What can we expect from Baltimore’s wide receivers in 2020? That offense was awfully run-oriented for the bulk of last season, and when they did pass, it tended to run through the tight ends.
Hollywood Brown has some potential. When he’s on, he appears to be one of the league’s more explosive big-play wide receiver. He shredded Miami on opening day, with a pair of long touchdowns. When they started passing a bunch in their playoff loss, he caught 7 for 126, including a sweet one-handed grab for 38 yards (pictured).
Ultimately, however, Baltimore’s wide receivers combined caught only 115 passes for 1,419 yards and 17 TDs. That’s all of their wide receivers combined for the entire season.
| BALTIMORE WIDE RECEIVERS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Marquise Brown | 46 | 584 | 12.7 | 7 |
| Willie Snead | 31 | 339 | 10.9 | 5 |
| Seth Roberts | 21 | 271 | 12.9 | 2 |
| Miles Boykin | 13 | 198 | 15.2 | 3 |
| Chris Moore | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Jaleel Scott | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Total | 115 | 1,419 | 12.3 | 17 |
Baltimore actually used its tight ends more. As a group, they caught 3 fewer touchdowns but caught 10 more passes for 103 more yards. Using PPR scoring, the team’s tight ends were more productive than the team’s wide receivers. They seem to mesh well with the team’s run-oriented system, because it’s harder for defenses to tell when they’re blockers and when they’re receivers.
Mark Andrews led the team with 64 catches for 852 yards and 10 TDs. I would think he enters 2020 as the favorite to be their most productive pass catcher. And Nick Boyle and Hayden Hurst are also involved – they both also caught 30-plus balls.
| BALTIMORE TIGHT ENDS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Mark Andrews | 64 | 852 | 13.3 | 10 |
| Nick Boyle | 31 | 321 | 10.4 | 2 |
| Hayden Hurst | 30 | 349 | 11.6 | 2 |
| Total | 125 | 1,522 | 12.2 | 14 |
—Ian Allan