2006 Regular Season
In the pre-season, we lose RB Dixon Hoffman for the season – so we have to reshuffle a bit, and it looks like rookie Kendrick Ramsey will get some chances after all, in the #2 spot. This also makes Daniel Newman much more of a “feature back” than we have used so far – so we’ll see how well he can do with that kind of role.
We play a solid, mistake-free game at home to beat Pittsburgh in our opener, and we get to our early bye week at 2-1. I still have little doubt that we will be a second-rate team, but it’s nice to carry this early glimmer on a while.
Soon enough, we are 2-9 and out of glimmer. Toward the end of the season, our entire defensive front is ripped to shreds by injuries – we are in chaos. Huffman is seriously hurt – we’ll have to see how well he can rebound from that, but his season is over for certain.
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Front Office Football 2004
2006 Summary for Cleveland Browns
Record: 3-13
Winning Pct.: .187
Cleveland Browns Team Rank
Rushes 499 4
Rushing Yards 1982 10
Yards Per Carry 3.97 21
Pass Attempts 447 32
Completions 274 32
Passing Yards 2692 32
Yards Per Attempt 6.02 28
3rd Down Conversions 35.0 30
Points Per Game 14.5 32
Turnovers 25 19 (T)
Turnover Margin -1 16 (T)
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 473 26 (T)
Rushing Yards 1810 20
Yards Per Carry 3.82 6
Pass Attempts 510 3 (T)
Completions 311 12
Passing Yards 3506 9
Yards Per Attempt 6.87 15 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 40.2 11
Points Per Game 20.0 9 (T)
Turnovers 24 13 (T)
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 17 at PIT 14
2 3 ATL 20
3 20 IND 10
5 10 DEN 24
6 16 OAK 22
7 9 at SDO 13
8 14 at KCY 24
9 24 at BAL 27
10 20 PIT 23
11 7 CIN 13
12 17 at NOS 23
13 23 at NED 20
14 13 CAR 16
15 9 BAL 17
16 12 at TBY 27
17 19 at CIN 27
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
16 Silvers QB 394 241 2391 6.06 11 14
15 Branch QB 53 33 301 5.67 1 1
**Team --- 447 274 2692 6.02 12 15
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
40 Newman RB 258 1005 3.89 4
44 Shea RB 106 360 3.39 2
32 Ramsey RB 60 203 3.38 0
16 Silvers QB 41 310 7.56 1
**Team --- 499 1982 3.97 8
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
83 Sanders WR 71 43 496 11.5 80 5
81 Ivory WR 79 43 536 12.4 68 2
88 O'Rourke WR 76 41 498 12.1 112 3
82 Metzger TE 58 40 350 8.7 98 0
40 Newman RB 38 26 225 8.6 149 1
80 Horner WR 34 23 185 8.0 23 0
36 Woodson FB 20 17 84 4.9 64 0
85 Johns WR 27 16 170 10.6 20 0
**Team --- 447 274 2692 9.8 654 12
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
92 Goodwin ILB 123 32 1.0 0 0 11
52 Wiggs OLB 78 30 4.0 1 1 4
95 Gibson DT 71 32 6.0 4 0 0
41 Jacobs S 67 34 1.0 0 3 4
51 Jervey OLB 58 18 7.0 11 3 2
43 Richmond CB 52 22 0.0 0 3 8
34 Richmond S 49 17 0.0 0 4 6
23 Mace CB 44 17 0.0 0 1 11
99 Tyler OLB 43 13 5.0 1 0 6
48 Grayvil S 42 14 2.0 0 0 4
27 Gomez CB 39 11 1.0 1 0 0
94 Blum DE 32 14 7.5 2 0 0
20 Richard CB 24 9 1.0 2 0 3
77 Carr DT 20 8 4.0 4 0 0
78 Huffman DE 17 11 4.0 6 0 0
97 Westbrook ILB 16 7 0.0 1 0 0
**Team --- 892 316 49.0 48 15 60
Season Wrap-up
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2006 Awards List
Award Player Team
Player of the Year Nicholas Barnes JAX
Front Office Bowl MVP Keith McCoy TBY
Coach of the Year Not Yet Awarded
Legend of the Game Not Yet Awarded
Offensive Player of the Year Nicholas Barnes JAX
