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Quinn sacrificed in the name of progress
So Brady Quinn is gone.
Raise your hand if you’re surprised.
That’s what happens when you turn over the front office and the coaching staff every couple of years. One talent evaluator’s treasure is another’s trash and suddenly a 35-year-old, interception-prone Jake Delhomme starts to look like the answer.
Well, if Delhomme is the answer, I’m really not sure what the question would be. Certainly it can’t be something to the effect of, “Who’s best suited to lead the Browns to the promised land?”
It’s all too reminiscent of when Trent Dilfer was brought in, ostensibly to keep the position warm for Charlie Frye, until Derek Anderson got in the way and started throwing touchdown passes, Dilfer evaporated, Frye was peddled to Seattle and the process of finding the right quarterback continued in perpetuity.
What a week. First Anderson is released, calls the fans “ruthless” on his way out, says they don’t deserve a winner. Then, with the help of a fired Browns media relations director, he crafts an apology lest anyone remember him as a bad guy in addition to being a bad quarterback (which I don’t think he is, by the way, on either count).
With Anderson run out of town, this might have been a good time to throw some organizational support behind Quinn, but apparently Mike Holmgren had watched too much tape of Quinn’s passes fluttering waywardly for that to happen.
So Quinn, the Golden Domer, the player then-GM Phil Savage moved mountains to obtain in the 2007 draft, was traded Sunday to the Denver Broncos for the hard-running fullback Peyton Hills (you’ll like him, he’s a tough kid) and a couple of draft picks.
Fine, but let’s not pretend we know for sure whether Quinn is capable of quarterbacking an NFL team to victory on a regular basis or even a somewhat-regular basis.
In three seasons, Quinn appeared in 14 games for the team he grew up cheering. He started 12 of those, winning three.
I’m not a math/statistics major, but that hardly seems like a representative sampling.
But sometimes a new start is best for all concerned, you say? Well, often just the opposite is true. Sometimes cleaning house isn’t the right move.
The Browns’ luck being what it is, expect to see Quinn guide the Broncos to the Super Bowl one day soon.
By then, one can only hope the Browns will have succeeded in finding a franchise quarterback of their own.
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By Muzak
March 15, 2010 7:21 AM | Link to this
While I agree that for a first round pick Quinn didn’t get much opportunity to really establish himself as the team’s franchise QB…but in two straight seasons, after getting an opportunity, Quinn ended up on IR. Definitely not a good sign.
By Why?
March 15, 2010 7:28 AM | Link to this
Why waste valuable bits and bytes to report anything on the Browns? This franchise stinks and smells like their uniforms look. Let’s get to some real reporting…..did I hear A. Bryant is now signed by the mighty Bengals?
By I am just saying
March 15, 2010 7:45 AM | Link to this
Mighty Bengals? You mean the LOSINGEST Franchise over the past 22 years?
By maybe
March 15, 2010 7:45 AM | Link to this
Thuis all sounds kinda shaky. Hopefully this turns out to be the right decision. Only time will tell. I still have hope.
By just the Facts
March 15, 2010 7:46 AM | Link to this
Hey WHY! I’ll tell you why! Cause white bread ain’t made outta rye! Browns, Bengals, Rapers< a, er, Steelers…It’s all about money, a$$e$ in da $eat$.Write it on the wall. there’ll be no NFL next year this time! $trike, lock out, whatever….Who day…WHO CARES! That goes for MLB too!
By brownsfan
March 15, 2010 7:47 AM | Link to this
If you want news on the Bengal just check any major city police blotter and you will get plenty!
By Just the Facts
March 15, 2010 7:47 AM | Link to this
Hey WHY! I’ll tell you why! Cause white bread ain’t made outta rye! Browns, Bengals, Rapers< a, er, Steelers…It’s all about money, a$$e$ in da $eat$.Write it on the wall. there’ll be no NFL next year this time! $trike, lock out, whatever….Who day…WHO CARES! That goes for MLB too!
By rick
March 15, 2010 8:20 AM | Link to this
The Browns are up to something like trying to trade some of those draft picks for either Bradford or Claussen ….watch and see
By hershey squirts
March 15, 2010 8:27 AM | Link to this
I agree with Rick. I hope it’s Bradford before Clausen though. I think Clausen’s too full of himself and that is not a good mix in Cleveland. And to Why?, yes the Bengals did sign Bryant. I am not convinced he will ever be worth the $28,000,000 they dropped on him. Only time will tell I guess…..
By Begemotik
March 15, 2010 8:29 AM | Link to this
So many months of hearing about BQ’s not being given a chance to prove himself. What about all of those summer and fall practice sessions? Did the coaching staff sit BQ on the bench, or send him out to the DQ for peanut-buster parfaits, while the rest of the team worked out? I think BQ had his share of opportunities to convince coaches that he should start. He didn’t, so end of story.
By W Smith
March 15, 2010 8:38 AM | Link to this
The one who sould be let go is Mangini. The Browns are idiots. Good luck Brady be a throne in ther brown A
By db
March 15, 2010 8:38 AM | Link to this
quinn guide broncos to a super bowl? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! good one mcclelland, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha………….
By Jack
March 15, 2010 9:00 AM | Link to this
Well done Mike. Thank you for finally getting rid of both of our terrible quaterbacks, it should have been done last year, but I can live with Delhomme for a year while the QB we draft learns the offense. It will be a nice sight to see a QB who can deliver a 7 yard slant and a pass over 20 yards.
By Lightning
March 15, 2010 9:33 AM | Link to this
Great analysis Sean. And I mean that sarcastically. The Browns got from Denver exactly what Quinn was worth. Cleveland will draft a QB in round two or three. That’s why this trade was made. That’s why they signed Delhomme. Try being thoughtful in your writing for a change.
By Whynot?
March 15, 2010 11:16 AM | Link to this
It is time to take a chance and make a trade for Troy Smith! I never have been a BQ fan and thought he was overrated in college. Troy Smith crushed him while at OSU.
By asdf
March 15, 2010 12:35 PM | Link to this
A QB is only as good as his team. Dont care who the browns would have put in last year the results would have been the same. A mostly 1st year recieving core and a ton of droped passes at the begining of the year. Anderson was a probowl QB when the team had healthy recievers. Only thing that changed was the injuries to the recievers and then edwards started dropping half the passes thrown at him.
By luvmydawgs
March 15, 2010 1:59 PM | Link to this
quinn is the cutest guy in NFL history let Bernie comeback to get the browns together!!
By quantoid
March 15, 2010 5:21 PM | Link to this
Lightning needs to work for the Browns because s/he thinks s/he has all of the answers and goodness knows the Browns need answers to improve their performance.
By Lightning
March 15, 2010 9:38 PM | Link to this
Quantoid…you’re dang right about that. And by the way…Holmgren said today that they would be drafting at QB this year. This is football, not rocket science.
By THE TRUTH
March 15, 2010 10:05 PM | Link to this
i can understand getting rid of the quarterbacks but why not go after Michael Vick or troy smith other than that go front office keep doing what you doing we should be looking good this year if not we need a new coach GO BROWNS
By kikus
June 13, 2010 11:01 PM | Link to this
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