2006 Season
Three retirments – RB Quentin Woodson, CB Bo Woods, and TE Lance Witkop. Woodson and Witkop were position group leaders, so we have some work to do to mend up affinities.
Priority improvement areas are OL, LB, and perhaps RB. But we'll take what we can get, all told.
In the late FA stages, we sign WR Money Clinton to become our new position leader at WR/TE. He is a decent, reserve-quality guy – nothing too special, admittedly. RB Richard Faith becomes our RB position leader – only a 4th year guy, so maybe he can remain in that role for a while with us.
Other significant signings:
LB Carlton Lee probably becomes our starting SLB
S Tyrus Barlow will start at SS, and may be our best DB
QB Mack Marquardt becomes our top backup QB
RB Emmanuel Roberts will battle for playing time
We have been utterly incapable of doing any contract extensions, which makes sense I suppose. Pretty much nobody is willing to accept a guarantee that they won’t make more than minsal in a future year.
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2006 Summary for Cleveland Browns
Record: 7-8-1
Winning Pct.: .468
Cleveland Browns Team Rank
Rushes 510 7
Rushing Yards 1846 16
Yards Per Carry 3.61 29 (T)
Pass Attempts 518 18
Completions 298 18
Passing Yards 3088 30
Yards Per Attempt 5.96 30
3rd Down Conversions 42.3 17 (T)
Points Per Game 17.8 22 (T)
Turnovers 27 22 (T)
Turnover Margin -5 22 (T)
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 442 11
Rushing Yards 1603 6
Yards Per Carry 3.62 3
Pass Attempts 547 28
Completions 307 19
Passing Yards 3272 6
Yards Per Attempt 5.98 2
3rd Down Conversions 41.5 17
Points Per Game 17.8 8 (T)
Turnovers 22 18 (T)
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 7 at PIT 10
2 28 ATL 9
3 19 at NYJ 17
5 10 DEN 14
6 16 OAK 24
7 14 at SDO 16
8 24 at KCY 26
9 20 at BAL 17
10 14 PIT 14
11 21 CIN 38
12 9 at NOS 6
13 24 IND 17
14 20 CAR 17
15 19 BAL 7
16 20 at TBY 23
17 20 at CIN 31
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
19 Swift QB 517 298 3088 5.97 19 20
**Team --- 518 298 3088 5.96 19 20
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD
31 Roberts RB 302 1094 3.62 5
38 Holmes RB 132 473 3.58 5
23 Diana RB 40 197 4.92 0
**Team --- 510 1846 3.61 12
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
31 Roberts RB 98 64 510 7.9 224 2
86 Becker WR 79 46 627 13.6 74 3
87 Howe WR 80 43 560 13.0 80 4
85 Hudson WR 80 43 591 13.7 76 5
38 Holmes RB 37 30 178 5.9 97 0
80 Jackson WR 48 21 281 13.3 20 1
82 Spivey TE 42 20 154 7.7 66 1
**Team --- 517 298 3088 10.3 705 19
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn
98 Lee OLB 94 28 5.0 5 0 4
48 Barlow S 83 28 1.5 0 2 16
50 Cotchery ILB 74 28 1.0 2 0 4
36 Dickson S 66 18 1.0 0 2 14
22 Conway CB 52 11 0.0 1 4 10
95 Taylor OLB 50 28 0.0 0 0 3
96 Franz ILB 44 8 0.0 0 0 2
97 Dougherty DT 44 14 0.0 5 0 0
77 Jeffries DT 41 21 0.0 4 0 0
26 Glenn CB 39 13 0.0 1 2 13
49 Parrish CB 35 14 2.0 0 3 18
71 Draft DE 31 20 4.5 19 0 0
75 Pringle DE 26 5 9.5 10 0 0
43 Molenaar S 25 5 0.0 1 0 2
79 Gilmore DE 23 6 5.0 8 0 0
28 Beattie CB 16 3 0.0 0 0 1
59 Marincic OLB 16 3 0.0 0 0 0
**Team --- 850 259 31.0 61 13 87
Suddenly, we are a team all about the defense. Awful on offense, but we ranked 3rd in yards per carry and 2nd in yards per attempt. Wow.
LB Carlton Lee has a great season, and free agent signee Dave Cotchery stepped in at MLB, with Doug Franz still seeing plenty of playing time. But we had five defensive backs put together double-digit passes defensed, and I just did not see that coming at all. Most of these guys are signed for one more season together – we’ll endeavor to get the team up one more notch next season.