2024 Receiving Stats
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81
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882
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6
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10.9
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123
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Njoku set career highs across the board last year in his seventh season with the Browns, catching 81 passes for 882 yards and six touchdowns on 123 targets. He was a big part of Cleveland's passing game all year, but it wasn't until Joe Flacco took over at QB late in the season that Njoku's production really surged, with his final four games accounting for 42 percent of his yardage and four of the TDs. It feels like Njoku has been around forever, but he’ll be only 28 years old during the 2024 season and might be right in his prime. He has a firm grip on his starting job and a near-every-down role, and while he won't get to work with Flacco this season, Njoku has also shown decent chemistry with starting QB Deshaun Watson. Njoku’s 123 targets last year were five back of Amari Cooper’s team-leading total and trailed only Evan Engram (143) and T.J. Hockenson (127) among tight ends. Eighteen of those targets came in the red zone, which was third-most among TEs, behind Jake Ferguson (25) and Travis Kelce (20). Throw in Njoku’s track record of durability -- he’s played 16 games in four of seven seasons and less than 13 just once -- and it all adds up to one of the higher floors among tight ends. Read Past Outlooks
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Healthy heading into Week 1
Njoku (undisclosed) wasn't listed on Cleveland's injury report Wednesday, Scott Petrak of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports.
ANALYSIS
Njoku practiced without limitations and should be good to go for Sunday's season opener against the Cowboys. The 28-year-old tight end set career highs with 882 receiving yards and six touchdowns in 2023, but most of that production came with quarterbacks other than Deshaun Watson, who is set to reprise the starting role under center after having recovered from a shoulder injury.
Njoku practiced without limitations and should be good to go for Sunday's season opener against the Cowboys. The 28-year-old tight end set career highs with 882 receiving yards and six touchdowns in 2023, but most of that production came with quarterbacks other than Deshaun Watson, who is set to reprise the starting role under center after having recovered from a shoulder injury.
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Njoku flirted with career highs in 2022, but his sixth NFL campaign had the potential to be significantly more impressive than it turned out given his frequent usage inside the 20-yard line. Working as Cleveland’s clear-cut No. 1 tight end after enduring timeshares over the previous few seasons, Njoku scored exactly four touchdowns for the fourth time while catching a career-high 58 passes for 628 yards — 11 yards short of his career high from 2018. His 80 targets were also the second most of Njoku’s career, eight short of his 2018 total. Of those 80 targets, 19 came in the red zone, which ranked second among NFL tight ends behind Travis Kelce’s 32. The 6-foot-4, 246-pound Njoku is a big, fast target, and he'll be getting a lot of snaps in an explosive offense if Deshaun Watson can replicate the success from his Houston days under center. Watson threw for 33 touchdowns and a league-high 4,823 yards in 2020, but last year he plummeted to 183.7 yards per game and seven TDs (two to Njoku) in six games for Cleveland after returning from a lengthy layoff.
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In line to practice Tuesday
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday that Njoku (undisclosed) will practice Tuesday, Kelsey Russo of the Browns' official site reports.
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Not playing Saturday
Njoku (undisclosed) isn't slated to play in Saturday's preseason contest at Seattle, Chris Easterling of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.
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Remains sidelined
Njoku (undisclosed) didn't practice Wednesday, Kelsey Russo of the Browns' official site reports.
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Still not practicing
Njoku (undisclosed) is not practicing Tuesday, Scott Petrak of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports.
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Dealing with soreness
Njoku (undisclosed) participated in 1-on-1 drills but took only one snap in team drills during Thursday's practice, Kelsey Russo of the Browns' official site reports.
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Rising up tight end rankings
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com has Njoku ranked seventh among tight ends heading into 2024, based on his yearly survey with NFL executives, coaches and scouts.
ANALYSIS
Despite catching passes from four different quarterbacks in 2023, Njoku finished with a career-best 81 catches on 123 targets for 882 yards and six touchdowns across 16 regular-season games. While he led all tight ends last season with nine drops, he also led the position with 247 yards after contact. The eighth-year tight end found particular success with Joe Flacco toward the end of 2023, and with Deshaun Watson returning from shoulder surgery, Njoku should remain heavily involved in the passing game alongside wide receivers Amari Cooper, Elijah Moore and Jerry Jeudy.
Despite catching passes from four different quarterbacks in 2023, Njoku finished with a career-best 81 catches on 123 targets for 882 yards and six touchdowns across 16 regular-season games. While he led all tight ends last season with nine drops, he also led the position with 247 yards after contact. The eighth-year tight end found particular success with Joe Flacco toward the end of 2023, and with Deshaun Watson returning from shoulder surgery, Njoku should remain heavily involved in the passing game alongside wide receivers Amari Cooper, Elijah Moore and Jerry Jeudy.