irritating time in Cleveland and is leading the league in a class that no receiver desires to be part of.
According to Sportradar, Jeudy has eight dropped passes. Four of his previous eight video games, have featured a number of drops, together with three in final Sunday’s 23-9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
It is the fourth time an NFL receiver has had at the least eight drops in the primary six video games since Sportradar began monitoring dropped passes in 2009.
Compounding issues for Jeudy is that 4 of his previous eight video games going again to final season have featured a number of drops.
“I mean you’re going to be frustrated. It’s football, you’re going to be frustrated during the season, each game. You just can’t let that frustration carry over until the next week and into your playing style or into your habits,” mentioned Jeudy, who’s third on the Browns with 20 catches and second in receiving yards with 240.
Jeudy hasn’t precisely had a constant quarterback to catch passes from throughout his six-year profession. He has had 13 QBs, together with six throughout his two seasons in Cleveland.
Dillon Gabriel has tried to develop a fast rapport with Jeudy. The rookie focused Jeudy 13 instances final week and he completed with 5 catches for 43 yards.
Gabriel and Jeudy practically linked on a 34-yard landing early in the fourth quarter. Jeudy was open in the top zone when Gabriel scrambled left, however the cross was huge left.
“I think it’s continuing our work together. I think Jerry’s hardest on himself and wants to play at a level for us as a team, but also himself as well. But I don’t think that’s ever going to stop our approach,” Gabriel mentioned. “We consider in Jerry. Jerry believes in himself, and I feel we’re going to only proceed to work at it.
“That’s why I say, there’s a pitch and a catch and it takes two to tango, so you got to kind of help each other on that in that way.”
The Browns are hoping to get on monitor on offense at residence on Sunday towards Miami in a matchup of 1-5 groups.
Jeudy had 12 catches for 94 yards in final season’s 20-3 loss in Week 17.
“He’s a leader — we put a lot on his plate, we ask him to do a lot. So, he just needs to do what he’s capable of doing. I’ve seen it many, many times,” coach Kevin Stefanski mentioned of Jeudy.
“I think you can learn from every play. It’s not a coaching point just to say, ‘hey, catch the ball’ — you got to tell your guys whatever it is, technique-wise, there’s all sorts of tricks to the trade in terms of looking it in and finishing the catch, the elements of the catch first before you turn, all those types of things.”
NOTES: TE David Njoku (knee), OT Jack Conklin (concussion) and WR Gage Larvadain (concussion) didn’t apply on Wednesday. Stefanski mentioned Njoku’s standing is day after day.