Quinn bandwagon
Posted August 20th, 2007 by Ron
Brady Quinn plays two meaningless series against a prevent defense and now everyone wants him to start against the Steelers in Week 1.
I just don't see it. Most, if not all, of his passes were to guys who had little or no coverage.
He needs a lot of work in my opinion and with coach Romeo Crennel's job on the line, I think he needs to take a longer look at Frye and Anderson this week. Who is going to start this season? Who is going to give him the best chance to keep his job?
The last quarterback to get thrown into a bad situation and then grow into a top QB … Peyton Manning and before him Troy Aikman. That is two quarterbacks in the past 20 some years. Quinn is no Manning, and he is no Aikman.
So, unless the Browns want another Tim Couch or David Carr, Quinn needs to sit most of this season.
On the job training behind a leaky line is not the way to develop a long-term answer to a football team's most important question (Who is the QB?).
August 20th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Ron, my friend, you are certainly in the minority. So you think Frye & Anderson give Romeo the "best chance to keep his job?" Then the poor guy needs to flee Cleveland now! Those two yayhoos have shown us zilch for two seasons now. It's like an epic victory for them to even smell the end-zone.
We've beefed up the O-line, and Romeo has no more time to waste on unproductive, inept, backup QBs. Those two had all the team's best weapons at their disposal, and looked like two D-3 players. What's wrong with sticking Quinn in with the 1st-team talent just to SEE…just to SEE…what spark might occur? Or are you simply content for more of the unwatchable crap that we endured last season? I, for one, am not.
August 20th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
I don't think Quinn should start until he's ready, but how do we know he's no Manning?
I wonder how Brady's college stats measure up to Peyton, who never even won an SEC title at Tennessee, if I remember correctly. Many thought Ryan Leaf was better than Manning when he came out.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:39 pm
He's better than anything we have. Play Him!
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:10 pm
I've done a complete 180 about whether or not to start Quinn. The Cavs are down to only three more seasons with James, and here they are, talking about stifling Daniel Gibson's progress. Who cares??? When James is gone, Gibson will be another footnote on a lottery team. But I digress.
The Browns' future should be considered to be now. Why some in the sports media seem to be under the assumption that they're building something substantial, I have absolutely no idea. Start the hunky male model, and start him in the first game of the regular season. Toss him into the mix like the Colts did with Bert Jones. If he's sacked, who cares? Does anybody really think Ryan Tucker's syringe-infested butt and the other yahoos surrounding him are really going to improve that much in the coming seasons? What do the Browns have to lose? Trial by fire. They owe this much to the season-ticket holders.
August 26th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
It seems like Brady's got a knack for this quarterback thing.