Believeland | A Cleveland Browns Franchise

[Nash]

Gilbert=Matt Flynn

[Nash]

fuck nevermind, he's beasting it now against Bama

[Outspoknpoet]

I will def draft a QB. I need to draft a person for my secondary though, the thing I lack is a playmaker back there

Keep Eric Wright at all costs. Dude is off the hook for me as far as big INTs go. I have a feeling he will ask for big $$$ after his contract is up.

[Nash]

Keep Eric Wright at all costs. Dude is off the hook for me as far as big INTs go. I have a feeling he will ask for big $$$ after his contract is up.

he got his first interception this week but I need a ball hawking player back there. I only have like 6 interceptions on the year with my defense and I got 4 that game against backup quarterbacks

[Nash]

Preview: Browns At Bears
Sunday, November 1, 1:00 P.M.
Soldier Field

(3-4) @ (1-5)



If you based the winner of games by a team's record, Cleveland would win everytime. If you based the winner off of talent, Chicago wins everytime. Thats why you play the game.

There might not be a bigger dissapointment than the Chicago Bears. They came into the season as Superbowl favorites. Now they are toilet bowl favorites. They stand at 1-5 including a loss to Detroit, their first and only win in nearly two seasons. Their sole win came in week two against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The same team that handed the Cleveland Browns a 22-9 drubbing two weeks ago. Cleveland has had an up and down season that is highlighted by a great defense.

However, the offense might be the difference maker in Sunday's game. Chicago features one of the worst defenses in the league. They give up nearly 28 points a game.

Early Prediction: Browns win 27-24

Key Injuries
Orlando Pace|Broken Femur|Out For Season
James Davis|Broken Collarbone|9 Weeks

Position Breakdown:
Chicago|Cleveland

:allamerican::allamerican: Quarterback :allamerican:
Advantage: Bears
:allamerican::allamerican::allamerican: Running Back :allamerican:
Advantage: Bears
:allamerican::allamerican: Wide Receiver :allamerican:
Advantage: Bears
:allamerican: Pass Defense :allamerican:
Advantage: Even
:allamerican::allamerican: Rush Defense :allamerican::allamerican:
Advantage: Bears
:allamerican::allamerican: Special Teams :allamerican:
Advantage: Bears
:allamerican: Coaching :allamerican:
Advantage:: Even

[Nash]

Browns Force Six Turnovers In Win

Safety Mike Adams being tackled after he intercepted Jay Cutler.

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Only one single word can describe this game: UGLY. Between both teams, there were eleven turnovers. Eleven! This includes eight interceptions.

The Browns defense was dominant until there was 27 seconds left in the third quarter. After a 30 yard catch by Matt Forte, Chicago's offense finally started clicking and they had 140 yards in the final quarter.

Derek Anderson led the Browns in the first half with two touchdown passes. However, they decided to sit on the ball the whole second half. This decision lead to the running game get going.

Jerome Harrison rushed for 108 yards and Jamal Lewis and Chris Jennings combined for another 106.

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Team Stats

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Scoring Summary

Second Quarter
13:30 TD CLE: J. Cribbs, 15 Yd pass
4:07 TD CLE: J. Cribbs, 49 Yd pass

Third Quarter
7:25 FG CLE: P. Dawson, 34 Yd FG
0:27 FG CHI: R. Gould, 38 Yd FG

Fourth Quarter
10:04 FG CHI: R. Gould, 48 Yd FG
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Cleveland Browns Stats

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense (Best Three)

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Chicago Bears Stats

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense (Best Three)

[Nash]

Very nice win bro. The Browns are always interesting to follow because you never know how good or bad they will be. They could have all the talent in the world, but just can't seem to put it all together. Looking great though.

Also, the scores seem very realistic and low scoring. I hate chises that every game is predictable, knowing that the user was going to win, and they are very high scoring games. Easily becoming one of my favorite NFL chises on VSN.

thanks man. really appreciate it. I found sliders that really give me accurate stats.

I'm going to post a midseason report in a minute since I am at the halfway point in the season and have a bye week.

[Nash]

What are the sliders, I might try em out.

