Team Spotlight: Cleveland Browns (1 Viewer)

[Maurile Tremblay]

See the pinned thread for links to each team spotlight.

I'll start off by posting my projections to get us going. The idea is for others to post their own projections as well, or to comment on the projections posted by others.

I'm less convinced than most people that Jerome Harrison will be the featured back.

Overall

479 pass attempts for 277 receptions, 3090 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions; 487 rushes for 2035 yards and 12 touchdowns.

QB

Jake Delhomme: 225 of 389 passing for 2537 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions; 24 rushes for 47 yards and 1 touchdown.

Seneca Wallace: 17 of 30 passing for 180 yards, 1 touchdowns, and 1 interceptions; 2 rushes for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Brett Ratliff: 0 of 0 passing for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Colt McCoy: 35 of 60 passing for 373 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions; 4 rushes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

RB

Jerome Harrison: 80 rushes for 359 yards and 2 touchdowns; 17 receptions for 121 yards and 1 touchdown.

James Davis: 80 rushes for 320 yards and 2 touchdowns; 13 receptions for 91 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Peyton Hillis: 20 rushes for 86 yards and 1 touchdowns; 3 receptions for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chris Jennings: 120 rushes for 474 yards and 3 touchdowns; 20 receptions for 139 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Montario Hardesty: 88 rushes for 361 yards and 2 touchdowns; 10 receptions for 70 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Lawrence Vickers: 12 rushes for 47 yards and 0 touchdowns; 2 receptions for 13 yards and 0 touchdowns.

WR

Mohamed Massaquoi: 58 receptions for 867 yards and 5 touchdowns; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chansi Stuckey: 42 receptions for 467 yards and 3 touchdowns; 6rushes for 32 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Brian Robiskie: 31 receptions for 408 yards and 2 touchdowns; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Josh Cribbs: 22 receptions for 223 yards and 2 touchdowns; 51rushes for 289 yards and 1 touchdown.

Syndric Steptoe: 10 receptions for 120 yards and 1 touchdown; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

TE

Ben Watson: 24 receptions for 282 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Evan Moore: 20 receptions for 218 yards and 1 touchdown.

Robert Royal: 2 receptions for 18 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Greg Estandia: 1 receptions for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Michael Gaines: 1 receptions for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

 

[Dawg Pound 69]

Carlton Mitchell is surely better than Stuckey and Steptoe, and probably Robiskie too. Otherwise there will be a lot of disappointed fantasy owners, as he has been going in late 2nd/early 3rd.

I'm higher on Harrison than you are. I see him getting 70% of the carries.

 

[Nagle2998]

See the pinned thread for links to each team spotlight.

I'll start off by posting my projections to get us going. The idea is for others to post their own projections as well, or to comment on the projections posted by others.

I'm less convinced than most people that Jerome Harrison will be the featured back.

Overall

479 pass attempts for 277 receptions, 3090 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions; 487 rushes for 2035 yards and 12 touchdowns.

QB

Jake Delhomme: 225 of 389 passing for 2537 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions; 24 rushes for 47 yards and 1 touchdown.

Seneca Wallace: 17 of 30 passing for 180 yards, 1 touchdowns, and 1 interceptions; 2 rushes for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Brett Ratliff: 0 of 0 passing for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Colt McCoy: 35 of 60 passing for 373 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions; 4 rushes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

RB

Jerome Harrison: 80 rushes for 359 yards and 2 touchdowns; 17 receptions for 121 yards and 1 touchdown.

James Davis: 80 rushes for 320 yards and 2 touchdowns; 13 receptions for 91 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Peyton Hillis: 20 rushes for 86 yards and 1 touchdowns; 3 receptions for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chris Jennings: 120 rushes for 474 yards and 3 touchdowns; 20 receptions for 139 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Montario Hardesty: 88 rushes for 361 yards and 2 touchdowns; 10 receptions for 70 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Lawrence Vickers: 12 rushes for 47 yards and 0 touchdowns; 2 receptions for 13 yards and 0 touchdowns.

WR

Mohamed Massaquoi: 58 receptions for 867 yards and 5 touchdowns; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chansi Stuckey: 42 receptions for 467 yards and 3 touchdowns; 6rushes for 32 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Brian Robiskie: 31 receptions for 408 yards and 2 touchdowns; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Josh Cribbs: 22 receptions for 223 yards and 2 touchdowns; 51rushes for 289 yards and 1 touchdown.

Syndric Steptoe: 10 receptions for 120 yards and 1 touchdown; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

TE

Ben Watson: 24 receptions for 282 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Evan Moore: 20 receptions for 218 yards and 1 touchdown.

