Bringing Back the Bite - The Cleveland Browns

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TEAM NEWS

Browns sign Mark Sanchez

After a less than impressive performance by Cody Kessler the Browns have signed veteran quarterback Mark Sanchez. The move comes after the Browns coaching staff expressed a lack of faith in Kevin Hogan, the only other active quarterback on the roster besides Kessler.

Sanchez has played for the Jets, Eagles and Broncos. He was cut before the regular season began by the Broncos after they decided to go with Paxton Lynch and Trevor Siemien at quarterback.

"Cody's our guy." Hue Jackson said after the move was announced. "We just need to have that insurance policy in place."

Terms of the deal with Sanchez were not announced.

In order to make room on the roster the Browns released tight end Connor Hamlett from the practice squad and moved linebacker Dominique Alexander down to the practice squad.

Sanchez will travel with the team to Tennessee this Sunday.

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INTRODUCING
ROOKIE ROULETTE!

I've seen this done on NCAA but not in Madden. Now that we can edit players this is doable. Basically you pick the position and player type then I will give you some incoming rookies to choose from. You pick one then you can change everything except the ratings. Then each week you will see updates on your player as they make their way through their NFL careers.

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GAME PREVIEW

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2-3 | 4-1
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Sunday October 16th, 2016
Nissan Stadium
Nashville, Tennessee
1:00PM EST | CBS
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MARCUS MARIOTA
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STATS COMPARISON
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18.4|PPG|31.0
1551|OFF|1980
90|PA|126
1390|DEF|1932
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INACTIVES

Browns Inactives
Pos	Player	Injury Note
QB	Robert Griffin III	Fractured Shoulder Blade - IR
HB	Glenn Winston	Torn Rotator Cuff - IR
C	Austin Reiter	Complete ACL Tear - IR
LE	Desmond Bryant	Torn Pectoral - IR
MLB	DeMario Davis	Broken Ribs – 3 Weeks
ROLB	Nate Orchard	Broken Ankle - IR
K	Patrick Murray	Complete ACL Tear - IR

Titans Inactives
Pos	Player	Injury Note
LG	Byron Bell	Broken Ankle
RG	Chance Warmack	Compound Foot Fracture
LOLB	Derrick Morgan	Knee Cartilage Tear

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GAME REPORT

Sunday October 16th, 2016 | Nissan Stadium | Nashville, Tennessee | 1:00PM EST | CBS
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Cleveland Browns 2-4		Tennessee Titans 5-1
34	FINAL	38

DEMARCO MURRAY RAN 77 YARDS FOR A TD ON TENNESSEE'S FIRST PLAY

WRIGHT TIME, WRIGHT PLACE
Browns collapse in fourth quarter leads to Titans win

Nashville, Tennessee - Tennessee's DeMarco Murray ran for a 77 yard touchdown on the Titans first play of the game. En route to the score he made more than one Browns defender look downright foolish.

"I knew it was six pretty early in the run." Murray explained after the game. "Once I got to about the 40 and we made that last block I knew."

Despite having all the wind knocked out of their sails so quickly the Browns played a close, hard fought game the rest of the way.

Just a few plays later Cody Kessler connected with Josh Gordon on a 50/50 ball that he pulled down in front of Perrish Cox and took into the endzone for a 68 yard score.

Murray added another touchdown run late in the quarter to make it 14-7 Tennessee after a quarter.

Cleveland brought the fireworks in the second quarter, outscoring the Titans 18-0 to take a 25-14 lead into halftime.

After a 46 yard field goal by Travis Coons early in the quarter Kessler hooked up with Gordon again for a score, this time for 53 yards out. Cox was once again the victim on the play.

"I saw Cox was pressing so I knew Josh would be able to beat him if there was no help over the top." Kessler said of the play.

The safety help cheated to the opposite side of the field to help with Corey Coleman and Andrew Hawkins, leaving Gordon wide open for the score.

Kessler hit Gary Barnidge in the endzone for the two point conversion, giving the Browns an 18-14 lead.

After a Tennessee punt the Browns drove down to the Tennessee 15 yard line and with nine seconds left in the half lined up for a field goal on third down. Britton Colquitt took the snap and rolled to his right before throwing to a wide open Barnidge who got into the endzone untouched.

"It was a great play call." Barnidge said. "We'd been running it a lot in practice and it was the perfect spot for it there."

Each team hit a field goal in the third quarter, making the score 28-17 Browns going into the fourth.

