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Cleveland Browns (2007 & prior)

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Buckeyedynasty;810508; said:
Ok I know some of you will mess with me for this but just hear me out. I realize that the browns have major issues. O and D line, QB, RB, no running and weak passing game, injury problems. As bad as the problems for cleveland were last season I don't believe that the team was as bad as their record indicated.
  1. Week 1 loss to the Saints 19-14. If they had any kind of offense they would have won the game and let us not forget where the saints ended up when all was said and done.
  2. Week 3 against Baltimore they were only down 3 until the 4th quarter when the defense gave up 12 points. Still a good showing without any help from the offense.
  3. Week 5 loss @Carolina 20-12. The defense did a great job but again the offense could not score a touchdown.
  4. Week 9 @San Diego. We gave them a hell of a game and wound up coming up just short in the end. 32-25 L. But again the Chargers were a great team and they had to do everything they could to find a way to beat us at the end.
  5. Week 11 against Pukesburg. We were up 10 at half but gave up 21 in the 4th quarter and lost 24-20. Still close but it is still a gut wrenching loss.
  6. Week 14 @the rat birds. Lost 27-17 but we were within a touchdown in the 4th quarter until the rat birds kicked a long fieldgoal. I think it was a very close game once again.
  7. Finally week 16 @Houston lost 14-6 when again if the offense is even breathing we win this game.
My point is that I think they were a lot closer in many games than people may give them credit for. I know that a loss is still a loss but the way you measure progress is how you play against good teams and Cleveland often played tough against the good teams they faced. All I am trying to say is that we may not be as far off as some may believe. Yes we have major issues and have tried to address some of them in the offseason but with all our major issues we still had a chance to have a decent record last year. I have pointed out 7 losses that easily could have been wins. If we have continue our good offseason, have a good draft, avoid the injury bug, and have a little luck. I think this team could surprise many downtrodden Browns fans. :banger: Keep your head up fellow Brownies it could always be worse....we could be Steeler fans! :yow1: :slappy:
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I agree... the Browns are really only a few players and some luck away from being a playoff team... it happens every year, a bad team turns into a playoff one and this year that could be the Browns.
 
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I said before the season last year, that the Browns won six games in 2005 with smoke and mirrors, and that the improvements that the Browns made from '05 to '06 would give them a legitimate 6 to 7 wins. Injuries prevented that from happening, but I still think that the '06 team was a better team, with more promise, than the '05 team. I just hope that the team can continue to get better, and actually have it result in more wins this year.
 
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IronBuckI;811280; said:
If they draft Quinn, I might make the conversion from fan to well wisher. In that, I don't wish them any specific harm.
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Is that you Moe?
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IronBuckI;811180; said:
I said before the season last year, that the Browns won six games in 2005 with smoke and mirrors, and that the improvements that the Browns made from '05 to '06 would give them a legitimate 6 to 7 wins. Injuries prevented that from happening, but I still think that the '06 team was a better team, with more promise, than the '05 team. I just hope that the team can continue to get better, and actually have it result in more wins this year.
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Agree. I also believe the '06 team was better and I am hopeful that they can win a lot more games this season.
exhawg;811208; said:
Unless they draft Quinn.
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Don't draft the Quinnster!!!
 
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CPD

Browns, Heiden agree to extension



Sunday, April 15, 2007

The Browns have signed tight end Steve Heiden to a four-year contract extension, the team announced in a news release Saturday.
Heiden played in all 16 games last season for the Browns, including six starts. He had 36 receptions for 244 yards and two touchdowns.
The 6-5, 267-pounder has played the last five seasons with the Browns after being acquired from San Diego in 2002. Heiden caught a career-high 43 passes in 2005 for 401 yards and three touchdowns.

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Canton

Browns expect free-agent help
Sunday, April 15, 2007
BROWNS BEAT
STEVE DOERSCHUK

Every NFL team is a revolving door. But the Browns? They became the Tasmanian Devil, spinning so fast Bugs Bunny could only watch with a bemused grin.

Now, they veer toward the April 28-29 draft with just three surefire 2007 starters ? none on offense, only Orpheus Roye, Andra Davis and Leigh Bodden on defense ? who started Sept. 11, 2005, the day the Romeo Crennel-Phil Savage era began.

In theory, the spin will smooth out and the team will stabilize as the regime winds into its third draft. In theory, the free agents rounded up as a prelude to the draft will fortify Dr. Phil?s foundation.

Two of Savage?s right-hand men shed some light on the free agents during a Browns Backers huddle at the stadium. T.J. McCreight and Steve Sabo are Savage?s top scouts of players already in the leagu

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