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Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos - Week 16
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

ATL
DET		 31
 18
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TEN
GB		 7
 55
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STL
TB		 28
 13
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SD
NYJ		 27
 17
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OAK
CAR		 6
 17
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NO
DAL		 34
 31
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NE
JAC		 23
 16
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MIN
HOU		 23
 6
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IND
KC		 20
 13
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CIN
PIT		 13
 10
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BUF
MIA		 10
 24
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WAS
PHI		 27
 20
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CLE
DEN		 12
 34
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NYG
BAL		 14
 33
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CHI
ARI		 28
 13
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SF
SEA		 13
 42
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Broncos 27, Browns 14

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Cleveland Browns
Rank  Player Projections
QB 25 Brandon Weeden Pass: 240, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 13 Trent Richardson Rush: 70, 1 TD Rec: 3-30, 0
RB 53 Montario Hardesty Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 36 Josh Gordon Rec: 5-70, 0 TD
 WR 42 Greg Little Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
TE 15 Ben Watson Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 26 Phil Dawson FG: 0/0 XP: 2/2
DEF 27 Defense / ST  
View all Week 16 Rankings or Projections
  
Denver Broncos
Rank  Player Projections
QB 9 Peyton Manning Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 10 Knowshon Moreno Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 54 Ronnie Hillman Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 5 Demaryius Thomas Rec: 6-90, 1 TD
WR 27 Eric Decker Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
WR 64 Brandon Stokley Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 22 Jacob Tamme Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
TE 34 Joel Dreessen Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
K 4 Matt Prater FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 2 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Browns QB Brandon Weeden (5) has most wins ever by Browns rookie QB. Weeden (3,281) has most pass yards by rookie in club history & has 2nd-most among NFL rookies in '12 (ANDREW LUCK, 3,978). Has 9 TDs & 87.7 rating on road... RB Trent Richardson (11) had 2 rush TDs last week & surpassed HOFer JIM BROWN (9 in 1957) for most rush TDs by Browns rookie. Has 3 games with 100+ rush yards, tied for most ever by Browns rookie. Leads AFC rookies with 897 rush yards & needs 46 to surpass Brown (942) for most rush yards by Browns rookie. Aims for 5th consecutive game with rush TD... WR Josh Gordon leads NFL rookies in rec. yards (759). Rookie WR Travis Benjamin had career-long 69-yard TD catch last week... LB D'QWELL JACKSON has team-high 106 tackles... S T.J. Ward posted 1st INT of season last week... DE Jabaal Sheard aims for 3rd straight with sack... K Phil Dawson has made 26 of 27 FGs in 2012, tied for 2nd-best pct. in NFL.

Broncos Captured AFC West title for 2nd consecutive season. Have won 9 consecutive games, longest active streak in NFL... At home in '12, QB Peyton Manning has 16 TDs vs. 2 INTs & 109 passer rating. Manning (4,016) is 1st player in NFL history with 12 4,000-yard seasons & is the 5th player in NFL history to pass for 4,000 yards with 2 different teams. Manning has 5-0 career record vs. Browns. Manning (31) has most TD passes in single season by Broncos QB... RB Knowshon Moreno is averaging 121.8 scrimmage yards per game in past 4. Aims for 3rd consecutive game with 100+ rush yards... WR Demaryius Thomas has 5 TD rec. in 6 home games in 2012. WR Eric Decker (923) & Thomas (1,210) can become 1st Bronco duo with 1,000 rec. yards each since '04 (ROD SMITH & ASHLEY LELIE). Decker has 16 catches for 221 yards with TD in past 2... DE Elvis Dumervil (9) needs sack to reach 10 for 3rd time in career. Had career-best 4 sacks vs. Browns on 9/20/09. LB Von Miller has 6 sacks in 6 home games in '12. Miller (16) needs 1.5 sacks to set single-season club record (Dumervil, 17 in '09)... CB Chris Harris had 98-yard INT-return TD last week, longest INT-return TD in Broncos history.


Results and Schedule
Cleveland Browns
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PHI H L 16-17 -1
2 2012-09-16 CIN A L 27-34 -7
3 2012-09-23 BUF H L 14-24 -10
4 2012-09-27 BAL A L 16-23 -7
5 2012-10-07 NYG A L 27-41 -14
6 2012-10-14 CIN H W 34-24 +10
7 2012-10-21 IND A L 13-17 -4
8 2012-10-28 SD H W 7-6 +1
9 2012-11-04 BAL H L 15-25 -10
10   Bye      
11 2012-11-18 DAL A L 20-23 -3
12 2012-11-25 PIT H W 20-14 +6
13 2012-12-02 OAK A W 20-17 +3
14 2012-12-09 KC H W 30-7 +23
15 2012-12-16 WAS H L 21-38 -17
16 2012-12-23 DEN A L 12-34 -22
17 2012-12-30 PIT A    
   