Defensive Player of the Year Bucky Glover PHI
Offensive Rookie of the Year Billy Joe Bingham WAS
**Defensive Rookie of the Year Kris Gibson CLE
All-League First-String Quarterback Nicholas Barnes JAX
All-League First-String Running Back Brian Grant STL
All-League First-String Fullback Jerome Simpson CHI
All-League First-String Tight End Clark Hardy NOS
All-League First-String Wide Receiver Steven Vega GBY
All-League First-String Wide Receiver King Brame BUF
All-League First-String Center Kenny Calvo CHI
All-League First-String Offensive Guard Aaron Jacobs NYJ
All-League First-String Offensive Guard Darell Poynter ARI
All-League First-String Offensive Tackle Dennis Rameriz GBY
All-League First-String Offensive Tackle Eli Williams TBY
All-League First-String Punter Doug Vandermause OAK
All-League First-String Kicker Jessie Fletcher DAL
All-League First-String Defensive End Herschel Waldon MIA
All-League First-String Defensive End Tony Case NYG
All-League First-String Defensive Tackle Ervin Hope DEN
All-League First-String Defensive Tackle Collin Turner MIN
All-League First-String Inside Linebacker Bucky Glover PHI
All-League First-String Outside Linebacker Nelson Borders CAR
All-League First-String Outside Linebacker David Williamson STL
All-League First-String Cornerback Carl Armes DEN
All-League First-String Cornerback David Munn DET
All-League First-String Safety Tyrell Boone SFO
All-League First-String Safety Elvis Daniel BAL
All-League Second-String Quarterback Jacques Cheatham PIT
All-League Second-String Running Back Stuart Kindle MIA
All-League Second-String Fullback Richard Cummins TBY
All-League Second-String Tight End Arnie Whiting CAR
All-League Second-String Wide Receiver Barry Moxley ARI
All-League Second-String Wide Receiver Daniel Ledezma MIA
All-League Second-String Center Bennett Beverly DAL
All-League Second-String Offensive Guard Henry Sitton CHI
All-League Second-String Offensive Guard Gary Elson WAS
All-League Second-String Offensive Tackle Wade Catlett KCY
All-League Second-String Offensive Tackle James Lawlor NYG
All-League Second-String Punter Leif Schnell BUF
All-League Second-String Kicker Irv Cash BAL
All-League Second-String Defensive End Willie Chenoweth KCY
All-League Second-String Defensive End Arthur Johnson DET
All-League Second-String Defensive Tackle John McManus DET
All-League Second-String Defensive Tackle Jonathan Linkous BAL
All-League Second-String Inside Linebacker Ronald Rabb JAX
All-League Second-String Outside Linebacker Brian Rioux SDO
All-League Second-String Outside Linebacker Andrew Colston BUF
All-League Second-String Cornerback Simon Casteel HOU
All-League Second-String Cornerback Brad Teter SFO
All-League Second-String Safety Anthony Bates HOU
All-League Second-String Safety Elwood Hewitt MIN
League's Fastest Man Jamison Battle NED
League's Strongest Man John Champagne DET
Nice to see good things from DT Kris Gibson, who had a very nice opening season – in part because he is clearly head and shoulders above anyone we have on hand at DT.
Okay, I feel like this team is dying on the vine. I’m doing poorly in the draft so far, and we’re just not building up the talent level that we need. Without true open free agency as a vehicle, we‘ve still got plenty of wide open spaces on this roster – where we are starting and using players who probably shouldn’t even be employed.