The wide receiver drama in Cleveland that was supposed to be finished when Odell Beckham Jr. was sent packing might not be over after what Jarvis Landry had to say Tuesday night at a Thanksgiving food drive charity event.
“I haven’t been getting the ball so much either,” Landry said. “But at the end of the day, I’ve been able to do with the opportunities I’m given. Yeah, I’m battling some things, but on Sunday, I always give everything that I have, and that won’t ever change.”
When asked why he’s not getting the ball, Landry didn’t have much to say.
“I don’t know,’’ he said.
In last week’s 45-7 loss to the New England Patriots, Landry had just four catches for 26 yards.
On Thursday, Mayfield addressed Landry’s lack of targets and his complaints.
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“When you play a team like the Patriots, they take your strength away, so things like that and the running game, they’re going to try and do just that,” Mayfield said, per Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal. “We’ll find ways to get Jarvis involved back in the game plan. There’s no doubt about that. He’s a tempo-setter for us. He’s an extremely good leader and locker room guy for us. Everybody knows that.”
Landry has only had one game this year where he had double-digit targets.
“We don’t need to reinvent the wheel,” Mayfield added. “Yeah, changes need to be made, but … there’s plays to be made that we haven’t [made]. That’s where we’re at right now. It’s not where we have to sit down and do everything completely different. We need to be able to execute and put the ball in our playmakers’ hands and let them go to work.”
As for losing his best friend Odell, Landry said Tuesday that “it definitely was something that hurt. It stung. It still does.”
Through six games, the five-time Pro Bowler has 23 receptions on 34 targets for 219 yards and zero touchdowns.
The Browns look to get back on track against the Detroit Lions in Week 11.
