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Browns' Cameron: 'I think I'm an elite player'

Injuries have all but destroyed Jordan Cameron's chances of replicating his breakout campaign of 2013.

The Pro Bowl tight end has struggled through a sprained AC joint in his left shoulder and his 10 receptions for 210 yards and a touchdown are a far cry from the 80 receptions, 917 yards and seven touchdowns he piled up last season.

Despite his slow start, Cleveland Browns head coach Mike Pettine thinks Cameron is an elite tight end. A notion the fourth-year pro agrees with.

“More importantly, I think I’m an elite player,” Cameron told The Akron Beacon Journal's Nate Ulrich. “It helps confidence-wise when it’s your head coach saying that, but it’s all about me. I’ve got to believe that in everything I do, and that’s really the most important thing.”

To be fair to Cameron, the aforementioned injury makes it mostly impossible to assess his performance. He's also dealing with a different scheme cooked up by new offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan.

“This scheme is not what it was last year, so it’s not realistic to think that I’m going to have the same numbers when the targets are different,” said Cameron. “We run the ball more. You can say that I’m a more well-rounded tight end now. I block more, and I’ve been improving on that. It shows in the tapes, so it’s just one of those things.”

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