wolverine318's Cleveland Browns Franchise

[wolverine318]

Jim Brown takes over ownership of the Cleveland Browns.

Late last night Jim Browns and Randy Learner/MBNA came to terms with each other to sell the struggling franchise for a rumored $10 million dollars. That seems like a small amount of money for a NFL franchise, but we got the scoop on why so low from Randy himself.

"Jim Brown doenst have a lot of money."

The team and rest of the organization will stay in tact. Romeo will remain the head coach. There is not much change, just one of the greatest football players comming back to his team in a big way.

[Chase56]

You bought the Browns with the amount of Courtney Brown's signing bonus?

Nice.

[wolverine318]

You bought the Browns with the amount of Courtney Brown's signing bonus?

Nice.
Hell yeah man. Got rid of him, stole it back and bough the Browns. lol.

[wolverine318]

The Browns will be running the 3/4 Defensive Scheme. Bernie Kosar will be calling the plays on offense.

Position battles going into the preseason.

Starting RB between Suggs, Green and Droughns.
Starting TE between Heiden and Shea.
Outside Linebacker between Stewart, Lang and Thompson.
#3 Corner between Lehan and Perkins.
Saftey between Jones, Pool, Crocker and Russell

Depth Chart Offense:

Quarterback:
Trent Dilfer
Charlie Frye
Doug Johnson

Running Back:
Lee Suggs
William Green
Reuben Droughns

Fullback:
Terrelle Smith
Corey McIntyre

Wide Receiver:
Antonio Bryant
Dennis Northcutt
Braylon Edwards
Frishman Jackson
Josh Cribbs

Tight End:
Kellen Winslow (IR)
Steve Heiden
Aaron Shea

Left Tackle:
LJ Shelton
Kirk Chambers

Left Guard:
Joe Andruzzi
Enoch DeMar

Center:
Jeff Faine
Melvin Fowler

Right Guard:
Cosey Coleman
Mike Pucillo

Right Tackle:
Ryan Tucker
Greg Randall

Depth Chart Defense:

Defensive End:
Orpheous Roye
Alvin McKinley
Simon Fraser
Nick Eason

Nose Tackle
Jason Fisk
Ethan Kelley

Left Outside Linebacker:
Matt Stewart
Kenard Lang

Inside Linebacker:
Andra Davis
Ben Taylor
Mason Unk
Renald Williams

Right Outside Linebacker:
Chaun Thompson
Nick Speegle

Left Cornerback:
Daylon McCutcheon
Michael Lehan
Antonio Perkins

Right Cornerback:
Gary Baxter
Leigh Bodden
Antwan Harris

Strong Saftey:
Sean Jones
Chris Crocker
Brodney Pool

Free Saftey:
Brian Russell
Michael Jameson

Punter:
Kyle Richardson

Kicker:
Phil Dawson

[wolverine318]

Here is an in depth look at the Browns current roster.


Team: Cleveland Browns
Coach: R.Crennel

Salary: $62.28M Cap Room: $23.22M


SCHEDULE INFO
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WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT
1 Aug 13 Giants 8:00pm
2 Aug 20 at Lions 1:00pm
3 Aug 26 Panthers 8:00pm
4 Sep 1 at Bears 8:00pm



ROSTER BREAKDOWN
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Offensive Players
NO PLAYER POS OVR SAL YRL AGE HT WT
8 T.Dilfer QB 81 $4.80M 4 33 6'4" 225
12 D.Johnson QB 74 $2.12M 2 27 6'2" 225
9 C.Frye QB 73 $1.50M 3 24 6'3" 227
34 R.Droughns HB 85 $2.65M 3 27 5'11" 207
31 W.Green HB 82 $8.75M 5 25 6'0" 215
44 L.Suggs HB 84 $1.15M 3 25 6'0" 205
20 S.McCollough HB 69 $1.36M 2 25 6'0" 199
42 T.Smith FB 84 $4.40M 4 27 6'0" 246
86 D.Northcutt WR 82 $9.00M 3 27 5'11" 175
81 A.Bryant WR 83 $2.40M 4 24 6'1" 192
19 F.Jackson WR 69 $1.39M 3 26 6'3" 205
89 R.Alston WR 66 $1.78M 2 24 5'11" 215
17 B.Edwards WR 84 $40.00M 6 22 6'3" 209
82 S.Heiden TE 77 $2.60M 4 29 6'5" 265
83 A.Shea TE 73 $2.07M 3 28 6'3" 250
*80 K.Winslow TE 83 $29.00M 6 22 6'4" 248
76 L.Shelton LT 84 $1.00M 1 29 6'6" 335
65 K.Chambers LT 65 $1.80M 2 26 6'7" 314
63 J.Andruzzi LG 90 $9.00M 4 30 6'3" 312
70 E.DeMar LG 67 $230K 1 25 6'4" 317
67 M.Fowler C 81 $2.44M 4 26 6'3" 310
50 J.Faine C 84 $7.00M 5 24 6'3" 303
60 C.Coleman RG 84 $3.00M 2 26 6'4" 322
57 M.Pucillo RG 74 $1.92M 2 25 6'4" 311
72 R.Tucker RT 86 $19.30M 7 30 6'6" 325
73 G.Randall RT 73 $2.64M 2 27 6'6" 330

