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2008 SCHEDULE Cleveland Browns (3-4) vs. Baltimore Ravens (4-3) DATE: November 2, 2008 SITE: Cleveland Browns Stadium KICKOFF: 1:00 p.m. (ET) CAPACITY: 73,200 SURFACE: Grass
THE GAME The Cleveland Browns (3-4) host AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens (4-3) this Sunday, Nov. 2 at 1:00 p.m. at Cleveland Browns Stadium. The Browns look to climb back to .500 for the first time this season after coming off a 23-17 road victory at Jacksonville. The Ravens have won two consecutive games following their 29-10 home victory over the Oakland Raiders. In the 23-17 victory at Jacksonville, the Browns opened an early lead as QB Derek Anderson connected with WR Donte’ Stallworth on a three-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. RB Jamal Lewis added a two-yard touchdown plunge and K Phil Dawson’s 32 yard field goal extended the Browns lead to 17-7 before the half. In the third quarter, the Jaguars responded with an 8-yard touchdown pass from QB David Garrard to WR Matt Jones to cut the deficit, 17-14. The Browns defense continued to frustrate the Jaguars running attack as the Browns forced Jacksonville into a 38-yard field goal attempt early in the fourth quarter, which was blocked by NT Shaun Rogers to preserve a 17-14 lead. In the fourth stanza, the Browns converted two drives as K Phil Dawson added a pair of field goals from 20 and 42 yards and held on for a 23-17 final. In the contest, Browns QB Derek Anderson was 14-of-27 passing for 246 yards and one touchdown, as Anderson set a career-high streak of consecutive pass attempts without an interception (currently at 105 attempts). RB Jamal Lewis paced the club with 20 carries for 81 yards and one rushing touchdown, while TE Steve Heiden led the team with three receptions for 73 yards and WR Braylon Edwards added two receptions for 64 yards. Defensively, the Browns held the Jaguars RB tandem of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew to 20 carries for 53 yards (2.7 avg.) and sacked QB David Garrard three times for 16 yards. Cleveland NT Shaun Rogers continued to exert his presence and posted five tackles, three pressures, one sack for seven yards and a blocked kick in the effort. LB D’Qwell Jackson led the Browns with 14 tackles. This Sunday’s contest will mark the 20th meeting between both clubs. Cleveland has a 7-12-0 (.368) regular season record against the Ravens, including a 4-5-0 mark in Cleveland. Earlier this season, the Ravens defeated the Browns 28-10 on Sept. 21. With this Sunday’s home contest against the Ravens, the Browns begin a stretch of playing four of the next five games at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Head Coach Romeo Crennel Player availability Baltimore QB Joe Flacco Baltimore Head Coach John Harbaugh Practice (open the first 30 minutes)
Thursday
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. 12:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Head Coach Romeo Crennel Player availability Practice (open the first 30 minutes)
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10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Offensive Coordinator Rob Chudzinski Player availability Practice (open the first 30 minutes)
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No availability
Sunday
Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens - 1:00 p.m.
Monday
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Opponent New York Jets @ New York Giants (ESPN) @ Detroit Lions Chicago Bears
REGULAR SEASON Date Sun., Sept. 7 Sun., Sept. 14 Sun., Sept. 21 Sun., Sept. 28 Sun., Oct. 5 Mon., Oct. 13 Sun., Oct. 19 Sun., Oct. 26 Sun., Nov. 2 Thur., Nov. 6 Mon., Nov. 17 Sun., Nov. 23 Sun., Nov. 30 Sun., Dec. 7 Mon., Dec. 15 Sun., Dec. 21 Sun., Dec. 28
Opponent Time/Result Dallas Cowboys L, 10-28 Pittsburgh Steelers (NBC) L, 6-10 @ Baltimore Ravens L, 10-28 @ Cincinnati Bengals W, 20-12 Bye Week New York Giants (ESPN) W, 35-14 @ Washington Redskins L, 11-14 @ Jacksonville Jaguars W, 23-17 Baltimore Ravens 1:00 Denver Broncos (NFL NETWORK) 8:15 @ Buffalo Bills (ESPN) 8:30 Houston Texans 1:00* Indianapolis Colts 1:00* @ Tennessee Titans 1:00* @ Philadelphia Eagles (ESPN) 8:30* Cincinnati Bengals 1:00* @ Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00*
Home Games
Time/Result L, 20-24 L, 34-37 L, 6-26 L, 10-16
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THIS WEEK’S MEDIA SCHEDULE Wednesday
PRESEASON Date Thur., Aug. 7 Mon., Aug. 18 Sat., Aug. 23 Thur., Aug. 28
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ABOUT THE Ravens
CLEVELAND BROWNS - ROMEO CRENNEL Romeo Crennel is entering his fourth season as Head Coach and was rewarded with a two-year contract extension (thru 2011) on Jan. 29, 2008. Crennel led the Browns to a 10-6 record in 2007, including a franchisebest seven consecutive home wins, and witnessed six Browns selected to the Pro Bowl. Crennel’s offense developed into a highly productive unit and ranked eighth in the NFL in offense (5,621 net yards) and scoring (402 points). The output of net yards and scoring also ranked third best in franchise history. Crennel was named head coach of the Cleveland Browns on Feb. 8, 2005, the 11th full-time head coach in franchise history. Crennel returned to Cleveland in 2005, after serving as the Browns defensive coordinator in 2000, and along with Phil Savage helped rebuild the football operations. Crennel previously led the Browns to a respectable 6-10 record in his first year as a head coach and added a 4-12 mark in 2006. His resume includes 38 years of coaching experience, including 27 years in the NFL. Prior to rejoining the Browns, Crennel served as the defensive coordinator for New England (2001-04), helping the Patriots to three Super Bowl victories. From 1997-99, Crennel coached the defensive line on the New York Jets. He spent 12 years on the New York Giants coaching staff starting as the special teams and defensive assistant coach in 1981. Crennel began his professional coaching career in 1970 at his alma mater, Western Kentucky. He also saw stints at Texas Tech, Mississippi and Georgia Tech before entering the professional ranks.
The Ravens enter Sunday’s contest 4-3 and have won their last two games. Baltimore downed Oakland 29-10 on Oct. 26. Rookie Joe Flacco leads the team with 1,216 yards on 119-of-191 passing with three TDs and seven INTs. RB Willis McGahee (351 yards) and FB Le’Ron McClain (313 yards) lead the rushing attack, while WR Derek Mason leads the team with 421 receiving yards on 34 receptions.
Defense Getting Turnovers With a +6 turnover ratio, the Browns rank tied for fourth in the NFL. Cleveland has totalled nine interceptions on the season with DB Eric Wright leading the squad with three. Cleveland has also recovered four fumbles. The Cleveland defense ranks 10th in the league in passing yards allowed per game with an average of 195.0 per contest. In addition, the Browns have not allowed a 100-yard receiver this season and David Garrard is the only quarterback to throw more than one TD pass vs. Cleveland.
14 or Fewer The Cleveland defense has allowed 14 or fewer points in four of its seven games this season. Last season, the Browns defense allowed 14 or fewer points in three games. The Browns defense ranks seventh in the league in points allowed with an average of 17.6 points per game.
BALTIMORE RAVENS - JOHN HARBAUGH John Harbaugh signed as the third head coach in Baltimore Ravens history on January 19, 2008. He served as the Eagles’ secondary coach in 2007, after leading the Eagles’ special teams for nine seasons (19982006). Under his leadership, Harbaugh’s special teams units were consistently ranked among the NFL’s best. Over the course of six seasons (2000-05), his teams were cumulatively ranked 1st in the NFL. Three of his assistants were selected to become special teams coordinators (Rory Segrest, Philadelphia; Dave Toub, Chicago; Ted Daisher, Oakland and Cleveland) for NFL teams. Prior to joining the Eagles in 1998, Harbaugh spent more than a decade coaching in the collegiate ranks with stops at Western Michigan (1984-86) under his father, Jack, who was the school’s head coach, University of Pittsburgh (1987), Morehead State (1988), and the University of Cincinnati (1989-96). In 1997, he spent a year on Cam Cameron’s Indiana University staff as its defensive backs/special teams coach before launching his NFL coaching career in Philadelphia.
Rogers Turning Heads DL Shaun Rogers has made a huge impact in his first season a member of the Browns. Rogers ranks third and leads all defensive lineman with 32 total tackles (22 solo and 8 asst.). Rogers leads the squad with 3.5 sacks, and has added 2 TFL, 10 QB pressures and one blocked field goal.
Sack Attack With three sacks against the Jaguars on Oct. 26, the Browns increased their season total to 11. Cleveland has recorded a sack in each of its last six contests. Through seven games last season, the Browns totaled seven sacks.
Home Sweet Home The Browns return to the friend confines of Cleveland Browns Stadium for four of its next five games. The Browns are 1-2 at home on the season. In 2007, the Browns set a franchise record with a 7-1 mark at home.
ON THE AIR CBS will broadcast the game with Kevin Harlan (playby-play) and analyst Rich Gannon calling the action.
Coaches Corner Crennel ..............................Coach ............................ Harbaugh
Cleveland Browns Radio Network: WMMS 100.7 FM
23-32 ................ Record with Current Team .................. 4-3
Pre-Game: “Countdown to Kickoff” 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (Bob Frantz, Mike Pagel)
4th ...... Years as Head Coach with Current Team....... 1st 23-32 ............ Career Record as Head Coach .............. 4-3
Game Announcers: Jim Donovan, Doug Dieken, Andre Knott
4th ................Career Years as Head Coach ................ 1st 10-6 ............................2007 Record .............................N/A
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THE SERIES
last time in the regular season
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Results vs. Baltimore Ravens: Regular Season Totals Home Away
Win/Loss 7-12-0 4-5-0 3-7-0
September 21, 2008 M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Md.
Pct. .368 .444 .300
The Ravens used three third quarter touchdowns to put the Browns away 28-10 at M&T Bank Stadium. Cleveland got on the board first in the second quarter after RB Jerome Harrison found the endzone on a 19-yard pass from QB Derek Anderson. The Ravens evened it up after a 5-yard run by RB Willis McGahee. A 38-yard Phil Dawson field goal gave the Browns a 10-7 advantage at the half. In the third stanza, Le’Ron McClain scored on two 1-yard runs and DB Ed Reed added a 32-yard interception return for a touchdown to account for Baltimore’s scoring. Anderson finished the contest 14-37 for 125 yards with one touchdown pass and three interceptions. Raven QB Joe Flacco finished 13-19 for 129 yards and two interceptions. RB Jamal Lewis led Cleveland on the ground with 56 yards and WR Braylon Edwards led with 27 yards on three receptions. LB D’Qwell Jackson and DB Mike Adams each recorded interceptions.
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Browns-Ravens Series Notes: • Phil Dawson has missed just two field goal attempts in games against the Ravens, going 21-of-23. • The Browns have had four 100-yard receiving games against the Ravens, the most recent coming on Sept. 24, 2006, when WR Braylon Edwards had five catches for 116 yards. • Current Browns and former Ravens RB Jamal Lewis rushed for 295 yards on 30 carries against the Browns on Sept. 14, 2003. His 295 rushing yards now rank second in NFL history.
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SCORING SUMMARY Play J. Harrison 19 yd. pass from D. Anderson (P. Dawson kick) (7-52, 3:14) W. McGahee 5 yd. run (M. Stover kick) (7-43, 4:15) P. Dawson 38 yd. Field Goal (13-55, 5:36) L. McClain 1 yd. run (M. Stover kick) (4-12, 2:17) E. Reed 32 yd. interception return (M. Stover kick) L. McClain 1 yd. run (M. Stover kick) (5-35, 3:08)
FIRST DOWNS: TIME OF POSSESSION: TOTAL NET YARDS: (Ru/Pa): PUNTS/Average: PENALTIES/Yards: FUMBLES/LOST:
TEAM STATISTICS CLE BAL 11 21 22:12 37:48 169 (70/96) 273 (151/122) 7-43.0 3-48.7 9-65 5-40 1-0 1-0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING: CLE: D. Anderson 14-37-125 (TD, 3 INT); BAL: J. Flacco 13-19-129 (2 INT) RUSHING: CLE: J. Lewis 12-56, J. Wright 1-11, L. Vickers 1-4, D. Anderson 2-(-1); BAL: L. McClain 17-66-2, W.McGahee 15-64-1, R. Rice 5-21, L. Neal 1-2, J. Flacco 6-(-2) RECEIVING: CLE: B. Edwards 3-27, J. Lewis 3-21, L. Vickers 2-21, K. Winlsow 2-14, S. Steptoe 2-6, J. Harrison 1-19-1, J. Cribbs 1-17; BAL: D. Mason 4-42, D. Williams 3-26, T. Heap 2-32, M. Clayton 2-14, W. McGahee 1-11, L. McLain 1-4 INTERCEPTIONS: CLE: D. Jackson 1-16, M. Adams 1-0; BAL: E. Reed 1-32, C. McAllister 1-12, S. Rolle 1-2 PUNTING: CLE: D. Zastudil 7-301 (43.0); BAL: S. Koch 3-146 (48.7) PUNT RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 2-24 (12.0); BAL: J. Leonhard 1-21 (21.0) KICKOFF RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 3-52 (17.3), D. Dinkins 1-11 (11.0), C. Ali 1-10 (10.0); BAL: J. Leonhard 3-78 (26.0)
On Deck Who: Denver Broncos (4-3) When: Thursday, Nov. 6 (NFL Network) at 8:15 p.m. Where: Cleveland Browns Stadium. Season Series: Denver leads, 15-5. Last Meeting: QB Charlie Frye hooked up with WR Joe Jurevicius on a nine-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter for the Browns lone score as Denver took home a 17-7 decision on Oct. 22, 2006. Frye finished with 149 yards passing (19-of-33), one touchdown and one interception, while his counterpart, QB Jake Plummer passed for 209 yards on 20-of-41 passes, one touchdown and two interceptions.
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BALTIMORE LWR M. Clayton LDE LT J. Gaither NT LG B. Grubbs RDE C J. Brown LOLB RG M. Yanda LILB RT A. Terry RILB TE T. Heap ROLB RWR D. Mason LCB QB J. Flacco RCB RB W. McGahee SS FB L. McClain FS
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Browns-Ravens CONNECTIONS FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES: Browns Sr. VP/General Manager Phil Savage was the Director of College Scouting from 1996-2003 with the Ravens, and the Director of Player Personnel from 2003-04. Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome spent 16 years with the Browns from 1979-1994 (12 as a player, 1979-90; 1991-92 as a Special Assignment Scout; 1993 as the assistant to the head coach and 1994 as the Director of Player Personnel). Browns Director of Player Personnel T.J. McCreight spent eight seasons (1997-04) in the Ravens personnel department.
FROM CLEVELAND: Ravens QB Troy Smith is from Cleveland, attended Glenville HS and starred at The Ohio State University, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 2006. Ravens S Haruki Nakamura is a Cleveland native and attended the University of Cincinnati. FROM OHIO: Ravens LB Prescott Burgess is from Warren and attended Warren G. Harding HS. Ravens WR Ernie Wheelwright is from Columbus. MARYLAND MEN: Browns OL Hank Fraley is from Gaithersburg and was a member of the Gaithersburg HS state championship team in 1995. Browns OL Kevin Shaffer was born in Salisbury. Browns LB D’Qwell Jackson played at the University of Maryland from 2002-05. Jackson was a teammate of Ravens T Jared Gaither at Maryland.
COACHES CORNER: Browns offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski was a graduate assistant at Miami (Fla.) when Ravens LB Ray Lewis played there. Browns offensive assistant Frank Verducci coached at Maryland (1981-83). Baltimore DL coach Clarence Brooks coached with the Browns in 1999. Brooks also coached with Scherer at Arizona (1990). In addition, Brooks was coaching for the Chicago Bears while Browns strength and conditioning coach Tom Myslinski and Ravens secondary coach Mark Carrier played for the Bears (1993-94). Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh spent ten years on the Philadelphia Eagles’ coaching staff and spent the 2004-05 seasons on the staff with Browns special teams coach Ted Daisher. Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan spent the 1994-95 seasons on the coaching staff of the Arizona Cardinals with Browns offensive assistant coach Dave Atkins. Offensive coordinator Cam Cameron coached with Browns linebackers coach Mike Haluchak with the Redskins from 1994-96 and also coached with Ted Daisher at Indiana from 1998-2000. Cameron also worked with Browns offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski in San Diego during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Ravens special teams coordinator Jerry Rosburg was on the coaching staff at the University of Cincinnati for one season with Ted Daisher in 1992. Rosburg also spent six seasons on the sidelines with the Browns from 2001-06. John “Mother” Dunn, assistant strength and conditioning coach for Baltimore, spent two seasons coaching with Mike Haluchak (1990-91) with the San Diego Chargers. Wide receivers coach Jim Hostler coached with Dave Atkins for two seasons (200102) with the New Orleans Saints, as did offensive line coach John Matsko in 1996. Matsko also coached with Mike Haluchak in St. Louis from 2000-02, as did running backs coach Wilbert Montgomery. Marwan Maalouf, assistant special teams coach for the Ravens, spent 2004 to 2006 on the sidelines with the Cleveland Browns. Baltimore secondary coach Chuck Pagano shares a number of links with the Browns organization and coaching staff. Pagano served as a coach for the Browns from 200104 and coached tight ends coach Alfredo Roberts and Rob Chudzinski at the University of Miami during the 1986 season. He also coached with Chudzinski when the Browns offensive coordinator rejoined the Hurricanes as a coach, from 1995-2000. Pagano also spent the 2006 season coaching with Ted Daisher in Oakland. Bob Rogucki, strength and conditioning coach for the Ravens, spent 15 years with the Arizona Cardinals and was on the staff with the Browns’ Dave Atkins from 199495. Rogucki also worked with Mike Haluchak and running backs coach Anthony Lynn in Jacksonville in 2004. Ravens offensive assistant Craig Ver Steeg worked with Ted Daisher at the University of Cincinnati from 1990-92.
FORMER BROWNS: Ravens K Matt Stover played for the Browns from 1991-95. CB Corey Ivy spent training camp with the Browns in 2000. FORMER RAVENS: Browns QB Derek Anderson entered the NFL as a sixth round choice of the Ravens in the 2005 NFL Draft. Browns RB Jamal Lewis was drafted in the first round (fifth overall) by the Ravens in the 2000 NFL Draft and played with the Ravens from 2000-06. He is their all-time leader in rushing yards. Browns TE Darnell Dinkins played for the Ravens (2004-05). Browns P Dave Zastudil was drafted by the Ravens in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft and played with the Ravens until 2005. SUPER BOWL BUDDIES: Browns WR Joe Jurevicius and Ravens DB Corey Ivy played in Tampa Bay together and were members of the Bucs Super Bowl XXXVII Championship team. HURRICANE HOMIES: Browns QB Ken Dorsey, TE Kellen Winslow, LB Leon Williams, Ravens RB Willis McGahee and S Ed Reed were all members of the Miami Hurricanes 2001 National Championship team. Browns offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski was the offensive coordinator/TEs coach and assistant OL coach Mike Sullivan was a graduate assistant for the Hurricanes at the time. MICHIGAN MEN: Browns WR Braylon Edwards and Ravens LB Prescott Burgess were teammates at Michigan. CORVALLIS CONNECTION: Browns QB Derek Anderson and Ravens DT Dwan Edwards were teammates at Oregon St. BOOMER SOONER(S): Browns DB Brodney Pool played with Ravens OG/C Chris Chester and WR Mark Clayton at Oklahoma. OTHER COLLEGE CONNECTIONS: Browns OL Joe Thomas and Ravens LS Matt Katula were teammates at Wisconsin…Cleveland FB Lawrence Vickers and Ravens TE Quinn Sypniewski were teammates at Colorado... Browns QB Brady Quinn was a teammate of Ravens S Tom Zbikowski at Notre Dame.
BROWNS-Ravens regular season SERIES FAST FACTS NUMBER OF MEETINGS: 19
Team Superlatives
Individual Highs
Browns’ Largest Margin of Victory: 17 (Browns 20, Ravens 3 – 9/12/04 at Cleveland) Ravens’ Largest Margin of Victory: 37 (Ravens 44, Browns 7 – 11/26/00 at Baltimore) Current Series Streak: Ravens 1 (Since 9/21/08) Browns’ Longest Win Streak: 2 (10/21/01 – 11/18/01) Ravens’ Longest Win Streak: 4 (9/26/99 – 11/26/00) Most Points by Browns: 33, Ravens 30 (OT) (11/18/07) Most Points by Ravens: 44, Browns 7 (11/26/00 at Baltimore) Most Points, Both Teams: 63 (Browns 33, Ravens 30 (OT) – 11/18/07 at Baltimore) Fewest Points by Browns: 0, Ravens 12 (10/1/00 at Cleveland); Ravens 35 (12/21/03 at Cleveland) Fewest Points by Ravens: 3, Browns 20 (9/12/04 at Cleveland) Fewest Points, Both Teams: 12 (Ravens 12, Browns 0 – 10/1/00 at Cleveland)
Rushing Attempts by a Brown: 24, James Jackson (10/21/01) Rushing Attempts by a Raven: 30, Jamal Lewis (11/26/00 & 9/14/03) Rushing Yards by a Brown: 92, Jamal Lewis (11/18/07) Rushing Yards by a Raven: 295, Jamal Lewis (9/14/03) Rushing Touchdowns by a Brown: 1, most recently by RB Jamal Lewis (11/18/07) Rushing Touchdowns by a Raven: 2, six times, recently by LeRon McClain (9/14/03) Passing Yards by a Brown: 298, Charlie Frye (9/24/06) Passing Yards by a Raven: 307, Steve McNair (9/30/07) Passing Touchdowns by a Brown: 2, Derek Anderson (12/17/06 & 9/30/07); Kelly Hol comb (10/6/02); Tim Couch (10/21/01) Passing Touchdowns by a Raven: 2, Kyle Boller (12/17/06); Chris Redman (10/6/02); Elvis Grbac (11/18/01); Trent Dilfer (11/26/00) Receptions by a Brown: 9, Antonio Bryant (1/1/06) Receptions by a Raven: 9, Todd Heap (9/12/04) Receiving Yards by a Brown: 165, Dennis Northcutt (10/6/02) Receiving Yards by a Raven: 132, Derrick Mason (9/24/06) Receiving Touchdowns by a Brown: 2, Dennis Northcutt (10/6/02) Receiving Touchdowns by a Raven: 2, Brandon Stokley (10/6/02)
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BROWNS 2008 RECORD...
Since 2007, the Browns are 11-1 in games when RB Jamal Lewis has 20 or more carries.
vs. AFC: 2-2 vs. NFC: 1-2 vs. AFC North: 1-2 At Home: 1-2 On the Road: 2-2 When scoring first: 3-1 When leading at halftime: 2-1 When trailing at halftime: 1-2 When leading at the start of the fourth quarter: 2-0 When trailing at the start of the fourth quarter: 1-4 When leading in time of possession: 2-2 When trailing in time of possession: 1-2 When totaling the most rushing yards: 1-0 When totaling the most passing yards: 1-0 When scoring a rushing TD: 3-0 When throwing a TD pass: 3-3 When finishing with a 300-yard passer: 1-0 When finishing with 200 or less passing yards: 2-4 When finishing with a 100-yard rusher: 0-0 When finishing with 99 or less rushing yards: 1-3 When finishing with a 100-yard receiver: 1-0 When causing two or more turnovers: 2-1 When turning the ball over two or more times: 1-1 When finishing with 10 or more penalties: 1-1 When finishing with 9 or less penalties: 2-3 When finishing with three or more sacks in a game: 2-0 When scoring 20 points or more: 3-0 When scoring less than 20 points: 0-4
GAMES WHERE LEWIS HAD 20 OR MORE CARRIES Date 9/16/07 9/30/07 11/4/07 11/18/07 11/25/07 12/9/07 12/16/07 12/23/07 12/30/07 9/28/08 10/13/08 10/26/08
Opponent Carries Cincinnati 27 Baltimore 23 Seattle 20 Baltimore 22 Houston 29 N.Y. Jets 21 Buffalo 33 Cincinnati 21 San Francisco 26 Cincinnati 25 New York Giants 21 Jacksonville 20
Yards 216 64 37 92 134 118 163 92 128 79 88 81
Result W, 51-45 W, 27-13 W, 33-30 (OT) W, 33-30 (OT) W, 27-17 W, 24-18 W, 8-0 L, 14-19 W, 20-7 W, 20-12 W, 35-14 W, 23-17
Browns Go Deep QB Derek Anderson completed three of the top-5 longest plays on the season against Jacksonville on Oct. 26 en route to 246 yards passing. Anderson connected with WR Syndric Steptoe in the fourth quarter for 53 yards for the second longest play on the year for Cleveland. On fourth and short, Anderson found TE Steve Heiden for 51 yards for the third longest play of the season. Anderson also hooked up with WR Braylon Edwards for 43 yards for the fifth longest play. None of the top-5 longest plays of the season have resulted in a touchdown. LONGEST PLAYS OF THE SEASON Play Yards 1. Anderson pass to Edwards 70 2. Anderson pass to Steptoe 53 3. Anderson pass to Heiden 51 4. Anderson pass to Edwards 49 5. Anderson pass to Edwards 43
TALE OF THE TAPE 2008 REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS CLE (NFL rank) BAL (NFL rank) POINTS SCORED PER GAME 16.4 (27) 19.1 (26) TOTAL YARDS PER GAME 265.7 (30) 307.3 (24) 97.9 (26) 142.4 (5) RUSHING YARDS PER GAME PASSING YARDS PER GAME 167.9 (26) 164.9 (27) POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME 17.6 (7) 15.8 (T3) TOTAL DEFENSIVE YARDS PER GAME 336.6 (21) 242.4 (2) RUSHING DEFENSIVE YARDS PER GAME 141.6 (24) 64.3 (1) 178.1 (3) PASSING DEFENSIVE YARDS PER GAME 195.0 (10) TURNOVER RATIO +6 (T4) -4 (T24)
Opp. NYG Jax Jax NYG Jax
Date Oct. 13 Oct. 26 Oct. 26 Oct. 13 Oct. 26
Anderson Increases Streak QB Derek Anderson extended his streak of passing attempts without an interception to 105, his career best. Anderson ranks as the seventh longest current streak in the NFL at 105. His last interception came against Cincinnati on Sept. 28. His previous career best was 92 attempts spanning from Nov. 4 against Seattle to Nov. 18 at Baltimore during the 2007 season.
lEWIS 24th on Career rushing list
LONGEST CURRENT STREAKS / CONSECUTIVE ATTEMPTS WITHOUT THROWING AN INTERCEPTION Total Player Team 1. 252 Jason Campbell Washington 2. 203 Todd Collins Washington 3. 151 David Garrard Jacksonville 4. 133 Cleo Lemon Jacksonville 5. 116 Kyle Orton Chicago 6. 111 Jeff Garcia Tampa Bay 7. 105 Derek Anderson Cleveland
With 9,589 career yards, RB Jamal Lewis ranks 24th on the NFL’s all-time career rushing list. With his 80 yards against Washington on Oct. 19, Lewis passed Shaun Alexander for 24th on the list. Lewis passed Earl Campbell with 88 yards against the Giants on Oct. 13. CAREER RUSHING LEADERS Player 23. Ottis Anderson 24. Jamal Lewis 25. Shaun Alexander 26. Earl Campbell
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Seasons Games Attempts Yards 1979-92 (14) 182 2,562 10,273 2000-08 (8) 113 2,249 9,589 2000-08 (9) 121 2,185 9,448 1978-85 (8) 115 2,187 9,407
Heiden Has Big Day
Hall Ranks Second in Rookie Sacks
TE Steve Heiden totaled 73 receiving yards on three receptions against Jacksonville on Oct. 26. Heiden’s 73 yards were his highest total since he recorded a career-high 104 yards against Green Bay on Sept. 18, 2005. Heiden recorded the second longest reception of his career when he went 51 yards on a fourth and short. His longest career reception went for a 62-yard touchdown against the Packers in 2005.
Seventh-round pick LB Alex Hall has had a strong showing in his first NFL season. Hall recorded a sack in three consecutive games against Baltimore on Sept. 21, Cincinnati on Sept. 28 and the New York Giants on Oct. 13. With his three sacks, Hall ranks second among all NFL rookies in sacks. -5-
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Cribbs Having Special Season
RB Jamal Lewis ranks fifth on the all-time career rushing list among active players. Among the top-5, Lewis has played in the fewest games and has the least attempts.
