In what has to be one of the least-anticipated Monday Night Football games of the 2009 season, the Cleveland Browns (1-7) will host the Baltimore Ravens (4-4) in five days. Aside from one ugly win at Buffalo, nothing has gone right for the Browns this season—including their much-publicized preseason quarterback battle between Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson.
Brady started the season and got nowhere. And he has the numbers to prove it. After three starts, Brady has a sickly 62.3 quarterback rating. Derek filled in for five games and didn’t fare any better. In fact, he was worse with just two …read more

The Cleveland Browns aren’t actively pursuing a trade for quarterback Brady Quinn. But they are getting phone calls. And they’re listening. The Browns are in the middle of a “rebuilding phase”—if you want to call it that. And their 1-4 record proves it. I guess. Derek Anderson took over the starting quarterback role two weeks ago and even though he only completed two passes last week against Buffalo (seriously, I think I could’ve done that), he’s still the starter and Brady will hold the clipboard, so to speak, for the foreseeable future.
Browns head coach Eric Mangini said what he could …read more

Brady Quinn will be the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns when they open the 2009 regular season against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday. Browns head coach Eric Mangini didn’t reveal who the starting QB would be—he was trying to fool the Vikings by not announcing his decision—but word got out pretty quickly after Brady took the first team snaps in practice today. Even Buffalo Bills receiver Terrell Owens got in on the disclosure, announcing it on his Twitter page today.
I don’t know why coach Mangini was keeping this decision a secret anyway. It isn’t like prep work for Brady Quinn …read more

The starting quarterback position for the Cleveland Browns is still a question mark for new head coach Eric Mangini. Both Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn are competing for first-team QB honors and if today’s minicamp practice was any indication, coach Mangini is still a long way from finding the answer to his quarterbacking dilemma.
While many perceive the Browns to be in an enviable position with two potential starters, neither player is taking command of new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll’s game plan the way the team had hoped. In fact, during two-minute drills this afternoon, both quarterbacks finished their work with …read more

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New Cleveland Browns head coach Eric Mangini isn’t sure who his starting quarterback will be when the team opens the 2009 National Football League regular season in roughly five months. So he’s declaring it an open competition between QBs Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn:
“I’m excited about both of them. I sat down with both of them, been able to spend some time with them. I like both guys. I like a lot of the things that I’ve learned about them in terms of through the conversations and also things that I’ve seen on tape. Without …read more

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The Cleveland Browns’ luck has gone from bad to worse. Any quarterback controversy officially ended last week when then-starter Brady Quinn’s season ended with a injury. He had replaced Derek Anderson nine games into the season and the “Brady Quinn Era” had begun. Now, no sooner did Derek get his starting job back than his season looks like it’s over after he suffered an MCL sprain today during the 4th quarter of a miserable 10-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Afterward, Browns head coach Romeo Crennel called it like he saw it:
“I’m not encouraged by …read more

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn will miss the rest of this season with a broken finger. He injured it a couple weeks ago against Buffalo (Brady broke the tip of his finger and messed up a tendon), then did further damage by playing with it last week against Houston. Still, he doesn’t regret his decision to play against the Texans:
“I knew that was a consequence if I went in and played. That was something that I was willing to risk. If I had a chance to do it over, I would do it again ….. …read more

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In the end, quarterback Brady Quinn wasn’t the answer. At least not on this night. It was just another demoralizing, frustrating loss for the Cleveland Browns. But in the process of dropping to 3-6 on the season, Brady played about as well as could possibly have been expected in his National Football League debut as a starting QB — a 34-30 loss to the Denver Broncos last night. He even shouldered the blame afterward (even though I hope he understands he can’t prevent his teammates from fumbling or dropping passes — oh, and he doesn’t …read more

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn can put down the clipboard, unhook the wires and get into the game now. The Browns confirmed today that Brady will be the starting QB against the Denver Broncos as the NFL’s Thursday night schedule begins this week. Brady will replace an inconsistent Derek Anderson who didn’t have a terrible game (17-of-33, 219 yards, 2 TDs) against the NFL’s second best defense yesterday, but he threw a costly late interception that was returned for a touchdown and sealed the Browns’ fate in a 37-27 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Apparently, …read more

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn and left tackle Joe Thomas appeared at a rally for Republican presidential candidate John McCain this past week. Meanwhile, linebacker Willie McGinest (along with Cleveland Cavs star Lebron James) were pumping voter registration at a Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama rally recently. Will this promote division in the Browns locker room? Head coach Romeo Crennel gathered his squad and told them not to let politics become a dividing force within the team:
“Their politics are their politics as long as they don’t interfere with the team. My main concern is that …read more