Denver Broncos
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PIT H W 31-19 +12
2 2012-09-17 ATL A L 21-27 -6
3 2012-09-23 HOU H L 25-31 -6
4 2012-09-30 OAK H W 37-6 +31
5 2012-10-07 NE A L 21-31 -10
6 2012-10-15 SD A W 35-24 +11
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 NO H W 34-14 +20
9 2012-11-04 CIN A W 31-23 +8
10 2012-11-11 CAR A W 36-14 +22
11 2012-11-18 SD H W 30-23 +7
12 2012-11-25 KC A W 17-9 +8
13 2012-12-02 TB H W 31-23 +8
14 2012-12-06 OAK A W 26-13 +13
15 2012-12-16 BAL A W 34-17 +17
16 2012-12-23 CLE H W 34-12 +22
17 2012-12-30 KC H    

Injury Report
Cleveland Browns
Out  TE Jordan Cameron (concussion)
 WR Mohamed Massaquoi (knee)
 WR Jordan Norwood (foot)
Questionable  DE Frostee Rucker (shoulder)
Probable  WR Travis Benjamin (fingers)
 WR Josh Cribbs (knee)
 RB Montario Hardesty (knee)
 DE Juqua Parker (knee)
 RB Trent Richardson (other-excused)
 TE Alex Smith (knee)
 DT Phil Taylor (knee)
IR  SLB Emmanuel Acho (undisclosed, 8/27)
 SLB Scott Fujita (neck, 10/24)
 OLB Chris Gocong (achilles-tendon, 8/27)
 SLB James-Michael Johnson (knee, 12/18)
 SS T.J. Ward (knee, 12/18)
   
Denver Broncos
Probable  FS Mike Adams (knee)
 WR Eric Decker (ankle)
 FS Jim Leonhard (ankle)
 RB Knowshon Moreno (ribs)
 DT Kevin Vickerson (groin)
 WR Matt Willis (knee)
 MLB Wesley Woodyard (ankle)
IR  SS Quinton Carter (knee, 9/29)
 DE Jason Hunter (triceps, 8/27)
 MLB Joe Mays (ankle, 10/30)
 RB Willis McGahee (knee, 11/21)
 DT Ty Warren (triceps, 9/11)

Offense Stats Comparison
  CLE
 Offense 		 DEN
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 20.3 30.3 22.8 DEN
Rushing yards 116.3 114.8 118.4 CLE
Rushing yards per attempt 3.82 3.73 4.32 CLE
Completion % 61.7% 65.8% 60.0% DEN
Passing yards 207.7 264.0 224.8 DEN
Passing yards per completion 11.06 10.68 10.85 CLE
Passing yards per attempt 6.83 7.02 6.51 DEN
Interceptions 1.0 0.8 1.0 DEN
Fumbles lost 0.0 0.3 0.7 CLE
Sacks allowed 2.3 2.0 2.3 DEN
3rd down conversions 30.4% 38.1% 37.1% DEN
4th down conversions 40.0% 0.0% 43.8% CLE
Time of possession 32:18 31:56 30:31 CLE
  Defense Stats Comparison
  CLE
 Defense 		 DEN
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 18.0 16.8 22.8 DEN
Rushing yards 90.0 60.3 118.4 DEN
Rushing yards per attempt 4.19 3.37 4.32 DEN
Completion % 63.8% 54.5% 60.0% DEN
Passing yards 252.7 219.8 224.8 DEN
Passing yards per completion 9.86 10.94 10.85 CLE
Passing yards per attempt 6.29 5.96 6.51 DEN
INT return 1.0 1.3 1.0 DEN
Fumble recoveries 0.3 0.5 0.7 DEN
Sacks 2.7 2.5 2.3 CLE
3rd down conversions 33.8% 16.2% 37.1% DEN
4th down conversions 75.0% 20.0% 43.8% DEN
Time of possession 29:59 28:04 30:31 DEN

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   CLE   DEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 18.5 12.5 10.3 CLE
Yards per kick return 18.9 26.0 22.9 DEN
Yards allowed per punt return 5.5 8.4 10.3 CLE
Yards allowed per kick return 19.2 20.4 22.9 CLE
  Misc Stats Comparison
   CLE   DEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 7.3 5.5 6.4 DEN
Penalty yards 58.3 44.0 54.0 DEN

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 10 to 15 of the 2012 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 10 to 15 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Cleveland Browns vs. Denver Broncos
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 7 2000-10-15 CLE DEN 10-44 DEN
2003 15 2003-12-14 CLE DEN 20-23 DEN
2006 7 2006-10-22 DEN CLE 17-7 DEN
2008 10 2008-11-06 DEN CLE 34-30 DEN
2009 2 2009-09-20 CLE DEN 6-27 DEN

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.