WR/KR Joshua Cribbs recorded two special teams tackles and recovered a key fumble on a kickoff return against the Jaguars on Oct. 26. Cribbs leads the Browns with six special teams tackles. He also leads in punt (134) and kickoff (264) return yards. In 2007, Cribbs was the only player in the NFL to lead his team in kickoff return yards, punt return yards and special teams tackles.
ACTIVE CAREER RUSHING LEADERS Player 1. Edgerrin James (Ariz.) 2. LaDanian Tomlinson (S.D.) 3. Fred Taylor (Jack.) 4. Warrick Dunn (T.B.) 5. Jamal Lewis (Cle.) 6. Shaun Alexander (Wash.)
Seasons Games Attempts Avg. Yards 1999-08 (10) 135 2,957 4.1 11,987 2001-08 (8) 119 2,507 4.5 11,201 1998-08 (11) 134 2,365 4.6 10,981 1997-08 (12) 174 2,572 4.1 10,604 2000-08 (8) 113 2,249 4.3 9,589 2000-08 (9) 121 2,185 4.3 9,448
Rogers Adds to Blocked Kick Total With his fourth quarter block of a game-tying field goal attempt against Jacksonville on Oct. 26, DL Shaun Rogers increased his career total to 12 blocked kicks. Rogers has blocked 11 field goals and one PAT during his nine-year career. As a member of the Detroit Lions, Rogers blocked two field goals against San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2001.
Defense Grounds Jacksonville Runners
Wright Named Defensive Player of the Week
The Browns limited the Jacksonville running attack of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew to 53 combined rushing yards on 20 carries (2.7 avg.) on Oct. 26. Jacksonville entered the game 14th in the NFL in rushing yards per game.
DB Eric Wright was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 15. Wright had three solo tackles, two passes defensed and one interception returned for a touchdown in Monday Night’s 35-14 win over the New York Giants on Oct. 13. In the contest, Wright’s fourth quarter interception sealed the victory as his 94-yard interception return for a touchdown turned a 13 point advantage into the 35-14 final. The interception return also was the fourth longest in club history.
CRENNEL NAMED COACH of the Week Head coach Romeo Crennel was voted the Motorola NFL Cach of the Week for Week 6. Crennel led the Browns to a 35-14 win over the undefeated Super Bowl champion New York Giants on Monday Night Football. Browns QB Derek Anderson threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns finding WR Braylon Edwards for 154 of those yards and one touchdown, while RB Jamal Lewis rushed for another touchdown and 88 yards. The Cleveland defense consistently pressured Giants QB Eli Manning leading to three picks by three different Browns defenders including a 94-yard interception return for a touchdown by CB Eric Wright.
Wright currently is tied for fifth in the NFL with three interceptions. In six games this season, Wright ranks fifth on the club with 27 tackles, including 23 solo, leads the team with three interceptions and is tied for first on the club with four passes defensed.
Edwards Has Career Night
Anderson Spreading it Around
WR Braylon Edwards set a career high with 154 receiving yards on five receptions and a touchdown against the Giants on Oct. 13. It marked the ninth career 100-yard receiving game for Edwards. His previous career best was 149 yards at Arizona on Dec. 12, 2007.
QB Derek Anderson set a season high with a completion to nine different receivers against Washington on Oct. 19. Anderson connected with WRs Braylon Edwards (4), Donte’ Stallworth (2), Joshua Cribbs (1), TEs Kellen Winslow (2), Steve Heiden (1), Darnell Dinkins (1), RB Jamal Lewis (1) and FBs Charles Ali (1) and Lawrence Vickers (1).
Edwards hooked up with QB Derek Anderson for a 49-yard reception which led to a K Phil Dawson first quarter field goal. In the second quarter, Edwards broke free for a 70-yard catch before being taken down at the 4 yard line, which led to a RB Jamal Lewis touchdown. In the fourth quarter Anderson found Edwards in the back of the endzone for an 11-yard score to put the Browns up two scores.
Browns Get Offensive Against the Giants In the 35-14 victory over the Giants on Oct. 13, the Browns set season highs for points (35), first downs (20), net yards (454), rushing yards (144), passing yards (310) and it marked the first time that the Browns were not sacked all season.
BROWNS ACCOMPLISH RARE FEAT
Cleveland also converted on 9-of-13 third downs for a 69% success rate, also a season best.
In the Browns 35-14 win over the Giants on Oct. 13, P Dave Zastudil enjoyed a quiet evening. The Browns offense did not have to punt, did not commit a turnover or allow a sack for the first time in club history. Since 1963, when sacks were officially recorded, there have only been four NFL games where an offense has not allowed a sack, committed a turnover or had to register a punt in a regular season game.
#4 Ranks Fifth K Phil Dawson currently ranks as the NFL’s sixth most accurate kicker of alltime. Dawson has connected on seven of his nine field goals attempts in 2008. HIGHEST CAREER FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE Player Mike Vanderjagt Nate Kaeding Shayne Graham Matt Stover Phil Dawson Jeff Reed John Carney Ryan Longwell Matt Bryant Jason Hanson
FG 230 106 163 444 194 145 443 283 123 394
FGA 266 123 190 531 234 175 538 345 150 481
NFL GAMES WITH NO PUNTS, TURNOVERS OR SACKS Team Date Cleveland October 13, 2008 NY Jets December 19, 2004 Tampa Bay November 1, 1998 San Francisco December 19, 1993
PCT 86.47 86.18 85.79 83.62 82.91 82.86 82.34 82.03 82.00 81.91
Also, the last game the Browns did not have to punt in the contest was Nov. 5, 1995 vs. Houston.
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Jones Sets Career High
Defense Holds Opponents under 300 yards
DB Sean Jones made an impact in his first game back after missing the previous four contests due to a knee injury. The fifth-year pro recorded career high 16* total tackles (10 solo and 6 asst.) against Washington on Oct. 19. His previous career high was 13 against Cincinnati on Sept. 17, 2006.
The Browns defense has limited three of its last six opponents under 300 yards of total offense. Cleveland held Pittsburgh to 281 yards, Baltimore to 273 and Cincinnati to 211. The last time the Browns held three consecutive opponents to under 300 yards of total offense came in the final three contests of 2007. Last year, the Browns only held three opponents under 300 yards all season.
*Based on coaches film review. UNDER 300 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE IN 2008
Dawson reaches milestone
Date 9/14/08 9/21/08 9/28/08
With his four points against the Ravens on Sept. 21, K Phil Dawson topped the 800 point milestone and totaled 803 career points. Dawson has registered a point in each of the last 28 games. The last time Dawson failed to record a point was against Cincinnati on Nov. 26, 2006. Against the Jaguars on Oct. 26, he added three field goals and a two extra points and moved his career total to 834 points.
Opponent Pittsburgh Baltimore Cincinnati
Total yards 273 273 211
Result L, 6-10 L, 10-28 W, 20-12
Scoreless Streak Snapped The Browns posted back-to-back scoreless halves in the second half against the Giants on Oct. 13 and in the first half against Washington on Oct. 19. After WR Plaxico Burress scored on a 3-yard pass from Eli Manning with 12 seconds remaining in the second quarter, the Browns went 62:44 without allowing a point until RB Clinton Portis found the endzone on a 3-yard run with 12:28 in the third quarter.
Cribbs Scores First Offensive Touchdown WR/KR Joshua Cribbs scored his first career touchdown against the Redskins on a 1-yard pass from QB Derek Anderson on Oct. 19. The touchdown was the sixth of his career as he has added four kickoff return touchdowns and a punt return for a touchdown.
D’Qwell Ties Career Best
New D-Lineman Set an Early Tone
LB D’Qwell Jackson tied a personal best with 16* total tackles against the Giants on Oct. 13. Jackson was credited with 11 solo and 5 assists. Jackson also recorded 16 total tackles against Cincinnati on Nov. 26, 2006 and Carolina on Oct. 8, 2006. Jackson has finished first or second on the team in tackles each game this season and he leads the team with 77 total tackles this season.
On Sunday, Sept. 14, against the Steelers, DE Corey Williams posted a careerhigh nine tackles, including six solo and three assisted tackles, for the fifth-year pro. Williams led the team in tackles and also shared a sack with S Nick Sorensen on a nine-yard sack of Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger. Since Romeo Crennel brought the 3-4 defensive scheme to the Browns in 2005, Williams’ performance marked only the fifth time since 2005 that a defensive lineman has either led the club or tied for the lead in tackles in a game.
*Based on coaches’ film review Date/Opponent 9/14/08 vs. Pittsburgh 12/16/07 at Cincinnati 12/24/05 vs. Pittsburgh 12/18/05 at Oakland 11/13/05 at Pittsburgh
UNDER THE CENTER Since 1999, the Browns have had ten different starting quarterbacks. Since 1999, the Browns opening day starter at QB has included Ty Detmer (1999); Tim Couch (2000, 2001), Kelly Holcomb (2002, 2003), Jeff Garcia (2004), Trent Dilfer (2005), Charlie Frye (2006, 2007), and Derek Anderson (2008).
In addition, DT Shaun Rogers provided an eight tackle, three solo, three assisted and two tackles for loss, effort against Pittsburgh, along with his first sack for six yards as a member of the Browns. In the contest, Rogers tied for second on the club in tackles with LB D’Qwell Jackson.
Here is a look at the Browns starting QBs since 1999 and their records as starters during the regular season. Quarterback Derek Anderson (2006-08) Tim Couch (1999-2003) Trent Dilfer (2005) Kelly Holcomb (2001-04) Charlie Frye (2005-07) Jeff Garcia (2004) Doug Pederson (2000) Luke McCown (2004) Ty Detmer (1999) Spergon Wynn (2000) TOTALS
Games Started 25 games 59 games 11 games 12 games 19 games 10 games 8 games 4 games 2 games 1 game 151 games
Record 13-12 22-37 4-7 4-8 6-13 3-7 1-7 0-4 0-2 0-1 53-98
Player/Tackles Corey Williams – 9 tackles – led the team Shaun Smith – 8 tackles – tied for team lead Alvin McKinley – 9 tackles – tied for team lead Jason Fisk – 9 tackles – led the team Orpheus Roye – 9 tackles – tied for team lead
Pct. .520 .373 .364 .333 .316 .300 .125 .000 .000 .000 .351
With Williams’ nine tackles and Rogers’ eight tackles against Pittsburgh, it marked the first time since 2005 that two Browns defensive lineman have produced eight tackles or more in a single contest.
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15 new to team
Browns Name 2008 Captains
Romeo Crennel’s 2008 squad features 38 players from last year’s squad and 15 new players to round out the 53-man roster.
Browns Head Coach Romeo Crennel named LB Willie McGinest, LB Andra Davis, QB Derek Anderson, C Hank Fraley, K Phil Dawson and KR Joshua Cribbs as team captains for the 2008 season. The players were voted upon by their teammates.
Defense (9): Starters DT Shaun Rogers and DE Corey Williams; veterans DB Terry Cousin, DB Travis Daniels, LB Shantee Orr and DB Hamza Abdullah; and rookies LB Beau Bell, LB Alex Hall, DB Gerard Lawson, DL Ahtyba Rubin and DE Santonio Thomas.
McGinest (15th season) and Davis (7th season) will serve as defensive captains, Anderson (4th season) and Fraley (9th season) will serve as offensive captains, while Dawson (10th season) and Cribbs (4th season) as special teams captains.
Offense (4): Starters OL Rex Hadnot and WR Donte’ Stallworth; veteran OL Scott Young; and rookie TE Martin Rucker.
Each NFL club will have team captains wear a captain patch on their uniform. The idea came from NFL players during a meeting of Commissioner Roger Goodell’s new Player Advisory Council last season. The purpose of the program is to support and recognize the importance of team leadership through the role of the captains. Captains traditionally serve as a link between players, coaches and management to help foster cohesion within the teams.
Only K Phil Dawson remains from the Browns original 1999 roster. Also, only seven players remain from prior to Romeo Crennel and Phil Savage joining the Browns following the 2004 season: Dawson, LB Andra Davis, TE Steve Heiden, S Sean Jones, LS Ryan Pontbriand, OL Ryan Tucker and TE Kellen Winslow.
Defense Grounds Bengals Running Attack
Zastudil sets franchise record
The Browns defense limited the Bengals to just 69 yards rushing in the Browns 20-12 victory on Sept. 28. The 69 yards rushing was the least amount that the Browns have allowed since Romeo Crennel brought the 3-4 defense to Cleveland in 2005.
With winds gusting between 40-50 miles per hour on Sunday Sept. 14, against Pittsburgh, the conditions were perfect for a difficult task for kickers on the special teams units. However, Browns P Dave Zastudil established a careerbest 53.0 gross average and 52.8 net average on his five punts for 265 yards. Zastudil’s net average also established a team single-game mark (dating back to 1970) and ranks tied for second-highest net punting single-game average in the NFL. More impressively, Zastudil set the tone early in the contest as four of his five punts came in the first quarter kicking into the gusty winds and his fifth kick came in the third stanza into the wind as well.
FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED SINCE 2005 Date 9/28/08 11/25/07 10/28/07 11/27/05 9/24/06
Opponent Cincinnati Houston St. Louis Minnesota Baltimore
Rushing Yards Allowed 69 77 79 81 86
Highest net punting average in a game (minimum: 4 punts) since 1970: Total 59.5 52.8 52.8
Browns Honor Hall of Fame Guard The Browns will honor Hall of Fame offensive guard Gene Hickerson by wearing a sticker on the back, lower left of the helmet next to the NFL Shield for the remainder of the season. The round sticker will be black and have GH in white lettering. Hickerson passed away Oct. 20 at the age of 73. Hickerson joined the Browns as a seventh-round draft choice out of Mississippi in 1957. His 15-year career, all with the Browns (1958-60, 1962-73), ended in 1973 as he played in 202 games, which ranks fourth highest in franchise history, including a streak of 165 consecutive games, which also ranks fifth longest in team annals. He appeared in six Pro Bowls (1966-71) and was voted an all-league selection on five occasions (1966-70). Hickerson was named the NFL’s most outstanding blocker in 1969 and throughout his career was part of an offensive line that paved the way for three Hall of Famers, legendary running backs Jim Brown, Bobby Mitchell and Leroy Kelly. “Everyone associated with the Cleveland Browns is saddened by his loss,” said Browns Head Coach Romeo Crennel. “His tenacity as a blocker and toughness as a player epitomized what it is to be a Cleveland Brown. We send our thoughts, prayers and condolences to the Hickerson family.”
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2008 Browns Legends
Once again the Browns were busy during free agency. Not only did Cleveland ink several new players, but they also made several key trades to help the continued improvement of the team. Below is a recap of the Browns free agency activity:
The Cleveland Browns have announced that Warren Lahr (1948-59), Paul Wiggin (1957-67), Walter Johnson (1965-76) and Eric Metcalf (1989-94) are the newest members of the Cleveland Browns Legends based on the combined voting of fans and 10-member panel. All four Legends were inducted at a special ceremony at Cleveland Browns Stadium during the Browns home game vs. The New York Giants on October 13.
Name (Old team): How acquired DL Corey Williams (Green Bay): Trade (2008 2nd round pick)
The Browns created the Cleveland Browns Legends in 2001 to annually honor former players who have made a major impact on the organization. Players must have been on the Browns’ active roster for a minimum of five seasons. The Cleveland Browns Legends were determined by fan balloting on the Browns’ website – www.clevelandbrowns.com - (weighted 20%) along with voting by a 10-member Legends Panel (weighted 80%). Each of the Browns alumni in the Pro Football Hall of Fame were automatically inducted into the Cleveland Browns Legends.
• Played in 56 games for Green Bay and totaled 156 tackles and 17 sacks. Has recorded seven sacks in each of the last two seasons. In 2007 with the Packers, Williams played in all 16 games, including nine starts, and totaled a career-high 51 tackles, seven sacks for 38 yards, one interception for nine yards, three forced fumbles and one pass defended. DL Shaun Rogers (Detroit): Trade (CB Leigh Bodden and 2008 3rd round pick)
Warren Lahr – DB– 5’11 – 189 lbs – Years with Browns: 1948-59 A staple in the defensive backfield for the Browns for 12 seasons, Warren Lahr finished his storied career with 40 interceptions, landing him second on the alltime franchise list. In 1950, Lahr had his most prolific season as a cornerback, intercepting a career-best eight passes and ran back two picks for touchdowns. The Pennsylvania native followed his stellar 1950 season by returning two more interceptions for touchdowns in 1951 and started a streak of five seasons (19511955) where he recorded five interceptions. A graduate of Western Reserve, Lahr ended his career with 530 interception return yards and five defensive touchdowns and cemented his place in Browns history. Lahr passed away on Jan. 19, 1969.
• Seven-year veteran with Detroit has appeared in 98 career games, including 96 starts, and totaled 447 tackles, including 296 solo and 29.5 sacks for 217.5 yards. Named to two Pro Bowls following the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Had a career-high 7 sacks in 2007, starting all 16 games and adding 66 tackles and returning an interception 66 yards for a TD vs. Denver on Nov. 4, 2007. WR Donte’ Stallworth (New England): UFA • Six-year NFL veteran who has played in 84 games with New Orleans, Philadelphia and New England and has totaled 279 receptions for 4,213 yards (15.1 avg.) and 31 touchdowns. Last season with New England, Stallworth totaled 46 receptions for 697 yards and three touchdowns.
Paul Wiggin – DE – 6’3 – 242 lbs – Years with Browns: 1957-67 Wiggin aided with the progression of the defensive end position as one of the most dominant players of his era on the end of the defensive line. A sixth-round pick in the 1957 NFL draft out of Stanford University, Wiggin was a two-time first-team All-America selection and was inducted into the college football Hall of Fame in 2005. The durable Wiggin was the picture of endurance, playing in every game for 11 seasons in Cleveland. Despite playing his entire career at defensive end, Wiggin recorded three career interceptions and returned his lone interception in 1960, 20 yards for a touchdown. Born in Modesto, Calif., Wiggin returned to his alma mater and coached for three years after a three-year stint as a coach with the Kansas City Chiefs.
OL Rex Hadnot (Miami): UFA • Played in 63 games, including 55 starts, during his four-year career with the Miami Dolphins. During his career, Hadnot has started 34 games at right guard, 19 games at center and two games at left guard. Hadnot started 16 games at right guard last season with the Dolphins.
Walter Johnson – DT – 6’4 – 275 lbs – Years with Browns: 1965-76 Nicknamed “Zoom” for his notorious quickness off the ball, Johnson was taken by the Browns in the second round of 1965 NFL draft and went on to play every game of all of his 13 seasons in the league. Johnson teamed with DT Jerry Sherk to create one of the most dominant defensive tackle tandems of their time. During his career, Johnson fronted a Browns defense that notched twenty or more forced fumbles in every season he was on the team. Even as an interior defensive lineman, Johnson corralled two interceptions during his storied career and even broke off a 24-yard kickoff return playing special teams in 1972. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Johnson attended Los Angeles State University and ended his NFL career having played in 182 games. Johnson passed away on June 30, 1999.
DB Terry Cousin (Jacksonville): UFA • Eleven-year veteran who has played in 156 career games, including 68 starts, with Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Carolina, N.Y. Giants and Jacksonville. Cousin has 533 career tackles, 12 interceptions, 6.5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and 5 recovered fumbles during his career.
LB Shantee Orr (Jacksonville): UFA • Split last season with Houston and Jacksonville and appeared in a total of nine games, including two starts. Has appeared in 51 career games, including 25 starts. Orr has totaled 89 career tackles and 10.5 sacks for 64.5 yards and has added 25 career tackles on special teams.
Eric Metcalf – RB/KR – 5’10 – 188 lbs – Years with Browns: 1989-94 An explosive player at the University of Texas, Metcalf was selected by the Browns with the 13th overall pick in the 1989 NFL draft and made an immediate impact. In his rookie season, Metcalf rushed for 633 yards and six touchdowns while also reeling in 54 receptions for 397 yards and four scores. As a kick returner, Metcalf was regarded as one of the most dangerous players with the ball as shown by his 1,052 return yards in his second season, including two touchdowns one of which came via a 101-yard kickoff return. As his versatility increased throughout his career, Metcalf earned back-to-back Pro Bowl selections in 1994 and 1995 before he was traded to the Atlanta Falcons. With 43 career touchdowns from scrimmage and 12 more from kickoffs, the Seattle, Wash., native remains one of the biggest playmakers in the history of the Browns organization.
Back with Browns Phil Savage re-signed several key components that helped the Browns to a 10-6 record in 2007. The Browns signed QB Derek Anderson (thru 2010), RB Jamal Lewis (thru 2010), S Nick Sorensen (thru 2010), OL Seth McKinney (thru 2008), LB Kris Griffin (thru 2008) and FB Charles Ali (thru 2008). -9-
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Coaching, Front OfFice and Draft Moves Browns promote Tucker
cRENNEL GETS EXTENSION Romeo Crennel - Head Coach
Mel Tucker - Defensive Coordinator
Romeo Crennel led the Browns to a 10-6 record in 2007, including a franchise best seven consecutive home wins, and witnessed six Browns selected to the Pro Bowl. Crennel was rewarded with a two-year contract extension (through 2011) on Jan. 29, 2008. Crennel’s 2007 team ranked 8th overall in offense and scoring, as the Browns scored 402 points and totaled 5,621 net yards of offense, as both rank third best in franchise history. Crennel was named head coach of the Cleveland Browns on Feb. 8, 2005, the 11th full-time head coach in franchise history. Crennel returned to Cleveland in 2005 after serving as the Browns defensive coordinator in 2000 and along with Phil Savage helped rebuild the football operations. Crennel previously led the Browns to a respectable 6-10 record in his first year as a head coach and added a 4-12 mark in 2006. His resume includes 38 years of coaching experience, including 27 years in the NFL.
The Cleveland Browns named Mel Tucker defensive coordinator. In 2008, Tucker received a two-year contract extension and is signed through the 2010 season. Tucker spent the last three seasons as the Browns defensive backs coach under head coach Romeo Crennel. Tucker, a Cleveland native, inherited a young secondary in 2007 as the Browns ranked 24th in the league, allowing 230.1 yards passing per game. Tucker was responsible for the development of two young safeties in the secondary and tutoring youth at the corner position as well. Tucker assisted in the development of two rookie draft choices who made an immediate impact in the Browns secondary. Secondround selection Eric Wright started 13 games at left corner and tied for second on the team with 11 passes defended, while fifth-round pick Brandon McDonald became a force in the second half of the season as the nickel defensive back and tied Wright for second on the club with 11 passes defended. Tucker previously served as defensive backs coach and co-defensive coordinator for Ohio State University for four seasons (2001-04) and the defensive backs coach at Louisiana State University for the 2000 season. Tucker began coaching as a graduate assistant at Michigan State in 1997 and 1998 before taking the defensive backs coach position at Miami (Ohio) University in 1999.
Savage Inks EXTENSION Phil Savage - Senior Vice President/GM Phil Savage was rewarded with a three-year contract extension (thru 2012) on May 2, 2008, following an exciting 2007 season that witnessed the Browns improve to 10-6, including a franchise best seven consecutive home wins, and six Browns selected to the Pro Bowl. The 2007 team ranked eighth overall in offense and scoring, as the Browns scored 402 points and totaled 5,621 net yards of offense, both marking third in franchise history. Savage was named Senior Vice President and General Manager on Jan. 6, 2005. Savage, an 18-year veteran of the NFL, is known throughout the NFL as one of the league’s top talent evaluators. Savage implements the organizational strategy for football operations and is responsible for all pro and college personnel acquisitions. Savage works directly with Head Coach Romeo Crennel in determining goals and needs for the team and arranging financial guidelines and parameters for contract negotiations and budgets.
THE BROWNS ADD Five ON DRAFT DAY Rd. 4a. 4b. 6a. 6b. 7.
Overall 104 111 190 191 231
Name Beau Bell Martin Rucker Ahtyba Rubin Paul Hubbard Alex Hall
College UNLV Missouri Iowa State Wisconsin St. Augustine
Pos. LB TE DL WR LB
Ht. 6-1 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-5
Wt. 250 260 330 225 250
Bell - During his collegiate career at UNLV, appeared in 41 games, including 26 starts, and collected 320 tackles, 186 solo, 10.5 sacks for 62 yards, 27 TFL, 5 PBU, 4 interceptions, 6 forced fumbles and 1 recovered fumble…His 320 career tackles ranks second on the school’s all-time list (Adam Seward, 433, 2001-04) and fifth in Mountain West Conference annals.
Browns promote undlin Cory Undlin - Defensive Backs Coach The Cleveland Browns named Cory Undlin as defensive backs coach. Undlin received a one-year contract extension and is signed through the 2009 season. Undlin spent the last three seasons as the Browns secondary coach/assistant special teams coach under head coach Romeo Crennel. Undlin came to Cleveland from the New England Patriots, where he spent the 2004 season as the defensive assistant helping with the defensive backs. Undlin was part of a Patriots team that won back-to-back Super Bowl championships and also won an NFL record 21 straight games. Before joining New England, Undlin spent two seasons assisting with the defensive backs as a graduate assistant at Fresno State University (2002-03). During those two seasons, Fresno State won back-to-back Silicon Valley Bowls by defeating Georgia Tech and UCLA, respectively. Prior to Fresno State, Undlin spent four years at Cal Lutheran University as a linebackers/defensive coordinator (1998-2002). Undlin played defensive back at Cal Lutheran from 1990–94, and received a Master’s degree from CLU in 2003. -10-
Rucker - During his collegiate career at Missouri, started all 50 games and totaled 203 receptions for 2,175 yards (10.7 avg.) and 18 TDs…Holds the school career-record with 203 receptions…His 203 career receptions are the most ever by a Big Twelve Conference tight end and also ranks eighth among receivers in Conference history. Rubin - In 24 games at Iowa State, started 21 contests at nose guard and recorded 76 tackles, 42 solo, with 2.5 sacks for 13 yards, 8 TFL, 1 PBU, 1 recovered fumble and 1 forced fumble. *Hubbard - Former football walk-on who was known for his track exploits when he arrived as a freshman…Played in 35 games, including 21 starts, during his collegiate career at Wisconsin…Recorded 53 receptions for 936 yards (17.7 avg.) and 5 TDs. Hall - Appeared in 30 games, including 29 starts, at St. Augustine (Division II) and holds the school career records with 26 sacks for 168 yards and 51 TFL… Totaled 156 tackles, including 92 solo, 4 recovered fumbles, 1 forced fumble, 4 PBU and 11 QB pressures during his collegiate career. *denotes player on practice squad
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Derek Anderson profile DEREK ANDERSON #3
ANDERSON’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS PASSING ATTEMPTS: 48 (2x) last at Cincinnati 12/23/07 COMPLETIONS: 29 (2x) last at Cincinnati 12/23/07 PASSING YARDS: 364 vs. Seattle 11/4/07 PASSING TDs: 5 vs. Cincinnati 9/16/07 LONG PASS: 78t vs. Baltimore 9/30/07 INTERCEPTIONS: 4 (2x) last at Cincinnati 12/23/07 RUSH ATTEMPTS: 5 vs. Miami 10/14/07 RUSH YARDS: 44 vs. Kansas City 12/3/06 LONG RUSH: 33 vs. Kansas City 12/3/06 COMPLETION: 72% (2x) last at STL 10/28/07 QB RATING: 143.0 at St. Louis 10/28/07
Quarterback Height: 6-6 Weight: 230 College: Oregon State Birthdate: June 15, 1983 How Acquired: W (Balt.) – ‘05 Year with Browns: 4th Year in NFL: 4th Games Played/Started: 2005 (0/0); 2006 (5/3); 2007 (16/15); 2008 (7/7). Career Games: 28 games, 25 starts. Postseason Games: 0 games, 0 starts. Career Transactions: Drafted by Baltimore in the sixth round, 213th overall, in the 2005 NFL Draft…Waived by Baltimore on Sept. 20, 2005…Claimed by Cleveland via waivers from Baltimore on Sept. 21, 2005... Signed by Cleveland to a three-year contract on Feb. 29, 2008.
300-yard Passing Games (4)
Career Highlights: Named to his first Pro Bowl and had a breakout season in 2007 by passing for 29 TDs on 298-of-527 passing for 3,787 yards and a 82.5 QB rating…Tied a franchise mark with 5 TD passes in a 51-45 win over Cincinnati on Sept. 16.
