The Countdown To The Brady Quinn Era Has Officially Begun

by Michael Bean on Sep 22, 2008 4:56 AM EDT

Could be any day now in fact, that Crennel names Brady Quinn his starting QB. My guess though, is it will be at least one more week. At 0-3, the season is still not a lost cause for Cleveland. The Browns can thank the Steelers for a horrendous performance today, that kept the Steelers from claiming a 3.5 game lead over Cleveland through just three weeks.

Let's take a look at how Derek Anderson has done since the last part of 2007 through the first three weeks of 2008.

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Do those look like the numbers of a franchise quarterback? Hell, do they even look like numbers that should give people reason to believe that the Browns are on the cusp of breaking through in the AFC, where top notch QB play is tantamount to success? They don't to me. Granted, the team did win three of those five games, but in the most important contest of the year, DA threw four picks in a loss to Cincy.

I could take this many directions. I really could. Moving on.

And now, through three games in 2008, it hasn't been any prettier.

43 of 93 for 405 yards; 2 TDs, 5 INTs, 43.5 QB Rating

Yikes.

Here's the deal though. Romeo Crennel is the guy who has to make the call here with his QBs. And with his derriere squarely on the hot seat, it's hard to envision any immediate scenario where Crennel would be interested in playing for the future by getting Quinn's feet wet sooner rather than later, short-term results be damned. Of course, the caveat in that assumption of mine is that Brady Quinn would not have much chance at quickly righting the ship in Cleveland and leading them back into the playoff picture this year. You never know? Maybe he could. But if Crennel doesn't think so, he may just hold off until the Browns are clearly down and out.

But by then, he himself may be out of a job.

Chin up Steelers fans. Others have it worse, no?

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we all knew at some point he would/will get the nob to start. As a Football fan this is a good thing. As Black and Gold fan I believe this might make the week 17 a bit more interesting.

by Madman1978 on Sep 22, 2008 7:36 AM EDT reply actions

ha

Don’t think so. Brady Quinn is not the answer. Derek Anderson is playing terrible football, but Brady Quinn will get eaten alive by many of the Ds he’ll face. If he went .500, thatd be impressive, and that wouldnt put the in the hunt to make Week 17 interesting.

by Michael Bean on Sep 22, 2008 7:40 AM EDT reply actions

amen brother

amen

by TheCincinnatiConqueror on Sep 22, 2008 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Others have it so much worse…

Happy to give you something enjoyable to think about after your game yesterday. Be honest, this wouldn’t be posted if you’d won that game (not that I blame you).

Of course “Brady Quinn will get eaten alive by many of the Ds he’ll face” is complete and total horseshit, based on absolutely nothing at all (as is any optimism about him… he is a total unknown). But regardless, this season is pretty much over for us, I think. Unless 9-7 or, more likely, 8-8 is enough to win the division. I don’t think it will be.

by kwoog on Sep 22, 2008 10:46 AM EDT reply actions

But 9-7 will win this division this year

Down year for the AFC North and every team is going to get rolled by the NFC East. Still, the current Brownies are far from a 9-7 team

by The IC Lion on Sep 22, 2008 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions

based on nothing at all?

how about the fact that he’s still basically a rookie QB in the NFL…who tend to get eaten alive by many of the Ds they face when they come in???

by TheCincinnatiConqueror on Sep 22, 2008 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions

He’s not basically a rookie at all. He’s been in the league for 18 months. Now, first time starters can have trouble regardless their years in the league, I’ll grant you that. They can also step in and do great, as many examples have shown.

So yeah, it’s probably more likely that he’d be ineffective/less than average than him being average/above average. But being “eaten alive” isn’t a truism to anyone who knows anything about football.

by kwoog on Sep 22, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

never claimed it was

in fact it was you who said that the quote was ‘complete and total horseshit, based on absolutely nothing at all." I merely informed you of the base to this ’baseless’ claim, and that is fresh quarterbacks who did well in college more often than not get ‘eaten alive’ by the vastly more complex and athletic defenses of the NFL. If you’re going to tell me that more QBs coming out of college perform well as opposed to crashing and burning in their first few games then it is you, sir, who knows nothing about football.

P.S. How is a guy that was signed last year, sat on the bench for the season and we’re now 3 weeks into his second not ‘basically a rookie’?

by TheCincinnatiConqueror on Sep 22, 2008 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions