Rebuilding the Browns

[jcottrell]

You could also run a mean wildcat with Josh Cribs has a good arm use to be qb in college

[CommonBeatz]

Quote: Originally Posted by loloben

Da Browns! I started a Browns Chise hoping to rebuild this anemic team. In my first year sim I went 12-4 Offseason Changes Important Players I got rid of G Floyd Womack RB Jerome Harrison RB James Davis Important players I got WR Reggie Bush (88 OVR at Receiver and Im stacked at RB) RB Mike Tolbert 79 OVR (Goal-Line) SS Roy Williams 71 OVR (Even though I drafted a safety in the 1st he has 95 Hit Power) CB 98 SPD (Dont know his name has 98 SPD and is terrible at corner Draft Recap (Did not Cheat) 1st Round SS Darius Ponder Miami Apot 2nd Round RE Jarron Taylor Florida Apot 3rd Round WR Tyson Wright Bama Apot 4thround RB Dami Johnson VT Apot 5th round RE Geno Jelly Auburn Bpot 6th round LT L.Davis Memphis Apot 7th round WR Brandon Harrison Bpot Strengths RB 86 OVR Dami Johnson, 83 OVR Peyton Hillis, 79 OVR Reggie Bush, 78 OVR Mike Tolbert (Also FB), and 76 OVR Montario Hardest S 83 OVR Darius Ponder, 81 OVR TJ Ward, 75 OVR Abram Elam, 75 OVR Brandon Adams, and 95 HPW Roy Williams Weaknesses I have no depth at most positions and will use PS Free Agency to stack up Last Thing Depth Chart at Skill Positions QB 1 76 OVR Colt McCoy QB 2 68 OVR Jake Delhomme RB 1 86 OVR Dami Johnson RB 2 83 OVR Peyton Hills RB 3 79 OVR Reggie Bush RB 4 78 OVR Mike Tolbert RB 5 76 OVR Montario Hardesty WR 1 88 OVR Reggie Bush WR 2 82 OVR Josh Cribz WR 3 80 OVR Mohammad Massaquoi WR 4 76 OVR Tyson Wright WR 5 Brian Robiskie 74 OVR

Madden's draft classes are such a joke

Too many gems in the draft classes! Everyone's a superstar!

[LHSLax_D24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gordy748

The CB with 98 spd sounds like Fabian Washington. I picked him up too. You'll find he's very useful for tracking those low-ovr, high speed WRs. He's also great with corner blitzes, definitely a better player than his ovr suggests.

Sounds more like Brian Witherspoon to me.

[johnnyskoods]

Good luck. I have tried rebuilding the Browns and it's never easy.

Didn't help that I drafted a couple of C potential guys with my first two draft picks. Felt good though because at least it was realistic haha.

McCoy wasn't getting it done for me so I got rid of him after three years. Then, he signed with Cincinnati and swept me the following season.

[excessive34]

Just trade reggie and get a decent reciever

[Dirty Turtles]

The Browns aren't too difficult to rebuild, especially with Madden's terrible trade logic.

I traded Steinbach and my 4th to the 49ers for Iupati, Davis and Bowman. Traded a 2nd round to Pittsburgh for Pouncey and their third and fifth round picks. Moved Mack to LG and had a young talented line to open up big time holes for my RBs. I also traded my 1st rounder to the Bengals for Gresham, Davis and Shipley. I traded a 6th for Colt Brennan and Washington's 7th rounder.

Offense looks like this:
QB Colt Brennan
HB Jerome Harrison/James Davis
FB Peyton Hillis
WR Joshua Cribbs
WR Mohammad Massaquoi
WR Jordan Shipley
TE Jermaine Gresham
LT Joe Thomas
LG Alex Mack/Andy Levitre
C Marurkice Pouncey
RG Mike Iupati
RT Anthony Davis/Andre Smith

On the defensive side of the ball I moved Rogers to the Bills for Posluszny, Maybin and 3rd rounder. I used the 3rd rounder to get Odrick from the Dolphins to go along with a 5th and 6th as well. Traded the Patriots 3rd rounder to the Chiefs and got Hali. I did some other swapping and ended up getting Matthews from the Packers (I believe Jackson was in the deal).

Defense looks like this:
DE Tamba Hali
DT Jared Odrick
DE Aaron Maybin
OLB Clay Matthews
MLB Paul Posluszny
MLB Navaro Bowman
OLB Chris Gocong
CB Eric Wright
CB Joe Haden
SS Abram Elam
FS TJ Ward

I signed a bunch of my players to the best contract possible before they got expensive after progression. I don't plan on getting any studs in the upcoming draft, but really I'm looking for depth and a new punter/kicker. We'll see what free agency brings, as I have a TON of money available to me. I think I might trade away Joe Thomas in a year or so, when Davis/Smith are progressed some and get a nice haul out of it to get more depth places.

Oh and yes, I'm well aware that my defensive front sans Matthews/Gocong is Penn State. haha

[stp2081]

Quote: Originally Posted by johnnyskoods

McCoy wasn't getting it done for me so I got rid of him after three years. Then, he signed with Cincinnati and swept me the following season.

LOL, what happened to Carson? Injury? Retired?