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/madden-nfl-football-sliders/347604-dbs-stat-accurate-sliders-slow-game-speed-67.html

[Nash]

Midseason Report



After eight games, the Browns have been one of the most surprising teams in the league. After losing their first two games, the season looked like it would be another failure. However, they have battled back and are now .500 at 4-4. The biggest surprise might be that they are second in the AFC North behind Pittsburgh. Here are the division standings:

This season has been a thrill ride that has been based off of streaks of two. The Browns have quickly become known throughout the league for their defense which has some impressive rankings in numerous stats.

Scoring Defense- 3rd
Sacks- 1st
Fumbles Recovered- 1st
Interceptions- T-4th
Takeaways- 3rd
Total Defense- 7th
Rush Defense- 9th

The defense has been lead by David Bowens who has 50 tackles and Shaun Rogers with 51 tackles and 11 Sacks. Here are the defensive stats:

On the other side of the ball, the offense has struggled for most of the year. Still they put up enough points and can capitalize on short fields that the defense gives them. The running game is the focal point as quarterbacks have struggled all year.


Now the question that everybody has asked, are the Browns really that good or are they benifitting from an easy schedule?

It's a little bit of both to be honest. Their defense IS that good. They proved that throughout the year. However, their record is inflated. They have not beaten a team with a winning record yet.

They still might make the playoffs as they have an easy second half schedule in which they play just two teams with winning records. Also, they could finish strong with the last three games going against the Chiefs (1-6), Raiders (2-6), and Jaguars (3-4).

Here is the rest of the schedule:


(2-5) @ (4-4)

(4-4) @ (2-5)

(4-4) @ (3-4)

(5-2) @ (4-4)

(5-2) @ (4-4)

(4-4) @ (1-6)

(2-6) @ (4-4)

(3-4) @ (4-4)

[dj_morton]

Crazy defense. How do you get so many sacks? You got a bread and butter play?

[Nash]

Crazy defense. How do you get so many sacks? You got a bread and butter play?

:dontknow:

I just know how to blitz i guess. I run an attacking defense that blitzes alot. You gotta know where to blitz i guess

[Nash]

Midseason Awards



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NFL MVP: Drew Brees
Drew Brees has always been a stat friendly quarterback. This year is no different. He has thrown for 2,456 yards and 26 touchdowns (league high) as opposed to only 6 interceptions. Also he has a quarterback rating of 99.8 (league high) and completed just under 60% of his passes. The key reason he is here though is his team is the best team in the NFC with a record of 7-1 and he is the leader of the league's highest scoring offense.

Runners up: Peyton Manning, Steven Jackson, Randy Moss, Tom Brady



Offensive Player of Year: Steven Jackson
Steven Jackson could possibly be the league MVP if his team was doing better. Unfortunately, they are not so he is here. Jackson is leading the league in almost every catagory such as yards, touchdowns, yards per carry, yards per game, rushes of 20 or more yards. Lets look at his stats, he already has 1,263 yards, 12 touchdowns, an unbelievable 8.2 yards per carry, averages 157.8 yards per game, and has 19 rushes of 20+ yards. Simply unbelievable.

Runners up: Drew Brees, Reggie Wayne, Frank Gore, Randy Moss



Defensive Player of Year: Lamarr Woodley
Once again the Steelers have one of the best defenses in the league. The main reason is this man right here. He has 47 tackles, 19 more that were assisted and 8 of them were for loss. He has the third most sacks in the league with 10.5 and has 2 interceptions. He has been a dominant force all season.

Runners up: James Harrison, Elvis Dumervil, Shaun Phillips, Shawn Merriman



Offensive Rookie of Year: Knowshon Moreno
In a weak year for offensive rookies, Denver's Knowshon Moreno has stood above the rest. Moreno has 773 yards already on just 112 attempts. That equals out to a staggering 6.9 yards per carry. He is averaging 96.6 yards per game and already has 7 touchdowns on the year. Moreno was the first running back drafted in the draft from the University of Georgia and is certainly living up to the billing.

