2014 Cleveland Browns Season

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2014 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach	Mike Pettine
General manager	Ray Farmer
Owner	Jimmy Haslam
Home field	FirstEnergy Stadium
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The 2014 Cleveland Browns season will be the franchise's upcoming 66th season as a professional sports franchise and its 62nd season as a member of the National Football League. It will be the first season under new head coach Mike Pettine, as former head coach Rob Chudzinski was fired after a 4–12 season, as well as the first season under new general manager Ray Farmer. They will attempt to break their 11-year playoff drought, the longest in franchise history.

Offseason

Personnel changes

Coaching staff changes

Front office changes

Roster changes

Free Agents

Pos	Player	Tag	2014 Team	Signed
G	Oniel Cousins	UFA	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	March 16
K	Billy Cundiff	UFA	Cleveland Browns	March 6
G	Shawn Lauvao	UFA	Washington Redskins	March 11
C	Alex Mack	UFA/TT	Cleveland Browns	April 11
RB	Willis McGahee	UFA
LB	Craig Robertson	ERFA	Cleveland Browns	March 6
S	T. J. Ward	UFA	Denver Broncos	March 11

Players shaded in green re-signed with the Browns

UFA: Unrestricted free agent RFA: Restricted free agent ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent FT: Player was designated with the franchise tag TT: Player was designated with the transition tag

Releases

Pos	Player	Released	2014 Team	Signed
WR	Davone Bess	March 5
QB	Jason Campbell	March 12	Cincinnati Bengals	March 19
LB	D'Qwell Jackson	February 26	Indianapolis Colts	March 6
WR	Greg Little	May 16	Oakland Raiders	May 19
QB	Brandon Weeden	March 12	Dallas Cowboys	March 17

Signings

Pos	Player	2013 Team	Signed
WR	Anthony Armstrong	N/A	May 19
WR	Miles Austin	Dallas Cowboys	May 15
WR	Earl Bennett	Chicago Bears	May 15
WR	Nate Burleson	Detroit Lions	April 6
LB	Karlos Dansby	Arizona Cardinals	March 11
LB	Zac Diles	Tennessee Titans	May 1
TE	Jim Dray	Arizona Cardinals	March 13
WR	Andrew Hawkins	Cincinnati Bengals	March 18
G	Paul McQuistan	Seattle Seahawks	March 24
FB	Chris Pressley	Cincinnati Bengals	April 14
RB	Ben Tate	Houston Texans	March 15
QB	Tyler Thigpen	N/A	May 1
CB	Isaiah Trufant	New York Jets	March 11
S	Donte Whitner	San Francisco 49ers	March 11
QB	Vince Young	Green Bay Packers	May 1

2014 draft class

Main article: 2014 NFL Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1		Justin Gilbert	Cornerback	Oklahoma State
	22 (from Philadelphia)	Johnny Manziel	Quarterback	Texas A&M
2	35	Joel Bitonio	Offensive tackle	Nevada
3	71	Christian Kirksey	Linebacker	Iowa
	94 (from San Francisco)	Terrance West	Running back	Towson
4	127 (from Indianapolis)	Pierre Desir	Cornerback	Lindenwood

Notes

• The Browns traded their original first-round selection (No. 4 overall) to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for the Bills' first round selection (No. 9 overall) and their 2015 first and fourth round selections.

• The Browns then traded the No. 9 overall selection, along with their fifth round selection (No. 145 overall) to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for the No. 8 overall selection.

• The Browns acquired an additional first-round selection (No. 26 overall) in a trade that sent running back Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts.

• The Browns traded the No. 26 selection, along with a third round selection (No. 83 overall), to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for the No. 22 overall selection.

• The Browns acquired an additional third-round selection (No. 83 overall) in a trade that sent the team's 2013 fourth-round selection to the Pittsburgh Steelers. This selection was later traded to the Eagles (see above).
• The Browns acquired an additional fourth-round selection (No. 127 overall) in a trade that sent the team's 2013 fifth-round selection to the Indianapolis Colts.

The Browns did not have selections from rounds 5–7 as a result of the following trades:

• Trading the No. 145 selection to the Minnesota Vikings (see above).
• Trading the No. 106 and No. 180 selections to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for the No. 94 selection.
• Trading traded the No. 218 selection to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for their sixth-round selection in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Undrafted free agent signings

Pos	Player	College	Signed
FB	Ray Agnew	Southern Illinois	May 12
DL	Calvin Barnett	Oklahoma State	May 12
DB	Darwin Cook	West Virginia	May 12
RB	Isaiah Crowell	Alabama State	May 12
OL	Anthony Dima	Massachusetts	May 12
WR	Chandler Jones	San Jose State	May 12
WR	Jonathan Krause	Vanderbilt	May 12
DL	Elhadji Ndiaye	Nebraska-Kearney	May 15
OL	Michael Philipp	Oregon State	May 12
QB	Connor Shaw	South Carolina	May 12
WR	Kenny Shaw	Florida State	May 12
WR	Willie Snead	Ball State	May 12

Gordon suspension

On May 9, it was announced that wide receiver Josh Gordon could face a possible season-long suspension due to a second failed drug test.

Preseason

Schedule

The Browns' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

Schedule

2014 opponents

Listed below are the Browns' opponents for 2014. Exact dates and times will be announced in April.

Category	Home	Away
Divisional opponents (AFC North)	Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers
Conference opponents (AFC South)	Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts	Jacksonville Jaguars Tennessee Titans
Conference opponents (based on 2013 division placement)	Oakland Raiders	Buffalo Bills
Interconference opponents (NFC South)	New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers

Staff

Template:Cleveland Browns Staff

Current roster

Template:Cleveland Browns Roster

References

External links

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