Defensive Players
NO PLAYER POS OVR SAL YRL AGE HT WT
99 O.Roye LE 84 $17.64M 4 31 6'4" 320
91 A.Hoffman LE 67 $980K 3 23 6'4" 296
97 A.McKinley RE 75 $2.47M 4 27 6'3" 310
94 A.Gordon RE 70 $1.07M 5 23 6'3" 285
95 J.Fisk DT 86 $3.01M 3 33 6'3" 295
74 N.Eason DT 64 $920K 3 25 6'3" 301
78 E.Kelley DT 71 $2.38M 2 25 6'2" 303
59 N.Speegle LOLB 68 $1.03M 3 23 6'6" 250
96 K.Lang LOLB 77 $17.00M 5 29 6'3" 280
55 M.Stewart LOLB 80 $3.96M 3 26 6'3" 232
56 O.Ruff MLB 79 $6.03M 3 28 6'3" 250
54 A.Davis MLB 90 $1.43M 1 26 6'1" 255
58 B.Taylor MLB 80 $1.20M 3 27 6'2" 245
51 C.Thompson ROLB 82 $2.80M 4 25 6'2" 250
92 D.McMillan ROLB 69 $1.01M 3 23 6'3" 246
33 D.McCutcheon CB 85 $3.79M 3 28 5'10" 190
38 R.Mickens CB 75 $5.16M 3 32 5'8" 180
24 G.Baxter CB 88 $30.50M 6 26 6'2" 204
39 M.Lehan CB 75 $1.05M 3 25 6'0" 190
28 L.Bodden CB 72 $530K 2 23 6'1" 195
30 A.Perkins CB 74 $1.20M 4 23 6'0" 190
27 B.Russell FS 86 $1.50M 2 27 6'2" 204
25 C.Crocker FS 75 $1.25M 3 25 5'11" 194
29 S.Jones SS 78 $3.15M 5 23 6'1" 218
21 B.Pool SS 77 $2.68M 4 21 6'1" 201

Special Teams Players
NO PLAYER POS OVR SAL YRL AGE HT WT
4 P.Dawson K 90 $2.69M 4 30 5'11" 195
10 K.Richardson P 75 $380K 1 32 6'2" 210

*=Injured player

[wolverine318]

Preseason Week 1 Browns (0-0) vs Giants (0-0)

The Browns hosted the Giants for the first preseason game and Crennel's first ever pro game as a head coach.

It was not pretty, but closer than it should have been as the Browns lost 16-14.


Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Giants 7 6 0 3 0 16
Browns 7 0 0 7 0 14


The team looked horrible. Missing open receivers, missing holes, dropping passes. Its a surprise the game wasnt a blow out, thankfully the Giants looked just as bad.

The running game was mearly a thought as Green, Droughns and Suggs combined for 34 yards on 20 attempts. The passing game just as bad, thankfully not worse. Frye and Dilfer were a combined 12 for 33 and 135 yards. Nobody stood out as above and beyond the best of the bunch.

The receivers were the one aspect of the offense that actually looked decent. Edwards had 3 catches for 68 yards, but one drop. Bryant had 3 for 29 yards and a TD. While Northcutt had 3 for 45 yards. Jackson and Heiden each had a drop.

If anything was good it was the defense. It gave up 85 rushing yards to Tiki Barber. 81 of them on a single play. But other than that it was shut down hard nosed the way Crennell likes it. They also only gave up 160 yards passing. A pretty good showing.

Ben Taylor led the team with 9 tackles, including 1 sack and 1 FF. Baxter and Lehan had a INT each. Andra Davis and rookie Brodney Pool each had a sack.

The offensive like alloed 6 sacks, and couldnt open a hole for the RBs to run though. All in all it was just terrible. Every aspect of this team needs to improve if they want to compete. Hopefully next week at Detroit some things will change. If not, Cleveland is going to be in for a long, long season.


Game Statistics: Giants Browns
First Downs 11 9
Third Down Conversions 3 5
Third Downs 12 16
Third Down Percentage 25.0% 31.3%
Forth Down Conversions 0 1
Fourth Downs 0 3
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 33.3%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 2 2
Offense Redzone TDs 0 2
Offense Redzone FGs 1 0
Offense Redzone Percentage 50.0% 100.0%
Rushing Attempts 30 20
Rushing Yards 154 34
Rushing Average 5.1 1.7
Rushing TDs 1 1
Passing Yards 146 135
Passing Completions 8 12
Passing Attempts 22 33
Completion Percentage 36.4% 36.4%
Passing Average 6.6 4.1
Passing TDs 0 1
Offensive Pass Interceptions 2 1
TOTAL OFFENSE 300 169
Defensive Pass Interceptions 1 2
Punt Return Yards 0 0
Kick Return Yards 35 69
Punts 5 6
Punt Avg 30.6 25.2
Fumbles 1 0
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Penalties 2 2
Penalty Yds 23 20
Turnovers 2 1
TIME OF POSSESSION 13:33 14:27

Individual Stats: Browns
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Trent Dilfer 6 15 98 40 6.5 3 1 0 43 84.8
Charlie Frye 6 18 84 33 4.6 3 0 1 27 26.2