That's where things unraveled for Cleveland as they hit an early field goal then gave up two quick Marcus Mariota to Kendall Wright touchdowns, making it 31-31 late in the game.

Cleveland regained the lead on a 36 yard Coons field goal with under two minutes to play.

Miscommunication in pass coverage led to an easy 42 yard Mariota touchdown pass to Rishard Matthews.

Cleveland was forced to use their final timeout when Barnidge was shaken up with 15 seconds left to play and ran out of time in Tennessee territory.

Cleveland drops to 2-4 with the loss and will travel to Cincinnati next week to face the 2-4 Bengals.

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Box Score

Cleveland Browns at Tennessee Titans
Oct 16, 2016	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Cleveland Browns (2-4)	7	18	3	6	34
Tennessee Titans (5-1)	14	0	3	21	38

Team Stats Comparison
	CLE	TEN
Total Offense	467	396
Rushing Yards	89	159
Passing Yards	378	237
First Downs	18	13
Punt Return Yards	18	8
Kick Return Yards	54	70
Total Yards	539	474
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Converstion	5-9	7-13
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	1-1	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-4	3-3
Penalties	6-57	1-15
Posession Time	24:20	19:38

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CLE	TEN
	(TEN) D. Murray 77 Yd run (R. Succop kick)	7	0
	(CLE) J. Gordon 68 Yd pass from C. Kessler (T. Coons kick)	7	7
	(TEN) D. Murray 3 Yd run (R. Succop kick)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CLE	TEN
	(CLE) T. Coons 46 Yd FG	10	14
	(CLE) J. Gordon 53 Yd pass from C. Kessler (2PT)	18	14
	(CLE) G. Barnidge 15 Yd pass from B. Colquitt (T. Coons kick)	25	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CLE	TEN
	(CLE) T. Coons 28 Yd FG	28	14
	(TEN) R. Succop 26 Yd FG	28	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CLE	TEN
	(CLE) T. Coons 31 Yd FG	31	17
	(TEN) K. Wright 3 Yd pass from M. Mariota (R. Succop kick)	31	24
	(TEN) K. Wright 53 Yd pass from M. Mariota (R. Succop kick)	31	31
	(CLE) T. Coons 36 Yd FG	34	31
	(TEN) R. Matthews 42 Yd pass from M. Mariota (R. Succop kick)	34	38

Cleveland Browns PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Kessler 22/30 363 2 1 B. Colquitt 1/1 15 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD I. Crowell 23 74 3.2 0 D. Johnson Jr 5 15 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Gordon 7 193 27.5 2 G. Barnidge 4 68 17.0 1 C. Coleman 5 37 7.4 0 T. Pryor Sr 2 32 16.0 0 J. Fauria 3 22 7.3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD I. Campbell 10 0.0 0 0 J. Schobert 7 0.0 0 0 B. Goodson 5 1.0 0 0 C. Kirksey 4 1.0 0 0 C. Nassib 3 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG T. Coons 4/5 2/2 14 46 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Colquitt 2 87 43.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Hawkins 2 38 19.0 0 G. Atkinson III 1 16 16.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Hawkins 5 18 3.6 0

Tennessee Titans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Mariota 19/27 264 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Murray 22 159 7.2 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD K. Wright 5 88 17.6 2 R. Matthews 5 68 13.6 1 D. Walker 4 65 16.2 0 A. Johnson 4 35 8.7 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Williamson 11 0.0 0 0 W. Woodyard 11 0.0 1 0 R. Johnson 10 0.0 0 0 C. Riggs 9 0.0 0 0 D. Searcy 7 0.0 0 0 K. Dodd 7 0.0 0 0 A. Woods 5 0.0 0 0 B. Orakpo 5 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Succop 1/1 5/5 8 26 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Kern 5 206 41.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Mariani 2 41 20.5 0 H. Douglas 1 17 17.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Mariani 1 8 8.0 0

Next Week
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Quote: Originally Posted by djp73

INTRODUCING ROOKIE ROULETTE! I've seen this done on NCAA but not in Madden. Now that we can edit players this is doable. Basically you pick the position and player type then I will give you some incoming rookies to choose from. You pick one then you can change everything except the ratings. Then each week you will see updates on your player as they make their way through their NFL careers.

Position: QB
Player Type: Balanced
Name (if needed): Caleb Henderson

Seems like you're off to a decent start to your season at 2-4, at least for Browns standards lol. Do you plan on developing Cody Kessler into a long term answer at QB or will you be drafting a QB this offseason?

