Isaiah

Bond

Legal trouble dropped Bond from a Day Two hopeful heading into the NFL Draft to a UDFA. The Browns took a flyer on him and installed the former Longhorn as a part-time field-stretcher. He made the most of his limited role with 18 catches for 338 yards. He averaged an impressive 18.8 yards per catch and added five carries for 29 yards on the ground. Bond needs to round out his route tree to be more than just a burner, but this goes down as a successful rookie season, given the low expectations for an undrafted player. He should be rostered in all dynasty formats, though he won’t have much appeal in redraft leagues next year.

Interesting, Bond did have 21 receiving yards on the day after he took a lateral pass from Malachi Corley upfield on the game’s opening drive for a chunk gain. Bond has gone for 29 or fewer receiving yards in all but three games this season. He can be avoided in Week 17 against the Steelers.

The speedster struck twice against the Bears: one catch went for 47 yards while the other managed 42. Bond is certainly a useful piece of the offense when Shedeur Sanders decides he just needs to find somebody down there somewhere. He’s just a deep league FLEX option at best in Week 15 against the Bills.

Bond followed up his impressive Week 12 performance — two catches for 58 yards — with something of a dud, though no one put up great numbers in the lifeless Cleveland offense. Bond ran a route on just 13 of the Browns’ 30 drop backs. He’ll be a deep league flex option in Week 14 against the Titans.

Bond was on the receiving end of Shedeur Sanders’ big highlight of the day. He sped past the Vegas secondary and Sanders launched a deep ball at him while on the run, resulting in a 52-yard gain. Bond came up just feet short of the end zone, but Quinshon Judkins punched in a short touchdown shortly after. Bond’s profile is too boom/bust for fantasy managers to care about in redraft leagues. He is, however, a worthwhile stash in dynasty formats.

Bond returned from his foot injury this week to no avail. The Browns’ rookie wide receiver earned just one target all night, albeit in the end zone, though QB Shedeur Sanders gave him no real chance to make a play with the poorly aimed pass. Bond is not worth starting against the Raiders in Week 12.

Bond and WR Cedric Tillman (glute) both practiced in full on Friday and logged limited sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. Unfortunately, neither player is reliable enough to make their way into 12-team re-draft starting lineups. Both generally occupy a similar field-stretching role.

The fleet-of-foot rookie remains sidelined, putting him firmly in the questionable camp after missing Week 10 with the same issue. Veteran WR Cedric Tillman returned from a multi-week hamstring injury last week, only to pick up a glute injury. Neither player is fantasy-relevant in 12-team leagues.

Bond missed Week 10 with a foot injury but returns in a limited fashion to open Week 11. A full practice later in the week boosts Bonds’s chances of playing against the Ravens, but he does not have much fantasy relevance in the Dillon Gabriel offense. Cedric Tillman (glute) was also limited a week after coming off injured reserve. Tillman is ahead of Bond is the pass-catching order.

Bond didn’t practice all week coming off the bye and probably has some shot of being sent to injured reserve this week. Cedric Tillman will likely take over his role in Dillon Gabriel’s fabled “offense that cannot throw to wideouts” and finds himself in a WR5 role for fantasy purposes.