For justification, people will point to his incredible 2013 season of 87/1646/9. But I counter that with a 2016 season by Terrelle Pryor where he posted 77/1007/4. I know its not as good, but the point being when you are the only option you are fed the ball and your numbers spike. We all know what happened to Pryor when he went to a more balanced team, he started to struggle. In 2013 Gordon’s fellow starting WR was Greg Little, meaning Gordon was by far the best receiver on the team and the ball was fed to him causing a spike in his numbers. Fast forward to 2018 Gordon is now competing for passes with Jarvis Landry a legit wide receiver one, David Njoku a promising super athletic tight end, and Duke Johnson one of the leagues best pass-catching running backs, who is so good he actually played some wide receiver last year. So at best Gordon is looking at fourth in the passing order. Possibly making matters worse is if Tyrod Taylor starts at quarterback it really hurts Gordon’s numbers. Taylor loves to throw the ball short and avoid turnovers, so who do you think he targets more? The short route expert in Landry, the big athletic tight end Njoku, perhaps the best route running, running back in Duke, or the speedy deep ball guy? My money is not on Gordon. Now if Baker Mayfield wins the job I would consider a slight bump in Gordon’s value because Baker will throw deep on occasion, but it won’t be nearly enough to move Gordon into wide receiver two territory.
Projection: 55/725/5
WR Rank: 36th
Overall ADP: 80
Pick: Mid 6th
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