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• Browns stats you probably haven't seen, with good reason

  Each year I update a little spreadsheet of Browns stats since their 1999 return. Don't ask me why. Maybe it's so I can, in excruciatingly exacting detail, understand just how it is that I am still waiting for a return to championship football... Posted Feb 19 2010, 09:02 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, stats, history

• Orange Alert: NFL return records under threat

  In 2007, Joshua Cribbs gained 1,809 yards on kickoff returns, second best in NFL history. This season, he is on pace for 1,848. That's pretty darn good, especially considering that he has only one return of more than 40 yards. The new prohibition... Posted Oct 06 2009, 11:34 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: stats

• New regime churn rate

  The sole remaining Brown acquired in the PHD era (2001-04) was one of his most ridiculed choices, long snapper Ryan Pontbriand. The last pre-Butch player is kicker Phil Dawson. It's natural that a roster turns over as players age and as new regimes... Posted Mar 18 2009, 08:33 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, stats, history

• Record picking

  Amid this broken season, we can at least add one positive break. Brandon McDonald's 122 yards on interception returns last night broke the franchise record of 115 set by Bernie Parrish back in 1960. I'm not exactly doing flips about it, but it's... Posted Dec 16 2008, 07:08 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: stats

• Another Monday Night delight

  I won't rehash. You saw it, didn't you? Here are a few statistical reflections and such: No running back who gets the ball at least once a game has a higher rushing average than Jerome Harrison. He also ranks fourth among backs in receiving average... Posted Nov 18 2008, 02:11 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: game notes, stats

• Hello, yellow

  Among their other dubious distinctions, the Browns are tied for the league lead in penalties. Last season they were third, behind only Arizona and Oakland. Let's break this down a bit. Here's the details on all 31 infractions, including those... Posted Sep 24 2008, 04:14 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, stats

• Pointed points

  What conclusions can be drawn about a football team, and its coach, by analyzing its scoring pattern? Quite a bit, if the team scores and allows points throughout the four quarters in an uneven distribution. Let's start with the following assumptions... Posted Sep 22 2008, 10:19 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, stats

• Mind-numbing numbers

  No team in the NFL has committed more penalties. Only one other team besides the Browns has yet to go for it on fourth down. (The league-wide success rate is 52%) The Browns are one of just five teams that have yet to recover an opponent's fumble... Posted Sep 22 2008, 08:07 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, stats

• Many happy returns

  Did I mention yet that Joshua Cribbs is my favorite Browns player? Do I even have to explain why? Well, if the excitement and charisma he brings to the game aren't enough for you, here's some strong statistical proof of JC's value: considering... Posted Jun 09 2008, 06:51 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, stats, video

• The phantom '40s

  The official site's Steve King, whose pieces on Browns history are generally pretty decent, strikes a Browns-versus-the-NFL note in reporting on the league's rebuff of Senator Sherrod Brown's request to have AAFC statistics recognized by the... Posted Feb 20 2008, 01:58 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: stats, history

• Cranking out rankings

  Here's a look at how the Browns ranked in various categories among the 32 teams during the just-completed regular season. Stats get tiresome after a while, so I've focused mostly on the key areas and those where the Browns were near the top or... Posted Jan 03 2008, 05:16 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, stats

• Flag football findings

  Last Sunday's Browns/Jets game was either the cleanest game all season or the one with the most laid-back officiating. In either case, it was encouraging that the Browns bucked recent trends and had their fewest penalties of the season, with just... Posted Dec 14 2007, 10:57 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: stats

• Some totals

  Much has been made of the superlative stats many Browns skill players are putting up this year, and for good reason. But I haven't seen these cited: This is the first season since 2004 in which two Browns running backs have rushed for at least 200... Posted Dec 12 2007, 10:30 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: stats

• Airing out the laundry

  Before I delve into the details of each of the Browns' penalties this season, here's an overview of the official tallies, which do not include penalties that were declined or offset by opponents' fouls. Only once in 12 games were the Browns... Posted Dec 06 2007, 10:17 PM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, stats

• Seeing yellow

  In the NFL, penalties don't correlate well with winning or losing. Why not? In theory, penalties reflect getting outplayed by an opponent or a lack of discipline or concentration. Those factors, plus the consequences of the penalties themselves, ought... Posted Dec 06 2007, 08:06 AM by Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog Filed under: The Team Today, stats