And Ed, come on. 11 draft picks? So what? How many are the equivalent of NBA lottery picks? Didn't they get the equivalent of 11 draft picks this past off-season, with all the draft picks and ex-Jets combined?

Why are so many people so hypnotized by sheer numbers? Why do people always buy into the spin? It's about quality, not quantity. It's like being in awe of a Victoria's Secret model who has 57 boobs. Call me shallow, but I'm not a fan of birth defects.

We had no TE, Heiden was out and Royal Robert has a finger so bad he can not catch a ball. Edwards is gone. Massaquo drops more than he catches and apparently had never played below 70 degrees before last week or some such silly excuse.

Major differences between Quinn and Anderson. The wins and loses are about the same. But how they look and how they throw and how the team around them plays is much different. We actually get to the red zone and usually score with Anderson despite having no receivers or running game and not even a TE. With Quinn is was automatic 3 and out. Unless he threw a pick or dropped the ball backwards while by himself first.

Can't blame Quinn for trying to get out of the game as fast as he could even by dropping the ball behind him. This offensive line is not getting it done. We need at least 1 maybe 2 wide receivers, 2 maybe 3 offensive lineman, a running back, a tight end and then if the offense still is not going anywhere we can talk about QB. Right now this team is so bad it is is a miracle they move the ball downfield even once a game against a decent defense.

Then you get to defense where you need a CB, a LB or 2, 2 defensive lineman, and probably a safety.

Good thing we have 11 draft picks, they better hit on 9 starters with those picks, they need that many just be competitive. Talking about a new QB is like talking about replacing Jimmy Johnson as a driver if he was losing driving the family SUV in NASCAR races. Until they give Anderson at least some talent around him you are wasting time switching QBs. Bringing in another young QB to try and win without blocking or receivers and no running game will only serve to get him beat up and lose his confidence and hurt his arm like Couch and so many QBs before and after him. You bring in your QB when you have a good team and the QB is the final piece in the puzzle and then that QB can succeed. That is why guys like Flacco and Ben did well and guys like Harrington and Carr failed. It was far less about the QBs talent and more about the talent on the team.

Every one of the 9 drops last week and 7 this week puts more pressure and uncertaintity into the QBs head and makes his job impossible. The receivers hang on to those very catchable balls, balls any good receiver catches 98 out of 100 times and the games are way different and we today are talking about how the Browns upset Pittsburg on a day they had 500 yards of offense and lost.

The scary thing no might be that other than Mack we may have gotten not one good player from last years draft. One player a draft is not going to help us catch up with teams that have far more talent than we have. And 11 picks will mean nothing if only the first rounder helps.

Tough day to be an optimist and a Browns fan.

So: can even the hard core "we need a #1 pick QB" people admit that Sam Bradford isn't in the mix now… seriously folks? I just hope he's not done for all together.

Agree on the so-called rivalry point, and that Roethlisberger is among the elite. He might be (gasp?!) Brett Favre 2.0. Sorry, but I have more 'hate' for the Ravens than I do the Steelers, but I haven't been living in the past with this team either.