Gained:
DE Corey Williams (Trade, 2nd round)
NT Shaun Rogers (Trade, 3rd round, Leigh Bodden)
LB Shantee Orr
LB Kris Griffin (Re-Signed)
OG Seth McKinney (Re-Signed)
OG Rex Hadnot
OG Lennie Friedman (Re-Signed)
WR Donte Stallworth
QB Derek Anderson (Re-Signed)
S Nick Sorensen (Re-Signed)
CB Gary Baxter (Re-Signed)
FB Charles Ali (Re-Signed)
RB Jamal Lewis (Re-Signed)

Lost:
LB Matt Stewart (Cardinals)
DE Orpheus Roye
DE Simon Frasier (Falcons)
WR Tim Carter
NT Ted Washington
LB Chaun Thompson (Texans)
CB Ricardo Colclough (Jaguars)
NT Ethan Kelley
DE Bobby Hamilton
LB Keith Adams
OT Nat Dorsey

Draft:
4. Beau Bell ILB UNLV
4. Martin Rucker TE Missouri
6. Ahtyba Rubin DE Iowa St.
6. Paul Hubbard WR Wisconsin
7. Alex Hall OLB St. Augustine

UDFA's
Browns QB Craig Hormann (Columbia)
Browns DE Xavier Mitchell (Tennessee)
Browns RB Austin Scott (Penn State)
Browns K Jason Reda (Illinois)
Browns WR Lance Leggett (Miami, FL)
Browns LB Nick Moore (Baylor)
Browns RB Tony Temple (Missouri)
Browns CB Darnell Terrell (Missouri)
Browns DT Brian Schaefering (Lindenwood)
Browns S Justin Harrison (Illinois)
Browns C Robbie Powell (Purdue)
Browns TE Kolo Kapanui (Kamehameha)
Browns DE Chase Ortiz (TCU)
Browns CB Jonathan Zenon (LSU)
Browns OL James Lee (South Carolina State)
Browns CB Gerard Lawson (Oregon State)
Browns CB Jerrid Gaines (Miami Ohio)
Browns TE Ben Barkema (Iowa State)
Browns OL Eric Young (Tennessee)
Browns WR James Banks (Carson-Newman)*

New Starting Lineup:
QB-Derek Anderson, Brady Quinn
RB-Jamal Lewis
FB-Lawrence Vickers
WR1-Braylon Edwards
WR2-Donte Stallworth, Joe Jurevicius
TE-Kellen Winslow Jr.
RT- Kevin Shaffer
RG- Seth McKinney/Ryan Tucker/Rex Hadnot
C-Hank Fraley/LeCharles Bentley
LG-Eric Steinbach
LT- Joe Thomas

LDE- Robaire Smith
NT-Shaun Rogers, Shaun Smith
RDE-Corey Williams
ROLB-Antwan Peek
ILB-Andra Davis/Leon Williams, D'Qwell Jackson
LOLB- Kamerion Wimbley
CB- Eric Wright, Brandon McDonald, Daven Holly
FS-Brodney Pool
SS- Sean Jones

P- Dave Zastudil
K- Phil Dawson
LS- Ryan Pontbriand
KR/PR- Josh Cribbs

Your team is much improved, and word is Bentley is doing really well in his comeback attempt. If he's healthy, it will certainly help your OL, both from the starting players, and the depth. However, I really don't see any more wins for you this year than you had last year, if that many. Your starters are good, but you have a serious lack of depth at many key positions, especially at RB. If Lewis goes down, you are going to be hurting. Looking at your schedule I'd say it will be tough for you to improve on last year's numbers...and if you suffer any major injuries to certain key positions, highly unlikely.

On a more positive note, the other teams in your division also have pretty much the same schedule, and you guys have done, on paper, much more to help yourselves thus far than they have. Therefore, I really like your chances to take your division this year. Good luck...it would be nice to see the return of the Dog Pound in the playoffs.

the only discrepency I have with this is that I don't believe Andra Davis will be in the starting lineup, he got his contract shortened to 1 year so if we nab Al Wilson he might not even be safe to make the roster, he also has a nack to miss tackles, which in the 3-4 is huge, Williams and Jackson don't miss tackles, also if had to predict a breakout year it would be D'Qwell Jackson, because he has played good but the line was so bad that he couldn't make plays and he was getting hurt because of the lack of ability of the lineman, he will benefit from the new players, also Robaire Smith will benefit by having Shaun Rogers next to him. I also don't think Fraley will have to fight for his job at all, he has done so good, I think if Bentley starts, it will be at right guard, Tucker is 34 and is bound to start regressing, Mckinney is injury prone, and Hadnot is still somewhat unproven since being next other Miami lineman he can't really prove himself. But other then that it's dead on.

nyy, every team is in trouble if they suffer an injury to a major player. We do lack depth at DE and CB that's all I'm worried about. Wright and Harrison will probably be less effective without changing paces, but with our stellar OL I believe we will be fine.

Braylon, I put Andra Davis/Leon Williams, meaning they will battle for that spot. I do believe Tucker will win the RG job, but I also think they are all capable of winning the spot.

ok, thanks for the clarification, this might sound stupid but i have an idea, the Browns nab Al Wilson and then Leon can move outside, he would be more effective at OLB (in my opinion) and we fix to spots with one signing.

It's possible they've talked about Leon outside. I also believe Wilson will sign with us, so it is very possible.

How tough was it to be a Browns fan on Saturday, April 26?

Did you guys all have a softball game or a Madden tournament?

Well I'm a UK fan too, so I had to wait longer than anticipated. I checked out the NBA playoffs and went bowling Saturday.