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
William Green 10 15 1.5 4 0 0
Reuben Droughns 4 12 3.0 7 1 0
Lee Suggs 5 7 1.3 7 0 0
Terrelle Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Braylon Edwards 3 68 22.6 43 0 1 8
Dennis Northcutt 3 45 15.0 27 0 0 1
Antonio Bryant 3 29 9.6 11 1 0 0
Reuben Droughns 1 27 27.0 27 0 0 6
Frisman Jackson 1 12 12.0 12 0 1 0
Terrelle Smith 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 3
Steve Heiden 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT XPA XPM PCT KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Phil Dawson 0 0 0 2 2 100 2 0
Kyle Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG IN20
Kyle Richardson 6 151 25.1 51 2

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Antonio Perkins 2 35 17.5 0 20
Dennis Northcutt 2 34 17.0 0 21

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Dennis Northcutt 0 0 0.0 0 0
Antonio Perkins 0 0 0.0 0 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Ben Taylor 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Andra Davis 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Matt Stewart 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Brian Russell 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Frisman Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chaun Thompson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Gary Baxter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 2 0
Brodney Pool 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Michael Lehan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 1 0
Orpheus Roye 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ethan Kelley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ray Mickens 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Amon Gordon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jason Fisk 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Sean Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Daylon McCutcheon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Ryan Tucker 11 1
Joseph Andruzzi 9 1
L.J. Shelton 9 0
Cosey Coleman 8 4
Jeff Faine 3 0
Terrelle Smith 3 0
Aaron Shea 2 0
Steve Heiden 1 0
Orlando Ruff 1 0


Individual Stats: Giants
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Tim Hasselbeck 4 11 80 36 7.2 2 0 1 31 24.8
Eli Manning 4 11 79 36 7.1 1 0 1 31 24.4

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Tiki Barber 11 85 7.7 81 1 0
Brandon Jacobs 14 62 4.4 18 0 0
Jim Finn 2 11 5.5 10 0 0
Tim Hasselbeck 3 -4 -1.3 0 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
David Tyree 3 76 25.3 31 0 1 13
Plaxico Burress 2 42 21.0 31 0 0 0
Tiki Barber 2 37 18.5 29 0 0 23
Willie Ponder 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0
Jim Finn 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Visanthe Shiancoe 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Jay Feely 3 5 60 0 1 1 100 0 2 0
Jeff Feagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Jeff Feagles 5 153 30.5 39 0 1 0

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
William Peterson 2 35 17.5 0 18
Jim Finn 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
William Peterson 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jim Finn 0 0 0.0 0 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Michael Strahan 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Will Allen 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Brent Alexander 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Gibril Wilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Antonio Pierce 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Kevin Lewis 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Barrett Green 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Shaun Williams 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Reggie Torbor 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Corey Webster 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
Carlos Emmons 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Frank Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
David Tyree 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jamaar Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
William Peterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Amani Toomer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Kareem McKenzie 18 0
Shaun O'Hara 6 0
Bob Whitfield 5 0
Luke Petitgout 3 0
David Diehl 2 0
Visanthe Shiancoe 2 0
Jeremy Shockey 2 0
Chris Snee 1 1
Plaxico Burress 1 0
Jason Whittle 1 1

[TechVick]

You lost? Damn, you suck!

Oh, wait. You're using the Browns. Never mind, then. [laugh]

















Don't be hatin. I like the Browns.

[wolverine318]

Preseason Week 2 Browns (0-1) @ Lions (0-0-1)

The Browns went at it again in week two, this time visiting the Detroit Lions, another team trying to find the winning ways. Well, it wouldnt be hard versus the Browns.

Hampered by early penalties, one deferring an INT by Baxter and another a TD pass by Dilfer, the Browns struggled to get points on the board.

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Browns 0 0 0 7 0 7
Lions 0 3 7 17 0 27

One of the most boring games ever for the first 30 minutes (3 total points between both teams) Over half of the crowd left the stadium in disgust.

It wasnt all lost though. The second half picked up, and it was a new ballgame. Garcia completed a 63 yard TD pass to Johnson, followed by a 55 yard TD run by the speedy fullback Cory Schlesinger.

The Browns had some improvments, but not many. Passing was much much better, and the team did a better job at sustaining drives. Dilfer completed 52% of his throws, while Frye completed 58%.

Rushing was still an issue, neither Suggs nor Green could get anything going. But rookie wideout Braylon Edwards looked as good as ever catching 7 passes for 119 yards.

Nothing overy exciting happened for the defense, which still gave up the big plays. But MLB Davis did have an INT. The O Line gave up 8 sacks on the day.

Game Statistics: Browns Lions
First Downs 11 7
Third Down Conversions 3 4
Third Downs 14 12
Third Down Percentage 21.4% 33.3%
Forth Down Conversions 0 0
Fourth Downs 4 0
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 0 0
Offense Redzone TDs 0 0
Offense Redzone FGs 0 0
Offense Redzone Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Rushing Attempts 14 29
Rushing Yards 33 158
Rushing Average 2.4 5.4
Rushing TDs 0 2
Passing Yards 211 104
Passing Completions 21 6
Passing Attempts 38 17
Completion Percentage 55.3% 35.3%
Passing Average 5.6 6.1
Passing TDs 1 1
Offensive Pass Interceptions 2 1
TOTAL OFFENSE 244 262
Defensive Pass Interceptions 1 2
Punt Return Yards 0 16
Kick Return Yards 84 32
Punts 7 6
Punt Avg 45.4 37.2
Fumbles 0 0
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Penalties 4 1
Penalty Yds 72 5
Turnovers 2 1
TIME OF POSSESSION 15:25 12:35

