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Mike Thompson

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Cleveland Browns · DT

Mike Thompson recorded 26 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 6 rostered seasons with Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars.

▶Best highlights

1.3

tackles/gm

0

playoff games

4

indexed seasons

26

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Mike Thompson's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2000
CLEVELANDBROWNS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
SEP 10, 2000

Cleveland Browns vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Sep 10, 2000

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1998
GREEN BAYPACKERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
SEP 20, 1998

Green Bay Packers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Sep 20, 1998

0 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2000
CLEVELANDBROWNS
BALTIMORERAVENS
NOV 26, 2000

Cleveland Browns vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Nov 26, 2000

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2000
CLEVELANDBROWNS
TENNESSEETITANS
NOV 19, 2000

Cleveland Browns vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Nov 19, 2000

6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2000
CLEVELANDBROWNS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
OCT 22, 2000

Cleveland Browns vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Oct 22, 2000

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Mike Thompson's indexed NFL box scores.

Career highs: 6 total tackles · 1 tackle for loss

Regular Season
2000
CLEVELANDBROWNS
TENNESSEETITANS
NOV 19, 2000

Cleveland Browns vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Nov 19, 2000

6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 1 sack · 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
2000
CLEVELANDBROWNS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
SEP 10, 2000

Cleveland Browns vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Sep 10, 2000

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Mike Thompson's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1995–1999

01
JAXTHOMPSON—Mike Thompson
JAXBRUNELL8Mark Brunell
JAXSMITH82Jimmy Smith

Four straight playoff trips and two AFC title games

Jacksonville Jaguars · The expansion rocket

Tom Coughlin built an expansion roster with extraordinary speed, upsetting Denver in 1996 and going 14–2 three years later.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

02
CINTHOMPSON—Mike Thompson
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1999–2017

03
CLETHOMPSON—Mike Thompson
CLETHOMAS73Joe Thomas
CLECRIBBS16Josh Cribbs

An expansion-style rebirth becomes a long rebuild

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

The restored franchise returned in 1999 but cycled through leadership and quarterbacks, with Thomas providing Hall of Fame stability amid the turnover.

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Career accomplishments

6 NFL seasons26 career games22 career solo tackles2 career sacksJersey: 960 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Dec 10, 1995Most recent: Nov 26, 2000

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history