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2034
Cleveland Browns
Home | Draft Board | Awards Board | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 Finishing off last year's business: The Johann Award goes to Samuel "Sammie" McKnight. My first keeper will be A.J. Germaine; I'll choose the second at the end of this season. Herb's Score is 100/100/100/73/97 - the exact score we've registered for the past four years. We've won four consecutive Bowls, a franchise record, with a composite record of 55-3 over the last three years. * * * * * * * * 2034 We still have the most valuable property in the league, at $2.7
billion, with a roster rated 100. Scout and Coach certainly remain (are you nuts, Web ?). HOF additions are Anthony Battle (82%) played 18 years at QB for Detroit and San Diego. He was incredibly resilient, at one point starting every game for 12 years in a row, a record that may never be broken at any level. He passed for over 50,000 yards, fifth all time, but sported only an 81.3 rating and two first-team awards. Ronnie Gitlin (82%) worked eighteen years at G for San Diego and Pittsburgh. He garnered one second-team award, and failed to start only 16 games in his entire career. Bennie Misner (81%) served 15 years at DE for Chicago and Cincy, with one second-team award, and a total of 137 sacks and 557 tackles. Greg Wilson (86%) played 15 years for three teams at DT, registering 127 sacks and 715 tackles. He earned one first and three second-team awards. Adam Fortmann (80%) played 13 years at TE for four teams, going 565/7098/52. If you thought Battle and Gitlin were injury-proof, The Fort played in every single game of his career and failed to start only one. All in all, a very mediocre crop, basically a bunch of lifetime achievers with limited peak value. Back in Cleveland, Kurt Wiese retired. This Keeper played key roles on many Bowl squads and seemed to get his sacks in bunches. Our only FA is a S unworthy of the franchise tag, especially as we're 50M over cap. Trade offers are refused. Dumping CB Hoskens, RB Maurer and QB Kramer clears some space. Hoskens
brings the #7 overall, and Maurer the #31 overall and another first, after
we throw in a 2, two 3s, and a 4. Now only $7.8MM over cap, we don't get involved in 20-step. Six of the top ten FAs are Tes, and QB Hogendoorn is very skilled and very very expensive. He would look great in brown in orange. We dump KR Hampton and WR Becker (for 2s more or less), and renegotiate until we're $32MM under cap, with about $25 needed for rookie signings. Then we dump DE Givens for two 1s and a 2, throwing in a 1 and a 6, and the two stop-gap DTs we picked up last year: also for 2s more or less. Now we are 40MM under. We have the 7, 10, 19, and 27 overall picks, planning to trade up. We need a DT, a C, and some young DBs and DL depth. As it comes out, there is neither a C or DT worthy of the Browns available. So... We trade 13-year C Sheldon, hurt last year, and our #19 overall for Burt Carlson, arguably the best C in the league, and a 4-year vet. We trade the #7 overall and a host of the 2s we accumulated to Buffalo for DT Keith Bennick, another 4 year guy with a lot of upside. Whoa Nellie. The top-rated DE slips to #10 and we grab him... 1 (10) Kelvin Ward DE, 6-2, 288, Illinois After signing them, we have $25MM in space, and 48 players signed. We sign Larry Hardeman, a hot FA KR, as well. After camp, we sign everyone in their walk year that we think deserves
it, except LB Still, a franchise possibility next year. At $8.9 under cap,
we could use some depth, but can't afford it. We go 1-3 in the exhibitions. E Welch is out 2-3 months, CB Robbins and WR Armour 3-5 weeks.
WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8 WEEK 9 Midway Cleveland 6-2 PF/PA 181-100 Sammie 9TD 5 INT 76.2 rating Derek 727 yards 5 TD WEEK 10
WEEK 12
FINAL DIVISION STANDINGS Cleveland 13-3 * * * * * * * * * * * Playoffs Wild Card Round Baltimore 24 Oakland 14 St Louis 14 Philadelphia 16 Quarterfinal Round Indy 20 Minnesota 21 Greensboro 3 Denver 11-6 @ Cleveland 13-3 FAV 4 It was 38 degrees and raining steadily, but every single seat at Kosar Coliseum was filled with a screaming fan. They got their money's worth, with a tight game, knotted at 17-17 after three quarters, but weren't able to watch their hometown heroes advance. Sadly, it was the three drive-killing interceptions which spelled d-e-f-e-a-t, but the crowd ended the game acknowledging that they wouldn't have even been here without McKnight, who broke bones in both his feet this season, by chanting "SAMMIE we love yuh" for 45 minutes straight. The tall Texan, usually so stoic and laconic, stood at the 50-yard line, with blood, swaet, tears and raindrops pouring off his head, until he asked for a microphone, and said, "Next year, baby", before trotting slowly off the field. Ainsworth 19-133-1
Denver 28 Minn 17
Denver 10 PF 437 (2) Offense Defense Turnovers +10 (tied for 7th)
Tackles Sacks Picks Chandler was 32/40 FG and 43/44 PAT. No kicks were run back for scores, but Hardeman put up a decent 25.1 average for Kos. Receiving Running Passing Ainsworth won the OPOY and 1st team RB The Johann trophy has to go to Derek Ainsworth for his consistency this
year. As my second keeper, to accompany Apple Juice Germaine, I select Antoine Parrish. |
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