Yards 364 328 310 304
Anderson Goes Bowling
Date 11/04/2007 09/16/2007 10/13/2008 12/02/2007
Opponent vs. Seattle vs. Cincinnati vs. NY Giants at Arizona
TD 0 5 2 2
In 2007, Browns QB Derek Anderson became the first Cleveland quarterback named to a Pro Bowl since Bernie Kosar earned the nod in 1988. Anderson threw for a career-high 3,787 yards, including a career-best 364 yards in the Browns Week Nine win over the Seahawks. Anderson ranked first among QBs with 12.71 yards-per-completion average in 2007. Anderson racked up 29 passing TDs, which tied for the second most in a single season in franchise history.
ANDERSON’S CAREER PASSING STATISTICS Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 NFL
Team GP Cleveland 0 Cleveland 5 Cleveland 16 Cleveland 7 Totals 28
GS 0 3 15 7 25
(W-L) Record 0-0 0-3 10-5 3-4 13-12
Att 0 117 527 210 854
Cmp 0 66 298 104 468
Pct. 0.0% 56.4% 56.5% 49.5% 54.8%
Yds 0 793 3,787 1,235 5,815
Yds/Att. 0.0 6.8 7.2 5.9 6.8
TD 0 5 29 7 41
Int 0 8 19 6 33
Lg 0 54 78t 70 78t
Yds. Lost 0 66 109 60 235
Sk 0 8 14 10 32
QB Rating 0.0 63.1 82.5 67.1 76.0
2008 Offensive Game-By-Game Statistics Date 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Totals
Opp. DAL PIT at Balt at Cin NYG at Wash at Jac BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 7 games
Comp 11 18 14 15 18 14 14
Att. 24 32 37 24 29 37 27
Yds 114 166 125 138 310 136 246
Pct 45.8% 56.3% 37.8% 62.5% 62.0% 37.8% 51.9%
TD 1 0 1 1 2 1 1
Int 0 2 3 1 0 0 0
LG 18 23 19 20 70 20 53
Sk 1 2 4 1 0 1 1
Rat 74.0 44.5 22.9 74.7 121.3 57.9 96.5
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Yards 295 216 205 187 187 186 180 170 167 163 135 134 134 132 131 130 128 126
Running Back Height: 5-11 Weight: 245 College: Tennessee Birth Date: Aug. 26, 1979 How Acquired: UFA (Balt.) – ’07 Year with Browns: 2nd Year in NFL: 9th Games Played Started: 2000 (16/13, 4/3); 2001 (0/0, 0/0); 2002 (16/15); 2003 (16/16, 1/1); 2004 (12/12); 2005 (15/15); 2006 (16/16, 1/1); 2007 (15/15); 2008 (7/7). Career Totals: 113 games, 109 starts Postseason Totals: 6 games, 5 starts Career Transactions: Originally drafted by Baltimore in the first round, 5th overall, in the 2000 NFL Draft…Signed by Cleveland as an unrestricted free agent on March 7, 2007... Signed by Cleveland to a three-year contract on Feb. 21, 2008. Career Highlights: A nine-year veteran who 24th on the NFL career rushing list…Set the single-game NFL rushing record with 295 yards vs. Cleveland on Sept. 14, 2003…His 387 carries and 2,066 yards in 2003 were both Baltimore Ravens franchise records…Earned Football Digest Comeback Player of the Year in 2002…In 2000, joined Tony Dorsett as one of only two rookies to run for over 1,000 yards for the eventual Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens, and added 338 yards and 4 TDs in four postseason games in 2000.
Date 09/14/03 09/16/07 12/21/03 10/06/02 11/19/00 09/26/04 12/07/03 11/26/00 01/02/05 12/16/07 11/10/02 11/25/07 10/26/03 09/21/03 10/12/03 12/19/04 12/30/07 12/17/00
Opponent vs. Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Cleveland at Cleveland vs. Dallas at Cincinnati vs. Cincinnati vs. Cleveland vs. Miami vs. Buffalo vs. Cincinnati vs. Houston vs. Denver at San Diego at Arizona at Indianapolis vs. San Francisco at Arizona
Yards Date Opponent 125 12/14/03 at Oakland 121 12/01/02 at Cincinnati 119 10/20/02 vs. Jacksonville 118 12/09/07 at New York Jets 117 11/23/03 vs. Seattle 116 10/10/04 at Washington 116 09/24/00 vs. Cincinnati 115 09/28/03 vs. Kansas City 114 12/28/03 vs. Pittsburgh 113 11/27/05 at Cincinnati 111 11/09/03 at St. Louis 109 12/17/06 vs. Cleveland 109 10/29/06 at New Orleans 109 11/05/00 at Cincinnati 105 12/19/05 vs. Green Bay 101 10/19/03 at Cincinnati 100 12/22/02 vs. Cleveland Denotes as member of Browns
an impressive engagement Browns RB Jamal Lewis went over the 1,000-yard plateau for the 2007 season in the Browns Week 15 win over the Bills, becoming the eighth Browns RB to rush for 1,000 yards in a season and marking the 21st time in Browns history that a RB has rushed for 1,000 yards or more. He finished the 2007 campaign with his fifth 100-yard performance of the season, gaining 128 yards in the Browns Week 17 win over the 49ers to finish the year with 1,304 rushing yards, the fifth highest total in the NFL in 2007.
LEWIS’ SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS RUSHING ATTEMPTS: 34 vs. Miami 1/2/05 RUSHING YARDS: 295 vs. Cleveland 12/21/03 LONG RUSH: 82t vs. Cleveland 9/14/03 RUSHING TDS: 4 vs. Seattle 11/4/07 RECEPTIONS: 7 at Indianapolis 10/13/02 RECEIVING YARDS: 108 vs. New Orleans 12/8/02 LONG RECEPTION: 77t vs. New Orleans 12/8/02 RECEIVING TDS: 1 (4x) last at New York Jets 12/9/07
NFL LEADING RUSHERS IN 2007 PLAYER TEAM LaDainian Tomlinson SD Adrian Peterson Min. Brian Westbrook Phi. Willie Parker Pit. JAMAL LEWIS CLE
YARDS 1,474 1,341 1,333 1,316 1,304
CAREER OFFENSIVE Statistics Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 NFL
Team Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Cleveland Cleveland Totals
GP 16 0 16 16 12 15 16 15 7 113
GS 13 0 15 16 12 15 16 15 7 109
Att 309 0 308 387 235 269 314 298 129 2,249
RUSHING Yds 1,364 0 1,327 2,066 1,006 906 1,132 1,304 484 9,589
Avg 4.4 0.0 4.3 5.3 4.3 3.4 3.6 4.4 3.8 4.3
Lg 45 0 75 82t 75t 25 52 66t 24 82t
TD 6 0 6 14 7 3 9 9 3 57
No 27 0 47 26 10 32 18 30 12 202
RECEIVING Yds 296 0 442 205 116 191 115 248 107 1,720
Avg 11.0 0.0 9.4 7.9 11.6 6.0 6.4 8.3 8.9 8.5
Lg 45 0 77t 26 46 15t 15 34 18 77t
2008 Offensive Game-By-Game Statistics Date 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 111/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Totals
Team DAL PIT at Balt at Cin NYG at Wash at Jac BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 7 games
Att 13 19 12 25 21 19 20
Yds 62 38 56 79 88 80 81
RUSHING Avg 4.8 2.0 4.7 3.2 4.2 4.2 4.1
Lg 24 8 14 18 13 22 19
TD 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
No 1 3 3 2 1 1 1
Yds 14 28 21 15 4 18 7
RECEIVING Avg 14.0 9.3 7.0 7.5 4.0 18.0 7.0
Lg 14 13 9 9 4 18 7
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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KELLEN WINSLOW Profile 100-yard Receiving Games (3)
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Yards 125 107 100
Tight End Height: 6-4 Weight: 250 College: Miami (Fla.) Birthdate: July 21, 1983 How Acquired: D(1) – ‘04 Year with Browns: 5th Year in NFL: 5th
Career Highlights: Named to the Pro Bowl in 2007 after a career-high 1,106 yards and 5 TDs on 82 receptions…In 2006 led all NFL tight ends and ranked ninth in the league with 89 receptions…Recorded a career-high 89 receptions in 2006, tying Hall of Fame tight end Ozzie Newsome (1983, 1984) for the franchise mark for most receptions in a singleseason.
Browns TE Kellen Winslow continued to impress and to stack up big numbers from the TE position in 2007. Winslow had at least four catches in 13 of the Browns 16 games in 2007. In the Browns Week Two win over the Bengals, he had the first 100-yard receiving performance of his career, before matching a career-high with 11 receptions for a career-high 125 yards in the Browns Week Nine win over the Seahawks. Winslow later hauled in 10 passes, the fourth 10+-reception game of his career and contributed 107 yards, the third 100-yard receiving day of his career in the Browns Week 12 victory over the Texans.
WINSLOW’S CAREER OFFENSIVE STATISTICS GP 2 0 16 16 5 39
GS 2 0 16 14 4 36
Avg 10.0 0.0 9.8 13.5 8.9 11.0
Lg 21 0 40 49 20 49
In the Browns Week 16 contest with the Bengals, Winslow broke the 1,000-yard barrier, doing so for the first time in his career, before adding 62 yards in the Week 17 victory over the 49ers to finish the season with 1,106 receiving yards, the third highest single season total in franchise history.
TD 0 0 3 5 1 9
Winslow’s 1,106 receiving yards ranked him third amongst NFL TEs in 2007. RECEIVING YARDS OF TEs IN 2007 PLAYER TEAM Tony Gonzalez KC Jason Witten Dal. KELLEN WINSLOW CLE
Opp DAL PIT at Balt at Cin NYG at Wash at Jac BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 5 games
No. 5 7 2 5
Yds 47 55 14 54
Avg. 9.4 7.9 7.0 10.8
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YARDS 1,172 1,145 1,106
Winslow had at least one catch of 20+ yards in 10 of the Browns 16 games in 2007 and led all TEs in that category. Winslow also added a career-long 49-yard reception against the Ravens in Week Four. In 2006, Winslow had 11 catches of 20 yards or more, ranking fourth amongst NFL TEs.
WINSLOW’S 2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Totals
TD 0 1 1
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WINSLOW’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS RECEPTIONS: 11 (3x) last vs. Seattle 11/4/07 RECEIVING YARDS: 125 vs. Seattle 11/4/07 RECEIVING TDS: 1 (9x) last vs. Dallas 9/7/08 LONG RECEPTION: 49 vs. Baltimore 9/30/07
Team Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Totals
Opponent Rec. vs. Seattle 11 vs. Houston 10 vs. Cincinnati 6
In 2006, TE Kellen Winslow tied Hall of Fame tight end Ozzie Newsome for first place on Cleveland’s single-season receptions list with 89 catches for the year. Newsome recorded 89 receptions in 1983 and ’84. Winslow led all NFL tight ends in receptions and was third in receiving yards (875) among his position.
Career Transactions: Drafted by Cleveland in the first round, sixth overall, in the 2004 NFL Draft.
Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 NFL
Date 11/04/2007 11/25/2007 09/16/2007
A TIE WITH OZZIE
Games Played/Started: 2004 (2/2); 2005 (0/0); 2006 (16/16); 2007 (16/14), 2008 (5/4). Career Games: 39 games, 36 starts Postseason Games: 0 games, 0 starts
RECEIVING No Yds 5 50 0 0 89 875 82 1,106 21 187 197 2,169
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# OF GAINS OF 20+ YARDS BY NFL TEs IN 2007 PLAYER TEAM GAINS OF 20+ KELLEN WINSLOW CLE 17 Tony Gonzalez KC 15 Antonio Gates SD 14 In addition, Winslow’s 13.5 yards-per-catch average ranked him first amongst NFL TEs in 2007. Winslow’s 82 receptions ranked third among NFL TEs in 2007.
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Browns WR Braylon Edwards, with 16 touchdown catches last season, set a Browns franchise-record for TD catches in a single season. His 16 TD grabs also ranked second in the NFL in 2007.
Wide Receiver Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 College: Michigan Birthdate: Feb. 21, 1983 How Acquired: D(1) – ‘05 Year with Browns: 4th Year in NFL: 4th
MOST RECEIVING TDs IN A SINGLE SEASON BY A BROWNS WR PLAYER YEAR TDs BRAYLON EDWARDS 2007 16 Gary Collins 1963 13 Paul Warfield, G. Collins 1968, 1966 12 NFL LEADERS IN RECEIVING TDs PLAYER TEAM Randy Moss NE BRAYLON EDWARDS CLE Terrell Owens Dal.
Games Played/Started: 2005 (10/7); 2006 (16/15); 2007 (16/16); 2008 (7/7). Career Totals: 49 games, 45 starts Postseason Totals: 0 games, 0 starts Career Transactions: Drafted by Cleveland in the first round, third overall, in the 2005 NFL Draft. Career Highlights: Named to the Pro Bowl following a breakout 2007 season where he set a career-high in all four offensive categories—80 receptions, 1,289 yards, 16.1 avg. and 16 TDs…Set a franchise single-season record with 1,289 receiving yards and 16 TDs…Set a career-high 3 TDs vs. Miami on Oct. 14, 2007…In 2006, led the team with 884 yards receiving and 6 TDs…Recorded his first TD reception on an 80-yard TD reception at Green Bay on Sept. 18, 2005, and finished with 3 receptions for 107 yards.
Opponent Rec. vs. NY Giants 5 at Arizona 7 vs. Cincinnati 8 vs. Pittsburgh 7 at St. Louis 8 vs. Baltimore 5 at New England 6 at Cincinnati 4 at Green Bay 3
TD 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1
EDWARDS’ 2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Total
RECEIVING Opp No. Yds DAL 2 14 PIT 3 32 at Balt 3 27 at Cin 3 22 NYG 5 154 at Wash 4 58 at Jac 2 64 BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 7 games 22 371
Avg. 7.0 10.7 9.0 7.3 30.8 14.5 32.0
Lg TD 12 0 13 0 17 0 12 1 70 1 20 0 43 0
RUSHING No. Yds. Avg. Lg. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edwards set a franchise record for receiving TDs in a season (Gary Collins, 1963) with his 14th and 15th TD grabs of the season in the Browns Week 16 contest with the Bengals, before finishing the season with one final TD grab in the victory over the 49ers in Week 17, increasing his franchise record to 16. Edwards also matched his career-high with eight receptions in the Week 16 game with the Bengals, the fourth time he hauled in eight passes in a game in 2007.
Browns WR Braylon Edwards and TE Kellen Winslow became the first duo in Browns history to each record 1,000 yards receiving in the same season. “The opposing defense has to pick their poison, double either myself or Braylon,” said Winslow. “Braylon is good to have as a catalyst on this offense because he is getting open and beating his man. Opposing defenses have to account for both of us on the field and then it creates opportunities for other players.” Edwards became the sixth receiver in Browns history to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in a single season, setting the franchise record for most receiving yards in a single season. Winslow joined Edwards as the seventh Browns receiver to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in a season. BROWNS 1,000-YARD RECEIVERS IN A SINGLE SEASON PLAYER YEAR YARDS BRAYLON EDWARDS 2007 1,289 Webster Slaughter 1989 1,236 KELLEN WINSLOW 2007 1,106 Kevin Johnson 2001 1,097 Paul Warfield 1968 1,067 Antonio Bryant 2005 1,009 Ozzie Newsome 1981 1,002 Ozzie Newsome 1984 1,001 The Browns duo had the fourth-most combined total receiving yards in the NFL in 2007. RECEIVERS/YARDS TEAM YDS. R. Moss (1,493), W. Welker (1,175) NE 2,668 C. Johnson (1,440), Houshmandzadeh (1,143) Cin. 2,583 T. Owens (1,355), J. Witten (1,145) Dal. 2,500 EDWARDS (1,289), WINSLOW (1,106) CLE 2,395
100-yard Receiving Games (9) Date 10/13/2008 12/02/2007 09/16/2007 11/16/2006 10/28/2007 09/24/2006 10/07/2007 09/17/2006 09/18/2005
TDs 23 16 15
DYNAMIC DUO
EDWARDS’ SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS RECEPTIONS: 8 (4x) last at Cincinnati 12/23/07 RECEIVING YARDS: 154 vs. NY Giants 10/13/08 RECEIVING TDS: 3 vs Miami 10/14/07 LONG RECEPTION: 80t at Green Bay 9/18/05 RUSH ATTEMPTS: 1 (3x) last at Houston 12/31/06 RUSH YARDS: 8 at San Diego 11/5/06
Yards 154 149 146 137 117 116 110 110 107
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GP 10 16 16 7 49
GS 7 15 16 7 45
RECEIVING No Yds 32 512 61 884 80 1,289 22 371 195 3,056
Avg 16.0 14.5 16.1 16.9 15.7
Lg 80t 75 78t 70 80t
TD 3 6 16 2 27
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JOE JUREVICIUS PROFILE
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JOE JUREVICIUS 84
Wide Receiver Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 College: Tennessee Birthdate: Nov. 10, 1980 How Acquired: URF (N.E.) - ‘08 Year with Browns: 1st Year in NFL: 7th
Wide Receiver Height: 6-5 Weight: 232 College: Penn State Birthdate: Dec. 23, 1974 How Acquired: UFA (Sea.) – ‘06 Year with Browns: 3rd Year in NFL: 11th
Games Played/Started: 2002 (13/7); 2003 (11/3); 2004 (16/10); 2005 (16/13); 2006 (12/11, 2/2); 2007 (16/9, 3/0); 2008 (3/3).
Games Played/Started: 1998 (14/1); 1999 (16/1); 2000 (14/3, 2/0); 2001 (14/9); 2002 (15/3, 3/1); 2003 (5/2); 2004 (10/4); 2005 (16/11, 3/3); 2006 (13/8); 2007 (16/12); 2008 (0/0).
Career Totals: 87 games, 56 starts Postseason Totals: 5 games, 2 starts
Career Totals: 133 games, 53 starts Postseason Totals: 8 games, 4 starts
Career Transactions: Selected by New Orleans in the first round, 13th overall, in the 2002 NFL Draft…Acquired by Philadelphia via trade from New Orleans on Aug. 28, 2006 for LB Mark Simoneau and a conditional 4th round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft…Signed by New England as an unrestricted free agent on March 13, 2007…Signed by Cleveland as an unrestricted free agent on March 1, 2008.
Career Transactions: Originally drafted by the N.Y. Giants in the second round, 55th overall, in the 1998 NFL Draft…Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on April 10, 2002…Signed as an unrestricted free agent by Seattle on March 25, 2005…Signed by Cleveland to a fouryear contract as an unrestricted free agent on March 11, 2006. Career Highlights: Competed in three Super Bowls (XXXV with the N.Y. Giants in 2000, XXXVII with Tampa Bay in 2002 and XL with Seattle in 2005)… Set a career-high with 55 receptions and 10 touchdowns in 11 starts with Seattle in 2005…Posted a career-high 706 receiving yards in 2001 with the Giants…Led Tampa Bay in 2002 postseason receiving with 197 yards and 1 TD on 8 receptions…Caught career playoff-long 71-yard pass from QB Brad Johnson in NFC Championship Game vs. Philadelphia in 2002.
Career Highlights: Entered 2008 having played in 84 games, including 53 starts with New Orleans, Philadelphia and New England and totaled 279 receptions for 4,213 yards (15.1 avg.) and 31 TDs…Had a career-high 70 receptions for 945 yards with New Orleans in 2005. STALLWORTH’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS RECEPTIONS: 10 vs Denver 11/21/04 RECEIVING YARDS: 141 (2x) last at Houston 9/10/06 RECEIVING TDS: 2 at New England 11/20/05 LONG RECEPTION: 84t vs Washington 11/12/06 RUSH ATTEMPTS: 1 (12x) last vs Cleveland 10/7/07 RUSH YARDS: 26 at Atlanta 11/28/04
JUREVICIUS’ RECEIVING SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS RECEPTIONS: 9 at St. Louis 10/9/05 RECEIVING YARDS: 137 (2x) last vs. N.Y. Giants 11/27/05 RECEIVING TDS: 2 (6x) last vs. Cincinnati 9/17/07 LONG RECEPTION: 71 at Dallas 1/2/00
100-yard Receiving Games (13) Yards 141 141 139 136 129 122 114
Opponent at Houston vs. N.Y. Giants vs. Washington at Dallas at Green Bay vs. Denver vs. Dallas
Date 9/10/06 9/19/05 11/12/06 10/14/07 10/9/05 11/21/04 12/28/03
Rec. 6 8 6 7 8 10 3
TD 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
Yards 113 113 111 111 102 101
Opponent Date at Dallas 12/12/04 vs. S.F. 9/19/04 vs. Carolina 12/4/06 at Cincinnati 12/22/02 vs. Carolina 12/18/05 at Seattle 9/7/03
Rec. 5 9 4 6 5 8
100-yard Receiving Games (4)
TD 0 1 1 1 1 0
Yards 137 137 111 100
STALLWORTH’S 2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Total
RECEIVING Opp No. Yds Avg. Lg TD DAL Did Not Play PIT INACTIVE at Balt INACTIVE at Cin INACTIVE NYG 2 19 9.5 13 0 at Wash 2 24 12.0 18 0 at Jac 3 13 4.3 5 1 BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 3 games 7 56 8.0 18 1
RUSHING No. Yds. Avg. Lg. Did Not Play INACTIVE INACTIVE INACTIVE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Opponent Rec. vs. N.Y. Giants 8 at St. Louis 9 at Pittsburgh 7 vs. Atlanta 8
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Shaun Smith Profile
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Shaun Smith 91
Defensive Line Height: 6-4 Weight: 350 College: Texas Birthdate: March 12, 1979 How Acquired: Tr. (Det.) - ‘08 Year with Browns: 1st Year in NFL: 8th
Defensive Line Height: 6-2 Weight: 325 College: South Carolina Birthdate: Aug. 19, 1981 How Acquired: RFA (Cin.) - ‘07 Year with Browns: 2nd Year in NFL: 5th
Games Played/Started: 2001 (16/16); 2002 (14/12); 2003 (16/16); 2004 (16/16); 2005 (14/14); 2006 (6/6); 2007 (16/16), 2008 (7/7).
Games Played/Started: 2003 (0/0); 2004 (8/2); 2005 (13/5, 1/0); 2006 (13/0); 2007 (15/10), 2008 (4/2).
Career Totals: 105 games, 103 starts Postseason Totals: 0 games, 0 starts
Career Totals: 53 games, 19 starts Postseason Totals: 1 games, 0 starts
Career Transactions: Originally drafted by Detroit in the second round, 61st overall, in the 2001 NFL Draft…Traded by Detroit to Cleveland for DB Leigh Bodden and the Browns 2008 third round draft choice on March 1, 2008…Signed by Cleveland to a six-year contract on March 4, 2008.
Career Transactions: Signed by Dallas as an undrafted rookie free agent on May 1, 2003…Waived by Dallas on Aug. 31, 2003…Signed by Dallas to the practice squad on Sept. 1, 2003…Waived by Dallas on Aug. 31, 2004…Claimed by Arizona via waivers on Sept. 1, 2004…Waived by Arizona on Sept. 6, 2004…Signed by New Orleans to the practice squad on Sept. 7…Signed by New Orleans to the active roster on Sept. 18, 2004…Waived by New Orleans on Nov. 30, 2004…Claimed by Cincinnati via waivers on Dec. 1, 2004…Signed by Cleveland as an unrestricted free agent on March 16, 2007.
Career Highlights: Entered 2008 with 447 total tackles, including 296 solo and 29.5 sacks for 217.5 yards…Named to two Pro Bowls following the 2004 and 2005 seasons…Had a career-high 7 sacks in 2007 and returned an interception 66 yards for a TD vs. Denver on Nov. 4, 2007…Has made an impact on special teams throughout his career and has blocked 12 kicks, including 11 field goal attempts and 1 PAT.
Career Highlights: Entered 2008 having played in 49 career games, including 17 starts with New Orleans, Cincinnati and Cleveland with 137 career tackles…Had a career-high 63 tackles and 2 sacks with Cleveland in 2007.
ROGERS’ SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS TACKLES: 11 vs. Tennessee 10/21/01 SACKS: 2.5 vs. Denver 11/4/07 FORCED FUMBLES: 1 (4x) last vs. Atlanta 11/24/05 RECOVERED FUMBLES: 2 at Green Bay 11/10/02 INTERCEPTIONS: 1 vs. Denver 11/4/07 (returned 66 yards for TD) BLOCKED FIELD GOALS: 2 at San Francisco 11/4/01
S. SMITH’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS TACKLES: 8 (2x) last vs. Buffalo 12/16/07 SACKS: 1 (2x) last at Pittsburgh 11/11/07 FORCED FUMBLES: 1 at Pittsburgh 11/11/07
Robaire Smith Profile
Corey Williams Profile
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Corey Williams 99
Defensive Line Height: 6-4 Weight: 310 College: Michigan State Birthdate: Nov. 15, 1977 How Acquired: UFA (Tenn.) - ‘07 Year with Browns: 2nd Year in NFL: 9th
Defensive Line Height: 6-4 Weight: 320 College: Arkansas State Birthdate: Aug. 17, 1980 How Acquired: Tr. (G.B.) - ‘08 Year with Browns: 1st Year in NFL: 5th
Games Played/Started: 2000 (8/0); 2001 (10/0); 2002 (16/2, 2/0); 2003 (16/15, 2/2); 2004 (16/16); 2005 (16/16); 2006 (15/12); 2007 (16/16), 2008 (2/2).
Games Played/Started: 2004 (12/0, 1/0); 2005 (12/0); 2006 (16/11); 2007 (16/9, 2/2), 2008 (7/7).
Career Totals: 114 games, 78 starts Postseason Totals: 4 games, 2 starts
Career Totals: 63 games, 27 starts Postseason Totals: 3 games, 2 starts
Career Transactions: Originally drafted by Tennessee in the sixth round, 197th overall, in the 2000 NFL Draft…Signed by Houston as an unrestricted free agent on March 4, 2004… Signed by Tennessee as an unrestricted free agent on Sept. 6, 2006…Signed by Cleveland as an unrestricted free agent to a four-year contract on March 16, 2007.
Career Transactions: Originally selected by Green Bay in the sixth round, 179th overall, in the 2004 NFL Draft…Traded by Green Bay to Cleveland for the Browns 2008 secondround draft choice on Feb. 29, 2008… Signed by Cleveland to a six-year contract on Feb. 29, 2008.
Career Highlights: Entered 2008 having played in 113 games, including 77 starts, with Tennessee, Houston and Cleveland and totaled 510 tackles, 21 sacks, 41 QB pressures and 16 PBU…Had back-to-back 100-tackle seasons with Houston in 2004 and 2005.
Career Highlights: Versatile defensive lineman has played in 56 games and has totaled 156 tackles and 17 sacks…Recorded a career-high 7 sacks and 51 tackles for the Packers in 2007…Recorded a career-high 7 sacks for Green Bay in 2006…Recorded a career-high 3 sacks at Buffalo on Nov. 5, 2006.
R. SMITH’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS TACKLES: 13, vs. Jacksonville 12/24/05 SACKS: 2 at Baltimore 11/18/07 FORCED FUMBLES: 1 (2x) last at Jacksonville 11/6/05 RECOVERED FUMBLE: 1 (2x) last at Jacksonville 10/26/03
WILLIAMS’ SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS TACKLES: 9 vs. Pittsburgh 9/14/08 SACKS: 3 at Buffalo 11/5/06 FORCED FUMBLE: 2 vs. Carolina 11/18/07 RECOVERED FUMBLE: 1 (2x) last at Cincinnati 9/28/08 INTERCEPTION: 1 at N.Y. Giants 9/16/07
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Linebacker Height: 6-0 Weight: 240 College: Maryland Birthdate: Sept. 26, 1983 How Acquired: D2 – ‘06 Year with Browns: 3rd Year in NFL: 3rd
Linebacker Height: 6-3 Weight: 260 College: Florida State Birthdate: Oct. 13, 1983 How Acquired: D1 – ‘06 Year with Browns: 3rd Year in NFL: 3rd
Games Played/Started: 2006 (13/13); 2007 (14/13), 2008 (7/7). Career Totals: 34 games, 33 starts. Postseason Totals: 0 games, 0 starts.
