VC II 2037

[Subby]

2037 Season

Herb says 100/100/100/74 : 98

7 Bowls in 9 years.

CB Barry Peterman steps down, saving us some cap room.

First impressions going into this season...our QB in waiting, Antoine Parrish, aint too happy. Since he's a keeper Im going to have to play him back to disgruntled and sign him to a long-term deal.

Our cohesion is among the best in the league in most areas.

We go into FA OVER the cap by 3.5 million, so I will be wheelin and dealin...everyone but Ainsworth and T Nuclear Bradford are signed.

In a cost-cutting move we send DT Geoff Freitag, LB OJ Briggs and WR Dana Lyon to Kansas City for LB Renaldo Freitag (best young LB in league) and the 3rd overall pick in the draft.

We then trade our first round pick (36) this year, plus DE Riley and DE Grembowski to the Las Vegas Hitmen for last year's number one overall pick, DE John Jacoby.

We send backup QB Foley, backup LB Henry, a 1st (30) and 2nd (36) to Jacksonville for all-pro LB Todd Bellamy and their #1 (10) pick in the draft.

We send P Joey England and a 3rd round pick (36) to Tennessee for the best P in the league, Wade Rogers.

Finally we send backupCB Ray Head and a 1 (18), 4 (36), and 5 (36) to Detroit for the 4th pick in the draft. We go into FA 51 million under the cap.

Nuclear Nick Bradford won't resign with us because of complaints about playing time.

No one else looks affordable so we move on to the draft.

Draft

1(3) Lonnie Watson, S, Georgia (96, 100, 96,x,x, 100)
1(4) Will Norton, S, BYU, (96, 97, 100, x, x, 100)

We trade our 10th pick and S Wayne and S Winslett to the Milwaukee Mission for their 12th this year and a first rounder in each of the next two years. This was a hard trade to pull, but Watson and Norton will patrol the Secondary together for years to come.

1(12) Brett Wiggins, FB, Kentucky (96,96, 96, 96, 98, 96, 97, 91, 77)

We look to free up some more cap room after the draft...

We release TE Marvin Welch so that he can hook up with another team and pick up a 4th QB in our grand plan to make Parrish happy enough to sign a long term deal...

We move RB Carl Robbins, who is in the last year of his contract, to Green Bay, for two first round picks (2038, 2039).

Training Camp

We concentrate on the 3-4 and running formations, as well as several blitz packages. We carry 9 LBs into camp.

Exhibition Season

McKnight and Ainsworth plus several other vets get breathers.

We lose brand new DE John Jacoby for 2-3 months in the FIRST GAME.

We finish off the exhibition season with a 20-0 drubbing of Dallas and finish at 3-1. But our O-Line gets decimated and we lose 2 starters (G Bensen and T McGwire) for 2-3 months.

Regular Season

Week 1
Chicago (0-0) @ Cleveland (0-0) -7 L 17-23

Not a good start as Ainsworth has his worst day as a pro.

Ainsworth 20-(-6)-0
McKnight 15-24-209-1-1
Lewinsky 6-75-1
Vance 3-73
Maugh 2PR-78-1
Rogers 8punts 44.1avg 4in20
Stiehl (playing at Left DE) 8tckls, 1 sack, 1 int

Week 2
Minnesota (1-0) @ Cleveland (0-1) -8 L 10-13

Umm - hmmm. Nice injury rating on our coach as we lose our THIRD starting o-line guy for 2-3 months.

Ainsworth 28-34-0
McKnight 14-24-168-0-1
Stiehl (the LB starting at DE because of injuries) 5tckls, 2 scks.

Week 3
Cleveland (0-2) @ Cincy (1-1) -1 L 18-21

This is fun. 2 turnovers do us in. 3 losses by a combined 12 points.

Ainsworth 17-91-0
McKnight 17-28-241-2-1
Armour 7-97-0
Vance 4-75-1

Week 4
Pittsburgh (2-1) @ Cleveland (0-3) -5 W 38-15

We loosen the reigns on the passing game and it pays off.