Individual Stats: Lions
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Jeff Garcia 2 6 81 33 13.5 1 1 0 63 121.5
Joey Harrington 4 11 33 36 3.0 2 0 1 11 7.0

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Shawn Bryson 16 77 4.8 35 1 0
Cory Schlesinger 1 55 55.0 55 1 0
Kevin Jones 10 25 2.5 12 0 0
Jamel White 2 1 0.5 2 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Kevin Johnson 1 63 63.0 63 1 0 35
Mike Williams 2 19 9.5 11 0 0 2
Eddie Drummond 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 5
Kevin Jones 1 7 7.0 7 0 1 0
Charles Rogers 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 1
David Kircus 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS
Jason Hanson 2 2 100 0 3 3 100 0 4
Nick Harris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Nick Harris 6 223 37.1 42 0 3 1

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Eddie Drummond 1 32 32.0 0 32
R.W. McQuarters 0 0 0.0 0 0

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
R.W. McQuarters 1 8 8.0 8 0
Eddie Drummond 2 8 4.0 5 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS
Kenoy Kennedy 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Boss Bailey 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
James Davis 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jon McGraw 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Cory Redding 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Dre' Bly 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Teddy Lehman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
R.W. McQuarters 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Earl Holmes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 2
Fernando Bryant 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -1.0 1
Andre Goodman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Kalimba Edwards 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Terrence Holt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Shaun Rogers 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Roy Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bracy Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Alex Lewis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Donte Curry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dan Wilkinson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dominic Raiola 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Dominic Raiola 9 1
Kelly Butler 8 1
Damien Woody 6 0
David Loverne 5 0
Jeff Backus 2 0
Rick DeMulling 2 1
Casey Fitzsimmons 2 0
Cory Schlesinger 2 0
Kyle Kosier 2 0
Marcus Pollard 2 0
Jared DeVries 1 0


Individual Stats: Browns
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Charlie Frye 11 21 165 52 7.8 4 1 1 71 74.5
Trent Dilfer 10 17 120 58 7.0 6 0 1 40 56.0

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Lee Suggs 7 17 2.4 14 0 0
William Green 7 16 2.2 8 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Braylon Edwards 7 119 17.0 40 0 0 5
Richard Alston 2 83 41.5 71 1 1 53
Lee Suggs 3 21 7.0 8 0 0 4
Dennis Northcutt 2 20 10.0 11 0 0 0
William Green 2 13 6.5 7 0 0 2
Steve Heiden 2 8 4.0 6 0 1 5
Frisman Jackson 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 5
Terrelle Smith 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 9
Aaron Shea 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS
Kyle Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phil Dawson 0 0 0 0 1 1 100 0 0

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Kyle Richardson 7 318 45.4 50 0 1 0

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Antonio Perkins 4 63 15.7 0 19
Dennis Northcutt 2 21 10.5 0 18

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Dennis Northcutt 0 0 0.0 0 0
Antonio Perkins 0 0 0.0 0 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS
Orlando Ruff 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Ben Taylor 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Brodney Pool 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jason Fisk 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Sean Jones 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ray Mickens 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Kenard Lang 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Antonio Perkins 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Chris Crocker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Daylon McCutcheon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Michael Lehan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dennis Northcutt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Chaun Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ethan Kelley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Alvin McKinley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Brian Russell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2
Ryan Tucker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Andra Davis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 1
Matt Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Gary Baxter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Nick Speegle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Cosey Coleman 7 1
L.J. Shelton 7 2
Ryan Tucker 7 0
Jeff Faine 6 2
Joseph Andruzzi 4 0
Mike Pucillo 4 1
Greg Randall 3 1
Melvin Fowler 2 0
Steve Heiden 1 1
Richard Alston 1 0

[wolverine318]

The Browns Go Shopping, improve D.

The Browns signed MLB Anthony Simmons to a 2 yeard deal worth a reported 7 Million.

http://images.nfl.com/photos/img7813338.jpg

"He bring experience, and some better speed to the team" Jim Brown said "He can play in the middle, or on the outside. Crennell is going to use him where he sees fit.

Although he did not play at all during the '04 season. The Browns feel he can help improve this defense immediatley.

"Im glad to be back playing football, especially in a town that is this passionate about the game." Simmons said. "The team is young, and not very good, but Coach C knows what he is doing, and the organization is on the right track."

The move means that somebody will probably be let go in the near future. The chart now looks like this:

LOLB:
Matt Stewart
Kenard Lang
Nick Speagle
Orlando Ruff

MLB:
Andra Davis
Anthony Simmons
Ben Taylor

ROLB:
Chaun Thompson
David McMillian

Simmons will start, it is just a matter of where at. Davis and him are the only two LBs that are guaranteed to start. The team is very high on Thompson and Taylor, not so much on Lang and Stewart. Look for a possible releaseing of McMillian or Speagle, and a possible trade including Lang. Davis, Simmons, Thompson and Taylor seem to be the main 4 sloted to start. With Taylor possible moving to the outside.

-Plain Dealer beat writer Webster Slaughter.

[wolverine318]

Droughns up for trade, delt to Cardinals.