Games Played/Started: 2006 (16/15); 2007 (16/16), 2008 (7/7). Career Games: 39 games, 38 starts Postseason Games: 0 games, 0 starts Career Transactions: Originally drafted by Cleveland in the first round, 13th overall, in the 2006 NFL Draft.
Career Transactions: Originally drafted by Cleveland in the second round, 34th overall, in the 2006 NFL Draft.
Career Highlights: Set the Browns franchise rookie record with 11 sacks and ranked second in the NFL among rookies…Had a career-high 2 sacks at Oakland on Oct. 1, 2006, vs. Tampa Bay on Dec. 24, 2006 and at Oakland on Sept. 23, 2007.
Career Highlights: Led the Browns with 114 tackles in 2007… In his rookie season, finished second on the team in tackles with 115…Posted a career-high 16 tackles at Carolina on Oct. 8, 2006, and matched the total vs. Cincinnati on Nov. 26, 2006 and vs. NYG on Oct. 13, 2008
WIMBLEY’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS TACKLES: 8 vs. N.Y. Jets 10/29/06 SACKS: 2 (3x) last at Oakland 9/23/07 QB PRESSURES: 3 vs. Baltimore 9/24/06 RECOVERED FUMBLE: 1 (3x) last at Baltimore 12/17/06 FORCED FUMBLES: 1 (3x) last vs. Houston 11/25/07
JACKSON’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS TACKLES: 16 (3x) last vs. NYG 10/13/08 PBU: 2 vs. Baltimore 9/30/07 INTERCEPTIONS: 1 vs. Houston 11/25/07; at Baltimore 9/21/08
wonderful Wimbley HITTING A WALL
In 2007, Browns LB Kamerion Wimbley compiled the third two-sack game of his career (at Oak. 9/23/07; vs. TB 12/24/06; at Oak. 10/1/06) with two sacks at Oakland in Week Three. He added his third sack of 2007 in the Browns Week Six victory over the Dolphins, his fourth of the 2007 season in the Week 11 win over the Ravens and his fifth in the Week 14 victory over the Jets. Wimbley, completed his second season as a pro in 2007 and has 16 career sacks.
LB D’Qwell Jackson led the team with 114 tackles* (78 solo, 33 assisted, 3TFL) in 2007, including a season-high 12 tackles* (9 solo, 3 assisted) in the Week 14, 24-18 win against the Jets. DB Sean Jones (47 solo, 56 assisted, 2 TFL) had the second most tackles on the team with 105 tackles*. LB Andra Davis had the third most tackles on the team with 104 tackles* (56 solo, 39 assisted, 9 TFL) including a team-high 4 tackles* for loss in the 8-0 win over the Bills in Week 15. *based on coaches film
WIMBLEY’S 2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Totals
TACKLES Opp Total S DAL 3 3 PIT 3 1 at Balt 3 2 at Cin 5 3 NYG 5 0 at Wash 10 8 at Jac 6 5 BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 7 games 35 22
JACKSON’S 2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
Sacks Int’s Fumbles Tackles for A No/Yds No/Yds PBU Rec./For. Loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1/2 0 0 0/1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
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Sacks Int’s Fumbles Tackles for A No/Yds No/Yds PBU Rec./For. Loss 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1/16 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .5/3 0 0 0 0 6 1/3 0 0 0 0
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Safety Height: 6-1 Weight: 225 College: Georgia Birthdate: March 2, 1982 How Acquired: D(2) – ‘04 Year with Browns: 5th Year in NFL: 5th
Safety Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 College: Oklahoma Birthdate: May 24, 1984 How Acquired: D(2) – ‘05 Year with Browns: 4th Year in NFL: 4th Games Played/Started: 2005 (13/0); 2006 (16/8); 2007 (16/16), 2008 (6/6).
Games Played/Started: 2004 (0/0); 2005 (16/0); 2006 (16/16); 2007 (16/16), 2008 (3/3). Career Games: 51 games, 35 starts Postseason Games: 0 games, 0 starts
Career Totals: 50 games, 30 starts Postseason Totals: 0 games, 0 starts
Career Transactions: Drafted by Cleveland in the second round, 59th overall, in the 2004 NFL Draft.
Career Transactions: Drafted by Cleveland in the second round, 34th overall, in the 2005 NFL Draft.
Career Highlights: Matched a career-high five interceptions in 2007…In 2006, tied for the team lead with five interceptions and was tied for 10th in the NFL…Named AFC Defensive Player of the Week following his performance vs. N.Y. Jets on Oct. 29, 2006.
Career Highlights: Scored his first career TD on a 100-yard interception return at Baltimore on Nov. 18, 2007, which set a franchise record…Recorded his first career interception late in the 4th quarter on a Steve McNair pass to secure a 20-14 win vs. Tennessee on Nov. 6, 2005.
JONES’ SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS TACKLES: 16 at Washington 10/19/08 SACKS: 0.5 (2x) last at NY Jets 12/9/07 INTERCEPTIONS: 2 vs. N.Y. Jets 10/29/06 FORCED FUMBLE: 1 (2x) last at Oakland 9/23/07 RECOVERED FUMBLE: 1 vs. New Orleans 9/10/06 PBU: 2 at Oakland 9/23/07 BLOCKED KICK: 1 (PAT) vs. Tampa Bay 12/24/06
POOL’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS TACKLES: 9 at Oakland 9/23/07 SACKS: 1 (3x) last at Jacksonville 10/26/08 INTERCEPTIONS: 1 (5x) last vs. NYG 10/13/08 FORCED FUMBLE: 1 at San Diego 11/5/06 RECOVERED FUMBLE: 1 at Baltimore 12/17/06; at San Diego 11/5/06 PBU: 3 at Carolina 10/8/06
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In 2007, DB Sean Jones finished second on the team with five interceptions. Jones picked off Bengals QB Carson Palmer in Week Two, Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck in Week Nine, Ravens QB Kyle Boller in Week 11, Cardinals QB Kurt Warner in Week 13 and Jets QB Kellen Clemens in the end zone, thwarting a Jets scoring drive, in Week 14.
DB Brodney Pool had an interception in back-to-back games in 2007, intercepting Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger in Week 10, before swooping in front of a Ravens QB Kyle Boller pass in the end zone and returning it 100 yards for a touchdown in the Browns Week 11 win over the Ravens. Pool’s 100-yard interception for a touchdown set a franchise record, surpassing the 97-yard interception returns of Anthony Henry (12/16/01) and Najee Mustafaa (10/10/93), both of which were also returned for touchdowns.
Jones also had the second most tackles on the team in 2007 with 105 tackles* (47 solo, 56 assisted, 2 TFL).
Pool’s 100-yard INT return also marked the longest interception return for a touchdown in the NFL in 2007.
JONE’S 2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Totals
POOL’S 2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
TACKLES Sacks Int’s Fumbles Tackles for Opp Total S A No/Yds No/Yds PBU Rec./For. Loss DAL 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 PIT INACTIVE INACTIVE at Balt INACTIVE INACTIVE at Cin INACTIVE INACTIVE NYG INACTIVE INACTIVE at Wash 16 10 6 0 0 0 0/1 0 at Jac 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 3 games 31 16 15 0 0 0 0/1 0
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TACKLES Sacks Int’s Fumbles Tackles for Opp Total S A No/Yds No/Yds PBU Rec./For. Loss DAL INACTIVE INACTIVE PIT 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 at Balt 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 at Cin 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NYG 5 4 0 0 1/24 0 0 1 at Wash 6 4 2 0 0 0 1/0 0 at Jac 6 1 5 1/6 0 0 0 0 BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 6 games 27 18 7 1/6 1/24 1 0 2
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BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW S Mike Adams has a joint foundation with childhood friend Gerald Hayes (Ariz.) named the Rising Stars Foundation to assist underprivileged youth www.risingstarsfoundation.org.
LB Antwan Peek established a relationship with the United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland and provides game tickets for children to sit in ‘Peek’s Pound’. He was also recruited at the University of Cincinnati to play basketball for coach Bob Huggins.
FB Charles Ali was the only Browns undrafted rookie free agent to earn a roster spot during training camp and spent the entire 2007 season on the 53-man roster.
LS Ryan Pontbriand participated in the NFL and NFL Players Association three-day entrepreneurial program at the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern. His great-grandfather, Victor Hunt, was on the coaching staff of SMU’s 1935 team that won the Knute Rockne Trophy, emblematic of the National Championship.
QB Derek Anderson raised over $50,000 to support flood victims in his home state of Oregon in 2007. He started a youth football camp at his high school in Scappoose, Ore. He was named as the 2007 Player of the Year by the local chapter of the PFWA. WR Joshua Cribbs will once again host a reality television show, ‘Josh’s Cribbs’ on Fox Sports Ohio. He signed a six-year contract extension with the Browns through the 2012 season and is a converted college quarterback from Kent State, earned a roster spot as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2005. LB Andra Davis makes regular visits to Boys and Girls Clubs and donates tickets to all Browns home games for parents and their children to enjoy games as a family. He is the first person from his hometown of Live Oak, Fla., and Suwanee High School to play professional sports and is honored every year with a day celebrating his professional accomplishments. K Phil Dawson is the longest active tenured member of the Browns. He scored the first regular season rushing TD for the Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium with a 4-yard TD run on a fake field goal attempt vs. Cincinnati on Oct. 10, 1999. TE Darnell Dinkins established the Maleness to Manhood Foundation to benefit innercity youth. He spoke to nearly 100 students at Cleveland’s Genesis High School, a program to provide intense academic recovery to specific youth in a small group instruction. WR Braylon Edwards donated $1 million to the Cleveland Municipal School District to create a college scholarship opportunity for 100 eighth-grade students, named Advance 100, as long as the students maintain a 2.5 GPA, participate in 15 hours of community service each year throughout high school. In 2006, he donated $500,000 to create a scholarship endowment at the University of Michigan for the football player who wears the No. 1 jersey, the largest donation pledged to the university by a professional athlete. OL Hank Fraley was one of only two players to take every offensive snap (Joe Thomas) in 2007. His brother, David, was stationed with the United States Army’s 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq and his father is a Vietnam veteran. RB Jerome Harrison is very active in the Cleveland community by supporting charitable events such as Shop with a Jock and the NFL’s Hometown Huddle. TE Steve Heiden is a partner in an athletic training facility, Athletic Development Corp., using science and technology for prep and collegiate athletes in Valley View, Ohio. He recorded his first career TD reception and blocked a punt in the same game at Carolina on Dec. 17, 2000. LB D’Qwell Jackson changed his number from 58 to 52 this past spring. His wife Amira, recently opened her dental practice in Westlake, Ohio. S Sean Jones recorded his second consecutive 100-plus tackle season (105 in 2007 and 107.5 in 2006). WR Joe Jurevicius is a Cleveland-area native who played prep football at Lake Catholic High School in Mentor, Ohio and has played in three Super Bowls during his career, earning a ring with Tampa Bay in Super Bowl XXXVII. He has a 65,000-acre hunting ranch, Dismal River Outfitters, in Mullen, Neb., which is stocked with buffalo, elk and deer. RB Jamal Lewis topped 9,000 career rushing yards, in 2007, becoming one of only 26 players in NFL history to accomplish that feat. He is the owner and CEO of a trucking company, All American Xpress, based in Atlanta, Ga. LB Willie McGinest is the CEO of a multi-faceted entertainment company called 55 Entertainment, and owns a sports memorabilia company, Signature Collectables, a visual content and distribution company, Pristine Vision and owns and operates restaurant franchises and investment properties, WilMac, Inc. OL Seth McKinney is partner in a heavy machinery company, G Bar S Site Service, in Centerville, Texas. His father, Mike, was the Health and Human Services Commissioner for the state of Texas under former Governor and now President George W. Bush, and then served as the Chief of Staff for Texas Governor Rick Perry.
S Brodney Pool scored his first career TD on a 100-yard interception return at Baltimore on Nov. 18, 2007, which set a franchise record. His mother, Rose, is the assistant track coach at the University of Texas. QB Brady Quinn graduated from Notre Dame with dual degrees in political science and finance. This past spring he participated in the NFL and NFL Players Association three-day business management and entrepreneurial program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. DL Shaun Rogers interacted with 2,000 Detroit-area underprivileged children at the NFL Experience Kids’ Day the week of Super Bowl XL. His father, Ernie, played at Rice (1975-78) and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1979 and played in the Canadian Football League and also for the Houston Gamblers in the USFL. OL Kevin Shaffer has started at tackle in 71 of the last 72 contests. He is very active in the Cleveland community by supporting charitable events such as Read with the Browns and Lift Up America. DL Robaire Smith has two older brothers who played professional sports – Fernando, who played nine seasons in the NFL, and Antonio, who played for the NBA’s Toronto Raptors after leading Michigan State to the 1999 Final Four. DL Shaun Smith established the ’91 Ways’ Foundation, which benefits at risk youth. This past year, he hosted his first annual celebrity bowling tournament at Corner Alley in Cleveland. DB Nick Sorensen participated in the NFL and NFL Player Association three-day business management and entrepreneurial program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. OL Eric Steinbach has helped paved the way for four consecutive 1,000 yard rushers with Jamal Lewis (2007) and Rudi Johnson (2004-06). He led Providence Catholic High School (New Lenox, Ill.) to 50 straight wins and three state titles as a tight end and defensive end. OL Joe Thomas hosts an outdoor sportsman show on Sports Time Ohio, Outdoors Ohio with D’Arcy Egan and Joe Thomas. In 2007, he was named to the Pro Bowl and is only the fourth NFL rookie offensive lineman to be named to the Pro Bowl. OL Ryan Tucker is an avid rifle hunter of quail, deer and turkey, owns a 1,100 acre ranch in Texas. He earned a Super Bowl ring with St. Louis in 1999. FB Lawrence Vickers attended a youth football camp in Australia this past spring. DL Corey Williams has overcome personal tragedy as he lost his father at the age of 15 and his mother five years later. Just before the 2004 NFL Scouting Combine, he endured the death of his infant daughter, who lived only two weeks after her premature birth. He has since had another daughter and embraces fatherhood and everything the role brings in his life. LB Leon Williams is active in the Cleveland community by supporting the Shop with a Jock holiday program. LB Kamerion Wimbley set the Browns rookie record with 11 sacks in 2006. He had his jersey number 12 retired at Northwest High School, his alma mater, during a basketball halftime ceremony on Jan. 23, 2007, in his hometown of Wichita, Kan. TE Kellen Winslow hosted his first youth football camp in North Olmsted, Ohio this past summer. He is very active in the Cleveland community by supporting charitable events such as the Special Olympics Holiday Party, Taste of the NFL and the Browns Youth Football Camps stressing the importance of nutrition and physical activity. RB Jason Wright is a keyboardist, singer and worship leader at The International House of Prayer in Cleveland. He and his wife, Tiffany, are passionate about education and are strong supporters of urban education initiatives such as Cleveland’s Entrepreneurial Preparatory School (E-Prep Middle School). P Dave Zastudil lettered in football, basketball and baseball at Bay Village (Ohio) High School.
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Romeo Crennel Press Conference Transcript 10-27-08 (On the possibility of Steve Heiden becoming the starting tight end)- “Kellen Winslow is back in the building, he’s back with us, I’m glad to have him back and I think he’s glad to be back. We’re going to work Kellen in and I’ll say this. Don’t be surprised if Kellen is the starter. I’m not saying he’s the starter but don’t be surprised if he’s the starter.”
(Opening statement)- “We won a big game yesterday, a game that we needed to win to keep ourselves in the middle of the pack in the AFC. It was versus an AFC opponent which, as you go down the road, the tiebreaker implications have an impact. We played a playoff team from a year before at their place in a hostile environment and I’m really proud about the way that our guys fought. They played hard, they fought, and we tried to limit mistakes, tried not to give them free yards and just played until the end, all the way until the end. As you watched the game, and I know it was a nail-biter, but our guys never quit. They just kept going and kept going and there were some opportunities where they could have folded probably had they chose to but they chose to persevere and go win a game. That was really good and I’m proud of that. I think that Cleveland and Cleveland fans can be proud of that. Now, what that does for us is that lets us play the Baltimore Ravens next week at home which now becomes a really important game. We’re going to have to get ready to go against those guys. Before I go onto the Raven a little, I thought Shaun Rogers had an outstanding day. He was a force on the defense, he was a force in the game and he played quite a few plays and he played hard all the time. I think maybe, hopefully, he’s happy to be here and will continue to perform that way. It wasn’t only Shaun, there were several others that did a really good job. I thought that Willie McGinest played a good game and he gave it all, laid it on the line for the Browns so that was good. These corners, they keep competing and they keep competing and they’re still learning but they do compete and we like having those guys on the team. The inside linebackers, they run to the ball and they make tackles and even though they might not be spectacular plays, they do get the guy down most of the time. Then those young defensive linemen who last week, were pointed out as being weak links, they’ve improved and we had some production from those guys. We’re proud about all of that. Offensively, we feel good about getting off to a good start in the game and being able to move the ball and put some points on the board and make some plays that can change field position. (Steve) Heiden has been around here a long time and he is an all-around tight end, tremendous teammate and when you call on him to do something, he does whatever you call on him to do. If that is to be the starter, he is the starter. If that’s to be the number two guy, then he’s the number two guy and he’s always for the team, always for the Browns, That is the kind of attitude a coach likes on his team. We have to build on that and move forward with that. Josh Cribbs on special teams, I think he made two tackles on coverage, had a 38yard kickoff return against the number one unit in the NFL, which gave us field position and then on that drive we ended up getting points out of that. He was the catalyst on that, plus, I think he also recovered the fumble at the end of the game, so he was good there. All of those guys, they gave great effort during the course of the day. That’s what I’m proud of, I’m proud of the way those guys fought and played as a team because that’s the way, as a coach, you want to see the game played and guys fighting and never giving up and naturally the victory made it all that much sweeter. That’s where we are as we go down the road here.”
(On comparing Winslow’s situation to Jeremy Shockey in New York last season)- “I think it’s a different situation because I know this player and this player didn’t do some of the things that Shockey did over there. I don’t know everything that Shockey did over there so I’m not going to pass judgment on that, all I know is my player here on this team, I’ve spoken with him and he wants to be a Brown and I think that he’s going to come and he’s going to give us a good effort and a good performance.” (On D’Qwell Jackson)- “He’s around the ball a lot and a lot of it is because of the effort that he gives. He chases the ball hard, he’s got good instincts and I’ve said all along that the guys upfront in front of him, they help him. Usually they’ve got two on Shaun (Rogers) so that mean’s somebody is free and it just depends on which way the play goes. If the play goes away from D’Qwell, he is free most of the time.” (On the win being similar to the close-call wins of last season)- “I’m hoping that this team will gain confidence from that type of victory on the road, but we never really know. That’s why we can’t take anything for granted, we can’t assume anything. We can only assume that we’re 3-4, that’s what we know and now we’ve got to improve on that.” (On the defense)- “Defensively, the thing that you try to do is prevent points. If you can hold points down, you can play decent scoring defense. That’s what they look for at the end of the game, what the score is. Now along with it there are some components of being able to hold that down and defending against the run, the pass, your red zone defense, your goalline defense, third down, those all impact it. If you can get all those components working well together, you have a chance to keep the score down. We see that you can give some ground but in situations as it gets closer to the goal-line, if you can play good down there and force field goal attempts, then you help yourself.” (On the team being focused last week)- “I know the team in human, that’s what I know. I know that probably they talked about what went on last week. Part of my job is to try to get them focused on the game so while I was with them, I try to get them focused on the game and what we had to do to win the game. I think they listened. What we’ve got to do is get ready for this next one and get them to listen about this one coming up. I think that they all know that Kellen is a good player. I think for the most part that they all want Kellen on this team. I think that he’s going to come back and he’ll be a part of the team. I know that he will work, I know that he’s competitive so hopefully he will help us win.” (On problems with first-and-goal situations)- “Generally, it’s not wholesale breakdown but it might be one individual that’s not able to get done what he needs to get done. Maybe he’s got a bad matchup and he’s not able to get the push that he needs. Let’s say that he’s at the point of attack or sometimes, the backside guy, if he doesn’t cut off properly on the backside, that guy slashes in and has a chance to disrupt the play. Generally you go down on the goal line and you tighten up your formation and they tighten up the defense and everybody’s in the box, basically. You have to beat some people and if you can beat people and knock them back, you can get the ball into the endzone. If you can’t beat people, then it’s a little bit tougher to get it into the endzone and you might have to try something else, such as throwing. You have to try to make that determination and see how it goes.”
(On the Ravens)- “When you play a game like that a lot of energy gets expended and what we have to fight against is a letdown for this next week. I’m talking to them today about the Ravens and not thinking that you know the Ravens. It’s been five weeks since you played them and they are a team that is evolving and we have to look at the tape and we have to study these guys. We can’t leave a stone unturned as we prepare for those guys because it’s a huge game, it’s in front of the home crowd and in the division, and it will say a lot about the division and what we can do in the division. It becomes important for us there.” (On injuries)- “On our injury front, when you have a game like that, guys do get nicked up a little bit but Corey Williams made it through the game. He was nursing that shoulder a little bit but he made it through okay. Jamal (Lewis), I rested him for a day and he made it through and I might rest him another day next week to give him a chance to make it through again. When you give him the ball he runs really hard. He had 20 carries for 80-something yards and that helps our offense when he can do that, it helps everybody. We’ll do that with him. Mike Adams is still working on his hamstring, he’s making progress and we’ll see what he can do this week. Sean Jones had a little swelling in his knee so we’re going to take a look at that and see what impact that might have. Shantee Orr, he’s still working on injury, he didn’t play and we’ll see what he looks like this week. Shaun Smith is getting re-evaluated on his hand to see what the doctor thinks about it to see if he will allow him to play or not. Donte’ Stallworth strained a muscle in the game in his quad but we think that he’ll be okay and I know he’s anxious to get out there so we’ll see what that looks like. (Eric) Steinbach strained a hip flexor and we might have to rest him a day or two to get him back there. Ryan Tucker is working on that knee and we’ll see what he looks like this week as well. Then, I think Lawrence Vickers had an ankle in the game, came out and went back in and we’ll see how that’s progressing this week. I know that there are a lot of guys on the list but when you play a game like that, there are bumps and bruises so we’ll have to see how they progress this week and find out who’s available. I think they all want to be available and they all work to try to get back to try to play in a game like this one that we’ve got coming up.”
(On the fourth-and-one play to Steve Heiden)- “It was my call. (Rob) Chud(zinski) had a play in mind and said ‘what do you want to do?’ I said ‘go ahead and call that one and let’s go with it’. It was my choice to go for it on fourth and one. I just had a gut feeling that we might be able to get a little momentum. The defense had been doing decent and so I decided to take a chance. If it hadn’t worked then I would be a goat.” (On the run defense against Jacksonville)- “Those two backs are really good backs I think both of them combined had 50-something yards. Generally that’s unheard of when you’ve got two quality backs like that and you can hold those guys down. I think our guys concentrated and focused on the things that we’ve been telling them all along about run defense and what you have to do to stop the run. With that focus and concentration and with their effort, they were able to get it done.” (On Kellen Winslow’s attitude)- “I think he’s a got a good attitude. I think he’s excited about coming back and helping the team.” (On the game against Baltimore being especially physical)- “Sure I expect it to be physical. When division opponents go against each other, generally it is physical because you kind of have knowledge of those guys a little bit. You know what they do, they know what you do so then it comes down to who will do it the best, who will put the most effort into it. It’s going to be a physical game because they play a physical style of defense and we’re a physical team so that’s what it’s going to be. ”
(On consistency)- “I think when this team plays to its ability, this team is pretty good and can be consistent. Now, the thing that we have to do is to play to our ability all the time and that’s some of the hard part about coaching is getting them to play to their ability all the time. All of the distractions that enter into their lives and human nature as well, because human nature says if you can beat the world champs you can beat anybody. We all know that on any given Sunday, any team in the NFL can beat any other one because everybody has firepower. ”
(On getting back to .500)- “In this situation this year, with what’s happening in the AFC, it would be important because it keeps you in the pack. By staying in the pack that gives you a chance as you go down the rest of the season. If you fall too far from the pack then you begin to lose a little hope about what you’re able to do. As long as we can stay in the pack, that will give us a chance.”
(On Derek Anderson being consistent)- “I think that if the supporting cast will be consistent, that will help him be consistent. He has to rely on a lot of different people on this team and that’s why we talk about it being a team game and getting the most out of the team. If we can be consistent around him then he’ll be consistent.”
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Depth Chart as of 10-28-08 Offense WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB FB RB
18 DONTE’ STALLWORTH 73 JOE THOMAS 65 ERIC STEINBACH 66 HANK FRALEY 70 REX HADNOT 77 KEVIN SHAFFER 80 KELLEN WINSLOW 17 BRAYLON EDWARDS 3 DEREK ANDERSON 47 LAWRENCE VICKERS 31 JAMAL LEWIS
16 Joshua Cribbs 61 Isaac Sowells 79 Scott Young 68 Seth McKinney 72 Ryan Tucker 82 Steve Heiden 12 Syndric Steptoe 10 Brady Quinn 41 Charles Ali 29 Jason Wright
87 Darnell Dinkins (84 Joe Jurevicius) 11 Ken Dorsey
86 Martin Rucker
35 Jerome Harrison
Defense LE 99 COREY WILLIAMS 97 Santonio Thomas NT 92 SHAUN ROGERS 71 Ahtyba Rubin RE 93 LOUIS LEONARD 91 Shaun Smith LOLB 55 WILILIE McGINEST 51 Shantee Orr MLB 54 ANDRA DAVIS 94 Leon Williams 58 Beau Bell WLB 52 D’QWELL JACKSON 53 Kris Griffin ROLB95 KAMERION WIMBLEY 96 Alex Hall LCB 24 ERIC WRIGHT 25 Terry Cousin RCB 22 BRANDON McDONALD 23 Travis Daniels 30 Gerard Lawson SS 26 SEAN JONES 27 Nick Sorensen 42 Hamza Abdullah FS 21 BRODNEY POOL 20 Mike Adams
Specialists P K H PR KR LS
15 DAVE ZASTUDIL 4 PHIL DAWSON 15 DAVE ZASTUDIL 16 JOSHUA CRIBBS 16 JOSHUA CRIBBS 64 RYAN PONTBRIAND
12 Syndric Steptoe 22 Brandon McDonald 29 Jason Wright 35 Jerome Harrison 82 Steve Heiden
STARTERS Rookies () Injured
Pronunciation Guide Hamza Abdullah Andra Davis D’Qwell Jackson Joe Jurevicius Ryan Pontbriand
HAHM-zuh ON-dray DUH-quell Jur-uh-VIH-shus PAWNT-bree-awnd
Ahtyba Rubin Isaac Sowells Syndric Steptoe Kamerion Wimbley Dave Zastudil
ah-TAH-ba ROO-ben Souls SIN-drick Cameron ZAS-tuh-dil
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2008 CLEVELAND BROWNS NUMERICAL ROSTER Roster Size: 53 (as of 10-28-08) NO NAME
HT
WT
DOB
COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
HOW ACQ
6-6 5-11 6-3 6-4 5-9 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-9 6-1 6-3 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-6 6-6 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-4
230 200 235 215 200 220 215 215 200 195 205 185 195 190 185 220 210 215 195 245 205 255 216 250 245 240 245 250 270 250 320 255 295 310 310 320 330 315 305 315 312 250 270 260 260 325 350 325 250 255 250 305 320
06/15/83 01/23/75 10/27/84 04/22/81 12/06/84 10/26/78 06/09/83 02/21/83 11/10/80 03/24/81 05/24/84 08/26/85 09/08/82 07/24/85 04/11/75 03/02/82 07/31/78 07/12/82 01/12/85 08/26/79 02/26/83 08/23/84 08/20/83 05/08/83 05/28/81 09/26/83 05/27/82 12/23/78 12/11/71 05/26/86 05/04/82 10/01/79 04/04/80 09/21/77 06/12/79 01/28/82 07/25/86 06/12/75 12/04/84 03/02/80 07/15/81 07/21/83 09/21/76 05/04/85 01/20/77 08/19/81 03/12/79 07/16/84 07/30/83 10/13/83 08/17/85 07/02/81 08/17/80
25 33 24 27 23 30 25 25 27 27 24 23 26 23 33 26 30 26 23 29 25 24 25 25 27 25 26 29 36 22 26 29 28 31 29 26 22 33 23 28 27 25 32 23 31 27 29 24 25 25 23 27 28
4 10 2 6 1 7 4 4 7 5 4 2 4 2 12 5 8 4 R 9 3 2 4 3 5 3 4 7 15 R 3 6 6 9 7 5 R 12 2 7 4 5 10 R 7 5 8 2 3 3 R 2 5
Oregon State Texas Notre Dame Miami (Fla.) Arizona Ohio University Kent State Michigan Tennessee Delaware Oklahoma Memphis LSU UNLV South Carolina Georgia Virginia Tech Northwestern Oregon State Tennessee Washington State Arkansas-Pine Bluff Washington State Colorado Michigan Maryland Indiana (Pa.) Florida USC UNLV Indiana Rice Iowa Robert Morris Texas A&M Houston Iowa State TCU Wisconsin Tulsa Brigham Young Miami (Fla.) South Dakota St. Missouri Pittsburgh South Carolina Texas Fresno State Miami (Fla.) Florida State St. Augustine Miami (Fla.) Arkansas State
Portland, Ore. Dallas, Texas Dublin, Ohio Orinda, Calif. Bryan, Texas Bay Village, Ohio Washington, D.C. Detroit, Mich. Sacramento, Calif. Paterson, N.J. Houston, Texas Collins, Miss. Hollywood, Fla. San Francisco, Calif. Miami, Fla. Atlanta, Ga. Winter Haven, Fla. Diamond Bar, Calif. Las Vegas, Nev. Atlanta, Ga. Kalamazoo, Mich St. Louis, Mo. Pomona, Calif. Houston, Texas Detroit, Mich. Largo, Fla. Beaver, Pa. Live Oak, Fla. Long Beach, Calif. Tustin, Calif. Louisville, Ky. Houston, Texas Lockport, Ill. Gaithersburg, Md. Centerville, Texas Lufkin, Texas Fort Belvoir, Virg. Midland, Texas Brookfield, Wisc. Salisbury, Md. Salt Lake City, Utah San Diego, Calif. Rushford, Minn. St. Joseph, Mo. Pittsburgh, Pa. Brooklyn, N.Y. LaPorte, Texas Los Angeles, Calif. Brooklyn, N.Y. Wichita, Kan. Glenarden, Md. Belle Glade, Fla. Camden, Ark.