Ainsworth 14-78-2
McKnight 18-30-346-3-0
Lewinsky 6-107-1
Armour 4-98-1
Vance 4-87-1
Berosik 8 tckls, 3 int
Woodson 1.5 scks

Week 5
Cleveland (1-3) @ Baltimore (1-3) -3 W 45-6

Woohoo! Another O-Line guy goes down for 2-3 months. We have our second straight slaughter. 30 1st downs, 510 yds of O. Our defense holds the Ravens to 123 yds of offense and 2 fgs.

Ainsworth 21-69-1 (rec:4-27-1)
McKnight 26-34-397-5-1
Vance 7-107-1
Armour 6-106-1
Lewinsky 5-124-1
Stiehl - another sack in a start for Woodson

Week 6
Cleveland (2-3) @ Tennessee (3-2) -3 W 45-42

Shootout at Adelphia! Our defense plays its first bad game of the season. The Titans score 22 in the 4th to force OT, but our man Blaine wins the game on a 25yd FG.

Huntley 19-160-2
McKnight 25-33-303-3-0
McWilliams 9-126-2
Lewinsky 7-70-0
Finch 5KRB
Woodson sack, fumble recov

Week 7

We get a much needed bye to rest the weary.

Week 8
Cleveland (3-3) @ Pittsburgh (2-4) -1 W 40-6.

168 points in 4 games since we changed the offense.

McKnight 20-30-317-2-0
Lewinsky 9-146-2
Vance 6-97-0
Woodson, Ward 2.5 sacks each

At the halfway point we are 4-3, one game behind Jax for first in the Central. We lead the AFC in points scored and are 3rd in points allowed.

Week 9
Baltimore (3-4) @ Cleveland (4-3) -4 W 23-0

Chalk up another impressive game for the 3-4.

McKnight 17-27-208-2-0
Lewinsky 7-108-0
Vance 5-54-1
Maugh 2 int

Week 10
Cleveland (5-3) -1 @ Denver (2-6) W 31-28.

Denver scores at the buzzer to make it look closer than it was.

Hawn 18-62-1 (Ainsworth still hurt)
McKnight 17-30-201-1-1
Lewinsky 6-56-1
Banks int, td

Week 11 (still a game behind Jax)
Tennessee (4-5) @ Cleveland (6-3) -3 L 16-27

6 game winning streak comes to an end as our O-Line gets nicked up again.

Hawm 18-117-0
McKnight 17-37-217-1-2
Vance 6-104-0
Bellamy 9tckls

Week 12
Cincy (4-6) @ Cleveland (6-4) -1 W 41-20.

We tweak the offensive gameplan with good results.

Ainsworth 11-87-1
McKnight 17-24-305-3-0
McWilliams 4-121-1
Rogers 3punts-48.6avg-3in20

Week 13
Cleveland (7-4) @ LasVegas (4-7) W 34-14

Huge road win for us. We are now tied with Jax for conference lead (though they have us on tiebreakers).

Hawn 21-153-2
McKnight 18-28-217-1-0
Lewinsky 4-50-1
Carlson 5KRB

Week 14
Jacksonville (8-4) @ Cleveland (8-4) W 45-13.

Yeah - that was a kinda big win for us. All of our starting o-line guys but one came in as Questionable. No questions now, babe.

Ainsworth 23-121-2
McKnight 17-32-215-3-0
Vance 6-83-1
Lewinsky 4-65-1
Woodson 5tckls, 1 sack

Week 15
Seattle (4-9) @ Cleveland (9-4) -8 W 47-12.

We score over 40 again...

Ainsworth 23-123-2
Hawn 8-36-2
McKnight 16-27-214-0-1
Berosik 7tckls, int
Woodson 1.5scks

Week 16
Cleveland (10-4) -1 @ Buffalo (7-7) W 20-10.

Defense wins one for us on the road.

Hawn 19-74-0
McKnight 21-42-374-2-0
Vance 9-159-0
Woodson 2 sacks

Week 17
Cleveland (11-4) @ Jacksonville (8-7) W 24-17.

A nice finishing touch to the regular season as we go 12-1 after a disastrous 0-3 start.

Ainsworth 23-180-1 (gearing up for the post-season)
McKnight 20-31-301-2-0
Lewinsky 7-77-1
Armour 3-97-1
Jacoby 2scks
Woodson, Ward 1 sack each
Finch 4KRB

We finish the season 12-4 with 494 points scored (1 in NFL) and 267 points against (2 in NFL).