Reuben Drougns's stay in Cleveland was short lived. He was traded to the "Phoenix" Cardinals last nigt for a 2nd round draft pick. Details of the trade are below:

Browns Get:
2007 2nd Round Draft Pick
Player TBA

Cardinals Get:
Reuben Drougns
2007 3rd Round Draft Pick

The departure of Droughns means that Green and Suggs are guaranteed the #1 and #2 RB spots. Sultan McUllough moves into the #3 position.

Droughns was said to be fumming when he left the stadium, claiming that the Browns only traded him because he was black. And that he was calling up the reverand himself, Jessie Jackson. [rock]

"Good luck with that" Brown told reporters. "He was upsted because he wasnt getting carries in the preaseason, even with the struggles of Green and Suggs. But he work ethic was horrible, and he never ran hard in practice."

It is the Cleveland Browns Organizations goal to be 100% caucasion by the 2010 season. [laugh]

Thats a joke.

-Plain Dealer beat writer Webster Slaughter.

[wolverine318]

Cleveland Browns vs Cincinnati Bengals Preview

The Bungles travel to Cleveland this Sunday to face off with the Clowns in a game that should be won by Cincy, but could easily be taken by the Browns.

The Bengals have had slow starts the past two seasons, while the Browns have perrenially overracheived the first few weeks.

The Bengals come in with no injuries, and a QB in Palmer who is looking to silence the doubters. On the Browns side, Winslow is out, and they are just looking to get the organization on the right track.

Line: Cleveland 3.5 - Cincinnati

The is a hard one to pick, but I will go with Cleveland on this one. They play good in the beginning of the season. And almos always win 1 versus the Bengals. It is basically a pick.

Browns 30 - Bengals 24

[wolverine318]

Preseason Update:


WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT
1 Aug 13 Giants Lost 14-16
2 Aug 20 at Lions Lost 7-27
3 Aug 26 Panthers Lost 14-17
4 Sep 1 at Bears Lost 17-19


I simmed the last two games.

[wolverine318]

Cleveland Browns (0-0) vs Cincinnati Bengals (0-0)

My Pick: Browns +3.5 (0-0)

Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 5 mph
Temp: 70 degrees

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Bengals 0 3 7 6 0 16
Browns 7 7 0 7 0 21

Cleveland hosted the Bengals in Romeo Crennels first regular season game as a head coach, and it was a beauty.

The game started off with a bang when starting tailback William Green broke off a 43 yard TD run to put the Browns up 7.

Carson Palmer and his crew couldnt do much against the Browns D. All they got in the first half was a FG in the second quarter. Palmer was 16 of 36 for 239 yards, 1 TD and and INT on the day.

One of his INTs was taken back for a TD by Baxter late in the second quarter. Making it 14-3 at the half.

The second half started off much better for the Bengals. Palmer threw a TD pass to Cliff Russell on their first posession, bringing the Bengals whithin 4 of the Browns.

The Bengals continued the comeback trail in the fourth quarter, pounding away at the Browns D with Perry and Rudi J. The combined 22 rushes for 93 yards and a TD (Perry). The TD made the score 16 to 14 after the missed conversion.

The Browns wouldnt fold though. Dilfer led the Browns down the field knowing they only needed a FG to win it. But they would do better. Dilfer hit Edwards in the endzone for his first ever TD reception and the lead. And that would be all the Browns needed. Taking the home opener 21 -16.

Individual Stats: Browns
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Trent Dilfer 15 27 136 55 5.0 1 1 2 21 50.8

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
William Green 24 167 6.9 43 1 0
Lee Suggs 3 18 6.0 13 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Braylon Edwards 5 47 9.3 11 1 1 6
Antonio Bryant 3 39 13.0 21 0 0 3
Dennis Northcutt 2 20 10.0 13 0 0 3
William Green 2 14 7.0 14 0 0 16
Steve Heiden 2 11 5.5 6 0 2 10
Lee Suggs 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 5

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Phil Dawson 0 0 0 0 3 3 100 0 4 0

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Kyle Richardson 6 260 43.3 54 0 1 2

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Dennis Northcutt 3 57 19.0 0 24
Aaron Shea 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Dennis Northcutt 2 12 6.0 8 0
Aaron Shea 0 0 0.0 0 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Brodney Pool 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Anthony Simmons 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Brian Russell 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Gary Baxter 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 63 31.5 2 0
Antonio Perkins 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Daylon McCutcheon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Chaun Thompson 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Andra Davis 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 1 0
Michael Lehan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ben Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Orpheus Roye 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jason Fisk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Antonio Bryant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dennis Northcutt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Sean Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Aaron Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Ryan Tucker 10 0
L.J. Shelton 10 0
Cosey Coleman 8 1
Jeff Faine 8 0
Joseph Andruzzi 7 0
Steve Heiden 5 0
Terrelle Smith 2 0
Andrew Hoffman 2 0
Braylon Edwards 1 0


Individual Stats: Bengals
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Carson Palmer 16 36 239 44 6.6 3 1 3 61 41.3

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Chris Perry 9 49 5.4 23 1 0
Rudi Johnson 12 44 3.6 11 0 0
Carson Palmer 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Cliff Russell 2 70 35.0 61 1 0 38
Chad Johnson 5 60 12.0 21 0 0 9
T.J. Houshmandz 5 55 11.0 19 0 2 4
Kelley Washington 2 47 23.5 30 0 0 3
Rudi Johnson 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 10
Reggie Kelly 1 3 3.0 3 0 3 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Shayne Graham 1 1 100 0 1 1 100 0 4 0