Runners up: LeSean McCoy, Mark Sanchez, Josh Freeman, Matthew Stafford



Defensive Rookie of Year: Rey Maualuga
This was a tight one between him and Rams' linebacker James Laurinaitis. Maualuga had 39 tackles, 16 more assisted. He had 8 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. Also, he had 2 interceptions and 4 more deflections. His most impressive stat is he has forced 4 fumbles. That is a direct result of his insanely hard hits. He also recovered one of them.

Runners up: James Laurinaitis, Tyson Jackson, Brian Cushing, Brad Jones



Comeback Player of Year: Tom Brady
Was there any doubt about this one? I think everyone knew that Tom Brady would win this one. After missing almost all of that year after tearing his ACL, Brady is back to his MVP-esque play. He has a league high 2,621 yards with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He is just under 60% completion rate and is averaging a league high 327.6 yards per game.

Runners up: No one.

[Nash]

Preview: Ravens At Browns
Monday, November 16, 8:30 P.M.
Cleveland Browns Stadium



(3-5) @ (4-4)



In the first matchup of these two rivals, the Browns came away victorious in a 27-10 beatdown. It was the Browns first win of the season. The Ravens collapsed after that, losing four straight to fall to 1-5. The season looked over.

Now, on Monday Night Football, they will get their shot at revenge against them. They are riding a two game win streak and are fresh from a 31-9 drubbing of the Bengals.

Their defense is starting to gel even without Haloti Ngata who is out with a torn bicep.

On the other hand, Cleveland's defense is starting to come together and is good at almost everything. They will give Baltimore fits and should cruise to a victory.

Early Prediction: Browns win 31-14

Key Injuries
Haloti Ngata|Torn Bicep|3 Weeks
Marshall Yanda|Broken Fibula|Out For Season
James Davis|Broken Collarbone|9 Weeks

Position Breakdown:
Baltimore|Cleveland

:allamerican::allamerican: Quarterback :allamerican:
Advantage: Ravens
:allamerican::allamerican::allamerican: Running Back :allamerican:
Advantage: Ravens
:allamerican::allamerican: Wide Receiver :allamerican:
Advantage: Ravens
:allamerican::allamerican: Pass Defense :allamerican:
Advantage: Ravens
:allamerican::allamerican::allamerican: Rush Defense :allamerican::allamerican:
Advantage: Ravens
:allamerican: Special Teams :allamerican:
Advantage: Even
:allamerican: Coaching :allamerican:
Advantage:: Even

[Nash]

Win Streak Is Now At Three

The Brown's defense stymied the Ravens offense for most of the game.

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The first time these two teams played, it was the Brown's running game and defense that was the defense. This time, it was no different.

The Browns rushed for 231 yards behind Jerome Harrison's 182 yard performance. He broke some long runs that were absolute backbreakers.

The biggest backbreaker however came from the defense. After a Browns score to make the game a 17-6 game instead of 10-6, Baltimore tried to score one more time before the half. Flacco dropped back to pass but fumbled after Wimbley sacked him. Trusnik scooped it and took it to the house right before the half.

Cleveland seemed to coast after that and Baltimore made the score closer than the game really was.

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Team Stats

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Scoring Summary

First Quarter
9:21 TD CLE: J. Harrison, 58 Yd run
1:47 FG CLE: P. Dawson, 28 Yd FG

Second Quarter
9:24 FG BAL: B. Cundiff, 51 Yd FG
3:31 FG BAL: B. Cundiff, 24 Yd FG
0:56 TD CLE: M. Massaqoui, 19 Yd pass
0:33 TD CLE: J. Trusnik, Ret Fumble 37 Yds

Third Quarter
2:55 TD CLE: J. Harrison, 2 Yd run
0:00 TD BAL: W. McGahee, 9 Yd pass

Fourth Quarter
11:03 FG BAL: B. Cundiff, 42 Yd FG
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Cleveland Browns Stats

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense (Best Three)

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Baltimore Ravens Stats

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense (Best Three)

[Outspoknpoet]

Ravens D is showing their age. Looks like Cleveland is on their way to the top of the AFC North.

You looking to replace Harrison eventually or is he making a move to take over as a Franchise HB?