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2011 Herb Report
Team Perf 75
Franchise 93
Profit/Loss 59
Difficulty 69

Score 76

2012

The Hall of Fame welcomes:
RB Marshall Faulk 83%
QB Brett Favre 100%

The Browns have two huge retirees this year:
LB JR Farmer and LB Rufus Duke, our first retired keeper. Here are their career totals:

53 JR Farmer 2000-2011, drafted by Darkiller in round 7, a fan favorite from Arizona State
77 career starts and 175 games played, 386 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2 interceptions and 1 TD
His career year came in 2007, the only year that he started all 16 games he played for the Browns. He collected 82 tackles and 2 sacks. He will always be remembered for being an overachiever.

57 Rufus Duke 1999-2011(Dallas 99-02, Cleveland 03-11), recieved in trade by WebEwbank. 22nd overall pick by the Cowboys in 1999, he retired due to complications from a Hyperextended Elbow suffered late in the year.
182 starts in 187 career games, 1,158 career tackles, 15.5 career sacks, 5 Interceptions, 3 TD and 2 Fumble recoveries for TD.
His career year was in 2002 for the Cowboys where he amassed 135 tackles.
He was named 1st Team LB in 2002 and 2009 as well as to the 2nd Team in 2000, 2004 and 2006.
4th all time in career tackles and holds the career Browns tackle record with 734.
We shall long remember the Defensive Duke.

2012 FA
Key FA include RB Hammond, TE Lofton, G Corbet, DE Champion, DT Pieper, LB West, and S Wright. Obviously, Champion being a keeper gets the franchise tag despite having a rating of 100 in loyalty.

We have 37 players signed and $35,820,000 in cap room so we should do well.

As FA begins though, I find that I am being outbid left and right. DT Pieper leaves, Tampa snags LB West(Our 3rd HUGE LB loss already with the 2 retirees) and Cincy grabs Wright. We end up keeping Lofton, Corbett and Champion but are really shocked at our horrible luck.

Going into the draft with the #9 overall pick, I decide that I need to be mroe aggressive and seing a DEEP draft class I begin to wheel and deal. A flury of moves headlined by DT Maloney to NYG for 2013 #1 and 2012 #2 and QB LaChapelle and 2012 3rd rounder to NE for #1 overall and 9th pick in round 2. Overall we ended up with 4 1st rounders this year, a move to get some youth back in our team.

Draft Report:
Round 1:

#1: 6-3 311 Maryland, DT Phillip Hamilton
Potentials of 100,94,100, this guy should be a defensive stud for years to come.
#8: 6-0 212 Duke, S Trevor Foster
97,100,100,x,x,96 make him a prize young safety.
#16: 6-4 227 Carson-Newman, LB Alvin Wheeler
100,100,96,100 potentials and already actuals in the 60s make him a great pickup due to the recent departures in our LB corp.
#23: 6-8 311 Stanford, T Frankie Green
89,98,92 With our Tackles aging, their stats are going down and this guy should help replinish our line soon.

Round 2
#9: 6-5 333 Texas, DT Cornelius Eddings
The main reason I traded Maloney was this guy will be better and we get a #1 next year on top of it all. 86,73,94 potential D-linemen don't usually fall this far, so I had to snag him.

#16 6-6 222 Arizona State, QB Pat Gibson
Not a LaChapelle but good enough to backup the great Davies until we need another franchise QB, but even then, this guy isn't bad.

Round 3: 6-1 225 Tulsa, RB Don Casey
The departure of Hammond left us again without a decent backup for Sheen, and Casey is just that a decent backup.

Overall a GREAT draft with 4 future stars acquire along with a great nuclues of defensive gems.

Week 1 @ Philly(9-8 last year, NFC East champs) 1pt fav 36-30
The team starts strong as Sheen gains 153 yards, and although Davies gets hurt, rookie backup Gibson is 20/33 275 and 2TD to lead the offense. Rookie S Foster has an INT in his first career start.

Week 2 @ Washington(0-1) 3pt fav 20-26 OT
Offense is again strong but couldn't hold on, Sheen runs for 122, Davies returns with 248 and 2 TD.

Week 3 @ Jax(1-1) 1pt fav 16-23
Davies plays well, 20/37 287, but Sheen is horrible with only 33 yards.

Week 4 vs Baltimore(2-1) 1pt fav 33-19
O'Donnell has 11 Tackles, Carr and Foster have 1 INT a piece, and Davies throws for 296.

Week 5 vs Tennessee(2-2) 1pt dog 30-24 OT
Rookie LB Wheeler with his first 10 tackle game, Davies another solid 22/38 264 game.

Week 6 vs Cincy(3-2) 1pt fav 27-17
Sheen breaks through with 130 yards to thrwart the solid effort of former Brown S Lincoln Wright who had 8 tackles and and 83 yards INT ret for a TD.

Week 7 @ Seattle(5-1) 3pt dog 31-20
Sheen is getting it in gear with 2TD and 120 yards. Champion explodes with 3 sacks.

Week 8 @ Baltimore(5-2) 5pt dog 26-31
Foster has 2 INT, including a 94 yard TD return but Baltimore passes us in the standings with this game.

