Cleveland Browns 2013 Topps Football Cards

Cleveland Browns 2013 Topps Football Cards
(Complete Set)

Cleveland Browns 2012 Season

In the 2012 NFL draft the Browns select Alabama running back Trent Richardson with the 3rd overall pick, 28 year-old Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden with the 22nd overall pick, California Offensive Tackle Mitchell Schwartz in the 2nd round, University of Cincinnati Defensive Tackle John Hughes in the 3rd round, Miami University Wide Receiver Travis Benjamin in the 4th round, Boise State Defensive Tackle Billy Winn in the 6th round, and University of Arizona Cornerback Trevin Wade in the 7th round. Brandon Weeden becomes the oldest player ever taken in the first round of the modern NFL draft
June 1, 2012 the NFL lockout of the referees begins. After 3 regular season games the replacement referees are in over their heads. On September 24th the Green Bay Packers lose to the Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football because of a bad call by the replacement officials. Two days later on On September 26th the NFL reaches a tentative agreement with the regular NFL referees. Because the NFL wants the regular officials back for the fourth weekend of the season the regular officials are allowed to officiate the Thursday Night Football game on September 27 between the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Ravens.
After a 4-12 2011 season the NFL gives the Browns the third toughest schedule among the 32 teams for the 2012 season
After starting out with a 5.1 quarterback rating against the Philadelphia Eagles in the season opener, Brandon Weeden rebounds with 26 passes in 37 attempts for 322 yards, 2 touchdowns, and no interceptions for a QB rating of 114.9 against the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2nd week. His 322 yards sets a rookie Browns QB record for most yards in a game breaking Eric Zeier's 1995 310 yard total which was also against the Bengals. In that same game at Cincinnati Trent Richardson sets a Cleveland Browns record by becoming the first rookie to run for 100 yards and score both a rushing and receiving touchdown. On December 2 in a game against the Oakland Raiders Weeden breaks his own record going 25 of 36 for 364 yards
In the sixth game of the season Trent Richardson suffers broken ribs in a victory against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cleveland. He plays the rest of the season injured and finishes with a Browns rookie rushing record of 950 yards surpassing Jim Brown's record of 942 yards set in 1957. He also had 11 rushing touchdowns breaking Jim Brown's rookie record of 9 rushing touchdowns
On October 16, 2012 the NFL owners approve the sale of the Cleveland Browns to Jimmy Haslam. The next day Browns president Mike Holmgren resigns and former Philadelphia Eagles executive Joe Banner replaces him. On October 25, 2012 Jimmy Haslam, owner of the Pilot Flying J truck stop franchise buys the Cleveland Browns from Randy Lerner for 1,050,000,000 dollars
On December 9 in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs, rookie Travis Benjamin returns a punt for 93 yards and a touchdown. This breaks Eric Metcalf's Browns record of a 92 yard punt return in 1994
In the 15th game of the season on December 23 both Brandon Weeden and Colt McCoy suffer shoulder injuries ending their season
In the final game of the season against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Duke University graduate and former Rams backup quarterback Thaddeus Lewis starts. This is the first game he plays in since his college days. He plays well going 22 of 32 for 204 yards, one touchdown, and one interception
Brandon Weeden sets a Browns rookie QB record by throwing for 3,385 yards breaking Tim Couch's 2,447 yards passing set in 1999
On Monday December 31, 2012 the Browns fire head coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert

2012 Season
Coach Pat Shurmur 5-11-0

Finished Fourth
AFC North Division

Team Passing Leaders

PLAYER	GAMES	COMP	ATT	COMP %	YARDS	TD	INT	QB Rating
Brandon Weeden	15	297	517	57.4	3385	14	17	72.6
Colt McCoy	3	9	17	52.9	79	1	0	85.2
Thaddeus Lewis	1	22	32	68.8	204	1	1	83.3

Team Rushing Leaders

PLAYER	GAMES	ATT	YARDS	AVG/ATT	AVG/GAME	LONGEST	TD	FUM
Trent Richardson	15	267	950	3.6	63.3	32	11	3
Montario Hardesty	12	65	271	4.2	22.6	25	1	2

Team Receiving Leaders

PLAYER	GAMES	REC	YARDS	AVG/REC	AVG/GAME	LONGEST	TD
Greg Little	16	53	647	12.2	40.4	43	4
Trent Richardson	15	51	367	7.2	24.5	27	1
Josh Gordon	16	50	805	16.1	50.3	71	5
Ben Watson	16	49	501	10.2	31.3	27	3
Chris Ogbonnaya	14	24	187	7.8	13.4	38	0
Jordan Cameron	14	20	226	11.3	16.1	28	1
Travis Benjamin	14	18	298	16.6	21.3	69	2
Mohamed Massaquoi	9	17	254	14.9	28.2	54	0

Punt Return Leaders

PLAYER	GAMES	RET	YARDS	AVG/RET	LONG	TD
Josh Cribbs	16	38	457	12.0	60	0
Travis Benjamin	14	3	149	49.7	93	1

Kick Return Leaders

PLAYER	GAMES	RET	YARDS	AVG/RET	LONG	TD
Josh Cribbs	16	43	1178	27.4	74	0
Travis Benjamin	14	3	76	25.3	29	0

Team Kicking Leader

PLAYER	GAMES	FGA	FGM	FG %	PAT/ATT	PAT/MADE	PAT %	POINTS
Phil Dawson	16	31	29	93.5	29	29	100.0	116

Team Punting Leader

PLAYER	GAMES	PUNTS	YARDS	LONG	BLOCKED	AVG/PUNT
Reggie Hodges	16	90	3766	58	0	41.8

Team Interceptions Leaders

PLAYER	GAMES	INT	YARDS	TD	LONG
Joe Haden	11	3	64	0	50
Usama Young	13	3	44	0	44
Sheldon Brown	15	3	20	1	19
D'Qwell Jackson	16	2	31	1	27
Craig Robertson	16	2	1	0	1

Team Sacks Leaders

PLAYER	POSITION	GAMES	SACKS
Jabaal Sheard	DE	16	7.0
Juqua Parker	DE	16	6.0
Frostee Rucker	DE	16	4.0
D'Qwell Jackson	LB	16	3.5
John Hughes	DT	16	3.0

Browns Team Leaders 2013 Topps #24 football card	Joe Haden 2013 Topps #14 football card
Trent Richardson 2013 Topps #160A football card	Trent Richardson SP 2013 Topps #160B football card
Josh Gordon 2013 Topps #198 football card	Brandon Weeden 2013 Topps #244 football card
Barkevious Mingo Rookie 2013 Topps #282 football card	T.J. Ward 2013 Topps #302 football card

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