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Quote: Originally Posted by NewscasterNews4

Position: QB Player Type: Balanced Name (if needed): Caleb Henderson Seems like you're off to a decent start to your season at 2-4, at least for Browns standards lol. Do you plan on developing Cody Kessler into a long term answer at QB or will you be drafting a QB this offseason?

Thanks for signing up!

2-4 is not terrible really. I'm still feeling out sliders right now so I feel like we stole a couple wins due to that.

Kessler plays better than his rating so I'm not sure what we will do as far as QB goes. I think I will play out the rest of the season and see what his stats and ratings dictate.

Thanks for the post, appreciate it!

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AROUND THE LEAGUE


ODELL BECKHAM JR'S LATE TD LIFTED THE GIANTS OVER THE RAVENS IN A SHOOTOUT

NFL Scoreboard

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
DEN 22 – 29 SD

SUNDAY GAMES
SF 23 – 29 BUF | PHI 19 – 37 WAS | CLE 34 – 38 TEN | BAL 38 – 41 NYG
CAR 37 – 31 NO | JAX 21 – 14 CHI | LA 38 – 24 DET | PIT 49 – 6 MIA
CIN 6 – 38 NE | KC 28 – 7 OAK | ATL 35 – 21 SEA | DAL 14 – 35 GB

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
IND 42 – 21 HOU

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
NYJ 18 – 28 ARI

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Players of the Week
NFC Offense – CAR QB C. Newton – 227Yds 4TD, 65RYds
NFC Defense – PHI RE C. Barwin – 12Tkl, 3Sck
AFC Offense – PIT QB B. Roethlisberger – 269Yds 4TD
AFC Defense – BAL ROLB T. Suggs – 9Tkl, 3Sck

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NFL News

Steelers, Patriots both dominant in wins, setting up epic week eight showdown
Demaryius Thomas tears quad, expected to miss two months
Cardinals David Johnson to miss roughly a month with ruptured disk
Victor Cruz to miss remainder of regular season with ACL tear

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NFL Standings - Updated: Oct 18, 2016
NFC EAST	W	L	T	PF	PA
Redskins	4	2	0	154	142
Cowboys	4	2	0	176	90
Giants	3	3	0	145	166
Eagles	1	4	0	80	146
NFC NORTH	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lions	5	1	0	176	139
Vikings	2	3	0	96	109
Packers	2	3	0	125	125
Bears	0	6	0	72	170
NFC SOUTH	W	L	T	PF	PA
Panthers	5	1	0	178	141
Falcons	4	2	0	143	148
Saints	3	2	0	116	122
Buccaneers	2	3	0	131	119
NFC WEST	W	L	T	PF	PA
Seahawks	4	1	0	163	118
Rams	4	2	0	149	121
Cardinals	2	4	0	146	197
49ers	0	6	0	95	208
AFC EAST	W	L	T	PF	PA
Patriots	5	1	0	221	132
Bills	4	2	0	174	153
Dolphins	2	4	0	178	199
Jets	0	6	0	161	215
AFC NORTH	W	L	T	PF	PA
Steelers	5	1	0	203	117
Ravens	2	4	0	156	163
Bengals	2	4	0	107	204
Browns	2	4	0	126	128
AFC SOUTH	W	L	T	PF	PA
Titans	5	1	0	193	160
Jaguars	3	2	0	133	114
Colts	3	3	0	170	134
Texans	3	3	0	120	111
AFC WEST	W	L	T	PF	PA
Chiefs	4	1	0	144	108
Raiders	3	3	0	145	125
Chargers	3	3	0	143	162
Broncos	1	5	0	123	156

