Cleveland Browns wide receiver Elijah Moore hasn’t had the best individual start – can he turn things around against the Ravens? Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
BEREA, Ohio – The first half of the season didn’t go as hoped for Browns wide receiver Elijah Moore.
This includes Moore himself.
“No, it’s frustrating, but you have to do your best,” Moore said. “I experienced that. Who would I be to not learn from what I have experienced?”
The idea of a wideout seems all but dead: Moore hasn’t carried the ball in the last three games, and this season he has just eight ball carriers for 11 yards.
It didn’t help that the Browns have had issues with blocking and depth on the offensive line. Moore’s size (6-foot-1, 180 pounds) was almost certainly a factor as well.
It looks like the addition of him will bring with it a learning curve for everyone.
“We consider (Moore) one of the best playmakers on the roster,” Browns GM Andrew Berry said during the bye week.
“I know we’re looking forward to getting him the ball in different ways. I think there’s an element that whenever you bring in a talented new player for a new offense, sometimes you don’t necessarily want to stop yourself from tinkering.
Sometimes the results will be good, sometimes not so good, and the most important thing is to adapt and ultimately allow the playmakers to find their place in attack.
And when it comes to Moore’s overall performance, it hasn’t helped that he’s played with three different quarterbacks this season.
Deshaun Watson just played his first full game after injuring his right rotator cuff in Week 3 against the Titans.
His status was the team’s biggest source of uncertainty over the past month before a successful win over the Cardinals last week.
“Yeah, definitely a big part of it,” Moore said. “When you’re in a system like this, you just have to keep chipping away. You never know what will happen.
You really have to have a strong mind. You have to be the person who prepares for whatever happens, even if it seems like it won’t happen. And that’s exactly what I’m preparing for.
This isn’t Moore’s first taste of adversity in the NFL.
With the Jets, he went from five TD catches in just 11 games as a rookie in 2021 to just one last season.
He has only one 100-yard receiving game in his career, with 141 receiving yards against the Dolphins in 2021.
Rumors of discontent had him coming out of New York, but so did rumors that he engaged in a heated battle with former Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur – something he has since denied.
The Browns could certainly use a shot from Moore this week as they face a Ravens defense that leads the league in sacks (35), points per game (13.8) and red zone defense (33.3 percent). ).
Baltimore is much better equipped to take down Watson’s No. 1 target in Cooper than the 1-8 Cardinals were a week ago.
In Cleveland’s first matchup with Baltimore, the Ravens cruised to a 28-3 victory in the first game Watson missed with his shoulder — an absence that came after a week of questions about whether or not he would want to and decision-making from Cleveland.
An hour and a half earlier From the kick-off, it was clear that it would be banned.
Watching the film, the Browns and Moore feel like they have options.
“I feel like we have answers to every scenario,” Moore said. “Turns out they’re good too.” So it’s like you just have to adapt.
Moore can admit that his start in Cleveland has been frustrating.
But his attitude remains focused on progress, regardless of his statistics.
“I have to give my all in everything I do,” Moore said. “I had to learn from the lessons, sooner or later I had to believe that this would happen.”
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