W (Bal.) - '05 FA - '99 D1b - '07 FA - '07 D7b - '07 UFA (Bal.) - '06 FA - '05 D1 - '05 UFA (N.E.) - '08 UFA (S.F.) - '07 D2 - '05 D5 - '07 Tr. (Mia.) - '08 D2 - '07 UFA (Jack.) - '08 D2 - '04 FA - '07 FA - '05 FA - '08 UFA (Bal.) - '07 D5a - '06 FA - '07 FA - '08 D6a - '06 UFA (Jack.) - '08 D2 - '06 W (K.C.) - '07 D5 - '02 UFA (N.E.) - '06 D4a - '08 D4b - '06 D5a - '03 UFA (Cin.) - '07 Tr. (Phi.) - '06 UFA (Mia.) - '07 UFA (Mia.) - '08 D6a - '08 UFA (Stl.) - '02 D1a - '07 UFA (Atl.) - '06 W (Phil.) - '08 D1 - 04 Tr. (S.D.) - '02 D4b - '08 UFA (Bal.) - '06 RFA (Cin.) - '07 Tr. (Det.) - '08 W. (St. L) - '07 D4a - '06 D1 - '06 D7 - '08 FA - '08 Tr. (G.B.) - '08
7/7/0/0 7/0/0/0 0/0/7/0 0/0/0/7 7/3/0/0 7/0/0/0 6/0/0/1 7/7/0/0 3/3/1/3 5/5/0/2 6/6/0/1 7/7/0/0 5/0/2/0 7/7/0/0 7/0/0/0 3/3/0/4 7/0/0/0 7/0/0/0 7/0/0/0 7/7/0/0 7/0/0/0 7/0/0/0 1/0/0/3 7/4/0/0 6/0/0/1 7/7/0/0 5/0/0/2 7/7/0/0 5/5/0/2 2/0/2/3 7/0/0/0 7/0/0/0 6/6/0/1 7/7/0/0 7/2/0/0 6/6/0/1 5/0/0/2 1/1/0/6 7/7/0/0 6/6/0/1 0/0/2/5 5/4/0/2 7/6/0/0 0/0/1/6 7/1/0/0 4/2/0/3 7/7/0/0 7/3/0/0 7/0/0/0 7/7/0/0 7/2/0/0 5/0/0/0 7/7/0/0
RESERVE-PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PERFORM (PUP): (1) 84 Jurevicius, Joe WR 6-5 230 12/23/74
33
11
Penn State
Mentor, Ohio
UFA (Sea.) - '06
0/0/0/0
RESERVE-INJURED (IR): (5) 39 Holly, Daven 56 Peek, Antwan 62 Friedman, Lennie 97 Pittman, Chase 98 Smith, Robaire
3 4 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 35 41 42 47 51 52 53 54 55 58 61 64 65 66 68 70 71 72 73 77 79 80 82 86 87 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99
Anderson, Derek Dawson, Phil Quinn, Brady Dorsey, Ken Steptoe, Syndric Zastudil, Dave Cribbs, Joshua Edwards, Braylon Stallworth, Donte' Adams, Mike Pool, Brodney McDonald, Brandon Daniels, Travis Wright, Eric Cousin, Terry Jones, Sean Sorensen, Nick Wright, Jason Lawson, Gerard Lewis, Jamal Harrison, Jerome Ali, Charles Abdullah, Hamza Vickers, Lawrence Orr, Shantee Jackson, D'Qwell Griffin, Kris Davis, Andra McGinest, Willie Bell, Beau Sowells, Isaac Pontbriand, Ryan Steinbach, Eric Fraley, Hank McKinney, Seth Hadnot, Rex Rubin, Ahtyba Tucker, Ryan Thomas, Joe Shaffer, Kevin Young, Scott Winslow, Kellen Heiden, Steve Rucker, Martin Dinkins, Darnell Smith, Shaun Rogers, Shaun Leonard, Louis Williams, Leon Wimbley, Kamerion Hall, Alex Thomas, Santonio Williams, Corey
QB K QB QB WR P WR WR WR DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB RB DB RB RB FB S FB LB LB LB LB LB LB OL LS OL OL OL OL DL OL OL OL OL TE TE TE TE DL DL DL LB LB LB DL DL
DB LB OL DL DL
GP/GS/DNP/IA
185 250 290 300 310
08/08/82 10/29/79 08/13/76 03/15/83 11/15/77
26 29 32 25 30
4 6 10 1 9
Cincinnati Cincinnati Duke LSU Michigan State
Clairton, Pa. Cincinnati, Ohio Milford, N.J. Minden, La. Flint, Mich.
FA - '06 UFA (Hou.) - '07 Tr. (Chi.) - '06 D7a - '07 UFA (Ten.) - '07
0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 2/2/0/0
RESERVE-NON FOOTBALL INJURY (NFI): (1) 69 Young, Eric OL 6-3 305
11/22/83
24
R
Tennessee
Union, S.C.
FA - '08
0/0/0/0
PRACTICE SQUAD: (9) 9 Leggett, Lance 28 Patrick, Allen 59 Brown, Titus 60 Purcell, Melila 63 Gaddis, Christian 69 #Mohr, Christian 78 Leffew, Travis 83 Sanders, Steve 89 Hubbard, Paul
02/11/85 02/15/84 03/27/86 02/05/84 10/05/84 04/05/80 01/27/83 12/23/82 06/12/85
23 24 22 24 23 28 25 25 23
R R R 1 2 1 1 1 R
Miami (Fla.) Oklahoma Mississippi State Hawaii Villanova No College Louisville Bowling Green Wisconsin
Bartow, Fla. FA - '08 Conway, S.C. FA - '08 Tuscaloosa, Ala. FA - '08 Pago Pago, American SamoFA - '08 Jacksonville, Fla. FA - '08 Aachen, Germany FA - '08 Boyle County, Ky. FA - '08 Cleveland, Ohio FA - '07 Colorado Springs, Colo. D6b - '08
WR RB LB DL OL DL OL WR WR
5-10 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-4
AGE EXP
6-3 6-1 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-2
200 200 245 295 300 251 292 205 225
0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 4/0/0/0 0/0/0/0
# International Practice Squad Player Head Coach: Assistants:
Romeo Crennel Rob Chudzinski (Offensive Coordinator), Mel Tucker (Defensive Coordinator), Ted Daisher (Special Teams Coordinator), Dave Atkins (Senior Offensive Assistant Coach), Chris Caminiti (Assistant Special Teams), Wes Chandler (Wide Receivers Coach), Alan DeGennaro (Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach), Mike Haluchak (Linebackers Coach), Umberto Leone (Defensive Quality Control Coach), Anthony Lynn (Running Backs Coach), Steve Marshall (Offensive Line Coach), Richard McNutt (Assistant Defensive Backs), Randy Melvin (Defensive Line Coach), Tom Myslinski (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Alfredo Roberts (Tight Ends Coach), Rip Scherer (Assistant Head Coach and Quarterbacks Coach), Mike Sullivan (Assistant Offensive Line Coach), Bob Trott (Defensive Assistant Coach), Cory Undlin (Defensive Backs Coach), Frank Verducci (Offensive Assistant)
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2008 CLEVELAND BROWNS AlphabetICAL ROSTER Roster Size: 53 (as of 10-28-08) NO NAME
POS HT
WT
DOB
42 20 41 3 58 25 16 23 54 4 87 11 17 66 53 70 96 35 82 52 26 30 93 31 22 55 68 51 64 21 10 92 71 86 77 91 27 61 18 65 12 73 97 72 47 99 94 95 80 24 29 79 15
S DB FB QB LB DB WR DB LB K TE QB WR OL LB OL LB RB TE LB DB DB DL RB DB LB OL LB LS DB QB DL DL TE OL DL DB OL WR OL WR OL DL OL FB DL LB LB TE DB RB OL P
216 195 255 230 250 185 215 195 250 200 260 215 215 310 245 320 250 205 270 240 220 195 325 245 185 270 310 245 255 205 235 350 330 260 315 325 210 320 200 295 200 305 305 315 250 320 250 255 250 190 215 312 220
08/20/83 03/24/81 08/23/84 06/15/83 05/26/86 04/11/75 06/09/83 09/08/82 12/23/78 01/23/75 01/20/77 04/22/81 02/21/83 09/21/77 05/27/82 01/28/82 08/17/85 02/26/83 09/21/76 09/26/83 03/02/82 01/12/85 07/16/84 08/26/79 08/26/85 12/11/71 06/12/79 05/28/81 10/01/79 05/24/84 10/27/84 03/12/79 07/25/86 05/04/85 03/02/80 08/19/81 07/31/78 05/04/82 11/10/80 04/04/80 12/06/84 12/04/84 07/02/81 06/12/75 05/08/83 08/17/80 07/30/83 10/13/83 07/21/83 07/24/85 07/12/82 07/15/81 10/26/78
25 27 24 25 22 33 25 26 29 33 31 27 25 31 26 26 23 25 32 25 26 23 24 29 23 36 29 27 29 24 24 29 22 23 28 27 30 26 27 28 23 23 27 33 25 28 25 25 25 23 26 27 30
4 5 2 4 R 12 4 4 7 10 7 6 4 9 4 5 R 3 10 3 5 R 2 9 2 15 7 5 6 4 2 8 R R 7 5 8 3 7 6 1 2 2 12 3 5 3 3 5 2 4 4 7
RESERVE-PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PERFORM (PUP): (1) 84 Jurevicius, Joe WR 6-5 230 12/23/74
33
RESERVE-INJURED (IR): (5) 62 Friedman, Lennie 39 Holly, Daven 56 Peek, Antwan 97 Pittman, Chase 98 Smith, Robaire
Abdullah, Hamza Adams, Mike Ali, Charles Anderson, Derek Bell, Beau Cousin, Terry Cribbs, Joshua Daniels, Travis Davis, Andra Dawson, Phil Dinkins, Darnell Dorsey, Ken Edwards, Braylon Fraley, Hank Griffin, Kris Hadnot, Rex Hall, Alex Harrison, Jerome Heiden, Steve Jackson, D'Qwell Jones, Sean Lawson, Gerard Leonard, Louis Lewis, Jamal McDonald, Brandon McGinest, Willie McKinney, Seth Orr, Shantee Pontbriand, Ryan Pool, Brodney Quinn, Brady Rogers, Shaun Rubin, Ahtyba Rucker, Martin Shaffer, Kevin Smith, Shaun Sorensen, Nick Sowells, Isaac Stallworth, Donte' Steinbach, Eric Steptoe, Syndric Thomas, Joe Thomas, Santonio Tucker, Ryan Vickers, Lawrence Williams, Corey Williams, Leon Wimbley, Kamerion Winslow, Kellen Wright, Eric Wright, Jason Young, Scott Zastudil, Dave
OL DB LB DL DL
6-2 5-11 6-2 6-6 6-1 5-9 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-5 5-9 6-5 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-4 5-11 5-10 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-6 5-9 6-6 6-4 6-6 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-4 5-10 5-10 6-4 6-3
HOMETOWN
HOW ACQ
Pomona, Calif. Paterson, N.J. St. Louis, Mo. Portland, Ore. Tustin, Calif. Miami, Fla. Washington, D.C. Hollywood, Fla. Live Oak, Fla. Dallas, Texas Pittsburgh, Pa. Orinda, Calif. Detroit, Mich. Gaithersburg, Md. Beaver, Pa. Lufkin, Texas Glenarden, Md. Kalamazoo, Mich. Rushford, Minn. Largo, Fla. Atlanta, Ga. Las Vegas, Nev. Los Angeles, Calif. Atlanta, Ga. Collins, Miss. Long Beach, Calif. Centerville, Texas Detroit, Mich. Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Dublin, Ohio LaPorte, Texas Fort Belvoir, Virg. St. Joseph, Mo. Salisbury, Md. Brooklyn, N.Y. Winter Haven, Fla. Louisville, Ky. Sacramento, Calif. Lockport, Ill. Bryan, Texas Brookfield, Wisc. Belle Glade, Fla. Midland, Texas Houston, Texas Camden, Ark. Brooklyn, N.Y. Wichita, Kan. San Diego, Calif. San Francisco, Calif. Diamond Bar, Calif. Salt Lake City, Utah Bay Village, Ohio
FA - '08 UFA (S.F.) - '07 FA - '07 W (Bal.) - '05 D4a - '08 UFA (Jack.) - '08 FA - '05 Tr. (Mia.) - '08 D5 - '02 FA - '99 UFA (Bal.) - '06 FA - '07 D1 - '05 Tr. (Phi.) - '06 W (K.C.) - '07 UFA (Mia.) - '08 D7 - '08 D5a - '06 Tr. (S.D.) - '02 D2 - '06 D2 - '04 FA - '08 W (St. L) - '07 UFA (Bal.) - '07 D5 - '07 UFA (N.E.) - '06 UFA (Mia.) - '07 UFA (Jack.) - '08 D5a - '03 D2 - '05 D1b - '07 Tr. (Det.) - '08 D6a - '08 D4b - '08 UFA (Atl.) - '06 RFA (Cin.) - '07 FA - '07 D4b - '06 UFA (N.E.) - '08 UFA (Cin.) - '07 D7b - '07 D1a - '07 FA - '08 UFA (Stl.) - '02 D6a - '06 Tr. (G.B.) - '08 D4a - '06 D1 - '06 D1 - 04 D2 - '07 FA - '05 W. (Phil.) - '08 UFA (Bal.) - '06
1/0/0/3 5/5/0/2 7/0/0/0 7/7/0/0 2/0/2/3 7/0/0/0 6/0/0/1 5/0/2/0 7/7/0/0 7/0/0/0 7/1/0/0 0/0/0/7 7/7/0/0 7/7/0/0 5/0/0/2 6/6/0/1 7/2/0/0 7/0/0/0 7/6/0/0 7/7/0/0 3/3/0/4 7/0/0/0 7/3/0/0 7/7/0/0 7/7/0/0 5/5/0/2 7/2/0/0 6/0/0/1 7/0/0/0 6/6/0/1 0/0/7/0 7/7/0/0 5/0/0/2 0/0/1/6 6/6/0/1 4/2/0/3 7/0/0/0 7/0/0/0 3/3/1/3 6/6/0/1 7/3/0/0 7/7/0/0 5/0/0/0 1/1/0/6 7/4/0/0 7/7/0/0 7/0/0/0 7/7/0/0 5/4/0/2 7/7/0/0 7/0/0/0 0/0/2/5 7/0/0/0
11 Penn State
Mentor, Ohio
UFA (Sea.) - '06
0/0/0/0
Washington State Delaware Arkansas-Pine Bluff Oregon State UNLV South Carolina Kent State LSU Florida Texas Pittsburgh Miami (Fla.) Michigan Robert Morris Indiana (Pa.) Houston St. Augustine Washington State South Dakota St. Maryland Georgia Oregon State Fresno State Tennessee Memphis USC Texas A&M Michigan Rice Oklahoma Notre Dame Texas Iowa State Missouri Tulsa South Carolina Virginia Tech Indiana Tennessee Iowa Arizona Wisconsin Miami (Fla.) TCU Colorado Arkansas State Miami (Fla.) Florida State Miami (Fla.) UNLV Northwestern Brigham Young Ohio University
GP/GS/DNP/IA
290 185 250 300 310
08/13/76 08/08/82 10/29/79 03/15/83 11/15/77
32 26 29 25 30
10 4 6 1 9
Duke Cincinnati Cincinnati LSU Michigan State
Milford, N.J. Clairton, Pa. Cincinnati, Ohio Minden, La. Flint, Mich.
Tr. (Chi.) - '06 FA - '06 UFA (Hou.) - '07 D7a - '07 UFA (Ten.) - '07
0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 2/2/0/0
RESERVE-NON FOOTBALL INJURY (NFI): (1) 69 Young, Eric OL 6-3 305
11/22/83
24
R
Tennessee
Union, S.C.
FA - '08
0/0/0/0
PRACTICE SQUAD: (9) 59 Brown, Titus 63 Gaddis, Christian 89 Hubbard, Paul 78 Leffew, Travis 9 Leggett, Lance 69 #Mohr, Christian 28 Patrick, Allen 60 Purcell, Melila 83 Sanders, Steve
03/27/86 10/05/84 06/12/85 01/27/83 02/11/85 04/05/80 02/15/84 02/05/84 12/23/82
22 23 23 25 23 28 24 24 25
R 2 R 1 R 1 R 1 1
Mississippi State Villanova Wisconsin Louisville Miami (Fla.) No College Oklahoma Hawaii Bowling Green
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Jacksonville, Fla. Colorado Springs, Colo. Boyle County, Ky. Bartow, Fla. Aachen, Germany Conway, S.C. Pago Pago, American Samoa Cleveland, Ohio
FA - '08 FA - '08 D6b - '08 FA - '08 FA - '08 FA - '08 FA - '08 FA - '08 FA - '07
0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 4/0/0/0
LB OL WR OL WR DL RB DL WR
6-3 5-10 6-3 6-5 6-4
AGE EXP COLLEGE
6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-3
245 300 225 292 200 251 200 295 205
# International Practice Squad Player Head Coach: Assistants:
Romeo Crennel Rob Chudzinski (Offensive Coordinator), Mel Tucker (Defensive Coordinator), Ted Daisher (Special Teams Coordinator), Dave Atkins (Senior Offensive Assistant Coach), Chris Caminiti (Assistant Special Teams), Wes Chandler (Wide Receivers Coach), Alan DeGennaro (Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach), Mike Haluchak (Linebackers Coach), Umberto Leone (Defensive Quality Control Coach), Anthony Lynn (Running Backs Coach), Steve Marshall (Offensive Line Coach), Richard McNutt (Assistant Defensive Backs), Randy Melvin (Defensive Line Coach), Tom Myslinski (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Alfredo Roberts (Tight Ends Coach), Rip Scherer (Assistant Head Coach and Quarterbacks Coach), Mike Sullivan (Assistant Offensive Line Coach), Bob Trott (Defensive Assistant Coach), Cory Undlin (Defensive Backs Coach), Frank Verducci (Offensive Assistant)
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2008 CLEVELAND BROWNS ROSTER BY POSITION Roster Size: 53 (as of 10-28-08) QUARTERBACKS (3) 3 Anderson, Derek 11 Dorsey, Ken 10 Quinn, Brady
POS HT
WT
DOB
HOMETOWN
HOW ACQ
QB QB QB
6-6 6-4 6-3
230 215 235
06/15/83 04/22/81 10/27/84
AGE EXP COLLEGE 25 27 24
4 6 2
Oregon State Miami (Fla.) Notre Dame
Portland, Ore. Orinda, Calif. Dublin, Ohio
W (Bal.) - '05 FA - '07 D1b - '07
7/7/0/0 0/0/0/7 0/0/7/0
RUNNING BACKS (3) 35 Harrison, Jerome 31 Lewis, Jamal 29 Wright, Jason
RB RB RB
5-9 205 5-11 245 5-10 215
02/26/83 08/26/79 07/12/82
25 29 26
3 9 4
Washington State Tennessee Northwestern
Kalamazoo, Mich. Atlanta, Ga. Diamond Bar, Calif.
D5a - '06 UFA (Bal.) - '07 FA - '05
7/0/0/0 7/7/0/0 7/0/0/0
FULLBACKS (2) 41 Ali, Charles 47 Vickers, Lawrence
FB FB
6-2 6-0
255 250
08/23/84 05/08/83
24 25
2 3
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Colorado
St. Louis, Mo. Houston, Texas
FA - '07 D6a - '06
7/0/0/0 7/4/0/0
WIDE RECEIVERS (4) 16 Cribbs, Joshua 17 Edwards, Braylon 84 ***Jurevicius, Joe 18 Stallworth, Donte' 12 Steptoe, Syndric
WR WR WR WR WR
6-1 6-3 6-5 6-0 5-9
215 215 230 200 200
06/09/83 02/21/83 12/23/74 11/10/80 12/06/84
25 25 33 27 23
4 4 11 7 1
Kent State Michigan Penn State Tennessee Arizona
Washington, D.C. Detroit, Mich. Mentor, Ohio Sacramento, Calif. Bryan, Texas
FA - '05 D1 - '05 UFA (Sea.) - '06 UFA (N.E.) - '08 D7b - '07
6/0/0/1 7/7/0/0 0/0/0/0 3/3/1/3 7/3/0/0
TIGHT ENDS (4) 87 Dinkins, Darnell 82 Heiden, Steve 86 Rucker, Martin 80 Winslow, Kellen
TE TE TE TE
6-4 6-5 6-4 6-4
260 270 260 250
01/20/77 09/21/76 05/04/85 07/21/83
31 32 23 25
7 10 R 5
Pittsburgh South Dakota St. Missouri Miami (Fla.)
Pittsburgh, Pa. Rushford, Minn. St. Joseph, Mo. San Diego, Calif.
UFA (Bal.) - '06 Tr. (S.D.) - '02 D4b - '08 D1 - 04
7/1/0/0 7/6/0/0 0/0/1/7 5/4/0/2
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (9) 66 Fraley, Hank 62 *Friedman, Lennie 70 Hadnot, Rex 68 McKinney, Seth 77 Shaffer, Kevin 61 Sowells, Isaac 65 Steinbach, Eric 73 Thomas, Joe 72 Tucker, Ryan 69 **Young, Eric 79 Young, Scott
OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
6-2 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-3 6-4
310 290 320 310 315 320 295 305 315 305 312
09/21/77 08/13/76 01/28/82 06/12/79 03/02/80 05/04/82 04/04/80 12/04/84 06/12/75 11/22/83 07/15/81
31 32 26 29 28 26 28 23 33 24 27
9 10 5 7 7 3 6 2 12 R 4
Robert Morris Duke Houston Texas A&M Tulsa Indiana Iowa Wisconsin TCU Tennessee Brigham Young
Gaithersburg, Md. Milford, N.J. Lufkin, Texas Centerville, Texas Salisbury, Md. Louisville, Ky. Lockport, Ill. Brookfield, Wisc. Midland, Texas Union, S.C. Salt Lake City, Utah
Tr. (Phi.) - '06 Tr. (Chi.) - '06 UFA (Mia.) - '08 UFA (Mia.) - '07 UFA (Atl.) - '06 D4b - '06 UFA (Cin.) - '07 D1a - '07 UFA (Stl.) - '02 FA - '08 W (Phil.) - '08
7/7/0/0 0/0/0/0 6/6/0/1 7/2/0/0 6/6/0/1 7/0/0/0 6/6/0/1 7/7/0/0 1/1/0/6 0/0/0/0 0/0/2/5
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (6) 93 Leonard, Louis 92 Rogers, Shaun 71 Rubin, Ahtyba 98 *Smith, Robaire 91 Smith, Shaun 97 Thomas, Santonio 99 Williams, Corey
DL DL DL DL DL DL DL
6-4 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-4
325 350 330 310 325 305 320
07/16/84 03/12/79 07/25/86 11/15/77 08/19/81 07/02/81 08/17/80
24 29 22 30 27 27 28
2 8 R 9 5 2 5
Fresno State Texas Iowa State Michigan State South Carolina Miami (Fla.) Arkansas State
Los Angeles, Calif. LaPorte, Texas Fort Belvoir, Virg. Flint, Mich. Brooklyn, N.Y. Belle Glade, Fla. Camden, Ark.
W. (St. L) - '07 Tr. (Det.) - '08 D6a - '08 UFA (Ten.) - '07 RFA (Cin.) - '07 FA - '08 Tr. (G.B.) - '08
7/3/0/0 7/7/0/0 5/0/0/2 2/2/0/0 4/2/0/3 5/0/0/0 7/7/0/0
LINEBACKERS (9) 58 Bell, Beau 54 Davis, Andra 53 Griffin, Kris 96 Hall, Alex 52 Jackson, D'Qwell 55 McGinest, Willie 51 Orr, Shantee 56 *Peek, Antwan 94 Williams, Leon 95 Wimbley, Kamerion
LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB
6-1 6-1 6-3 6-5 6-0 6-5 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-3
250 250 245 250 240 270 245 250 250 255
05/26/86 12/23/78 05/27/82 08/17/85 09/26/83 12/11/71 05/28/81 10/29/79 07/30/83 10/13/83
22 29 26 23 25 36 27 29 25 25
R 7 4 R 3 15 5 6 3 3
UNLV Florida Indiana (Pa.) St. Augustine Maryland USC Michigan Cincinnati Miami (Fla.) Florida State
Tustin, Calif. Live Oak, Fla. Beaver, Pa. Glenarden, Md. Largo, Fla. Long Beach, Calif. Detroit, Mich. Cincinnati, Ohio Brooklyn, N.Y. Wichita, Kan.
D4a - '08 D5 - '02 W (K.C.) - '07 D7 - '08 D2 - '06 UFA (N.E.) - '06 UFA (Jack.) - '08 UFA (Hou.) - '07 D4a - '06 D1 - '06
2/0/2/3 7/7/0/0 5/0/0/2 7/2/0/0 7/7/0/0 5/5/0/2 6/0/0/1 0/0/0/0 7/0/0/0 7/7/0/0
DEFENSIVE BACKS (10) 42 Abdullah, Hamza 20 Adams, Mike 25 Cousin, Terry 23 Daniels, Travis 39 *Holly, Daven 26 Jones, Sean 30 Lawson, Gerard 22 McDonald, Brandon 21 Pool, Brodney 27 Sorensen, Nick 24 Wright, Eric
DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB
6-2 5-11 5-9 6-1 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-2 6-3 5-10
216 195 185 195 185 220 195 185 205 210 190
08/20/83 03/24/81 04/11/75 09/08/82 08/08/82 03/02/82 01/12/85 08/26/85 05/24/84 07/31/78 07/24/85
25 27 33 25 26 26 23 23 24 30 23
4 5 12 4 4 5 R 2 4 8 2
Washington State Delaware South Carolina LSU Cincinnati Georgia Oregon State Memphis Oklahoma Virginia Tech UNLV
Pomona, Calif. Paterson, N.J. Miami, Fla. Hollywood, Fla. Clairton, Pa. Atlanta, Ga. Las Vegas, Nev. Collins, Miss. Houston, Texas Winter Haven, Fla. San Francisco, Calif.