Playoffs

Wildcard

Carolina 20
Philly 27

San Diego 3
Indy 40

Kansas City 14
New York Jets 40

Greensboro 10
Minnesota 24

Quarterfinals

Minnesota 17
Atlanta 27

Philly 16
Green Bay 14

Indy 17
Oakland 24

New York Jets (12-5) @ Cleveland (12-4) -5

The Jets were the best defense in football. We had the best offense. Its 13-7 Cleveland in the 4th Q when Derek "Money" Ainsworth takes matters into his own hands and scores two tds to seal the deal.

Cleveland wins 24-7.

Ainsworth 26-126-2
McKnight 25-35-324-1-1
Lewinsky 6-90-0
Armour 6-91-0
Jacoby, Ward sack each
Freitag Int

WR Armour breaks his hand and is done.

League Finals

Philly 28
Atlanta 21

Cleveland (13-4) @ Oakland (14-3) -4

Oakland has the best record in the AFC, plus they are incredibly healthy. We don't really have a chance, as banged up as we are. We score first, but they answer us with 31 and it is over. Our beat-up o-line really caught up with us.

Ainsworth 12-55-0
McKnight 14-35-183-1-2
Bellamy 11 tckls

Superbowl

Philly (14-5) 23
Oakland (15-3) 24

Honors

QB Sammie McKnight, OPOY, 1st Team QB, 295-481-61.3%-4,233yds-31td-8int 104.4 McKnight had hands down the best season in the league, but was robbed of the MVP award.
T Rondell Finch, 1st Team Tackle, 32-78KRB, 41%, 1SkA - Only Browns lineman not to miss a game.

Key Players
RB Ainsworth 11GS, 190-820-9tds
WR Vance 71-1136-5tds
WR Lewinsky 76-1097-10tds
P Rogers 66-2720-41.2-29in20
S Berosik 78tckl, 7int
DE Woodsen 13GS, 11.5 sacks

[Subby]

2038 Season
Herb says 81-100-100-74 93

Welcome DE Kurt Wiese to the league Hall of Fame! 143.5 career sacks, baby!

Safety Henry Berosik retires after a great year last year...

We still have money issues, so I am going to concentrate on getting younger and cheaper here, while being good to the Keepers.

So many guys are eligible for FA, including T McGwire, DT Bennik, LB Freitag, C Carlson, and FB Rick Hartman. Since all of our Centers are eligible for FA, we Tag Carlson and move to FA.

We have the number one pick in the draft, so we will definitely be making moves.

In a cost-cutting move we send S Banks and TE Dunlap to the Bills for a 1&2 in 2040.

We send our number one overall and a 4th to the Giants for a 2nd round pick (4) and 3rd year Tackle Jack Dotson (93/100/100) - he'll be able to step right in for Finch when he retires.
We send RB Alan Hawne and a 2(32), 5(32), and 6th in 2039 to Las Vegas for RB Jumbo Gale and a 2(10).

We get S Cory Wayne back, plus TE Curtis Foulke and a 2(1) from Milwaukee for our 1(33), 1 and 3 in 2039, and backup DT Fernando Murray. We go into FA looking for youngsters.

We resign FB Hartman, T McGwire (for cheap).

Draft

Rnd 1 - Alan Peterson, C, Arkansas Tech
Rnd 2 - Warren Newman, DT, Wake Forest
Rnd 2 - Edwin Dulaney, CB, Georgia
Rnd 2 - Chester James, S, Southern Mississippi
Rnd 3 - Clarence Scheffer, CB, Texas

A shitty draft - all these guys are backups.

Exhibiton

We go 3-1 as McWilliams goes out with the dreaded Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome...

Regular Season

Week 1
Cleveland (0-0) -1 @ Atlanta (0-0) W 13-10.

We try ball control and almost lose our opener.

Ainsowrth 26-72-0
McKnight 20-32-219-0-1
Ward 3.0 sacks

Week 2
Cleveland (1-0) -3 @ New Orleans (0-1) W 30-10.

We open it up on the road - mixing up our offensive looks every few weeks.

