Browns' Rashard Higgins: Moves up depth chart

Higgins will move up Cleveland's wide receiver depth chart after the team and Odell Beckham agreed to part ways.

Higgins has never been a big part of the passing attack since joining the Browns in 2018, but he's been less so in 2021. That's due to a few reasons: the team's heavy tilt toward the running attack, its use of tight ends as receivers, and the emergence of Donovan Peoples-Jones (groin) at wideout. Now, with Beckham on his way out of town and Peoples-Jones nursing an injury, Higgins could become the No. 2 wideout behind Jarvis Landry in Sunday's game against Cincinnati. It should be noted that in 2020, after Beckham's season-ending injury in Week 7, the Browns' passing game took off. And Higgins averaged 5.4 targets per game and 16.7 yards per catch after Beckham was sidelined, including 14 targets and 116 receiving yards in two playoff games.