2005 Regular Season
No crazy up-and-down story this time around, we start out flat, manage to eke out a few close wins, but are basically a bottom-tier type of team the whole way through.
No surprises – we end up 5-11, but probably aren’t even that good. Looks like we will have pick 6 or 7 in the draft next year, which should help.
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Front Office Football 2004
2005 Summary for Cleveland Browns
Record: 5-11
Winning Pct.: .312
Cleveland Browns Team Rank
Rushes 512 2
Rushing Yards 2196 3
Yards Per Carry 4.28 14
Pass Attempts 437 31
Completions 264 31
Passing Yards 2214 32
Yards Per Attempt 5.06 32
3rd Down Conversions 35.4 32
Points Per Game 14.6 32
Turnovers 24 16 (T)
Turnover Margin +3 12 (T)
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 464 21 (T)
Rushing Yards 1881 20
Yards Per Carry 4.05 12
Pass Attempts 488 2
Completions 278 2
Passing Yards 3345 5
Yards Per Attempt 6.85 18
3rd Down Conversions 35.6 1
Points Per Game 19.3 10 (T)
Turnovers 27 10
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 16 CIN 30
2 3 at MIN 6
3 13 BUF 17
4 7 TEN 17
5 14 at JAX 13
6 10 at HOU 22
7 17 at BAL 24
8 27 IND 17
9 17 PIT 30
11 13 at CIN 33
12 14 CHI 24
13 24 at OAK 21
14 6 DET 7
15 14 at PIT 12
16 14 at GBY 17
17 26 BAL 20
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
16 Silvers QB 436 263 2201 5.04 18 17
**Team --- 437 264 2214 5.06 18 17
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
25 Hoffman RB 189 852 4.50 1
40 Newman RB 171 650 3.80 1
38 McCarthy FB 63 224 3.55 3
16 Silvers QB 55 327 5.94 0
**Team --- 512 2196 4.28 6
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
88 O'Rourke WR 88 47 496 10.5 95 4
80 Horner WR 80 47 469 9.9 49 3
84 Gaylord TE 55 37 290 7.8 95 2
81 Ivory WR 61 35 316 9.0 35 6
38 McCarthy FB 38 29 135 4.6 57 0
49 Giefeke FB 38 28 208 7.4 50 1
**Team --- 435 264 2214 8.3 467 18
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
92 Goodwin ILB 140 48 0.0 2 7 11
28 Dawson S 70 27 0.0 0 2 6
99 Tyler OLB 67 14 4.5 5 2 8
33 Gonzalez S 53 18 1.0 1 0 6
35 Sims CB 47 11 1.0 0 2 10
73 Ogden DT 43 24 4.0 5 0 0
72 Rutter DT 42 12 4.0 5 0 1
78 Huffman DE 38 17 6.0 12 0 0
96 Walker OLB 37 19 1.0 1 0 4
37 Dotson CB 33 11 0.0 0 2 6
20 Richard CB 33 14 2.0 0 1 3
98 Clanton OLB 31 7 1.0 0 0 4
70 Schulz DE 28 11 6.0 14 0 0
27 Gomez CB 21 3 0.0 0 1 2
41 Jacobs S 21 2 1.0 0 1 1
**Team --- 818 258 35.0 49 19 67
Well, MLB Cedric Goodwin continues to impress – those are some downright staggering numbers he put up, albeit playing for a lousy defense. Hell, he even led the team in passes defensed! His ratings, in the eyes of my scout, continue to develop – I think he’s still getting better and better. Definite re-signing.
Not a huge year for DE Huffman, but not that bad, either. He played in all 16 games, but did have a couple minor injuries (hamstrong at season’s end) that might have slowed him a bit. He still looks very good, certainly another anchor to this developing defense.
And the defense, once again, is very tough on the pass, but this year it’s easier to see what happened. We are tough in total passing yards, but teams don’t pass on us much – we’re up to average in yards per attempt, much more like what I’d expect. We were #1 in stopping 3rd down conversions – go figure that one out.