FA - '08 UFA (S.F.) - '07 UFA (Jack.) - '08 Tr. (Mia.) - '08 FA - '06 D2 - '04 FA - '08 D5 - '07 D2 - '05 FA - '07 D2 - '07
1/0/0/3 5/5/0/2 7/0/0/0 5/0/2/0 0/0/0/0 3/3/0/4 7/0/0/0 7/7/0/0 6/6/0/1 7/0/0/0 7/7/0/0
SPECIALISTS (3) 4 Dawson, Phil 64 Pontbriand, Ryan 15 Zastudil, Dave
K LS P
5-11 200 6-2 255 6-3 220
01/23/75 10/01/79 10/26/78
33 29 30
10 Texas 6 Rice 7 Ohio University
Dallas, Texas Houston, Texas Bay Village, Ohio
FA - '99 D5a - '03 UFA (Bal.) - '06
7/0/0/0 7/0/0/0 7/0/0/0
* - Reserve-Injured ** - Reserve-Non Football Injury *** - Reserve-Physically Unable to Perform (PUP)
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GP/GS/DNP/IA
HOW THETHE BROWNS WERE BUILT HOW BROWNS WERE BUILT Roster Size: 53 (as of 10-28-08) Roster Size: 53
YEAR 2008
DRAFT (21)
TRADE/WAIVER (9)
FREE AGENTS (23)
Beau Bell (4a)
Travis Daniels (Tr. - Mia.)
Hamza Abdullah
Martin Rucker (4b)
Shaun Rogers (Tr. - Det.)
Terry Cousin-UFA (Jack.)
Ahtyba Rubin (6a)
Corey Williams (Tr. - G.B.)
Rex Hadnot-UFA (Mia.)
Alex Hall (7)
Scott Young (W. Phil)
Gerard Lawson ****Christian Mohr Shantee Orr-UFA (Jack.) Donte' Stallworth-UFA (N.E.) Santonio Thomas **Eric Young
2007
Joe Thomas (1a)
Kris Griffin (W. - K.C.)
Brady Quinn (1b)
Louis Leonard (W.- St. L)
Eric Wright (2)
Mike Adams Charles Ali Ken Dorsey
Brandon McDonald (5)
Jamal Lewis-UFA (Balt.)
Syndric Steptoe (7b)
Seth McKinney-UFA (Mia.) *Antwan Peek-UFA (Hou.) *Robaire Smith-UFA (Ten.) Shaun Smith-RFA (Cin.) Nick Sorensen Eric Steinbach-UFA (Cin.)
2006
2005
Kamerion Wimbley (1)
Hank Fraley (Tr. - Phi.)
D'Qwell Jackson (2)
*Lennie Friedman (Tr. - Chi.)
*Daven Holly
Leon Williams (4a)
***Joe Jurevicius-UFA (Sea.)
Isaac Sowells (4b)
Willie McGinest-UFA (N.E.)
Jerome Harrison (5a)
Kevin Shaffer-UFA (Atl.)
Lawrence Vickers (6a)
Dave Zastudil-UFA (Balt.)
Braylon Edwards (1)
Derek Anderson (W - Balt.)
Brodney Pool (2)
2004
Darnell Dinkins-UFA (Balt.)
Joshua Cribbs Jason Wright
Kellen Winslow (1) Sean Jones (2)
2003
Ryan Pontbriand (5a)
2002
Andra Davis (5)
Steve Heiden (Tr. - S.D.)
Ryan Tucker-UFA (Stl.)
2001 2000 1999
Phil Dawson * Reserve-Injured (IR) ** Reserve-Non Football Injury (NFI) *** Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) **** International Practice Squad Player
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2008 CLEVELAND BROWNS ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE Roster Size: 53 (as of 10-28-08)
NO NAME
POS HT
WT
DOB
AGE EXP COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
HOW ACQ
15th Year (1)
55
McGinest, Willie
LB
6-5
270
12/11/71
36
15 USC
Long Beach, Calif.
UFA (N.E.) - '06
12th Year (2)
25 72
Cousin, Terry Tucker, Ryan
DB OL
5-9 6-6
185 315
04/11/75 06/12/75
33 33
12 South Carolina 12 TCU
Miami, Fla. Midland, Texas
UFA (Jack.) - '08 UFA (Stl.) - '02
11th Year (1)
84
***Jurevicius, Joe
WR
6-5
230
12/23/74
33
11 Penn State
Mentor, Ohio
UFA (Sea.) - '06
10th Year (2)
4 62 82
Dawson, Phil *Friedman, Lennie Heiden, Steve
K OL TE
5-11 200 6-3 290 6-5 270
01/23/75 08/13/76 09/21/76
33 32 32
10 Texas 10 Duke 10 South Dakota St.
Dallas, Texas Milford, N.J. Rushford, Minn.
FA - '99 Tr. (Chi.) - '06 Tr. (S.D.) - '02
9th Year (2)
66 31 98
Fraley, Hank Lewis, Jamal *Smith, Robaire
OL RB DL
6-2 310 5-11 245 6-4 310
09/21/77 08/26/79 11/15/77
31 29 30
9 9 9
Robert Morris Tennessee Michigan State
Gaithersburg, Md. Atlanta, Ga. Flint, Mich.
Tr. (Phi.) - '06 UFA (Bal.) - '07 UFA (Ten.) - '07
8th Year (2)
92 27
Rogers, Shaun Sorensen, Nick
DL DB
6-4 6-3
350 210
03/12/79 07/31/78
29 30
8 8
Texas Virginia Tech
LaPorte, Texas Winter Haven, Fla.
Tr. (Det.) - '08 FA - '07
7th Year (6)
54 87 68 77 18 15
Davis, Andra Dinkins, Darnell McKinney, Seth Shaffer, Kevin Stallworth, Donte' Zastudil, Dave
LB TE OL OL WR P
6-1 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-0 6-3
250 260 310 315 200 220
12/23/78 01/20/77 06/12/79 03/02/80 11/10/80 10/26/78
29 31 29 28 27 30
7 7 7 7 7 7
Florida Pittsburgh Texas A&M Tulsa Tennessee Ohio University
Live Oak, Fla. Pittsburgh, Pa. Centerville, Texas Salisbury, Md. Sacremento, Calif. Bay Village, Ohio
D5 - '02 UFA (Bal.) - '06 UFA (Mia.) - '07 UFA (Atl.) - '06 UFA (N.E.) - '08 UFA (Bal.) - '06
6th Year (3)
11 56 64 65
Dorsey, Ken *Peek, Antwan Pontbriand, Ryan Steinbach, Eric
QB LB LS OL
6-4 6-3 6-2 6-6
215 250 255 295
04/22/81 10/29/79 10/01/79 04/04/80
27 29 29 28
6 6 6 6
Miami (Fla.) Cincinnati Rice Iowa
Orinda, Calif. Cincinnati, Ohio Houston, Texas Lockport, Ill.
FA - '07 UFA (Hou.) - '07 D5a - '03 UFA (Cin.) - '07
5th Year (7)
20 70 26 51 91 99 80
Adams, Mike Hadnot, Rex Jones, Sean Orr, Shantee Smith, Shaun Williams, Corey Winslow, Kellen
DB OL DB LB DL DL TE
5-11 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-4
195 320 220 245 325 320 250
03/24/81 01/28/82 03/02/82 05/28/81 08/19/81 08/17/80 07/21/83
27 26 26 27 27 28 25
5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Delaware Houston Georgia Michigan South Carolina Arkansas State Miami (Fla.)
Paterson, N.J. Lufkin, Texas Atlanta, Ga. Detroit, Mich. Brooklyn, N.Y. Camden, Ark. San Diego, Calif.
UFA (S.F.) - '07 UFA (Mia.) - '08 D2 - '04 UFA (Jack.) - '08 RFA (Cin.) - '07 Tr. (G.B.) - '08 D1 - 04
4th Year (9)
42 3 16 23 17 53 39 21 29 79
Abdullah, Hamza Anderson, Derek Cribbs, Joshua Daniels, Travis Edwards, Braylon Griffin, Kris *Holly, Daven Pool, Brodney Wright, Jason Young, Scott
S QB WR DB WR LB DB DB RB OL
6-2 6-6 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-2 5-10 6-4
216 230 215 195 215 245 185 205 215 312
08/20/83 06/15/83 06/09/83 09/08/82 02/21/83 05/27/82 08/08/82 05/24/84 07/12/82 07/15/81
25 25 25 26 25 26 26 24 26 27
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Washington State Oregon State Kent State LSU Michigan Indiana (Pa.) Cincinnati Oklahoma Northwestern Brigham Young
Pomona, Calif. Portland, Ore. Washington, D.C. Hollywood, Fla. Detroit, Mich. Beaver, Pa. Clairton, Pa. Houston, Texas Diamond Bar, Calif. Salt Lake City, Utah
FA - '08 W (Bal.) - '05 FA - '05 Tr. (Mia.) - '08 D1 - '05 W (K.C.) - '07 FA - '06 D2 - '05 FA - '05 W. (Phil.) - '08
3rd Year (6)
35 52 61 47 94 95
Harrison, Jerome Jackson, D'Qwell Sowells, Isaac Vickers, Lawrence Williams, Leon Wimbley, Kamerion
RB LB OL FB LB LB
5-9 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-3
205 240 320 250 250 255
02/26/83 09/26/83 05/04/82 05/08/83 07/30/83 10/13/83
25 25 26 25 25 25
3 3 3 3 3 3
Washington State Maryland Indiana Colorado Miami (Fla.) Florida State
Kalamazoo, Mich. Largo, Fla. Louisville, Ky. Houston, Texas Brooklyn, N.Y. Wichita, Kan.
D5a - '06 D2 - '06 D4b - '06 D6a - '06 D4a - '06 D1 - '06
2nd Year (6)
41 93 22 10 73 97 24
Ali, Charles Leonard, Louis McDonald, Brandon Quinn, Brady Thomas, Joe Thomas, Santonio Wright, Eric
FB DL DB QB OT DL DB
6-2 6-4 5-10 6-3 6-6 6-4 5-10
255 325 185 235 305 305 190
08/23/84 07/16/84 08/26/85 10/27/84 12/04/84 07/02/81 07/24/85
24 24 23 24 23 27 23
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Fresno State Memphis Notre Dame Wisconsin Miami (Fla.) UNLV
St. Louis, Mo. Los Angeles, Calif. Collins, Miss. Dublin, Ohio Brookfield, Wisc. Belle Glade, Fla. San Francisco, Calif.
FA - '07 W. (St. L) - '07 D5 - '07 D1b - '07 D1a - '07 FA - '08 D2 - '07
1st Year (1)
12
Syndric, Steptoe
WR
5-9
200
12/06/84
23
1
Arizona
Bryan, Texas
D7b - '07
Rookie (5)
58 96 30 71 86 69
Bell, Beau Hall, Alex Lawson, Gerard Rubin, Ahtyba Rucker, Martin **Young, Eric
LB LB DB DL TE OL
6-1 6-5 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-3
250 250 195 330 260 305
05/26/86 08/17/85 01/12/85 07/25/86 05/04/85 11/22/83
22 23 23 22 23 24
R R R R R R
UNLV St. Augustine Oregon State Iowa State Missouri Tennessee
Tustin, Calif. Glenarden, Md. Las Vegas, Nev. Fort Belvoir, Virg. St. Joseph, Mo. Union, S.C.
D4a - '08 D7 - '08 FA - '08 D6a - '08 D4b - '08 FA - '08
* Reserve-Injured ** Reserve-Non Football Injury *** Physically Unable to Perform (PUP)
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2008 TRANSACTIONS Jan. 7
Offensive Coordinator Rob Chudzinski signed to a two-year contract extension.
July 21
DL Christian Mohr signed as International Practice Squad Player
Jan. 11
Defensive Coordinator Todd Grantham will not be retained for 2008.
July 23
WR Joe Jurevicius, OL Ryan Tucker placed on Active/PUP
Jan. 12
Mel Tucker named as Defensive Coordinator.
Aug. 9
DB Gary Baxter contract terminated.
Cory Undlin named Defensive Backs Coach.
Aug. 10
DB Steve Cargile waived.
Jan. 29
Head Coach Romeo Crennel signed a two year contract extension (through 2011).
Feb. 21
RB Jamal Lewis agreed to terms on a three-year contract.
Feb. 27
DE Orpheus Roye contract terminated.
Feb. 28
RB Kory Chapman, TE Brad Cieslak, DB AJ Davis, WR Kevin Kasper, OL Cliff Louis, DL Chase Pittman, WR Steve Sanders, WR Syndric Steptoe, DL Zach West signed as Reserve/Future free agent.
Feb. 29
DB Travis Key signed as a free agent. DB Brandon Mitchell signed as a free agent. Aug. 11
OL Jonathan Palmer signed as a free agent. Aug. 20
DB Travis Daniels traded from Miami to Cleveland for an undisclosed draft choice.
Aug. 26
WR Joe Jurevicius placed on Reserve-PUP.
DB Mil’Von James waived.
QB Derek Anderson agrees to terms on a three-year contract. Browns trade the 2008 second-round draft choice to Green Bay for DE Corey Williams and agree with Corey Williams on a six-year contract.
March 1
WR Donte’ Stallworth signed to a seven-year contract.
March 4
Browns trade DB Leigh Bodden and the 2008 third-round draft choice to Detroit for DL Shaun Rogers and agree to terms on a six-year contract with Shaun Rogers.
March 10
OL Rex Hadnot signed to a two-year contract.
March 11
OL Lennie Friedman signed to a one-year contract.
March 13
FB Charles Ali signed to a one-year contract.
OL Cliff Louis waived.
WR Kevin Kasper placed on Injured-Reserve. DB Damon Jenkins, DL Brian Schaefering, RB Austin Scott waived. Aug. 30
S Nick Sorensen signed to a three-year contract.
TE Brad Cieslak, DB A.J. Davis, WR Efrem Hill, TE Kolomono Kapanui , DB Travis Key, OL James Lee, WR Lance Leggett, DB Brandon Mitchell, LB David McMillan, LB Chase Ortiz, OL Jonathan Palmer, DB Jereme Perry, DL Melilia Purcell, K Jason Reda, WR Steve Sanders, WR Travis Wilson waived. OL Lennie Friedman placed on Injured-Reserve. LB Shantee Orr contract terminated. OL Derrick Morse waived-injured.
DB Gary Baxter signed to a one-year contract.
OL Marvin Philip waived-injured.
March 21
LB Shantee Orr agreed to terms on a one-year contract.
March 22
Mike Keenan named president.
March 26
LB Kris Griffin signed to a one-year contract.
March 27
Named Richard McNutt as assistant defensive backs coach.
March 28
OL Seth McKinney signed to a one-year contract.
April 27
Browns trade their 2008 fourth round selection (122nd overall) and their 2008 fifth round selection (155th overall) to Dallas for the 104th selection in the fourth round.
Sept. 4
Selected LB Beau Bell in the fourth round (104th overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft.
Sept. 6
DL Chase Pittman waived-injured. RB Travis Thomas waived-injured. Sept. 1
OL Scott Young claimed via waivers from Philadelphia. OL Nathan Bennett waived.
Named Chris Caminiti as assistant special teams coach.
LB Titus Brown, RB Omar Cuff, OL Christian Gaddis, DB Travis Key, WR Lance Leggett, DL Melila Purcell, WR Steve Sanders signed to the practice squad. LB Antwan Peek placed on Injured-Reserve. LB Shantee Orr signed to a one-year contract. WR Paul Hubbard waived. WR Steve Sanders signed from the practice squad to the active roster.
Browns trade their 2009 third-round selection to Dallas for the 111th overall selection in the fourth round.
Sept. 8
Selected TE Martin Rucker in the fourth round (111th overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft.
WR Paul Hubbard, RB Allen Patrick signed to the practice squad. RB Omar Cuff waived.
Selected DL Ahtyba Rubin in the sixth round (190th overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft.
Sept. 16
Browns trade their 2009 fifth round selection to Philadelphia for the 191st overall selection in the sixth round.
DL Robaire Smith placed on Injured-Reserve. DL Santonio Thomas signed as a free agent.
Sept. 23
OL Travis Leffew signed to the practice squad.
Selected WR Paul Hubbard in the sixth round (191st overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft. OL Nathan Bennett waived from the practice squad. Selected LB Alex Hall in the seventh round (231st overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft. Oct. 6 April 30
April 30
DB Steve Cargile, LB Jermaine Dias, DB Jerrid Gaines, DB Justin Harrison, QB Craig Hormann, TE Kolomona Kapanui, DB Gerard Lawson, OL James Lee, WR Lance Leggett, DL Chase Ortiz, OL Robert Powell, K Jason Reda, DL Brian Schaefering signed as an undrafted rookie free agent.
DB Travis Key waived from the practice squad. DB Hamza Abdullah signed to the active roster. Oct. 8
DB Darnell Terrell signed as an undrafted rookie free agent. RB Travis Thomas signed as an undrafted rookie free agent. OL Eric Young signed as an undrafted rookie free agent.
May 5
RB Kory Chapman, LB Jermaine Dias, DB Jerrid Gaines, DB Justin Harrison, QB Craig Hormann, OL Robert Powell, OL Eric Young waived. OL Nathan Bennett, WR Nate Hughes, DB Mil’Von James, DB Damon Jenkins, LB Asa Matthews, LB Xavier Mitchell, RB Austin Scott signed as a free agent.
May 14
DB Kenny Wright contract terminated.
May 15
DB Jereme Perry signed to a one-year contract.
May 21
DB Daven Holly signed to a one-year contract.
May 22
DB Daven Holly waived-Injured.
May 23
DB Terry Cousin signed to a two-year contract.
LB Asa Matthews waived.
June 11
OL LeCharles Bentley contract terminated.
June 17
WR Nate Hughes, LB Xavier Mitchell, DB Darnell Terrell waived OL Derrick Morse signed as a free agent.
July 21
WR Steve Sanders waived.
DB Justin Sandy waived injury settlement. DL Zach West waived.
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WR Steve Sanders signed to the practice squad.
2008 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS WON 3, LOST 4 09/07 L 10-28 09/14 L 6-10 09/21 L 10-28 09/28 W 20-12 10/13 W 35-14 10/19 L 11-14 10/26 W 23-17 11/02 11/06 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/07 12/15 12/21 12/28
Dallas 73,012 Pittsburgh 73,048 at Baltimore 71,104 at Cincinnati 65,541 New York Giants 73,102 at Washington 90,487 at Jacksonville 64,775 Baltimore Denver at Buffalo Houston Indianapolis at Tennessee at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Clev. Opp. TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 109 142 Rushing 39 54 Passing 59 78 Penalty 11 10 3rd Down: Made/Att 34/91 37/87 3rd Down Pct. 37.4 42.5 4th Down: Made/Att 2/4 6/10 4th Down Pct. 50.0 60.0 POSSESSION AVG. 28:13 31:47 TOTAL NET YARDS 1860 2356 Avg. Per Game 265.7 336.6 Total Plays 401 422 Avg. Per Play 4.6 5.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 685 991 Avg. Per Game 97.9 141.6 Total Rushes 181 212 NET YARDS PASSING 1175 1365 Avg. Per Game 167.9 195.0 Sacked/Yards Lost 10/60 11/62 Gross Yards 1235 1427 Att./Completions 210/104 199/128 Completion Pct. 49.5 64.3 Had Intercepted 6 9 PUNTS/AVERAGE 34/44.1 28/43.3 NET PUNTING AVG. 34/38.5 28/35.5 PENALTIES/YARDS 52/332 45/353 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 8/1 7/4 TOUCHDOWNS 11 16 Rushing 3 8 Passing 7 7 Returns 1 1 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS TEAM 13 41 9 52 0 115 OPPONENTS 7 55 45 16 0 123 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Dawson 0 0 0 0 9/ 9 12/14 0 45 Lewis 3 3 0 0 0 18 Edwards 2 0 2 0 0 16 Cribbs 1 0 1 0 0 6 Dinkins 1 0 1 0 0 6 Harrison 1 0 1 0 0 6 Stallworth 1 0 1 0 0 6 Winslow 1 0 1 0 0 6 E. Wright 1 0 0 1 0 6 TEAM 11 3 7 1 9/ 9 12/14 0 115 OPPONENTS 16 8 7 1 15/15 4/ 7 0 123 2-Pt. Conversions: Edwards 2, TEAM 2-2, OPPONENTS 0-1 SACKS: Rogers 4, Hall 3, Jackson 1, Pool 1, Wimbley 1, Sorensen 0.5, C. Williams 0.5, TEAM 11, OPPONENTS 10 FUM/LOST: Anderson 7/0, E. Wright 1/1 * PASSING Anderson TEAM OPPONENTS
Att Cmp 210 104 210 104 199 128
* RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD Lewis 129 484 3.8 24 3 Harrison 11 74 6.7 33 0 Anderson 20 42 2.1 15 0 J. Wright 10 40 4.0 11 0 Vickers 7 26 3.7 10 0 Cribbs 4 19 4.8 12 0 TEAM 181 685 3.8 33 3 OPPONENTS 212 991 4.7 27 8 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD Edwards 22 371 16.9 70 2 Winslow 21 187 8.9 20 1 Lewis 12 107 8.9 18 0 Heiden 10 151 15.1 51 0 Steptoe 9 131 14.6 53 0 Stallworth 7 56 8.0 18 1 Vickers 6 51 8.5 16 0 Harrison 5 73 14.6 23 1 J. Wright 5 43 8.6 17 0 Dinkins 3 31 10.3 22t 1 Cribbs 2 18 9.0 17 1 Sanders 1 18 18.0 18 0 Ali 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 TEAM 104 1235 11.9 70 7 OPPONENTS 128 1427 11.1 48 7 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD E. Wright 3 131 43.7 94t 1 Adams 2 18 9.0 18 0 Pool 1 24 24.0 24 0 McDonald 1 21 21.0 21 0 Jackson 1 16 16.0 16 0 Cousin 1 4 4.0 4 0 TEAM 9 214 23.8 94t 1 OPPONENTS 6 70 11.7 32t 1 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Zastudil 33 1468 44.5 38.7 5 10 59 0 Dawson 1 33 33.0 33.0 0 1 33 0 TEAM 34 1501 44.1 38.5 5 11 59 0 OPPONENTS 28 1212 43.3 35.5 3 8 59 0 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Cribbs 16 1 134 8.4 17 0 Steptoe 2 0 23 11.5 14 0 TEAM 18 1 157 8.7 17 0 OPPONENTS 11 4 92 8.4 21 0 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Cribbs 11 264 24.0 44 0 Dinkins 3 37 12.3 14 0 Lawson 3 72 24.0 43 0 Steptoe 3 61 20.3 23 0 Ali 1 10 10.0 10 0 Sowells 1 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 22 444 20.2 44 0 OPPONENTS 24 548 22.8 41 0 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Dawson 0/ 0 5/ 5 6/ 6 1/ 1 0/2 TEAM 0/ 0 5/ 5 6/ 6 1/ 1 0/2 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 2 3/ 4 1/1 Dawson: (34G)(31G,38G)(38G)(25G,29G)(28G,51N, 26G)(37G,54N)(32G,20G,42G) OPPONENTS: ()(48G)(48N)(42G,45G)()(36N)(38B, 53G)
Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD 1235 49.5 5.88 7 1235 49.5 5.88 7 1427 64.3 7.17 7 -28-
TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating 3.3 6 2.9 70 10/ 60 67.1 3.3 6 2.9 70 10/ 60 67.1 3.5 9 4.5 48 11/ 62 78.4
2008 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2008 REGULAR SEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Player D’Qwell Jackson Andra Davis Shaun Rogers Kamerion Wimbley Eric Wright Sean Jones Brandon McDonald Brodney Pool Mike Adams Corey Williams Leon Williams Willie McGinest Alex Hall Terry Cousin Shaun Smith Louis Leonard Nick Sorensen Santonio Thomas Robaire Smith Ahtyba Rubin Shantee Orr Travis Daniels BROWNS TOTALS
Total 77 47 37 35 31 31 27 27 24 24 23 20 16 12 11 11 9 8 6 4 2 1 483
Solo 47 24 26 22 26 16 20 18 14 13 20 10 10 9 7 1 6 3 3 2 0 1 298
Asst. 29 22 9 13 5 15 6 7 9 10 2 10 5 3 4 10 2 5 3 2 1 0 172
TFL 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13
Sacks 1.5 0.0 3.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0
Yds 6.0 0.0 21.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 62.0
Press. 1 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 4 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 35
Ints 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Yds 16 0 0 0 131 0 20 24 18 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213
PBU 1 3 0 1 5 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23
For. 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rec. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Safety 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
INTERCEPTIONS (9) 3: E. Wright (9/7/08 vs. DAL, 9/28/08 @ CIN, 10/13/08 vs. NYG) 2: M. Adams (9/21/08 vs. BAL & 9/28/08 @ CIN)
Tackles: 16
Interceptions: 1
*D. Jackson (10/13/08 vs. NYG) *S. Jones (10/19/08 @ WAS)
1: D. Jackson (9/21/08 vs. BAL), T. Cousin (9/28/08 @ CIN), B. McDonald (10/13/08 vs. NYG), B. Pool (10/13/08 vs. NYG)
Solo Tackles:11
*E. Wright (9/7/08 vs. DAL, 9/28/08 @ CIN, 10/13/08 vs. NYG) *D. Jackson (9/21/08 vs. BAL) *M. Adams (9/21/08 vs. BAL & 9/28/08 @ CIN) *T. Cousin (9/28/08 @ CIN) *B. McDonald (10/13/08 vs. NYG) *B. Pool (10/13/08 vs. NYG)
*D. Jackson (10/13/08 vs. NYG)
QB SACKS (11)
Assisted Tackles: 7
4: S. Rogers (9/14/08 vs. PIT, 9/28/08 @ CIN, 10/19/08 @ WAS, 10/26/08 @ JAX))
*A. Davis (10/26/08 @ JAX)
3: A. Hall (9/21/08 vs. BAL, 9/28/08 @ CIN, 10/13/08 vs. NYG),
*S. Rogers (9/14/08 vs. PIT, 9/28/08 @ CIN, 10/19/08 @ WAS, 10/26/08 @ JAX)
Sacks: 1
1: K. Wimbley (9/28/08 @ CIN), D. Jackson (10/26/08 @ JAX),
*A. Hall (9/21/08 vs. BAL, 9/28/08 @ CIN, 10/13/08 vs. NYG) *K. Wimbley (9/28/08 @ CIN) *D. Jackson (10/26/08 @ JAX) *B. Pool (10/26/08 @ JAX)
B. Pool (10/26/08 @ JAX) 0.5: C. Williams (9/14/08 vs. PIT), N. Sorensen (9/14/08 vs. PIT)
PBU: 2 *A. Davis (9/7/08 vs. DAL) *E. Wright (9/7/08 vs. DAL & 10/13/08 vs. NYG) *B. McDonald (10/19/08 @ WAS, 10/26/08 @ JAX)
Special Teams Tackles: 3 * N. Sorensen (10/26/08 @ JAX)
TOUCHDOWNS (1) 1: E. Wright (10/13/08 vs. NYG - 94 yd. int return)
2008 REGULAR SEASON SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS Player Total Solo Asst. Joshua Cribbs 6 6 0 Nick Sorensen 5 5 0 Shantee Orr 5 3 2 Jerome Harrison 4 3 1 Darnell Dinkins 3 3 0 Gerard Lawson 3 2 0 Alex Hall 2 2 0 Jason Wright 2 2 0 Travis Daniels 2 2 0 Terry Cousin 2 1 1 Kris Griffin 1 1 0 Lawrence Vickers 1 1 0 Mike Adams 1 1 0 Brandon McDonald 1 1 0 Beau Bell 1 0 1 Shaun Rogers 0 0 0 BROWNS TOTAL 39 33 6
For. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Rec. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
PATs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FGs Punts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -29-
TDs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Safety 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 DEFENSIVE GAME-BY-GAME STATS INTERCEPTIONS Game 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Totals
Opp. DAL PIT at Balt at Cin NYG at Wash at Jac BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 7 games
No. 1 2 3 3 -
Yards 20 16 39 139 -
LG 20 16 18 94 -
TD 0 0 0 1 -
9
213
94
1
Players E. Wright D. Jackson, M. Adams E. Wright, M. Adams, T. Cousin E. Wright (TD), B. McDonald, B. Pool -
E. Wright (3), M. Adams (2), D. Jackson (1), T. Cousin (1), B. McDonald (1), B. Pool (1)
FUMBLES Game 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Totals
Opp. DAL PIT at Balt at Cin NYG at Wash at Jac BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 7 games
