4 Cleveland Browns Players We'd Like to See Get More Snaps Early in 2026

The Cleveland Browns enter Week 3 as a team still out to prove itself in the dawn of the Todd Monken era.

Things are looking a little more optimistic after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road to get to 1-1. However, there are still a lot of players who are fighting to define their role and prove they should be part of the long-term vision.

No one is going to argue that the Browns are a playoff contender based on a win in Week 2. At least, they shouldn't. This is still shaping up to be a year that's more about evaluation than competition.

With that in mind, there are a few players that it would be nice to see more of in the coming weeks. Cleveland is a young team that has to figure out who it is and all four of these players on their rookie deal should get a bigger opportunity as the season progresses.

All snap count and advanced stats via Pro Football Reference unless otherwise noted.

Snaps: 7 in Week 1 (14 percent), 4 in Week 2 (7 percent)

The second-year speedster hasn't had many opportunities to show what he can do to this point. He's only played 11 total snaps, catching one target for 10 yards.

Simply put, Bond on the field does more for the offense than Jerry Jeudy at this point.

Through two games, the veteran wide receiver has been on field for 66 snaps and he has just five targets. He caught two of his four in Week 1 for 26 yards. However, he only had one ball come his way in the Week 2 victory.

Bond is not a natural X receiver in the same way that Jeudy is. Playing Bond more would mean more reps at the X for Denzel Boston. That's not a bad thing.

One thing Bond does offer is speed. He ran a 4.39 40 at the combine with decent ball-tracking skills to make plays over top.

He doesn't even have to make that money plays when he's on the field. Just having a speed threat with that kind of juice will open even more opportunities for Denzel Boston and KC Concepcion to make more plays.

Snaps: 0 in Week 1 (0 percent), 2 in Week 2 (3.4 percent)

Nothing. Jones has been relegated to being Tytus Howard's backup to this point. He went in for two snaps in the Week 2 loss, but that was just for Howard to get looked at after suffering a minor injury.

Because Tytus Howard has not looked good through the first two weeks of the season. The idea behind adding the veteran tackle was raising the floor for the position. As it turns out, the floor is still pretty low with how Howard is playing.

He has already accounted for a false start in each of the two games he has played. He was beaten for a sack in Week 2 against Tampa Bay and has graded out as the 58th tackle of the 66 PFF has graded to this point.

Jones might not do better. He has never completed a full season healthy and the last time he was a full-time starter for anything close to a season he gave up six sacks .

The difference is that there's at least some upside in playing Jones. His massive frame has always given him intriguing upside and it's hard to believe that he would be a downgrade from the version of Howard that played the first two games.

Snaps: 29 in Week 1 (51 percent), 26 in Week 2 (40 percent)

Hall is currently part of the defensive line rotation, but you wouldn't tell it from the box score. He played over half of the snaps in Week 1 and a slightly smaller workload in Week 2, but he has yet to register a tackle, sack or even a quarterback hit.

That all sounds like a reason that Hall should be playing less, but if you watch the film a different story emerges. LeCharles Bentley highlighted plenty of positives from Hall's game against the Buccaneers in his film breakdown.

The former Browns center called Hall, "the most disruptive interior DL on the Browns right now."

Among the clips he showed were an example of Hall being out of his stance before the rest of the entire defensive line and the third-year player blowing up a double team on inside zone to destroy the play.

Given Hall's explosiveness and what he has shown through the first two weeks, the numbers will come.

For now, he should be playing even more snaps as he continues to give offensive linemen fits and bring juice to the front seven.

Snaps: 14 in Week 1 (24.6 percent), 10 in Week 2 (15.4 percent)

McNeil-Warren has gotten in on some of the action. He played nearly a quarter of the reps in Week 1. Most of those were lined up as a deep safety, but he came down and played in the box a little as well. Week 2 saw him play a slightly smaller share of the snaps.

In those 24 defensive snaps (and 29 special teams snaps) he has six tackles.

Grant Delpit has played every snap of defense through two weeks and Ronnie Hickman isn't far behind him. McNeil-Warren has only worked as the third safety thus far.

The second-round pick should be given more opportunity to show what he can do.

McNeil-Warren is a versatile defender. The Browns clearly like him most as a deep safety, but he's also proven that he can come down and fill as a run defender as well.

It wouldn't hurt the Browns to reduce Hickman's role in the coming weeks and let the rookie play beside Delpit. Hickman already has two missed tackles and a touchdown conceded in coverage this season.

Meanwhile, McNeil-Warren has proven to be a physical defender with no missed tackles to this point. It's time to play him more and see if he can hold his own in coverage.