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Kyle Larson 5 198 39.5 45 0 0 0

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Deltha O'Neal 4 102 25.5 0 33

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Deltha O'Neal 2 4 2.0 4 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Anthony Mitchell 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Landon Johnson 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 1 0
Brian Simmons 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Madieu Williams 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 2 0
Deltha O'Neal 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Bryan Robinson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Tory James 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
John Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Hannibal Navies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chad Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Justin Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Eric Ghiaciuc 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Odell Thurman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ifeanyi Ohalete 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Duane Clemons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Larry Moore 21 1
Bobbie Williams 12 0
Levi Jones 11 0
Eric Steinbach 6 0
Jeremi Johnson 4 0
Reggie Kelly 3 0
Eric Ghiaciuc 3 0
Kelley Washington 2 0
Chad Johnson 1 0
Odell Thurman 1 0

-Plain Dealer beat writer Webster Slaughter.

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Do you guys like the whole stat report, or would you rather have just the games standout players stats?

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Week 1 Press Conference:

Q. How come you never released an official depth chart after the preseason.

RC. We wanted to keep teams guessing. There wasnt really any difference between the preseason one and the regular season one, except for the addition of simmons. All LBs play anyways.

Q. Was the team fined for not putting out a depth chart?

RC. No, Jim Brown doenst have much money.

Q. Talk about individual performanses if you would.

RC. Where to begin, well. QB:

Trent Dilfer - Played OK, not great. 2 ints is not good luckily our D held them from scoring off of them.

William Green - Had an exceptional game, did nothing wrong. We can only hope that lasts all season.

Braylon Edwards - Led the team in receptions and TD catches. Was clutch. He looks like a vetern out there.

Gary Baxter - 2 INTs. 1 TD. He did a great job on Chad Johnson. He is looking more and more like an elite shutdown corner as the days go by.

Q. Congradulation on your first win as a head coach. Do you think the Browns can compete and make it to the playoffs.

RC. I dont know, I think we can compete, but im not sure about the playoffs. Some things will have to improve, for one our passing attack. If we cant get that going teams will stack 8 in the box on Green and Suggs and they wont go anywhere. Dilfer doenst have to throw for 300 yards a game, but he has to be able to complete passes and keep the Defenses honest. Like i said, I know this team can compete, and anyone who plays us is not going to take us lightly. But we havent been tested yet this season, it is only one game. Time will tell, but I think the foundation is finally being solidified.

Thank you for your time.

[wolverine318]

Cleveland Browns @ Green Bay Packers Preview

Cleveland heads off for its first road game of the season Sunday to take on Brett Favre and the Pack Attack. This is another game that couls be a toss up. The Packers Defense is not that great, but their Offense is. On paper the game should be a shootout.

Cleveland D comes into the game on a high after shutting down the Bengals offense. Their offense though knows it needs to improve, especially on the passing side of things.

Favre is looking to make that one last run to and through the playoffs before he retires, look for him to be playing with a purpose.

Line: Cleveland 4 - Green Bay. Over/Under 61

This one could be deceiving. All stats, papers, history etc leads to making you want to take the over. But you just dont know. The Browns passing attack was lost in space last week, and running the ball takes up time. Even if Green Bay puts up 30, I dont think the Browns get more than that.

I am taking the Packers at -4 and the Under.

Browns 24 - Packers 35.

[wolverine318]

Cleveland Browns (1-0) @ Green Bay Packers (1-0)

My Pick: Packers -4., Under 61 (1-0)

Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 2 mph
Temp: 52 degrees

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Browns 3 6 10 9 0 28
Packers 7 6 7 7 0 27

The Browns took the short trip to Green Bay to face off with the great Brett Favre in what could be his last year in the NFL. Both teams seemingly overracheived in the first week, and as it stand one of them is looking to take a surprising 2-0 start to the season.

The Browns gameplan was to stop Ahman Green, and make Favre beat them with the pass. Hoping their secondary could have another game like it did vs Cincy. Green bay won the toss and took the ball. And shoved it right down the Cleveland Ds throat. Green started off with his game high 20 yard run, followed by Favre picking apart the Browns D all the way to the endzone for a touchdown.

That is where it stopped for Green. He was held for a total of 57 yards on 22 attempts, and no TDs. But Favre on the other hand, had his way in this game. He was 18 for 33 and 322 yards with 3 TDs on the day.

Clevelands offense on the other hand was horrific with Trent Dilfer in the game. The managed 3 first half FGs to keep it close, 13-9 at the half, and give them a chance in the second half.

Dilfer would not get the chance to bring Cleveland back though, he was benched in the second half in favor of Rookie Charlie Frye. Frye led the Browns to 10 points in the third quarter, while the D held Favre to one TD pass. Making the score Browns 19, Pack 20.

Knowing they werent out of it the Browns stuck with the tough running of Green and Suggs (30 rushes, 151 yards) and the short confident passes of Frye. The added and early 4th quarter FG to go up 22 to 20, and hoped the D could hold.

Favre though would work his magic again. He led the Packers down field and eventually hit Terrence Murphy on a 35 yard TD pass to put the Packers up 27-22 with 3 minutes to go.

