David Njoku just set the bar impossibly high for his personal goal for the 2019 NFL season. The Browns tight end offered up a record-breaking target for his production during a recent interview with the Rich Eisen Show.
“Honestly speaking, I don’t really put numbers into my goals,” Njoku told Eisen. “I just feel like if I gave everything I could to the game, just worked my hardest, I feel like I’ll feel accomplished.”
But…
“With that being said I want 20 touchdowns this year.”
It should be noted that Njoku was egged onto the hyperbolic statement by Eisen and was laughing at his own proclamation.
Njoku has caught 4 TD passes in each of his first two seasons in Cleveland.
The NFL record is 23, set by Randy Moss in 2007. That beat out Jerry Rice, who caught 22 in 1987. Those two — arguably the two greatest receivers in NFL history — are the only players to ever top 20 TD receptions in a season. No tight end has ever caught more than the 17 Rob Gronkowski snagged in 2011.