FUMBLES FORCED No. Player 0 0 0 2 K. Wimbley, A. Hall 0 2 S. Jones, E. Wright -
FUMBLES RECOVERED No. Player 2 D. Anderson, S. Steptoe 0 1 K. Shaffer 2 C. Williams, M. Adams 1 D. Anderson 1 B. Pool -
4
7
K. Wimbley (1), A. Hall (1), S. Jones (1), E. Wright (1)
D. Anderson (2), S. Steptoe (1), K. Shaffer (1), C. Williams (1), M. Adams (1), B. Pool (1)
QUARTERBACK SACKS Game 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Totals
Opp. No. DAL 0 PIT 2 at Balt 1 at Cin 3 NYG 1 at Wash 1 at Jac 3 BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit 7 games 11
Yards 0 15 7 14 4 6 16
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Players S. Rogers, C. Williams (.5), N. Sorensen (.5) A. Hall A. Hall, S. Rogers, K. Wimbley A. Hall S. Rogers (.5), D. Jackson (.5) S. Rogers, D. Jackson, B. Pool
S. Rogers (3.5), A. Hall (3), D. Jackson (1.5), K. Wimbley (1), B. Pool (1), C. Williams (.5), N. Sorensen (.5)
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THE LAST TIME REGULAR SEASON as of 9.8.08 Punt Returned For a TD By Browns: Joshua Cribbs, 76 yards (12/30/07 vs. SF) By Opponent: Nate Burleson, 94 yards (11/4/07 vs. SEA)
300 Yards Passing Derek Anderson, 310 yards (18-29, 2 TD) (10/13/08 vs. NYG) By Browns: By Opponent: Tony Romo, 320 yards (24-32, 1 TD) (9/7/08 vs. DAL)
Kickoff Returned For a TD By Browns: Joshua Cribbs, 100 yards (11/11/07 at PIT) By Opponent: Justin Miller, 99 yards (10/29/06 vs. NYJ)
Back-to-Back 300-Yard Passing Games By Browns: Brian Sipe, 349 yards (28-of-46) (10/26/80 vs. PIT) Brian Sipe, 391 yards (24 of 39) (10/19/80 vs. GB)
Interception Returned For a TD By Browns: Eric Wright, 94 yards (10/13/08 vs. NYG) By Opponent: Ed Reed, 32 yards (9/21/08 @ BAL)
400 Yards Passing By Browns: Kelly Holcomb, 413 yards (30-39-5-0) (11/28/04 at CIN) By Opponent: Carson Palmer, 401 yards (33-50-6-0) (9/16/07 vs. CIN)
Fumble Returned For a TD By Browns: Daven Holly, 40 yards (12/25/06 vs. TB) By Opponent: Randall Gay, 15 yards (10/7/07 at NE)
100 Yards Receiving By Browns: Braylon Edwards, 154 yards (10/13/08 vs. NYG) By Opponent: Matt Jones, 117 yards, (10/26/08 @ JAX)
FG Block Returned For a TD By Browns: Leigh Bodden, 59 yards (11/13/05 at PIT)
Two 100-Yard Receivers in Same Game By Browns: Braylon Edwards, 146 yards Kellen Winslow, 100 yards (9/16/07 vs. CIN) By Opponent: Tony Gonzalez 105 yards Eddie Kennison 117 yards (12/3/06 vs. KC)
Punt Block Returned For a TD By Browns: Andre King, 28 yards (11/30/03 at SEA) By Opponent: Chris Martin, 31 yards; Kevin Ross, 4 yards (9/30/90 vs. KC)
Back-to-Back 100-Yard Receiving Games By Browns: Kellen Winslow, 11 for 125 yards (11/4/07 vs. SEA) Braylon Edwards, 8 for 117 yards (10/28/07 at STL) By Opponent: Bobby Engram, 14 for 139 yards (11/4/07 vs. SEA) Torry Holt, 6 for 110 yards (10/28/07 at STL)
Punt Blocked By Browns: Team Block (11/30/03 at SEA) By Opponent: Bubba McDowell (11/21/1993 vs. Houston Oilers) Shutout Scored By Browns: Buffalo Bills 0 at Cleveland 8 (12/16/07) By Opponent: Cincinnati Bengals 30 at Cleveland 0 (11/26/06)
200 Yards Receiving By Browns: None By Opponent: Chad Johnson, 209 yards (9/16/07 vs. CIN)
PAT Unsuccessful By Browns: Phil Dawson (11/4/07 vs. SEA) By Opponent: Ryan Fitzpatrick (9/28/08 @ CIN) (2-pt. Conversion)
500 Yards Total Offense By Browns: 554 yards (9/16/07 vs. CIN) By Opponent: 531 yards (9/16/07 vs. CIN)
Field Goal Blocked By Browns: Shaun Rogers (10/26/08 @ JAX) By Opponent: Nate Clements (12/30/07 vs. SF)
OT Game Won By Browns: Cleveland 33 at Baltimore 30 (11/18/07) By Opponent: Philadelphia 34 at Cleveland 31 (10/24/04)
Safety Scored By Browns: K Brian Moorman kicked ball out of end zone (12/16/07 vs. BUF) By Opponent: Holding penalty on Cleveland in end zone (9/19/04 at DAL) 100 Yards Rushing By Browns: Jamal Lewis, 128 yards (12/30/07 vs. SF) By Opponent: Clinton Portis, 175 yards (10/19/08 @ WAS) Back-to-Back 100-Yard Rushing Games By Browns: Jamal Lewis, 163 yards (12/16/07 vs. BUF) Jamal Lewis, 118 yards (12/9/07 at NYJ) By Opponent: Derrick Ward, 101 yards (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Clinton Portis, 175 yards (10/19/08 @ WAS) 200 Yards Rushing By Browns: Jamal Lewis, 216 yards (9/16/07 vs. CIN) By Opponent: Willie Parker, 223 yards (12/7/06 at PIT)
DENOTES OCCURED DURING 2008 SEASON # DENOTES FRANCHISE-RECORD
Two 100-yard Rushers in Same Game By Browns: Leroy Kelly, 113 yards Ernie Green, 103 yards (10/8/66 vs. PIT)
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2008 STARTING LINEUPS AND TURNOVER TABLE OFFENSIVE GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Game 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28
Opp. DAL PIT at Balt at Cin NYG at Wash at Jax BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit
WR LT Steptoe J. Thomas Steptoe J. Thomas Steptoe J. Thomas Heiden (TE) J. Thomas Stallworth J. Thomas Stallworth J. Thomas Stallworth J. Thomas
LG Steinbach Steinbach McKinney Steinbach Steinbach Steinbach Steinbach
C Fraley Fraley Fraley Fraley Fraley Fraley Fraley
RG McKinney Hadnot Hadnot Hadnot Hadnot Hadnot Hadnot
RT Shaffer Shaffer Shaffer Shaffer Tucker Shaffer Shaffer
TE Winslow Winslow Winslow Winslow Heiden Heiden Heiden
WR Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards
QB Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson
RB Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis
FB Heiden (TE) Vickers Heiden (TE) Vickers Vickers Vickers Dinkins (TE)
LCB E. Wright E. Wright E. Wright E. Wright E. Wright E. Wright E. Wright
RCB McDonald McDonald McDonald McDonald McDonald McDonald McDonals
SS Jones Adams Adams Adams Adams Jones Jones
FS Adams Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool
DEFENSIVE GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Game 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28
Opp. LE DAL C. Williams PIT C. Williams at Balt C. Williams at Cin C. Williams NYG C. Williams at Wash C. Williams at Jac C. Williams BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit
NT Rogers Rogers Rogers Rogers Rogers Rogers Rogers
RE R. Smith R. Smith S. Smith S. Smith Leonard Leonard Leonard
LOLB McGinest McGinest Hall Hall McGinest McGinest McGinest
MLB Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis
WLB Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson
ROLB Wimbley Wimbley Wimbley Wimbley Wimbley Wimbley Wimbley
2008 TURNOVER TABLE Game 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/6 11/17 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/15 12/21 12/28 Totals
Opp. DAL PIT at Balt at Cin NYG at Wash at Jax BALT DEN at Buf HOU IND at Ten at Phi CIN at Pit
-----TAKEAWAYS----Fumbles INTs 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 3 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 2 5 3 1 1
-----GIVEAWAYS----Fumbles INT Total 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Difference +1 -2 -1 +3 +3 +1 +1
Result L, 28-10 L, 10-6 L, 28-10 W, 20-12 W, 35-14 L, 14-11 W, 23-17
2008 PARTICIPATION CHART Date Opponent Abdullah, H. Adams, M. Ali, C. Anderson, D. Bell, B. Cousin, T. Cribbs, J. Daniels, T. Davis, A. Dawson, P. Dinkins, D. Dorsey, K. Edwards, B. Fraley, H. Griffin, K. Hadnot, R. Hall, A. Harrison, J. Heiden, S. Jackson, D. Jones, S. Lawson, G. Leonard, L. Lewis, J. McDonald, B. McGinest, W. McKinney, S. Orr, S. Peek, A. Pontbriand, R. Pool, B. Quinn, B. Rogers, S. Rubin, A. Rucker, M. Sanders, S. Shaffer, K. Smith, R. Smith, S. Sorenson, N. Sowells, I. Stallworth, D. Steinbach, E. Steptoe, S. Thomas, J. Thomas, S. Tucker, R. Vickers, L. Williams, C. Williams, L. Wimbley, K. Winslow, K. Wright, E. Wright, J. Young, S. Zastudil, D.
9/7 DAL N FS X QB DNP X IA X MLB X X 3QB WR C IA IA X X TE WLB SS X X RB RCB LOLB RG X IR X IA DNP NT IA IA X RT RE X X X DNP LG WR LT N IA X LE X ROLB TE LCB X DNP X
9/14
9/21
PIT at Balt N N SS SS X X QB QB IA X X X X X DNP X MLB MLB X X X X 3QB 3QB WR WR C C X IA RG RG X LOLB X X X TE WLB WLB IA IA X X X X RB RB RCB RCB LOLB IA X LG X X IR IR X X FS FS DNP DNP NT NT IA X IA IA X X RT RT RE IR X RE X X X X IA IA LG IA WR WR LT LT N X IA IA FB X LE LE X X ROLB ROLB TE TE LCB LCB X X IA DNP X X
9/28 at Cin N SS X QB IA X X DNP MLB X X 3QB WR C X RG LOLB X TE WLB IA X X RB RCB IA X X IR X FS DNP NT X IA X RT IR RE X X IA LG X LT X IA FB LE X ROLB TE LCB X IA X
10/13 10/19 10/26 NYG IA SS X QB DNP X X X MLB X X 3QB WR C X RG X X TE WLB IA X RE RB RCB LOLB X X IR X FS DNP NT X IA PS IA IR IA X X WR LG X LT X RT FB LE X ROLB IA LCB X IA X
at Was IA IA X QB IA X X X MLB X X 3QB WR C X RG X X TE WLB SS X RE RB RCB LOLB X X IR X FS DNP NT X IA PS RT IR IA X X WR LG X LT X IA FB LE X ROLB X LCB X IA X
11/2
11/6
11/17
11/23
11/30
12/7
at Jac BALT IA IA X QB X X X X MLB X TE 3QB WR C X RG X X TE WLB SS X RE RB RCB LOLB X IA IR X FS DNP NT X DNP PS RT IR IA X X WR LG X LT X IA X LE X ROLB IA LCB X IA X
DEN
at Buf
HOU
IND
at Ten
12/15 12/21
12/28
at Phi
at Pit
CIN
GP 0 5 7 7 2 7 6 5 7 7 7 0 7 7 5 6 7 7 7 7 3 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 0 7 6 0 7 5 0 4 6 2 4 7 7 3 6 7 7 5 1 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 0 7
GS DNP IA 0 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 6 0 1 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0
N - not with team; PS - practice squad; X - played in game; IA - inactive; PUP - physically unable to perform list; NFI - non-football injury; 3QB - third quarterback; SUS - suspended by league; E - roster exemption
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2008 INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS MOST YARDS RUSHING Browns: 88, Jamal Lewis (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 175, Clinton Portis (10/19/08 @ WAS)
MOST INTERCEPTIONS Browns: 1, Eric Wright (9/7/08 vs. DAL, 9/28/08 @ CIN, 10/13/08 vs. NYG), Mike Adams (9/21/08 @ BAL & 9/28/08 @ CIN), D’Qwell Jackson (9/21/08 @ BAL), Terry Cousin (9/28/08 @ CIN), Brandon McDonald (10/13/08 vs. NYG), Brodney Pool (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 1, T. Polamalu/ B. McFadden (9/14/08 vs. PIT) E. Reed/ C. McAlister/ S. Rolle (9/21/08 @ BAL) C. Ndukwe (9/28/08 @ CIN)
MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS Browns: 25, Jamal Lewis (9/28/08 @ CIN) Opponent: 28, Willie Parker (9/14/08 vs. PIT) MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 1, Jamal Lewis (9/28/08 @ CIN & 10/13/08 vs. NYG, Browns: 10/26/08 @ JAX) Opponent: 2, Marion Barber (9/7/08 vs. DAL) 2, Le’Ron McClain (9/21/08 @ BAL)
Rushing Yards 88 - Jamal Lewis (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 81 - Jamal Lewis (10/26/08 @ JAX) 80 - Jamal Lewis (10/19/08 @ WAS) 79 - Jamal Lewis (9/28/08 @ CIN)
MOST YARDS PASSING Browns: 310, Derek Anderson (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 320, Tony Romo (9/7/08 vs. DAL)
Rushing Attempts 25 - Jamal Lewis (9/28/08 @ CIN) 21 - Jamal Lewis (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 20 - Jamal Lewis (10/26/08 @ JAX)
MOST PASSING ATTEMPTS Browns: 37, Derek Anderson (9/21/08 @ BAL, 10/19/08 @ WAS) Opponent: 42, David Garrard (10/26/08 @ JAX)
Longest Rush 33 - Jerome Harrison (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 24 - Jamal Lewis (9/7/08 vs. DAL)
MOST PASSING COMPLETIONS Browns: 18, Derek Anderson (9/14/08 vs. PIT & 10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 25, David Garrard (10/26/08 @ JAX)
Receptions 7 - Kellen Winslow (9/14/08 vs. PIT) 5 - Kellen Winslow (9/28/08 @ CIN) 5 - Braylon Edwards (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 5 - Steve Heiden (10/13/08 vs. NYG)
HIGHEST COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (Minimum 15 att.) Browns: 62.5%, Derek Anderson (9/28/08 @ CIN) Opponent: 75.0%, Tony Romo (9/7/08 vs. DAL) MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES Browns: 2, Derek Anderson (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 2, David Garrard (10/26/08 @ JAX)
Receiving Yards 154 - Braylon Edwards (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 73 - Steve Heiden (10/26/08 @ JAX) 64 - Braylon Edwards (10/26/08 @ JAX) 59 - Steve Heiden (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 58 - Braylon Edwards (10/19/08 @ WAS) 55 - Kellen Winslow (9/14/08 vs. PIT) 54 - Kellen Winslow (9/28/08 @ CIN)
MOST RECEPTIONS Browns: 7, Kellen Winslow (9/14/08 vs. PIT) Opponent: 9, Steve Smith (10/13/08 vs. NYG) MOST RECEIVING YARDS Browns: 154, Braylon Edwards (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 117, Matt Jones (10/26/08 @ JAX)
Longest Reception 70 - Braylon Edwards (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 53 - Syndric Steptoe (10/26/08 @ JAX) 51 - Steve Heiden (10/26/08 @ JAX) 49 - Braylon Edwards (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 43 - Braylon Edwards (10/26/08 @ JAX)
MOST TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS Browns: 1, Kellen Winslow (9/7/08 vs. DAL), Braylon Edwards (9/28/08 @ CIN & 10/13/08 vs. NYG), Darnell Dinkins (10/13/08 vs. NYG), Joshua Cribbs (10/19/08 @ WAS), Donte’ Stallworth (10/26/08 @ JAX) Opponent: 1, Terrell Owens (9/7/08 vs. DAL), Santonio Holmes (9/14/08 vs. PIT), Chad Johnson (9/28/08 @ CIN), Plaxico Burress (10/13/08 vs. NYG), Santana Moss (10/19/08 @ WAS), Matt Jones/Reggie Williams (10/26/08 @ JAX)
Passing Yards 310 - Derek Anderson (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 246 - Derek Anderson (10/26/08 @ JAX) 166 - Derek Anderson (9/14/08 vs. PIT) Passing Attempts 37 - Derek Anderson (9/21/08 @ BAL & 10/19/08 @ WAS) 32 - Derek Anderson (9/14/08 vs. PIT)
MOST POINTS Browns: 35 (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 28 (9/7/08 vs. DAL & 9/21/08 @ BAL) MOST SACKS Browns:
Opponent:
Pass Completions 18 - Derek Anderson (9/14/08 vs. PIT) 18 - Derek Anderson (10/13/08 vs. NYG) 15 - Derek Anderson (9/28/08 @ CIN)
1, Alex Hall (9/21/08 @ BAL, 9/28/08 @ CIN, 10/13/08 vs. NYG) 1, Shaun Rogers (9/14/08 vs. PIT, 9/28/08 @ CIN, 10/19/08 @ WAS) 1, Kamerion Wimbley (9/28/08 @ CIN), D’qwell Jackson/Brodney Pool (10/26/08 @ JAX) 2, Terrell Suggs (9/21/08 @ BAL) -34-
2008 TEAM SUPERLATIVES MOST POINTS Browns: 35 (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 28 (9/7/08 vs. DAL & 9/21/08 @ BAL)
FEWEST POINTS Browns: 6 (9/14/08 vs. PIT) Opponent: 10 (9/14/08 vs. PIT)
MOST POINTS, QUARTER Browns: 17, 4th (9/28/08 @ CIN) Opponent: 14, 2nd (9/7/08 vs. DAL) & 2nd (10/13/08 vs. NYG)
FEWEST POINTS, HALF Browns: 0, 1st (9/14/08 vs. PIT), 2nd (9/21/08 @ BAL), 1st (10/19/08 @ WAS) Opponent: 0, 2nd (10/13/08 vs. NYG), 1st (10/19/08 @ WAS)
MOST POINTS, HALF Browns: 18, 2nd (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 21, 1st (9/7/08 vs. DAL) & 3rd (9/21/08 @ BAL)
FEWEST FIRST DOWNS Browns: 11 (9/7/08 vs. DAL & 9/21/08 @ BAL) Opponent: 14 (9/14/08 vs. PIT & 9/28/08 @ CIN)
MOST FIRST DOWNS Browns: 20 (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 30 (9/7/08 vs. DAL)
FEWEST YARDS RUSHING (NET) Browns: 53 (9/14/08 vs. PIT) Opponent: 69 (9/28/08 @ CIN)
MOST YARDS RUSHING (NET) Browns: 144 (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 193 (10/19/08 @ WAS)
FEWEST RUSHING ATTEMPTS Browns: 15 (9/21/08 @ BAL) Opponent: 16 (9/28/08 @ CIN)
MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS Browns: 40 (9/28/08 @ CIN) Opponent: 44 (9/21/08 @ BAL)
FEWEST PASSING YARDS (NET) Browns: 114 (9/7/08 vs. DAL) Opponent: 142 (9/28/08 @ CIN)
MOST PASSING YARDS (NET) Browns: 310 (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 320 (9/7/08 vs. DAL)
FEWEST PASSING ATTEMPTS Browns: 24 (9/7/08 vs. DAL & 9/28/08 @ CIN) Opponent: 19 (9/14/08 vs. PIT & 9/21/08 @ BAL)
MOST PASSING ATTEMPTS Browns: 37 (9/21/08 @ BAL & 10/19/08 @ WAS) Opponent: 42 (10/26/08 @ JAX)
FEWEST COMPLETIONS Browns: 11 (9/7/08 vs. DAL) Opponent: 12 (9/14/08 vs. PIT)
MOST PASSING COMPLETIONS Browns: 18 (9/14/08 vs. PIT) & (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 25 (10/26/08 @ JAX)
FEWEST SACKS (BY DEFENSE) Browns: 0 (9/7/08 vs. DAL) Opponent: 0 (10/13/08 vs. NYG)
MOST SACKS (BY DEFENSE) Browns: 3.0 (9/28/08 @ CIN & 10/26/08 @ JAX) Opponent: 4.0 (9/21/08 @ BAL)
FEWEST TOTAL NET YARDS Browns: 169 (9/21/08 @ BAL) Opponent: 211 (9/28/08 @ CIN)
MOST TOTAL NET YARDS Browns: 454 (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 487 (9/7/08 vs. DAL)
FEWEST PENALTIES (No. – Yards) Browns: 1-15 (10/26/08 @ JAX) Opponent: 5-40 (9/21/08 @ BAL), 5-38 (10/13/08 vs. NYG), 5-38 (10/19/08 @ WAS)
MOST PENALTIES (No. – Yards) Browns: 10-65 (9/14/08 vs. PIT) & 10-55 (10/13/08 vs. NYG) Opponent: 11-82 (9/7/08 vs. DAL)
LEAST TIME OF POSSESSION Browns: 22:12 (9/21/08 @ BAL) Opponent: 25:58 (9/28/08 @ CIN)
MOST TIME OF POSSESSION Browns: 34:02 (9/28/08 @ CIN) Opponent: 37:48 (9/21/08 @ BAL)
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2008 STATISTICS FIRST DOWNS EARNED Total First Downs - Regular Season (First downs awarded to passer and receiver on passing plays)
PLAYER Anderson, Derek Edwards, Braylon Heiden, Steve Lewis, Jamal Winslow, Kellen Wright, Jason Sanders, Steve Steptoe, Syndric Cribbs, Joshua Vickers, Lawrence Harrison, Jerome Dinkins, Darnell Stallworth, Donte’ PENALTY Total
RUSHING 4 20 4 3 4 3 32
RECEIVING 15 8 5 9 2 1 6 2 3 3 1 2 48
PASSING 58 58
TOTAL 62 15 8 25 9 6 1 6 5 7 6 1 2 11 -
FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS Date 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/13 10/19 10/26
Opp. DAL PIT BAL CIN NYG WAS JAX
ATTEMPTS 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/2 1/1
RESULT No fourth down conversions attempted No fourth down conversions attempted No fourth down conversions attempted D.Anderson pass incomplete short right to S. Heiden No fourth down conversions attempted D. Anderson pass incomplete short middle to B. Edwards/ D. Anderson pass short middle to J. Cribbs, TD D. Anderson pass short right to S. Heiden for 51 yards
REPLAYS AND CHALLENGES Browns Challenges (0/0) Date Opp. Time Opponent Challenges (1/3) Date Opp. Time 9/21 BAL 9:37 (4th) 9/28 CIN 14:51 (3rd) 10/19
WAS
5:47 (4th)
Initial Call
Decision
Initial Call R.Rice fumbled, D. Jackson recovers at CLV 29 D. Anderson pass to S. Steptoe, Steptoe OB at CIN 31 after 17 yd. gain, CIN challenges if runner was in bounds C. Portis fumbled, B. Pool recovers at WAS 29
Decision R.Rice ruled down by contact, play REVERSED S. Steptoe ruled in bounds, play UPHELD
Replay Assistant Challenges (0/0) -Last two minutes of each half and overtime onlyDate Opp. Time Initial Call 10/13 NYG 0:54 (2nd) E. Manning sacked and fumbled, replay assistant challenged ruling of a fumble
Washington challenged loose ball recovery ruling, play UPHELD
Decision Play ruled a fumble, play UPHELD
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2008 NUMBERS IN THE RED ZONE vs. Dallas Cowboys (9/7/08) ATTEMPTS IN THE RED ZONE
Offense Defense
1st 1
2nd 1 1
3rd 1 2
4th 1 1
Total 3 5
TDs 1 3
FGs 1 -
Pts. 10 21
Turn. 1
4th 1 -
Total 3 1
TDs 1
FGs 2 -
Pts. 6 7
Turn. 1 -
4th 2
Total 2 5
TDs 1 3
FGs 1 -
Pts. 10 21
Turn. -
4th 3 1
Total 4 1
TDs 2 1
FGs 2 -
Pts. 20 6
Turn. -
4th 1 2
Total 4 4
TDs 2 2
FGs 2 -
Pts. 20 14
Turn. 1
4th 2 1
Total 3 3
TDs 1 2
FGs 1 -
Pts. 8 14
Turn. -
4th 1 -
Total 4 2
TDs 2 2
FGs 2 -
Pts. 20 14
Turn. -
vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (9/14/08) ATTEMPTS IN THE RED ZONE
Offense Defense
1st -
2nd 1 1
3rd 1 -
at Baltimore Ravens (9/21/08) ATTEMPTS IN THE RED ZONE
Offense Defense
1st -
2nd 1 1
3rd 1 2
at Cincinnati Bengals (9/28/08) ATTEMPTS IN THE RED ZONE
Offense Defense
1st 1 -
2nd -
3rd -
vs. New York Giants ATTEMPTS IN THE RED ZONE
Offense Defense
1st 1 -
2nd 1 2
3rd 1 -
at Washington Redskins ATTEMPTS IN THE RED ZONE
Offense Defense
1st -
2nd 1
3rd 1 1
at Jacksonville Jaguars ATTEMPTS IN THE RED ZONE
Offense Defense
1st 1 -
2nd 2 1
3rd 1
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2008 Game Summaries
COWBOYS 28 BROWNS 10
STEELERS 10 BROWNS 6
September 7, 2008 Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
September 14, 2008 Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Dallas QB Tony Romo threw for 320 yards as the Cowboys downed the Browns 28-10 in the 2008 season opener at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Dallas jumped out to a 7-0 advantage after RB Marion Barber’s first of two 1 yard touchdown runs. Cleveland evened it at 7-7 after QB Derek Anderson found TE Kellen Winslow on a two-yard scoring strike in the second quarter. The Cowboys added two TDs in the second, a 35-yard pass from Romo to WR Terrell Owens and Barber’s second score, to take a 21-7 lead into halftime. Rookie RB Felix Jones scored on his first NFL carry, an 11-yard scamper in the third quarter. K Phil Dawson added a 34-yard field goal for Cleveland in the fourth quarter. QB Derek Anderson finished 11-24 for 114 yards and a touchdown. RB Jamal Lewis added 62 yards on the ground on 13 carries. Barber finished with 80 rushing yards, while Jones posted 62. Winslow paced the receivers with 47 yards on five receptions. Dallas TE Jason Witten led the Cowboys with six receptions for 96 yards. DB Eric Wright recorded his second career interception in the endzone to end a Dallas scoring threat.
With rain and winds of 60 mph, the Steelers downed the Browns in a 10-6 slugfest at Cleveland Browns Stadium. The Steelers got on the scoreboard first after QB Ben Roethlisberger found WR Hines Ward for an 11-yard strike in the second quarter. Cleveland drove to the Pittsburgh 11 with eight second remaining in the second quarter but an interception by DB Troy Palamalu ended the scoring threat and the half. The Steelers added to its lead in the third after K Jeff Reed connected on a 48-yard field goal. Browns K Phil Dawson answered with a 31-yard field goal to cut the lead to 10-3 in the third. Dawson added a 38-yard try with 3:21 remaining in the contest to close the gap. The Browns defense stopped the Steers on a 4th-and-4 try to regain possession with 26 seconds left, but were unable to complete a pass. Steelers RB Willie Parker totaled 105 yard on the ground, while WR Santonio Holmes added 94 yards receiving. Roethlisberger finished 12-19 for 186 yards and 1 TD, while Browns QB Derek Anderson went 18-32 for 166 yards and two interceptions. TE Kellen Winslow led the Browns with seven receptions for 55 yards. Defensively, DL Shaun Rogers and DL Shaun Smith each recorded a sack, while DB Nick Sorensen and DL Corey Williams combined for a sack.