Robert Royal: 2 receptions for 18 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Greg Estandia: 1 receptions for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Michael Gaines: 1 receptions for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chris Jennings as the leading rusher I just can't see that

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Carlton Mitchell

Good catch. I didn't have him in there. I'm not sure he'll be more productive than Stuckey this year, though.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Overall

479 pass attempts for 278 receptions, 3092 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions; 487 rushes for 2035 yards and 12 touchdowns.

QB

Jake Delhomme: 225 of 389 passing for 2539 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions; 24 rushes for 47 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Seneca Wallace: 18 of 30 passing for 180 yards, 1 touchdowns, and 1 interceptions; 2 rushes for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Brett Ratliff: 0 of 0 passing for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Colt McCoy: 35 of 60 passing for 374 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions; 4 rushes for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

RB

Jerome Harrison: 80 rushes for 359 yards and 2 touchdowns; 17 receptions for 120 yards and 1 touchdowns.

James Davis: 80 rushes for 320 yards and 2 touchdowns; 13 receptions for 90 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Peyton Hillis: 20 rushes for 86 yards and 1 touchdowns; 3 receptions for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chris Jennings: 120 rushes for 474 yards and 3 touchdowns; 20 receptions for 138 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Montario Hardesty: 88 rushes for 361 yards and 2 touchdowns; 10 receptions for 70 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Lawrence Vickers: 12 rushes for 47 yards and 0 touchdowns; 2 receptions for 13 yards and 0 touchdowns.

WR

Mohamed Massaquoi: 52 receptions for 769 yards and 4 touchdowns; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chansi Stuckey: 38 receptions for 413 yards and 3 touchdowns; 6rushes for 32 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Brian Robiskie: 27 receptions for 361 yards and 2 touchdowns; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Josh Cribbs: 22 receptions for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns; 51rushes for 289 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Syndric Steptoe: 10 receptions for 119 yards and 1 touchdowns; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Carlton Mitchell: 16 receptions for 206 yards and 1 touchdowns; 0rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

TE

Ben Watson: 24 receptions for 281 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Evan Moore: 20 receptions for 217 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Robert Royal: 2 receptions for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Greg Estandia: 1 receptions for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Michael Gaines: 1 receptions for 14 yards and 0 touchdowns.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Chris Jennings as the leading rusher I just can't see that

I know I'm going way against the grain on that one. But I think he's the most talented runner on the team, and talent ought to win out in the end.The whole backfield situation is pretty murky, though. It's definitely not a position I feel good doing projections for at this point.

 

[Chase Stuart]

Last year, playing with Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, Sam Aiken, Kevin Faulk and Sammy Morris, and while splitting time with Chris Baker, Ben Watson caught 9.1% of the Patriots passing yards. This year, playing with Mohamed Massaquoi, Chansi Stuckey, Brian Robiskie, Josh Cribbs, Carlton Mitchell, a bunch of non-passing catching running backs and Evan Moore as the other TE, you've got Watson projected to catch ... 9.1% of the Browns passing yards.

Any chance Watson is a sleeper TE? I wouldn't be surprised to see him double up that ratio and catch around 20% of the Browns' passing yards. He goes from playing with two All-Pro WRs, a great pass-catching RB, two more good WRs and another competent TE to playing with nobodies at WR, RB and TE.

Thoughts?

 

[Chase Stuart]

As another basis for comparison, you've got the Raiders projected at 3,176 team passing yards (similar to what Jason, David and Bob have, too). That's 250 more yards than you project the Browns at. But Zach Miller -- while competing with Chaz Schillens, Louis Murphy, DHB and Johnnie Lee Higgins, along with DMC and Michael Bush -- is projected at 753 receiving yards.

Now, it seems to me that the Raiders receiving targets outside of Miller are much better than the Browns receiving targets outside of Watson. So is Miller that much better than Watson as a receiver? Does that explain it? If Watson was placed on the Raiders instead of Miller, what would you project for Watson in that situation? Has Miller been putting up big numbers because the Raiders receivers in '08 and '09 weren't any good, or because he's a great receiving option? Has Watson been fantasy copper because he's been competing with Moss and Welker or because he's not a good receiver?

 

[captain_amazing]

Although in the past it's true that Ben has has to compete with Moss and Weller, in 09 the Pats desperately needed another passing threat, and would have welcomed Watson for some production. It was odd that Watson was not utilized, as he has had success in previous years. My guess is either: 1 the pats did not trust Watson to continue to be a consistent receiver in the passing game, and so they demphasized his role as a receiver, or 2 they decided to just demphasize the entire TE role in the passing game. I hope he is utilized better, but I'm wondering if there is something more.