Browns 2023 Regular Season Awards

Regular Season awards for the 2023 Cleveland Browns as playoffs loom

We’re taking one last look back at the regular season by dishing out some accolates before turning full focus over to the playoffs.

The Browns regular season is over and the playoffs are officially up next, but before we fully flip things over to the postseason, we’re handing out some accolades to the players who highlighted Cleveland’s incredible 2023 regular season.

All the debate over whether or not Njoku deserved top five tight end money is for the birds now. This man burn his face off and still went out and led the team in receiving in Week 4. He’s put up career numbers with 81 catches, for 882 yards and six touchdowns (all career highs).

He’s top eight in yards after catch this season. And maybe most important of all, he is one of the beating hearts of the gritty, just “find a way to win” mentality that has defined the 2023 Cleveland Browns. Did I mention he made his first Pro Bowl? Njoku has officially arrived.

Who would’ve thought at any point this season, one in which the Browns deployed five different starting QBs, that Cooper would build the best season of his nine-year career?

He set a career-high in receiving yards and managed to establish almost immediate chemistry with every pass-thrower the Browns put under center. Cooper might still appear underrated among other NFL wide receivers, but he will never be viewed that way in Cleveland.

Cooper opened up as a player and as a teammate in 2023. he became a leader of this team and of this offense and is a big reason why the Browns are in the playoffs. He set a career-high in receiving yards with 1,250 and kept the offense together amidst all of the quarterback turnover.

Don’t need to beat a dead horse here. There’s no other answer. The guys is the best player on this team and has a case for best in the entire league. With a proper defensive line around him (shoutout Andrew Berry) we’ve been gifted proper context to just how impactful he is.

Not much more needs to be said about this one. The marriage of Jim Schwartz and Garrett literally couldn’t have gone much better, and it might lead to both guys winning awards as Assistant Coach of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively, at NFL Honors next month.

Garrett’s full potential was unlocked this season under defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz. He was relentless, wrecked games, tortured quarterbacks and led this team to the playoffs. No. 95 stood out this year as the most impactful player in football.

His rookie campaign was cut short by a knee injury about five weeks ago now, but Jones imprint on the 2023 season can’t be understated. As a fifth-round pick he there were minimal expectations on him, which he quickly exceeded as soon as he was thrust into action in Week 2 after Jack Conklin’s season-ending injury. This feels like the obvious answer.

Even though he hasn’t played since Week 13, it’s still Jones, who wowed everyone by starting games — and playing well — at both tackle positions. He squashed any questions that followed him after he was drafted about his commitment to football, and he’s set to become a key piece at the tackle position in Cleveland for the foreseeable future.

Ronnie Hickman was thrust onto the scene against Jacksonville and was more than a bandaid in an injured secondary. He got his opportunity and has excelled on the back end of the Browns’ defense when they needed it most. Hats off to the undrafted free agent Hickman for proving that he has the potential to be a long-term member of this defense.

Browns 2023 Regular Season Awards

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