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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Quinn deserved a chance to finish
If the Browns were going to give Brady Quinn such a short leash, such a wickedly small margin for error, then they should have scrapped the whole Quinn experiment before it began and drafted Mark Sanchez.
This has officially reached the nonsensical stage. I’ve not been on the Quinn bandwagon, but if he’s your guy, you’ve got to stick with him.
In case you missed it, Quinn played poorly in the Browns’ latest disgrace Sunday, a 34-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens that wasn’t even quite that close.
And then, to start the second half, in came Derek Anderson, replacing Quinn for the rest of the game. Anderson was no great relief, throwing three interceptions and doing nothing to convince anybody that he’s the answer even if Quinn is benched for next week’s game against the suddenly resurgent Cincinnati Bengals.
This is a building year for the Browns, as all years seem to be. Problem is, there doesn’t seem to be a quarterback to rebuild with. Then again, how will we know for sure if one of them isn’t given a chance to fail.
Quinn — or Anderson — deserves a chance to prove he’s the guy, or isn’t the guy. And that’s why Quinn should have been left out there in the second half, even if it meant he would take some lumps, Tim Couch-style.
I thought Anderson should have been the starter out of training camp, if only because there’s some evidence, based on the 2007 season, that he can lead an offense down the field and put points on the board.
But now I’m thinking it probably wasn’t the brightest move to pass on Sanchez, who already is starring for the New York Jets as a rookie. (I know. I know. Anybody the Browns draft — Adrian Peterson, Ben Roethlisberger, Richard Seymour, LaDainian Tomlinson, Ed Reed, Sanchez — wouldn’t be nearly as good for them as for someone else. At least that’s what respondents to this blog tell me whenever I suggest otherwise.)
It was a draft-day trade, you’ll recall. The Browns dealt the Jets the No. 5 overall pick (which became Sanchez) in exchange for the Jets’ first-rounder (center Alex Mack) several middling defensive players and a third-string quarterback.
Thing is, the defense stinks, too, even with this supposed infusion of talent.
How’s that Sanchez decision looking now?