Frye would stay in the game, and face his first ever comeback situation as a professional. Frye connected with Bryant for 33 yards and Edwards for 17. A 9 yard run by Suggs and the Browns were in scoring position. That is when Frye connected with Bryant in the corner of the endzone for a TD and the lead. The conversion failed. But it didnt matter, the Browns helf off Favre and the Packers for their second straight win.

Game Statistics: Browns Packers
First Downs 22 15
Third Down Conversions 7 3
Third Downs 15 10
Third Down Percentage 46.7% 30.0%
Forth Down Conversions 1 1
Fourth Downs 1 1
Fourth Down Percentage 100.0% 100.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 1 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 6 3
Offense Redzone TDs 2 1
Offense Redzone FGs 4 2
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 100.0%
Rushing Attempts 30 23
Rushing Yards 151 62
Rushing Average 5.0 2.7
Rushing TDs 0 0
Passing Yards 161 322
Passing Completions 18 18
Passing Attempts 39 33
Completion Percentage 46.2% 54.5%
Passing Average 4.1 9.8
Passing TDs 2 3
Offensive Pass Interceptions 1 2
TOTAL OFFENSE 312 384
Defensive Pass Interceptions 2 1
Punt Return Yards 0 0
Kick Return Yards 88 143
Punts 2 3
Punt Avg 46.0 33.7
Fumbles 1 3
Fumbles Lost 0 1
Penalties 2 2
Penalty Yds 47 20
Turnovers 1 3
TIME OF POSSESSION 19:53 12:07

Individual Stats: Packers
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Brett Favre 18 33 322 54 9.7 1 3 2 65 93.2

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Ahman Green 22 57 2.5 20 0 1
Nick Luchey 1 5 5.0 5 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Javon Walker 6 129 21.5 65 1 0 57
Donald Driver 5 102 20.3 44 0 1 50
Terrence Murphy 1 39 39.0 39 1 0 3
Bubba Franks 3 39 13.0 14 0 1 9
Ahman Green 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 1
Antonio Chatman 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0
Nick Luchey 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Ryan Longwell 2 2 100 0 3 3 100 0 5 0

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Micah Knorr 3 101 33.6 36 0 0 0

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Chris Johnson 8 143 17.8 0 22

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Chris Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Al Harris 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ray Buchanan 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Nick Barnett 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 1 0
Raynoch Thompson 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Na'il Diggs 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Joey Thomas 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Mark Roman 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Grady Jackson 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Nick Collins 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ahmad Carroll 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Brady Poppinga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ahman Green 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Cletidus Hunt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chris Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Aaron Kampman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Javon Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Mark Tauscher 11 0
Chad Clifton 9 0
Mike Flanagan 6 0
Adrian Klemm 6 0
Nick Luchey 4 0
Kevin Barry 4 0
Bubba Franks 2 0
David Martin 1 0
Najeh Davenport 1 0
Nick Barnett 1 0
Ahman Green 0 1


Individual Stats: Browns
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Charlie Frye 10 20 120 50 6.0 1 2 0 33 102.0
Trent Dilfer 8 19 79 42 4.1 4 0 1 17 32.6

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
William Green 24 131 5.4 28 0 1
Lee Suggs 5 21 4.1 9 0 0
Charlie Frye 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Antonio Bryant 6 94 15.6 33 1 0 1
Braylon Edwards 6 65 10.8 17 1 0 20
Dennis Northcutt 3 21 7.0 14 0 1 0
Terrelle Smith 1 17 17.0 17 0 0 5
Steve Heiden 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 2
Lee Suggs 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
William Green 1 -7 -7.0 0 0 0 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Phil Dawson 5 5 100 0 1 1 100 0 8 0

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Kyle Richardson 2 92 46.0 50 0 1 0

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Dennis Northcutt 5 88 17.5 0 29

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Dennis Northcutt 0 0 0.0 0 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Brodney Pool 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Chaun Thompson 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Andra Davis 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
Gary Baxter 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0
Anthony Simmons 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Alvin McKinley 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ben Taylor 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Matt Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Daylon McCutcheon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Orpheus Roye 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jason Fisk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Brian Russell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Joseph Andruzzi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Orlando Ruff 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Antonio Perkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 1 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
L.J. Shelton 12 0
Jeff Faine 9 0
Cosey Coleman 8 0
Ryan Tucker 7 1
Joseph Andruzzi 6 0
Steve Heiden 6 0
Terrelle Smith 3 0
Aaron Shea 1 0
Andrew Hoffman 1 0

-Plain Dealer beat writer Webster Slaughter.

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Cleveland Browns (2-0) @ Indianapolis Colts (1-1)

My Pick: Colts -10.5, (2-1)

Weather
Forecast: Fair
Wind: 0 mph
Temp: 78 degrees

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Browns 0 3 7 7 0 17
Colts 7 3 14 7 0 31

It was the annual Cheech and Chong celebration in vegas this week and the line shows it. 10.5? Thats it? Ill bed my life savings on the Colts this week.

Sorry Browns fans, but dont get used to this undefeated leading the divisinon stuff. You playd a perennial slow startig Bengals team and a Packers team with swiss cheese holes in the D and a QB on social security.
The Edge was out for the game, but it didnt really matter.

His replacement, Rhodes ran for 142 yards on 20 attempts, throwing in 2 TDs to pad his stats. But the stat of the day was Mannings 6 passing yards in the first half. SIX, no wonder Rhodes went crazy on the Browns D.

