RUNDERWHELMING

More table scraps, dawgs. Here are the pitiful rushing totals for the new era of Browns football (1999-present).

Rank Browns Player Pos. Rush Yards
1 William Green RB 2109
2 Jamel White RB 1324
3 Reuben Droughns RB 1232
4 James Jackson RB 1071
5 Lee Suggs RB 1048
6 Tim Couch QB 556
7 Travis Prentice RB 512
8 Terry Kirby RB 452
9 Karim Abdul-Jabbar RB 350
10 Dennis Northcutt WR/PR 298
11 Errict Rhett RB 258
12 Ben Gay RB 172
13 Jeff Garcia QB 169
14 Doug Pederson QB 68
15 Charlie Frye QB 60
16 Trent Dilfer QB 46
17 Marc Edwards FB 44
18 Ty Detmer QB 38
19 Andre Davis WR/KR 32
20 Quincy Morgan WR 30
21 Jason Wright RB 27
22(tie) Adimchinobe Echemandu RB 25

Luke McCown QB 25
24(tie) Phil Dawson K 18

Terrelle Smith FB 18
26(tie) George Jones RB 15

Spergeon Wynn QB 15
28 Kelly Holcomb QB 14
29 Brant Boyer LB 7
30 Leslie Shepherd WR 5
31 Frisman Jackson WR 4
32 Antonio Bryant WR 3
33(tie) Rashaan Salaam RB 2

Sedrick Shaw RB 2
35(tie) Derrick Frost P 1

Scott Frost S 1
William Floyd RB -1
Kevin Johnson WR -6
Ronnie Powell WR -14


Observations:

  • My table skills are improving somewhat, but you can only do so much with this material. My border may not be showing up in the blog software, and the data itself is downright tragic.
  • How distressing that Lee Suggs still lags behind James Jackson. I do so hope that changes in the first quarter of Week 1.
  • Please Mo, use Northcutt on more end-arounds. The previous regime went to that particular well too often, then it was all but abandoned last year. 7.1 yards per career attempt.
  • Among the many abominations: Karim Abdul-Jabbar remains in the top 10. Some combination of Northcutt, Harrison, and Vickers ought to rectify that soon.
  • Speaking of Vickers, anyone else get the early impression that he’ll see more snaps than Terrelle Smith this year? Great blocker, sure, but 32 games at fullback and still tied with the kicker?
  • Green was the Browns’ second-leading rusher last year with just 78 yards. (The previous low for the #2 guy was 258 yards by Errict Rhett in the abysmal 2000 season.) I still don’t understand that.
  • Seven seasons, 10,030 yards gained on the ground. That’s just under 90 yards per game. I can walk a mile leisurely in about 15 minutes, yet the Browns have not managed to rush for a mile in an entire season (960 minutes) since 1985.
  • With an upgraded line and a strong stable of runners, that just might change this year.
  • I hope the Browns start the season with six backs (probably Droughns, Green, Suggs, Harrison, Vickers, and Smith), even if that means going with just five WRs.