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Key Injuries
75+ OVR Players
CHI LOLB L. Houston 35WK
CHI QB J. Cutler 5WK
CHI CB K. Fuller 36WK
CHI HB J. Langford 5WK
CHI LB V. Burfict 5WK
CIN QB A. Dalton 2WK
CIN RE M. Johnson 3WK
CIN LT J. Fisher 2WK
BUF LG R. Incognito 3WK
BUF WR S. Watkins 4WK
BUF HB L. McCoy 3WK
BUF QB T. Taylor 5WK
BUF CB R. Darby 3WK
DEN WR D. Thomas 7WK
DEN LE V. Walker 37WK
CLE MLB D. Davis 1WK
CLE LE D. Bryant 19WK
CLE QB R. Griffin III 7WK
TB HB C. Sims III 31WK
TB RT D. Dotson 6WK
ARI HB D. Johnson 4WK
ARI QB C. Palmer 4WK
ARI RG E. Mathis 38WK
ARI LE F. Rucker 5WK
ARI HB C. Johnson 19WK
SD WR K. Allen 37WK
SD CB J. Verrett 36WK
SD HB D. Woodhead 35WK
SD HB B. Oliver 40WK
SD WR S. Johnson 35WK
SD MLB M. Te'o 10WK
KC TE J. Kelce 2WK
KC HB J. Charles 1WK
KC QB A. Smith 3WK
IND WR T. Hilton 3WK
IND ROLB T. Cole 7WK
IND RT J. Reitz 5WK
IND FS C. Geathers 3WK
DAL LT T. Smith 1WK
DAL ROLB S. Lee 7WK
DAL QB T. Romo 4WK
DAL HB E. Elliott 2WK
DAL RG L. Vasquez 3WK
DAL WR T. Williams 5WK
DAL LG L. Collins 5WK
DAL DT T. McClain 4WK
DAL DT C. Thornton 5WK
MIA SS W. Hill III 11WK
MIA LOLB K. Misi 3WK
MIA HB A. Foster 4WK
MIA RE M. Williams 4WK
PHI QB C. Wentz 3WK
SF MLB N. Bowman 9WK
SF DT I. Williams 40WK
SF WR T. Smith 2WK
SF WR J. Kerley 3WK
SF SS J. Tartt 2WK
NYG FB W. Johnson 39WK
NYG WR V. Cruz 10WK
NYG HB S. Vereen 2WK
NYG CN D. Rodgers-Cromartie 10WK
NYG FB N. Whitlock 5WK
JAX TE J. Thomas 4WK
JAX LG L. Joeckel 32WK
NYJ WR E. Decker 6WK
NYJ HB M. Forte 1WK
DET HB A. Abdullah 5WK
CAR DT P. Soliai 4WK
CAR FS T. Boston 6WK
NE ROLB J. Collins 13WK
NE LOLB R. Ninkovich 2WK
NE RT S. Vollmer 6WK
NE LG S. Mason 34WK
OAK RE M. Edwards Jr. 8WK
LA QB J. Goff 6WK
BAL WR S. Smith Sr. 2WK
BAL MLB C. Mosley 1WK
BAL LE T. Jernigan 5WK
BAL TE B. Watson 10WK
BAL TE M. Williams 37WK
BAL HB J. Allen 3WK
WAS LOLB J. Galette 12WK
WAS FS D. Hall 16WK
WAS SS D. Bruton Jr. 36WK
WAS DT Z. Hood 4WK
NO DT S. Rankins 20WK
NO RE H. Kikaha 17WK
SEA WR D. Baldwin 1WK
PIT FS M. Mitchell 14WK
PIT LG R. Foster 4WK
HOU LE J. Watt 18WK
HOU CB K. Jackson 4WK
TEN RG C. Warmack 7WK
TEN LOLB D. Morgan 1WK
MIN DT L. Joseph 6WK
MIN HB A. Peterson 28WK
MIN WR S. Diggs 4WK
MIN QB S. Bradford 1WK
MIN QB T. Bridgewater 13WK
MIN LT M. Kalil 2WK
MIN HB J. McKinnon 20WK

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Key Transactions
Cardinals re-sign MLB Kevin Minter, K Chandler Catanzaro
Rams re-sign WR Kenny Britt
Redskins re-sign DT Ziggy Hood
Steelers re-sign CB Ross Cockrell

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TEAM NEWS

Browns re-sign Gordon, Taylor

The Browns and wide receiver Josh Gordon have agreed to terms on a three year contract extension that will keep Gordon with the team through the 2019 season. Gordon has seemingly cleaned up his act following a number of suspensions due to violations of the NFL's substance abuse policy.

There was some speculation that the team would attempt to trade Gordon before the deadline but after a lengthy meeting between Gordon and team management the deal was announced.

The extension is reportedly worth up to $16.5 million if Gordon hits bonuses for receptions, touchdowns and games played.

Gordon currently leads the team with 39 receptions, 540 yards and four touchdowns.

The team also announced a three year, $12.2 million extension for cornerback Jamar Taylor.

Taylor has 30 tackles and an interceptions so far this season.