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Fantasy Football Team Preview: Arizona

Posted: Jul 25th 2009 1:00PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Draft Advice, 2009 Team Previews

With Fantasy Football season ready to kick in high gear, FanHouse is here to preview each and every team -- one per day until we've done them all.

Meet the ...
Defending NFC champions. A few inches either way, and we could say the Super Bowl champions. Soak that up. The Arizona Cardinals almost took home a title. It was like a bizarro world Super Bowl -- if you only looked at the NFC side, that is. Regardless, the Cardinals did it with a prolific passing attack, and you know we love that in fantasy football.

They've lost their offensive coordinator and replaced Edgerrin James' aging legs with some fresh ones. Other than that, they look pretty similar in fantasy land. And that's a good thing.

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Cleveland Browns: A Mangini Makeover

Posted: Feb 19th 2009 1:00PM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: Browns, AFC North, NFL Free Agency

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Because the NFL season never ends, we present our 2009 Offseason Roadmaps for front offices to navigate through the summer.

After 2007 brought the the Browns their first 10-win season in 13 years, expectations were exceedingly high heading into 2008. The team didn't change much, the core group of guys were back and they had a legitimate shot at making the playoffs. However, a quarterback carousel, a coach that never seemed to be the right fit and continued inconsistency on both ends led to a 4-12 season and a lot of "back to the drawing board" talk.

Eric Mangini is now the head honcho for the Browns and with that comes a lot of (warranted or not) expectations from the former Jets guru.

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Derek Anderson Implodes at the End of First Half Against Cincinnati

Posted: Dec 23rd 2007 2:24PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Bengals, Browns, AFC North, Cleveland, Cincinnati

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It is a cold, windy day in Cincinnati as the visiting Cleveland Browns attempt to clinch a playoff spot. Unlike the first meeting between these two teams, the weather has slowed the game down quite a bit. Cincinnati, heading into halftime were hanging on to a 6-0 lead.

Then Derek Anderson became the Bengals best player.

Of course, Anderson is the QB for the Browns, but he was busy giving up the ball to the Bengals. With the Browns getting the ball just 87 seconds left until halftime, Anderson threw an interception on the first play of the series. The pass ... which was intended for Jason Wright ... was intercepted by Nedu Ndukwe who returned it inside the Browns' five yard line. That ended up with a Carson Palmer TD pass to T.J. Houshmandzadeh.

On the ensuing possession, Anderson again used the first play of the series to throw another pick; this one to Leon Hall. A few plays later, Kenny Watson punches it in for another TD and a Bengals 19-0 lead.

Anderson has had a great year - a Pro Bowl worthy season. However, that was about as bad as you can get.

UPDATE: Anderson has thrown two interceptions since then - both in the redzone. Also, in a very questionable decision, Anderson scrambled the ball out of bounds ... barely leaving a second left on the game clock. His final pass sailed incomplete.

Dolphins at Browns: Winslow vs. Porter

Posted: Oct 13th 2007 12:40PM by Larry Brown (author feed)
Filed under: Browns, Dolphins, AFC North, Cleveland, Miami

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To get you ready for week 6, FanHouse is previewing all 14 NFL games. Here is the Miami Dolphins/Cleveland Browns preview.

2007 Records:

Miami Dolphins 0-5 (4th in AFC East)
Cleveland Browns 2-3 (3rd in AFC North)

Last Game:

Texans 22, Dolphins 19
Patriots 34, Browns 17

When the Dolphins have the ball: Ronnie Brown will run the ball, Ronnie Brown will catch the ball, and heck, Ronnie Brown might even throw the ball. Cam Cameron has been using Ronnie Brown much in the same way he used LaDainian Tomlinson when he was with San Diego. As fantasy owners could tell you, Brown's averaging a combined 142 yards per game, and has scored five touchdowns on the season. Considering Cleo Lemon will be making his first career start at quarterback, they'll likely give the ball to Brown as much as possible.

When the Browns have the ball: They'll try to establish the run against the Dolphins, who like themselves, have one of the worst rush defenses in the league. With Jamal Lewis questionable, Jason Wright could see a lot of action. The Browns will probably fall back on their passing game, which has averaged 250 yards a contest with Derek Anderson as quarterback.

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Jamal Lewis: Pats' Weakness Is Run Defense

Posted: Oct 8th 2007 9:25AM by Larry Brown (author feed)
Filed under: Browns, Patriots, NFC North, NFL Injuries, Boston, Cleveland

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It's too bad Jamal Lewis left Sunday's game against the Patriots just as soon as he entered it. He broke off an 11 yard run on the team's first play from scrimmage, but came out after the play with a foot injury. His X-rays during the game came out negative, so he's scheduled to have an MRI today to determine the extent of the injury. Here's my favorite part about Jamal missing the game:

Lewis said the injury was "disappointing, because I kind of felt like we could've had a big day running the football on them. That's kind of where their weakness pretty much is, I feel. But things didn't work out that way."

Well, we've already seen the Browns stop Randy Moss, and now we're hearing that New England's weakness is their run defense, too? Seems like they have everything figured out. Household name Jason Wright finished up the game for Cleveland rushing for 59 yards on 15 carries, which could be worse, but certainly wasn't great. Though I don't think much of Lewis, they sure would be better off with him healthy. The Browns kept him out of the game for precautionary purposes, so we'll see how this plays out -- it would be a big hit to the Browns running game if he's seriously hurt.