Dilfer wasnt much better for Cleveland, 14 for 28, 130 yds and 3 ints. Frye came into the game, again, but still isnt starting, but should, and threw for 126 yards on 11 throws. Including a TD to Bryant, and 1 INT that went off of FB Terrelle Smiths hands.

The game was over in the second half once Manning torched the Brownd D for two quick TDs. Lee Suggs broke off a 59 yard TD run for the Browns, but that was about the only highlight they had.

The Browns have to look at the good things of the season so far. They can compete for the most part, and arent the shit everyone thought they would be. Edwards and Frye look to have lots of potential and are playing well. Green is running the ball good, and the D has shown glimpses of greatness.

Romeo's Thoughts:
There is no QB controversy, but Dilfer knows that he is on a short, very short leash. He cant throw 3 ints, that just puts us out of the game. We need to sick with our gameplan more and run the ball with Green and Suggs. Other than that I was please with the D the way they played in the first half, they just got tired out in the second. Too many turnovers kept them on the field and Manning knows how to take advantage of that.

Game Statistics: Browns Colts
First Downs 14 10
Third Down Conversions 6 3
Third Downs 13 10
Third Down Percentage 46.2% 30.0%
Forth Down Conversions 0 0
Fourth Downs 1 0
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 0
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 0
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Offense Redzone Num 4 3
Offense Redzone TDs 1 2
Offense Redzone FGs 1 1
Offense Redzone Percentage 50.0% 100.0%
Rushing Attempts 16 22
Rushing Yards 119 140
Rushing Average 7.4 6.4
Rushing TDs 1 2
Passing Yards 225 215
Passing Completions 22 11
Passing Attempts 39 25
Completion Percentage 56.4% 44.0%
Passing Average 5.8 8.6
Passing TDs 1 2
Offensive Pass Interceptions 4 2
TOTAL OFFENSE 344 355
Defensive Pass Interceptions 2 4
Punt Return Yards 0 2
Kick Return Yards 97 42
Punts 4 4
Punt Avg 48.5 33.5
Fumbles 0 1
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Penalties 2 3
Penalty Yds 20 14
Turnovers 4 2
TIME OF POSSESSION 17:27 14:33

Individual Stats: Colts
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Peyton Manning 11 25 221 44 8.8 2 2 2 62 68.9

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Dominic Rhodes 20 142 7.0 62 2 1
Peyton Manning 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Brandon Stokley 3 92 30.6 62 1 0 61
Reggie Wayne 4 92 23.0 51 0 0 11
Marvin Harrison 3 32 10.6 12 1 1 0
Dallas Clark 1 5 5.0 5 0 1 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT
Mike Vanderjagt 1 1 100 0 4 4 100

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Hunter Smith 4 134 33.5 35 0 1 0

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Dominic Rhodes 2 42 21.0 0 27
Gary Brackett 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Dominic Rhodes 1 2 2.0 2 0
Gary Brackett 0 0 0.0 0 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Bob Sanders 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 1 0
Cato June 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Doss 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 1 0
Jason David 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Dwight Freeney 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Donald Strickland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Rob Morris 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 7.5 1 0
Nick Harper 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Aaron Moorehead 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
David Thornton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Larry Tripplett 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Gilbert Gardner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dominic Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Reggie Wayne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Raheem Brock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Kendyll Pope 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Montae Reagor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Marlin Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Ryan Diem 9 0
Jake Scott 7 1
Tarik Glenn 5 1
Jeff Saturday 5 0
Ryan Lilja 4 0
Dallas Clark 3 0
James Mungro 2 0
Makoa Freitas 1 0
Dominic Rhodes 1 0
Ben Hartsock 1 0


Individual Stats: Browns
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG
RATING
Charlie Frye 8 11 126 72 11.4 0 1 1 38 102.8
Trent Dilfer 14 28 130 50 4.6 3 0 3 27 23.5

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
William Green 14 62 4.4 14 0 0
Lee Suggs 2 57 28.5 59 1 0

RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Braylon Edwards 5 109 21.7 38 0 1 12
Antonio Bryant 5 70 14.0 27 1 0 2
Dennis Northcutt 3 31 10.3 20 0 0 1
Richard Alston 1 15 15.0 15 0 0 0
William Green 4 14 3.5 17 0 0 12
Steve Heiden 2 9 4.5 7 0 0 1
Frisman Jackson 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0
Aaron Shea 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 1
Terrelle Smith 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0

KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT
Phil Dawson 1 1 100 0 2 2 100

PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Kyle Richardson 4 194 48.5 51 0 0 1

KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Antonio Perkins 3 53 17.6 0 19
Dennis Northcutt 3 44 14.6 0 18

PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Antonio Perkins 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dennis Northcutt 1 0 0.0 0 0

DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES
Chaun Thompson 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Daylon McCutcheon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 6.0 2 0
Andra Davis 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Brian Russell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0
Ben Taylor 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Antonio Perkins 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Gary Baxter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Brodney Pool 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jason Fisk 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
William Green 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Chris Crocker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Richard Alston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Anthony Simmons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ryan Tucker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
L.J. Shelton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Ethan Kelley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Ryan Tucker 11 0
Joseph Andruzzi 9 1
Jeff Faine 8 0
L.J. Shelton 8 0
Cosey Coleman 7 0
Steve Heiden 2 0
Ben Taylor 1 0

-Plain Dealer beat writer Webster Slaughter.