Midseason, 5-3, 1 game back of Baltimore
Davies 145/271 1893 yards 12TD 6INT, 81.2
Sheen 151/747 4.9 4TD 31rec 319 3TD
Wallace 26/414 3TD
Rookie T Frankie Green 16 KRB, 44.4%
O'Donnell 49 Tackles
Rookie S Foster 35 Tackles, 2 Sacks, 4 INT, 1 TD
Burnim 5 Sacks
Champion 8 Sacks

Sheen quietly had 1000 yards of total offense in the first half, he's on pace for another MVP at this rate.

Week 9 @ Tenn(4-3) 3pt dog 34-7
Defensive dominance, Ferderer 2 INT, Mudgett 2.5 sacks, Champion 2 sacks.

Week 10 vs Denver(5-3) 6pt fav 36-0
The team is coming together. Sheen 91 yards, Davies 240, Gardner 5/6 FG

Week 11 Bye

Week 12 vs Jax(6-4) 6pt fav 31-34 OT
Davies plays huge, 22/36 339 2TD and Champion again with 2 sacks but the Jags were ready for us.

Week 13 vs Dallas(5-6) 12pt fav 34-0
Davies is 17/27 153 3TD, but the game belonged to a team defensive effort. Our second shutout in 3 games puts us at 8-4 and leading our division as Baltimore is falling.

Week 14 vs Pitt(5-7) 7pt fav 26-7
Davies 21/30 324 2TD, Wallace 8rec 201 TD

Week 15 @ Cincy(4-9) 4pt fav 17-19
Champion 2 Sacks, Wheeler 11 Tackles aren't enough as we make too many offensive mistakes.

Week 16 vs NY Jets(9-5) 11pt fav 23-13
Wheeler stops the defending champs cold with 10 tackles, Davies is 9/9 before leaving with a slight hamstring pull.

Week 17 @ Pitt(7-8) 3pt fav 28-6
The offense stunk, but with 6 team INT(Ferderer 2, Swift 2, Foster 1, Carr 1) and 2.5 sacks by Burnim, the Steelers couldn't do anything.

We finish 11-5, win the AFC Central and get home field advantage.

WC Round
Atl 10-6 17
Det 10-6 7

Balt 10-6 27
NYJ 10-6 35

Chi 10-6 14
Wash 10-6 17

Den 9-7 10
CHV 10-6 14

Round 2

Wash 11-6 24
Arz 11-5 30

Atl 11-6 9
Stl 13-3 35

Chv 11-6 6
Indy 11-5 24

vs NY Jets(11-6) 10pt fav 28-24
The defending champs don't go down easy, but Sheen gains 164 yards and 3 TD to lead the way. Wheeler continues playing well with 10 Tackles and a Sack. Foster has his first career playoff INT.

Conf Finals

Arz 12-5 17
Stl 14-3 38

vs Indy(12-5) 9pt fav 43-20
Davies outplays the only man that can compete with him for the title of "Best QB ever" in Peyton Manning as he is 15/27 295 4TD
The defense also wanted to help Davies cause as they pound Manning to the turf 8 times.

FOF Bowl @ ST Louis(15-3) 4pt dog

St Louis gets out quick with a long TD drive to start the game capped by a Rod McCarthy 9yd run.

0-7

On our first drive we too drive the field, but must settle for a 29yd Gardner FG

3-7

2nd Quarter again, settle for a 38yd Gardner FG

6-7

With 32 seconds left before half Gardner drills a 40yd FG to give us our first lead.

9-7

BUT, with 4 seconds left, STL K Cochrane hits a 29yd FG to put the Rams back in front

9-10 Halftime

We begin with the ball, but trade punts and interceptions for a while. Midway throught the 4th Quarter Sheen is finally rolling, knocking off some clock, but STL defensive back Otis Smith picks off a Blaine Davies pass at their 28 and runs it in 72 yards for the score

9-17

With under 7 minutes to play, Davies begins the hurry up style offense and 2 minutes later finds Rufus Carlson for a 14 yard TD. And with the Wade Clinton 2pt conversion, we're all knotted up

17-17

But Jim Druckenmiller drives his team, eating up clock and as time expires, Cochrane hits from 38.

17-20 FINAL

Sheen 11/86
Davies 21/37 258 TD, 2 INT
Foster INT
Burnim 2 Sacks
Champion 2 Sacks

Season stats:

Davies 273/475 57.4% 3616 yards 23TD 10INT 89.0(2nd)
Sheen 280/1199 4.2 7TD, 48rec 433 1TD
RB Casey 90/466 5.1 6 TD
Wallace 64rec 1085yds 5TD
Bushon 57 rec 865yds 5TD
Rookie LB Wheeler 90 Tackles
Rookie S Foster 58 Tackles 2 Sacks 7 INT 2 TD
Ferderer 10 INT
Champion 17 Sacks

Ferderer named 1st team CB
Foster 2nd team S, Def Rookie of the Year.

Cleveland loses their first ever title game, but I finally made it past the stinking AFC title game. We have a great young defensive squad to build around though. Next year will be another tough FA year though, I tried my best to lock some guys up but their are some big names due for FA, including Sheen.

Keepers:
QB Davies
RB Sheen
DT Mudgett
DE Champion
Empty(WebEwbank)

Go Browns in 2013!!!