Ainsworth 18-125-0
McKnight 17-32-229-3-0
Armour 5-110-3
Ward 2.0 sacks
Reedy 5KRB

Week 3
Pittsburgh (0-2) @ Cleveland (2-0) -7 W 27-24.

Pitt puts it into OT with a FG with 0:00 on the clock. Blaine Chandler wins it for us with a 37-yd FG with 7:23 remaining.

Ainsowrth 14-59-0
McKnight 25-42-329-2-2
Lewinsky 7-124
Armour 7-94
Wayne 10 tckls
Ward 2.0 sacks

Week 4
Cleveland (3-0) -2 @ Jacksonville (1-2) L 19-24.

Ainsworth 14-63-0
McKnight 13-28-339-2-2
Lewinsky 5-174-2

Week 5
Baltimore (2-2) @ Cleveland (3-1) -3 W 31-19.

Ainsworth 23-51
McKnight 19-33-274-4-1
Lewinsky 8-106-2

Week 6
Cincy (2-3) @ Cleveland (4-1) -11 L 23-26.

Cincy puts it into OT with 13 unanswered points at the end of the game then whens it on a FG in OT.

Ainsworth 25-94-1
McKnight 18-29-290-1-1
Bellamy 10 tckls

Week 7
BYE

Week 8
Jacksonville (2-4) @ Cleveland (4-2) -8 W 31-10.

McKnight goes down for 3-5 weeks in the win. Ainsowrth is his old self.

AInsowrth 26-146-3
McKnight 16-25-221-0-3
Vance 5-81-1
Wayne 2int

Week 9
Cleveland (5-2) -1 @ Baltimore (3-4) W 38-14.

Antoine Parrish and Derek Ainsowrth step it up.

AInsowrth 26-86-1
Parrish 19-22-245-2-0 (i rush td)
Vance 5-102-1
Reedy 6KRB

Week 10
San Diego (6-2) E @ Cleveland (6-2) W 31-24.

Huge win for us. Parrish is a pleasant suprise.

Ainsowrth 23-104-2
Parrish 18-26-201

Week 11
Cleveland (7-2) -1 @ Cincy (4-5) W 24-21.

Revenge is sweet. We stand 8-2 and everyone else in our division is 4-6.

Ainsowrth 23-123-1
Parrish 18-25-213-1-0
Dulaney 4 punts returned for 92 and td
Ward Woodson 1.5 sacks each

Ainsowrth is out for 3-5 weeks. We try and ride Parrish' hot hand.

Week 12
Cleveland (8-2) -8 @ Pittsburgh (4-6) L 11-27

A blip.

Gable 16-71-0
Parrish 15-31-225-1-2
Lewinsky 5-118-1
Ekstrom 9 tckls
Stiehl 8 tckls
Ward & Woodson sack each

Week 13
Carolina (6-5) @ Cleveland (8-3) -7 W 22-17.

Our O comes through for us.

Gable 21-111-1
McKnight 19-31-312-1-2
Armour 6-114-1
Bellamy 8tckls, sack

Week 14
Cleveland (9-3) -8 @ Tennessee (6-6) W 37-7.

Need big wins like this to close out season.

Gable 16-42-1
McKnight 17-26-173-1-1
Ward, Woodson sacks

Week 15
Cleveland (10-3) -2 @ Oakland (7-6) W 52-17.

Like I said...34 1st downs, 581 yds offense.

Ainsowrth 22-120-3
McKnight 26-37-379-2-0
Armour 10-195
McWilliams 8-80-1

Week 16
New York Jets (6-8) @ Cleveland (11-3) -9 W 13-10.

McKnight 19-31-316-0-1
Armour 5-86

Week 17
Tennessee (8-7) @ Cleveland (12-3) -13 W 7-3.

Ainsworth being hurt kills us. We have no chance in the playoffs as both our RBs are Doubtful.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

New England (10-7) @ Cleveland (13-3) -8

Hello old nemesis. Hopefully we can pass and defend! We can and do as Sammie McKnight has one of his nest games ever.

Cleveland wins 27-17.

McKnight 10-56 rushing
McKnight 28-36-364-2-1
Lewinsky 7-122-1
Vance 6-182-1
Still 9 tckls.

