[Subby]

2007 Playoffs

Wild Card Round

Cincy (11-5) at Buffalo (12-4) -4.
Buffalo wins 24-7 (we lost to the Bills by one in Week 16).

Washington (10-6) at Chicago (11-5) -4.
Chicago wins 31-17 (we lost to Chicago early in the season).

Oakland (10-6) at New England (12-4) -7.
Oakland wins 30-28 (In a mild upset, our nemesis goes down!)

New York (8-8) at St Louis (8-8) -4.
Rams win 26-21.

Quarterfinal Round

St Louis (9-8) at Arizona (11-5) -5.
Rams win 24-21 in an upset.

Chicago (12-5) at Tampa Bay (14-2) -6.
Bucs win 44-14, look like the SB favorites.

Oakland (11-6) at Seattle (12-4) -7.
Seattle wins 16-13.

Buffalo (13-4) -4 at Cleveland (12-4).
Cleveland wins 26-8!.
A defensive struggle early, Cleveland motors in the second half and amasses 486 total yards. Buffalo threatened late, but two consecutive Rob Johnson ints sealed the game. The defense shone, with 239 yards allowed, 4 sacks, and two ints. The offense racked up 27 first downs and 16 KRB. RB Donnie Sheen received player of the game honors (29-170-1). Davies was flawless (16-30-259-1-0). On to the Conference Final!!!!

Conference Finals

St Louis (10-8) at Tampa Bay (15-2) -9.
Bucs win 10-7, avoiding a monumental upset.

Cleveland (13-4) at Seattle (13-4) -8 .
Cleveland wins 27-14!.
Seattle strikes first, but Donnie Sheen busts through with a 55 yard touchdown. Despite its riddled o-line, Seattle moves the ball up and down the field with ease. Thanks to our bend but dont break defense we are able to hold them, and a couple of Kitna Ints help the cause. The game is sealed when Dusty Parrish takes a late 3rd quarter punt for 62 yards and a score. This game belongs to our two cornerstones, QB Davies (20-26-244-0-0) and RB Sheen (26-144-2). A bit of bad news: Keeper DT Mudgett is out til next year, as is starting TE Stark. Stark is placed on IR and a veteran is picked from waivers for the Bowl. We resign everyone but FB Bednarik (won't reneg), his backup Astley (unhappy), and backup G Neil (unhappy). We renegotiate Blaine Davies to a 5 yr, 49 million dollar deal.

THE SUPERBOWL
Cleveland (14-4) vs. Tampa Bay (16-2) -9 .
We change our game plan to reduce the number of times we run the ball against the NFC's number-one ranked rushing defense. Sheen has a rough early going (11-17), but a couple of Davies quick strikes set up a Rollins FG and we take the lead 3-0 going into the 2nd Quarter. Boehner, the Bucs QB, is picking apart our secondary and gets Tampa a 7-3 lead. Sheen - quickly becoming a big game stud - rushes twice for 32 yards and a score, giving the Browns a 10-7 lead. Boehner marches his guys right back up field for a 14-10 lead. Then it happens. Davies has a pass intercepted and returned 61 yards for a touchdown. Tampa leads 21-10 with 4 minutes left in the half. The Browns' fans are disconsolate. With 25 seconds left in the half, Boehner gets injured, but with the Tampa D playing like monsters it probably doesnt matter.

We trade punts in the third quarter, neither team able to get an offensive foothold. The fourth quarter rolls around and things look bleak. Donnie Sheen takes the first play of the quarter and scampers 20 yards. Force calls a gutsy five straight running plays, and after a 16 yard pass to rookie phenom Bushon, Sheen takes it in from four for the score! The 2-point conversion fails, and we need a miracle as the game stands 21-16. Force continues his genius playcalling the next series, with a mix of run/pass that results in another Rollins FG. 21-19.

Davies gets the ball with three minutes remaining. Hope! Cleveland promptly turns the ball over on downs as Warren Sapp delivers a crushing sack of Davies. The two minute warning sounds and it looks to be over. Tampa attempts a 52 yard FG that comes up short and Cleveland will get one more chance, with 1:28 remaining. Davies looks for redemption. 28 yards to Wallace, out of bounds. Sheen runs for 3 and is injured! DeStefano trots onto the field, takes the handoff and rumbles for 12 yards. Timeout. DeStefano gets the ball again and rumbles for 13 more. With no timeouts left, Force calls in the field goal unit. 27 seconds on the clock. The kick is up...and good! Cleveland takes a 22-21 lead. Tampa gets the ball back with 14 seconds left on the clock. One incompletion and one scramble later and the game is OVER! Cleveland wins its second Superbowl in three years!. The sidelines go crazy! Force gets a Gatorade bath! Sheen (30-120-2) is named Superbowl MVP! Davies (17-30-236-0-1) is going to Disneyland! Woooooohoooo!

Season Recap

Honor Roll
QB Blaine Davies: 261-454, 3,718 yd, 57.4%, 8.18 ypp, 26td, 9 int, 94.8 rating
League MVP, 1st Team QB

RB Donnie Sheen: 340 att, 1,371 yds, 4.0 ypc, 7 td, 39 rec, 355 yds, 2 td.
Superbowl MVP, 2nd Team RB

T Flozell Adams: 28 krb, 78 krbo, 6 ska
2nd Team T

Other Team Leaders
WR Harvey Wallace:53 rec, 996 yds, 8 td
C Jeff Smith: 44 krb, 110 krbo, 8 ska
K Corey Rollins: 22 fg, 27 fga, 55 lng, 45 xp, 45 xpa, 111 pts.
LB JR Farmer: 82 tckls, 2 sacks
DT BJ Mudgett: 45 tckls, 8 sacks
DE Matt Champion: 22 tckl, 8.5 sacks in 12 games
CB Christian Ferderer: 4 ints.

Team Standings
Rushing (offense, defense, average): 4.0/3.3/3.8 (12th/1st)
Passing (offense, defense, average): 8.1/7.2/6.8 (1st/26th)
Scoring offense, defense) 389 (8th), 301 (11th).

Record: 12-4, 10-0 div, 10-2 conf..

[This message has been edited by Subby (edited 10-26-2000).]