Is RB Dixon Hoffman our future? Up to 4.5 ypc this season is an improvement for him, but I don’t see him as really anything special. I suspect I’ll keep foraging around, since RB is a position that seems very easy to fill with decent players, at least.
Season Wrap-up
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2005 Awards List
Award Player Team
Player of the Year Lacy Pereyra CHI
Front Office Bowl MVP Brian Kavanagh MIA
Coach of the Year Not Yet Awarded
Legend of the Game Not Yet Awarded
Offensive Player of the Year Lacy Pereyra CHI
Defensive Player of the Year Daniel Curcio STL
Offensive Rookie of the Year Quentin McDaniel DET
Defensive Rookie of the Year Howie Lynch BAL
All-League First-String Quarterback Lacy Pereyra CHI
All-League First-String Running Back Don Daniel DEN
All-League First-String Fullback Marshall Bellinger MIN
All-League First-String Tight End James Marble BAL
All-League First-String Wide Receiver Clifford Larocca DAL
All-League First-String Wide Receiver Richard Desmond DET
All-League First-String Center Kenny Calvo CHI
All-League First-String Offensive Guard Orval Bender DAL
All-League First-String Offensive Guard August Dempsey STL
All-League First-String Offensive Tackle Andrew Getz DAL
All-League First-String Offensive Tackle Dennis Rameriz BAL
All-League First-String Punter Lloyd Robertson PHI
All-League First-String Kicker Toby Moore HOU
All-League First-String Defensive End Tony Case NYG
All-League First-String Defensive End Christopher Pender SFO
All-League First-String Defensive Tackle John McManus DET
All-League First-String Defensive Tackle Luke Blackburn SEA
All-League First-String Inside Linebacker Brent Helwig BUF
All-League First-String Outside Linebacker Jermaine Mack PHI
All-League First-String Outside Linebacker Antony Stephens MIN
All-League First-String Cornerback Jason Aponte DET
All-League First-String Cornerback Brad Teter SFO
All-League First-String Safety Daniel Curcio STL
All-League First-String Safety Marc Peay KCY
All-League Second-String Quarterback Nicholas Barnes JAX
All-League Second-String Running Back Roderick Arsenault HOU
All-League Second-String Fullback Kendall Moore PHI
All-League Second-String Tight End Elden Mullins JAX
All-League Second-String Wide Receiver Barry Moxley ARI
All-League Second-String Wide Receiver Silas Purser NED
All-League Second-String Center Bennett Beverly DAL
All-League Second-String Offensive Guard Abram Crawford IND
All-League Second-String Offensive Guard Gerald Cordoba CIN
All-League Second-String Offensive Tackle Ned Ford NED
All-League Second-String Offensive Tackle James Lawlor NYG
All-League Second-String Punter Doug Vandermause OAK
All-League Second-String Kicker Mickey Shenk CHI
All-League Second-String Defensive End Jack McCreary SFO
All-League Second-String Defensive End Charlie Newton NOS
All-League Second-String Defensive Tackle Gary Pierce SEA
All-League Second-String Defensive Tackle Desmond Shirk ATL
**All-League Second-String Inside Linebacker Cedric Goodwin CLE
All-League Second-String Outside Linebacker Andrew Colston BUF
All-League Second-String Outside Linebacker Nelson Borders WAS
All-League Second-String Cornerback James Burnell NYJ
All-League Second-String Cornerback Nathanial Stiles TBY
All-League Second-String Safety Walker Gunther IND
All-League Second-String Safety Michael Heredia OAK
League's Fastest Man Josh Andruzzi NYJ
League's Strongest Man James Faulkner SFO
About what we expected. No catastrophic losses, I don’t think. (Starting safety Paul Hammond might be disrupted after a season-long knew injury – we’ll see about that)
Hopefully we will have some chance to build on this season, and start to see some results coming together. Another offseason awaits!