League Finals

Indianapolis (13-4) @ Cleveland (14-3) -3

They were the #1 offense and defense in the NFL this year, we were #2 and #3 respectively. We pass some more. Ainsowrth is done for the season. They are obviously not rady for my crafty passing strategy as we CRUSH them.

Cleveland wins 42-11! Back to the Bowl for me for the first time since 2007!

Gable 15-71-2
McKnight 26-39-414-3-1
Armour 10-201-1
Lewinsky 9-136-1
Still WOodson Bellamy Wilkerson each get a sack.

We re-up everyone except for our Center who needs to be resigned. Parrish' stint in the middle of the season got him happy enough to accept an extension.

Superbowl

Greensboro (12-7) @ Cleveland (15-3) -7

They are banged up as we are.

We go up 10-9 in the 3rd on a Blaine Chandler FG from 38. Our one point lead could not be more tenuous as we trade what seems like infinite posessions. Greensboro gets a sustained drive with 2:38 left in the 4th, Cornelius Hooker dives in from the 1 and Greensboro takes a 15-10 lead. Things are looking sucky. Its 4th and 5 from the Greensboro 19 and Sammie McKnight calls Buttonhook-55. Stanley Lewinsky, future HOF, rises up above the Greensboro mortals to pull down the pass on the 3, He takes it in unmolested for the score. Herman Vance scores 2 and we take a 3 point lead with 48 seconds left. Our defense keeps it that way.

CLEVELAND WINS 18-15!!!!! IT IS SOOOOO SWEEEEEET!!!!!

Gable (doubtful THROUGHOUT the playoffs) 11-56-0
McKnight 11-29-206-2-2
McWilliams 3-75
S Will Norton 11 tckls, SuperBowl MVP
Wilkerson, Woodsen 2 sacks a piece.

No league honors! I am so honored )

More soon...

[WebEwbank]

Wow. You traded up a storm, filled the infirmary, brought home the bacon. Wow.

Thinning out WR to beef up LB (while cutting payroll) was well-executed, and I somehow figured it would take a year to jell.

Congrats on a strong, quick, two seasons !

I am eager to get back in that leather recliner and start bullying agents again...

[Subby]

More on our Superbowl run...

We were so thin at RB that I set our run tendency on 1st and 10 to 5% for the entire playoffs. I don't think the scouting reports reflected such a huge shift until the Superbowl where our defense ended up winning the game for us.

My Johan award winner for 2037 was McKnight (obviously) and for 2038 it will be Antoine Parrish for his MVP play while McKnight was out.

My keepers are The Thunder Brothers, Safeties Lonnie Watson and Will Norton. Hopefully they will be starters for the next 8 years...

[Darkiller]

Great Job Syrinx and Subby !!!
(I was away these last few days)

Congratulations on a great dynastie.
If my guess is right, we have now won 8 SuperBowls in 11 years with Sammie as the QB...oh my god.

incredible.

Funny to see that we have been winning SuperBowls with Blaine, then had a long time not winning one (more than a decade...that was the Lee Clark era) and then we find Sammie and we return as the most decorated team in all of the NFL...

8 SuperBowl wins over the last 11 years.
incredible.
Awesome.

GO BROWNS !!!

[Subby]

Final Numbers for our SuperBowl Season!

QB McKnight 12GS 223-371-60.1%-3,216-17-14int 87.8 rating
QB Parrish 4GS 72-107-67.2%-907-5-2 101.2 rating
RB Ainsworth 12GS 244-1056-11
WR Lewinsky 64-1100-6
WR Armour 67-1081-5
LB Bellamy 85 tckls, 3 sacks, 1 int
S Wil Norton 71 tckls, 5 int, 2 tds
S Lonnie Watson 7GS 40tckls, 3 int
DE Ward 12.5 sacks
DE Woodson 11.5 sacks

Team Rushing Offense YPG: 134.6 (3)
Team Passing Offense YPG: 257.6 (1)
Team Rushing Defense YPG: 98.9 (5)
Team Passing Defense YPG: 196.2 (2)

I am really proud of the total team numbers - it seems that every year at least one of the numbers is skewed...

The file is on its way, Dark...only one player, C Stevenson, is unsugned going into the draft and we are 9.2 mil under the cap after the Bowl...

Go Browns!!!!

[Darkiller]

all right Subby I received the file :-)

thanks.