Want to know the most damning stat of the increasingly horrific 2019 season for the Cleveland Browns?
Try this one on for size: Through eight games for the 2-6 Browns, Odell Beckham Jr., unquestionably one of the four best receivers in football, has one fewer reception this season (39) than Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette.
Is it bad that everyone I’ve told that stat to has reacted with a combination of shock and disbelief reminiscent of the audience at the end of “Joker”?
It’s that bad.
Need I remind you, Fournette was not thought of highly as a receiver coming out of LSU.