Team Cleveland Dallas
Team Cowboys Browns Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys Browns
1 0 7
Q 1 2 2 2 3 4
Time 6:40 12:43 9:48 0:26 6:24 10:13
2 7 14
3 0 7
4 3 0
Final 10 28
Team Cleveland Pittsburgh
SCORING SUMMARY Play M. Barber 1 yd. run (N. Folk kick) (10-80, 5:15) K. Winslow 2 yd. pass from D. Anderson (P. Dawson kick) (16-78, 8:57) T. Owens 35 yd. pass from T. Romo (N. Folk kick) (4-69, 2:55) M. Barber 1 yd. run (N. Folk kick) (10-69, 5:39) F. Jones 11 yd. run (N. Folk kick) (10-86, 4:53) P. Dawson 34 yd. Field Goal (10-70, 5:25)
FIRST DOWNS: TIME OF POSSESSION: TOTAL NET YARDS: (Ru/Pa): PUNTS/Average: PENALTIES/Yards: FUMBLES/LOST:
TEAM STATISTICS CLE DAL 11 30 37:29 22:31 205 (91/114) 487 (167/320) 5-40.6 2-48.5 9-55 11-82 2-0 1-0
CLEVELAND S. Steptoe LE C. Williams J. Thomas NT S. Rogers E. Steinbach RE R. Smith H. Fraley LOLB W. McGinest S. McKinney MLB A. Davis K. Shaffer WLB D. Jackson K. Winslow ROLB K. Wimbley B. Edwards LCB E. Wright D. Anderson RCB B. McDonald J. Lewis SS S. Jones S. Heiden FS M. Adams
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DALLAS T. Owens LE F. Adams NT C. Procter RE A. Gurode SLB L. Davis MILB M. Colombo MOLB J. Witten WLB P. Crayton LCB T. Romo RCB M. Barber SS D. Anderson FS
2 0 7
3 3 3
4 3 0
Final 6 10
SCORING SUMMARY Team Q Time Play Pittsburgh 2 6:26 H. Ward 11 yd. pass from B. Roethlisberger (Je. Reed kick) (12-70, 6:29) Pittsburgh 3 7:58 Je. Reed 48 yd. Field Goal (5-54, 2:18) Cleveland 3 1:25 P. Dawson 31 yd. Field Goal (12-67, 6:33) Cleveland 4 3:21 P. Dawson 38 yd. Field Goal (14-60, 7:29)
FIRST DOWNS: TIME OF POSSESSION: TOTAL NET YARDS: (Ru/Pa): PUNTS/Average: PENALTIES/Yards: FUMBLES/LOST:
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING: CLE: D. Anderson 11-24-114 (TD); DAL: T. Romo 24-32-320 (TD, INT) RUSHING: CLE: J. Lewis 13-62, D. Anderson 4-24, J. Wright 1-5; DAL: M. Barber 1680-2, F. Jones 9-62-1, T. Choice 5-26, T. Romo 1-(-1) RECEIVING: CLE: K. Winslow 5-47-1, B. Edwards 2-14, S. Sanders 1-18, J. Lewis 1-14, S. Steptoe 1-12, S. Heiden 1-9; DAL: J. Witten 6-96, P. Crayton 6-82, T. Owens 5-87-1, M. Barber 3-21, I. Stanback 2-24, T. Curtis 1-8, T. Choice 1-2 INTERCEPTIONS: CLE: E. Wright 1-20; DAL: None PUNTING: CLE: D. Zastudil 5-203 (40.6); DAL: M. McBriar 2-97 (48.5) PUNT RETURNS: CLE: S. Steptoe 2-23 (11.5); DAL: F. Jones 2-8 (4.0) KICKOFF RETURNS: CLE: S. Steptoe 3-61 (20.3), G. Lawson 2-29 (14.5); DAL: F. Jones 1-20 (20.0), O. Scandrick 1-19 (19.0)
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1 0 0
TEAM STATISTICS CLE PIT 17 14 30:17 29:43 208 (53/155) 281 (117/164) 5-53.0 6-45.5 10-65 7-60 0-0 0-0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING: CLE: D. Anderson 18-32-166 (2 INT); PIT: B. Roethlisberger 13-20-179 (TD) RUSHING: CLE: J. Lewis 19-38, D. Anderson 3-6, J. Cribbs 1-5, L. Vickers 1-2, J. Harrison 1-2; PIT: W. Parker 28-105, S. Holmes 1-10, C. Davis 1-2, B. Roethlisberger 1-0 RECEIVING: CLE: K. Winslow 7-55, B. Edwards 3-32, J. Lewis 3-28, S. Steptoe 2-16, J. Harrison 1-23, J. Wright 1-9, L. Vickers 1-3; PIT: S. Holmes 5-94, H. Ward 5-59-1, H. Miller 2-33, B. Roethlisberger 1-(-7) INTERCEPTIONS: CLE: None; PIT: T. Polamalu 1-12, B. McFadden 1-0 PUNTING: CLE: D. Zastudil 5-265 (53.0); PIT: M. Berger 6-273 (45.5) PUNT RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 5-44 (8.8); PIT: M. Moore 1-1 (1.0) KICKOFF RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 1-22 (22.0); PIT: R. Mendenhall 2-21 (10.5), M. Spaeth 1-0 (0.0)
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M. Spears J. Ratliff C. Canty G. Ellis B. James Z. Thomas D. Ware A. Jones A. Henry R. Williams K. Hamlin
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CLEVELAND S. Steptoe LE C. Williams J. Thomas NT S. Rogers E. Steinbach RE R. Smith H. Fraley LOLB W. McGinest R. Hadnot MLB A. Davis K. Shaffer WLB D. Jackson K. Winslow ROLB K. Wimbley B. Edwards LCB E. Wright D. Anderson RCB B. McDonald J. Lewis SS M. Adams L. Vickers FS B. Pool
WR LT LG C RG RT TE RB TE QB WR
PITTSBURGH H. Ward DE M. Smith NT C. Kemoeatu DE J. Hartwig LOLB K. Simmons LILB W. Colon RILB H. Miller ROLB W. Parker LCB M. Spaeth RCB B. Roethlisberger SS S. Holmes FS
Aa. Smith C. Hampton B. Keisel L. Woodley J. Farrior L. Foote J. Harrison I. Taylor B. McFadden T. Polamalu R. Clark
2008 Game Summaries
RAVENS 28 BROWNS 10
BROWNS 20 BENGALS 12
September 21, 2008 M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Md.
September 28, 2008 Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Ravens used three third quarter touchdowns to put the Browns away 28-10 at M&T Bank Stadium. Cleveland got on the board first in the second quarter after RB Jerome Harrison found the endzone on a 19-yard pass from QB Derek Anderson. The Ravens evened it up after a 5-yard run by RB Willis McGahee. A 38-yard Phil Dawson field goal gave the Browns a 10-7 advantage at the half. In the third stanza, Le’Ron McClain scored on two 1-yard runs and DB Ed Reed added a 32-yard interception return for a touchdown to account for Baltimore’s scoring. Anderson finished the contest 14-37 for 125 yards with one touchdown pass and three interceptions. Raven QB Joe Flacco finished 13-19 for 129 yards and two interceptions. RB Jamal Lewis led Cleveland on the ground with 56 yards and WR Braylon Edwards led with 27 yards on three receptions. LB D’Qwell Jackson and DB Mike Adams each recorded interceptions.
Fueled by 17 fourth quarter points, the Browns downed the Cincinnati Bengals 20-12 at Paul Brown Stadium. K Phil Dawson capped Cleveland opening drive with a 25-yard field goal. Two second quarter field goals by K Shayne Graham gave the Bengals a 6-3 advantage at the half. The Browns scored the contest’s first touchdown in the fourth quarter after QB Derek Anderson found WR Braylon Edwards in the corner of the endzone on a fade route to cap off an 80-yard drive. After a DB Mike Adams fumble recovery at the Cincinnati 24, the Browns crossed the goal line again on a 1-yard run by RB Jamal Lewis. Cincinnati cut into the Cleveland lead after WR Chad Johnson scored on a 4-yard pass from QB Ryan Fitzpatrick. A failed two-point conversion try kept the score at 17-12. Dawson connected on a 29-yard field goal to account the Browns final score. Defensively Adams, DB Terry Cousin and DB Eric Wright each recorded interceptions.
Team Cleveland Baltimore
Team Cleveland Cincinnati
Team Browns Ravens Browns Ravens Ravens Ravens
1 0 0
Q 2 2 2 3 3 3
Time 14:52 6:40 1:04 11:13 10:23 4:49
2 10 7
3 0 21
4 0 0
Final 10 28
SCORING SUMMARY Play J. Harrison 19 yd. pass from D. Anderson (P. Dawson kick) (7-52, 3:14) W. McGahee 5 yd. run (M. Stover kick) (7-43, 4:15) P. Dawson 38 yd. Field Goal (13-55, 5:36) L. McClain 1 yd. run (M. Stover kick) (4-12, 2:17) E. Reed 32 yd. interception return (M. Stover kick) L. McClain 1 yd. run (M. Stover kick) (5-35, 3:08)
FIRST DOWNS: TIME OF POSSESSION: TOTAL NET YARDS: (Ru/Pa): PUNTS/Average: PENALTIES/Yards: FUMBLES/LOST:
Team Browns Bengals Bengals Browns Browns Bengals Browns
TEAM STATISTICS CLE BAL 11 21 22:12 37:48 169 (70/96) 273 (151/122) 7-43.0 3-48.7 9-65 5-40 1-0 1-0
CLEVELAND S. Steptoe LE C. Williams J. Thomas NT S. Rogers S. McKinney RE S. Smith H. Fraley LOLB A. Hall R. Hadnot MLB A. Davis K. Shaffer WLB D. Jackson K. Winslow ROLB K. Wimbley B. Edwards LCB E. Wright D. Anderson RCB B. McDonald J. Lewis SS M. Adams S. Heiden FS B. Pool
BALTIMORE LWR M. Clayton LDE LT J. Gaither NT LG B. Grubbs RDE C J. Brown LOLB RG M. Yanda LILB RT A. Terry RILB TE T. Heap ROLB RWR D. Mason LCB QB J. Flacco RCB RB W. McGahee SS FB L. McClain FS
Time 9:29 10:22 0:08 13:05 11:06 7:46 0:32
2 0 6
3 0 0
4 17 6
Final 20 12
SCORING SUMMARY Play P. Dawson 25 yd. Field Goal (8-60, 4:05) S. Graham 42 yd. Field Goal (13-68, 7:08) S. Graham 45 yd. Field Goal (7-17, 2:21) B. Edwards 4 yd. pass from D. Anderson (P. Dawson kick) (13-80, 6:38) J. Lewis 1 yd. run (P. Dawson kick) (4-24, 1:52) C. Johnson 4 yd. pass from R. Fitzpatrick (pass failed) (8-59, 3:20) P. Dawson 29 yd. Field Goal (4-7, 1:32)
FIRST DOWNS: TIME OF POSSESSION: TOTAL NET YARDS: (Ru/Pa): PUNTS/Average: PENALTIES/Yards: FUMBLES/LOST:
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING: CLE: D. Anderson 14-37-125 (TD, 3 INT); BAL: J. Flacco 13-19-129 (2 INT) RUSHING: CLE: J. Lewis 12-56, J. Wright 1-11, L. Vickers 1-4, D. Anderson 2-(-1); BAL: L. McClain 17-66-2, W.McGahee 15-64-1, R. Rice 5-21, L. Neal 1-2, J. Flacco 6-(-2) RECEIVING: CLE: B. Edwards 3-27, J. Lewis 3-21, L. Vickers 2-21, K. Winlsow 2-14, S. Steptoe 2-6, J. Harrison 1-19-1, J. Cribbs 1-17; BAL: D. Mason 4-42, D. Williams 3-26, T. Heap 2-32, M. Clayton 2-14, W. McGahee 1-11, L. McLain 1-4 INTERCEPTIONS: CLE: D. Jackson 1-16, M. Adams 1-0; BAL: E. Reed 1-32, C. McAllister 1-12, S. Rolle 1-2 PUNTING: CLE: D. Zastudil 7-301 (43.0); BAL: S. Koch 3-146 (48.7) PUNT RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 2-24 (12.0); BAL: J. Leonhard 1-21 (21.0) KICKOFF RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 3-52 (17.3), D. Dinkins 1-11 (11.0), C. Ali 1-10 (10.0); BAL: J. Leonhard 3-78 (26.0)
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Q 1 2 2 4 4 4 4
1 3 0
TEAM STATISTICS CLE CIN 19 14 34:02 25:58 261 (134/127) 211 (69/142) 4-43.0 4-43.3 9-52 6-55 2-1 2-2
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING: CLE: D. Anderson 15-24-138 (TD, INT); CIN: R. Fitzpatric 21-35-156 (TD, 3 INT) RUSHING: CLE: J. Lewis 25-79-1, J. Harrison 4-20, J. Wright 5-18, D. Anderson 4-11, L. Vickers 1-6, J. Cribbs 1-0; CIN: R. Fitzpatrick 4-41, C. Perry 12-28 RECEIVING: CLE: K. Winlsow 5-54, B. Edwards 3-22-1, S. Steptoe 2-24, J. Lewis 2-15, J. Wright 1-10, L. Vickers 1-8, J. Harrison 1-5; CIN: T. Houshmandzadeh 6-50, C. Perry 5-15, C. Johnson 3-28-1, R. Kelly 3-21, A. Chatman 2-32, B. Utecht 2-10 INTERCEPTIONS: CLE: M. Adams 1-18, E. Wright 1-17, T. Cousin 1-4; CIN: C. Ndukwe 1-12 PUNTING: CLE: D. Zastudil 3-139 (46.3), P. Dawson 1-33 (33.0); CIN: K. Larson 4-173 (43.3) PUNT RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 2-10 (5.0); CIN: A. Chatman 1-9 (9.0) KICKOFF RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 1-44 (44.0), D. Dinkins 1-14 (14.0), I. Sowells 1-0 (0); CIN: G. Holt 4-122 (30.5)
TE LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB
H. Ngata J. Bannan T. Pryce J. Johnson R. Lewis B. Scott T. Suggs C. McAllister S. Rolle D. Landry E. Reed
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CLEVELAND S. Heiden LE C. Williams J. Thomas NT S. Rogers E. Steinbech RE S. Smith H. Fraley LOLB A. Hall R. Hadnot MLB A. Davis K. Shaffer WLB D. Jackson K. Winslow ROLB K. Wimbley B. Edwards LCB E. Wright D. Anderson RCB B. McDonald J. Lewis SS M. Adams L. Vickers FS B. Pool
TE LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB HB FB
CINCINNATI B. Utecht LDE L. Jones LDT A. Whitworth RDT E. Ghiaciuc RDE B. Williams SLB S. Andrews MLB R. Kelly WLB T. Houshmandzadeh LCB R. Fitzpatrick RCB C. Perry SS R. Maui’a FS
R. Geathers D. Peko J. Thornton A. Odom R. Jeanty Dh. Jones K. Rivers Da. Jones L. Hall C. Ndukwe M. White
2008 Game Summaries
BROWNS 35 GIANTS 14
REDSKINS 14 BROWNS 11
October 13, 2008 Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
October 19, 2008 FedEx Field, Landover, Md.
Cleveland earned its second win of the season as the Browns offense rolled to 454 net yards of offense and the defense forced three interceptions in a 35-14 win over the defending Super Bowl champion Giants on Monday Night. In the contest, the Browns jumped to an early lead with K Phil Dawson’s 28 yard field goal and RB Jamal Lewis’ 4-yard TD run opened a 10-7 second quarter lead. The Browns extended the lead with QB Derek Anderson’s 22-yard TD strike to TE Darnell Dinkins, however Giants QB Eli Manning connected with Plaxico Burress on a 3-yard TD pass to cut the Browns lead to 17-14 at the half. In the third stanza, Dawson extended the lead with a 26-yard FG and WR Braylon Edwards converted an 11-yard TD pass from Anderson on the first play in the fourth quarter to open a 27-14 cushion. In the 4th quarter, DB Eric Wright picked Manning’s pass attempt and returned the interception 94 yards for a TD, the fourth longest in club history, for the 35-14 final.
The Redskins used two second half touchdowns to down the Browns 14-11 at FedExField. RB Clinton Portis found the endzone on a three-yard touchdown run and an 18yard touchdown toss to WR Santana Moss opened up a 14-3 Washington lead. In the fourth quarter, the Browns mounted a comeback with a one-yard touchdown pass from QB Derek Anderson to WR Joshua Cribbs and converted a two-point conversion attempt to WR Braylon Edwards with 2:44 remaining in regulation. The Browns defense forced the Redskins to punt and provided the Browns offense one more opportunity. Anderson led the Browns in six plays down to the Redskins 36 yard line to set up a 54 yard game-tying field goal attempt by K Phil Dawson which missed wide right with 25 seconds remaining. In the contest, Anderson was 14 of 37 passing for 136 yards and one touchdown and RB Jamal Lewis rushed for 80 yards on 19 carries (4.2 avg.). Edwards led the club with four receptions for 58 yards (14.5 avg.). Defensively, the Browns forced one turnover as DB Eric Wright stripped Portis late in the 4th quarter, which was recovered by S Brodney Pool, and led to the Browns late touchdown.
Team Cleveland New York Giants
Team Browns Giants Browns Browns Giants Browns Browns Browns
Q 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
Time 10:08 12:09 11:10 2:15 0:12 11:55 14:55 8:07
1 3 0
2 14 14
3 3 0
4 15 0
Final 35 14
SCORING SUMMARY Play P. Dawson 28 yd. Field Goal (9-69, 4:52) B. Jacobs 7 yd. run (J. Carney kick) (6-58, 3:24) J. Lewis 4 yd. run (P. Dawson kick) (3-74, 0:59) D. Dinkins 22 yd. pass from D. Anderson (P. Dawson kick) (9-77, 5:36) P. Burress 3 yd. pass from E. Manning (J. Carney kick) (10-80, 2:03) P. Dawson 26 yd. Field Goal (6-38, 2:53) B. Edwards 11 yd. pass from D. Anderson (P. Dawson kick) (14-87, 8:16) E. Wright 94 yd. interception return (D. Anderson-B. Edwards pass)
FIRST DOWNS: TIME OF POSSESSION: TOTAL NET YARDS: (Ru/Pa): PUNTS/Average: PENALTIES/Yards: FUMBLES/LOST:
TEAM STATISTICS CLE NYG 20 23 32:25 27:35 454 (144/310) 373 (181/192) 0-0.0 2-42.5 10-55 5-38 1-0 0-0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING: CLE: D. Anderson 18-29-310 (2 TD); NYG: E. Manning 18-28-196 (TD, 3 INT) RUSHING: CLE: J. Lewis 21-88-1, J. Harrison 2-41, J. Cribbs 1-12, J. Wright 1-3, L. Vickers 1-2, D. Anderson 4-(-2); NYG: D. Ward 10-101, B. Jacobs 14-67-1, E. Manning 1-13 RECEIVING: CLE: B. Edwards 5-154-1, S. Heiden 5-59, J. Harrison 2-26, D. Stallworth 2-19, D. Dinkins 1-22-1, S. Steptoe 1-20, J. Wright 1-6, J. Lewis 1-4; NYG: S. Smith 9-94, P. Burress 4-58, D. Ward 2-1, K. Boss 1-24, M. Matthews 1-13, D. Hixon 1-6 INTERCEPTIONS: CLE: E. Wright 1-94-1, B. Pool 1-24, B. McDonald 1-21; NYG: None PUNTING: CLE: None; NYG: J. Feagles 2-85 (42.5) PUNT RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 1-3 (3.0); NYG: None KICKOFF RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 1-22 (22.0), D. Dinkins 1-12 (12.0); NYG: A. Bradshaw 3-66 (22.0), D. Johnson 1-2 (2.0)
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CLEVELAND D. Stallworth LE C. Williams J. Thomas NT S. Rogers E. Steinbach RE L. Leonard H. Fraley LOLB W. McGinest R. Hadnot MLB A. Davis R. Tucker WLB D. Jackson S. Heiden ROLB K. Wimbley B. Edwards LCB E. Wright D. Anderson RCB B. McDonald J. Lewis SS M. Adams L. Vickers FS B. Pool
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NEW YORK GIANTS P. Burress LE J. Tuck D. Diehl NT B. Cofield R. Seubert DT F. Robbins S. O’Hara RE M. Kiwanuka C. Snee SLB D. Clark K. McKenzie MLB A. Pierce K. Boss WLB G. Wilkerson S. Smith LCB A. Ross E. Manning RCB C. Webster M. Matthews SS J. Butler B. Jacobs FS M. Johnson
Team Cleveland Washington
Team Redskins Browns Redskins Browns
Q 3 3 4 4
1 0 0
2 0 0
3 3 7
4 8 7
Final 11 14
SCORING SUMMARY Time Play 7:30 C. Portis 3 yd. run (S. Suisham kick) (6-62,2:57) 2:43 P. Dawson 37 yd. Field Goal (10-58, 4:47) 12:28 S. Moss 18 yd. pass from J. Campbell (S. Suisham kick) (3-49, 1:14) 2:44 J. Cribbs 1 yd. pass from D. Anderson (D. Anderson-B.Edwards pass) (5-29, 2:52)
FIRST DOWNS: TIME OF POSSESSION: TOTAL NET YARDS: (Ru/Pa): PUNTS/Average: PENALTIES/Yards: FUMBLES/LOST:
TEAM STATISTICS CLE WAS 16 17 31:08 28:52 236 (102/134) 351 (193/158) 8-44.1 8-37.3 4-25 5-38 1-0 2-1
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING: CLE: D. Anderson 14-37-136 (TD); WAS: J. Campbell 14-23-164 (TD) RUSHING: CLE: J. Lewis 19-80, J. Harrison 3-12, D. Anderson 3-4, L. Vickers 1-2, J. Cribbs 1-2, J. Wright 1-2; WAS: C. Portis 27-175, R. Cartwright 3-12, S. Alexander 3-8, J. Campbell 2-1, F Davis 1-(-3) RECEIVING: CLE: B. Edwards 4-58, D. Stallworth 2-24, K. Winslow 2-17, J. Lewis 1-18, S. Heiden 1-10, L. Vickers 1-6, D. Dinkins 1-4, J. Cribbs 1-1-1, C. Ali 1-(-2); WAS: S. Moss 4-74-1, A. Randle El 4-56, C. Cooley 4-32, C. Portis 1-8, R. Cartwright 1-(-7) INTERCEPTIONS: CLE: None; WAS: None PUNTING: CLE: D. Zastudil 8-353 (44.1); WAS: R. Plackemeier 8-298 (37.3) PUNT RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 5-48 (9.6); WAS: A. Randel El 3-22 (7.3), S. Moss 1-8 (8.0) KICKOFF RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 2-46 (23.0), G. Lawson (43.0); WAS: R. Cartwright 2-60 (30.0), S. Moss 1-26 (26.0)
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CLEVELAND D. Stallworth LE C. Williams J. Thomas NT S. Rogers E. Steinbach RE L. Leonard H. Fraley LOLB W. McGinest R. Hadnot MLB A. Davis R. Tucker WLB D. Jackson S. Heiden ROLB K. Wimbley B. Edwards LCB E. Wright D. Anderson RCB B. McDonald J. Lewis SS M. Adams L. Vickers FS B. Pool
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WASHINGTON P. Burress LE D. Diehl NT R. Seubert DT S. O’Hara RE C. Snee SLB K. McKenzie MLB K. Boss WLB S. Smith LCB E. Manning RCB M. Matthews SS B. Jacobs FS
J. Tuck B. Cofield F. Robbins M. Kiwanuka D. Clark A. Pierce G. Wilkerson A. Ross C. Webster J. Butler M. Johnson
2008 Game Summaries
BROWNS 23 JAGUARS 17 October 26, 2008 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, FL In the 23-17 victory at Jacksonville, the Browns opened an early lead as QB Derek Anderson connected with WR Donte’ Stallworth on a three-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. RB Jamal Lewis added a two-yard touchdown plunge and K Phil Dawson’s 32 yard field goal extended the Browns lead to 17-7 at the half. In the third quarter, the Jaguars responded with an 8-yard touchdown pass from QB David Garrard to WR Matt Jones to cut the deficit, 17-14. The Browns defense continued to frustrate the Jaguars running attack as the Browns forced Jacksonville into a 38-yard field goal attempt early in the fourth quarter, which was blocked by NT Shaun Rogers to preserve a 17-14 lead. In the fourth stanza, the Browns converted two drives as K Phil Dawson added a pair of field goals from 20 and 42 yards for a 23-17 final. In the contest, Browns QB Derek Anderson was 14 of 27 passing for 246 yards and one touchdown, as Anderson set a career-high streak of consecutive pass attempts without an interception (currently at 105 attempts). RB Jamal Lewis paced the club with 20 carries for 81 yards and one rushing touchdown, while TE Steve Heiden led the team with three receptions for 73 yards and WR Braylon Edwards added two receptions for 64 yards. Defensively, the Browns held the Jaguars RB tandem of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew to 20 carries for 53 yards (2.7 avg.) and sacked QB David Garrard three times for 16 yards. Cleveland NT Shaun Rogers continued to exert his presence and posted five tackles, three pressures, one sack for seven yards and a blocked kick in the effort. Team Cleveland Jacksonville
Team Q Browns 1 Jaguars 2 Browns 2 Browns 2 Jaguars 3 Jaguars 4 Browns 4 Browns 4
Time 2:08 10:28 7:20 2:09 10:27 8:48 4:35 4:06
1 7 0
2 10 7
3 0 7
4 6 3
Final 23 17
SCORING SUMMARY Play D. Stallworth 3 yd. pass from D. Anderson (P. Dawson kick) (9-80, 4:44) R. Williams 5 yd. pass from D. Garrard (J. Scobee kick) (13-74, 6:40) J. Lewis 2 yd. run (P. Dawson kick) (6-62, 3:08) P. Dawson 32 yd. Field Goal (5-49, 1:47) M. Jones 8 yd. pass from D. Garrard (J. Scobee kick) (9-72, 4:33) J. Scobee 53 yd. Field Goal (7-39, 2:17) P. Dawson 20 yd. Field Goal (10-77, 4:13) P. Dawson 42 yd. Field Goal (4-0, 0:21)
FIRST DOWNS: TIME OF POSSESSION: TOTAL NET YARDS: (Ru/Pa): PUNTS/Average: PENALTIES/Yards: FUMBLES/LOST:
TEAM STATISTICS CLE JAX 15 20 24:55 35:05 327 (91/236) 380 (113/267) 5-41.4 3-46.7 1/15 6-40 1-0 1-1
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING: CLE: D. Anderson 14-27-246 (TD); JAX: D. Garrard 25-42-283 (2 TD) RUSHING: CLE: J. Lewis 20-81-1, L. Vickers 2-10, J. Wright 1-0, J. Harrison 1-(-1); JAX: D. Garrard 7-59, M. Jones-Drew 12-29, F. Taylor 8-24, T. Williamson 1-1, G. Jones 1-0 RECEIVING: CLE: S. Heiden 3-73, D. Stallworth 3-13-1, B. Edwards 2-64, J. Wright 2-18, S. Steptoe 1-53, L. Vickers 1-13, J. Lewis 1-7, D. Dinkins 1-5; JAX: M. Jones 8-117-1, D. Northcutt 5-49, R. Williams 3-42-1, M. Lewis 3-34, M. Jones-Drew 3-19, G. Jones 1-11, T. Williamson 1-6, R. Angulo 1-5 INTERCEPTIONS: CLE: None; JAX: None PUNTING: CLE: D. Zastudil 5-207 (41.4); JAX: A. Podlesh 3-140 (46.7) PUNT RETURNS: CLE: J. Cribbs 1-5 (5.0); JAX: B. Witherspoon 1-14 (14.0), M. JonesDrew 1-9 (9.0)
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CLEVELAND D. Stallworth LE C. Williams J. Thomas NT S. Rogers E. Steinbach RE L. Leonard H. Fraley LOLB W. McGinest R. Hadnot MLB A. Davis K. Shaffer WLB D. Jackson S. Heiden ROLB K. Wimbley B. Edwards LCB E. Wright D. Anderson RCB B. McDonald J. Lewis SS S. Jones D. Dinkins FS B. Pool
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JACKSONVILLE R. Williams DE JP. Spicer K. Barnes DT J. Henderson U. Nwaneri DT R. Meier B. Meester DE R. Hayward T. Reyes OLB D. Smith T. Pashos MLB M. Peterson M. Lewis OLB J. Durant R. Angulo LCB B. Williams M. Jones RCB R. Mathis G. Sensabaugh D. Garrard SS F. Taylor FS R. Nelson
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