Brady Quinn won the Browns’ starting quarterback job in preseason and then promptly crapped himself as soon as the regular season started. In three starts, his average pass went less than six yards, he threw just one touchdown pass and was intercepted three times. He also had a horrific time with his decision-making and accuracy, and even when he did find ways to complete passes his receivers didn’t have a chance to make plays up field because Quinn couldn’t hit them in stride.

When Eric Mangini decided to replace Quinn for Derek Anderson, some Cleveland fans were elated because at least Anderson had the ability to throw the ball vertically. Sure, he’d throw the occasional interception or two, but at least he could run the offense better than Quinn, right?

Wrong.

Over the past couple weeks, Anderson displayed some of the worst quarterbacking this side of Drew Henson. In six appearances, he failed to throw for over 100 yards in four of those games and threw nine interceptions compared to just two touchdowns. His performance in the past month and a half deserves to be mentioned in the Epic Failure Hall of Fame (EFHoF).

Facing little to no choice given Anderson’s all-around suck, Mangini has decided to go back to Quinn and start him against the Ravens on Monday night. If Quinn doesn’t realize that this may be his final shot to impress in Cleveland, he should. Because if/when Mangini is fired at the end of the season there’s no guarantee that Quinn can fool the next coaching staff into believing that just because he has the size and frame to be a starting quarterback in this league, that he actually should be one.

Who knows, maybe with a better supporting cast Quinn could actually be a decent starter in this league. Unfortunately for him he’s stuck with what’s around him around now and he better make the most of his situation or else people will continue to wonder whether or not he can be a starter in this league. He better make the most out of his second chance.

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]]> http://www.scoresreport.com/2009/11/11/brady-quinn-gets-a-second-chance-in-cleveland/feed/ 0 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/11/03/brady-quinn-to-make-first-career-start/ http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/11/03/brady-quinn-to-make-first-career-start/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:37:51 +0000 Anthony Stalter http://www.scoresreport.com/?p=8744 The moment Cleveland Browns fans have been waiting for his finally here. Derek Anderson has officially been benched and second-year quarterback Brady Quinn will make his first career NFL start against the Denver Broncos on Thursday night.

Browns quarterback Brady Quinn will start Thursday night against the Denver Broncos, a Browns spokesman said this afternoon. It will be Quinn’s first start in the NFL.

Derek Anderson was benched after going 3-5 the first half of the season. Anderson is coming off a 37-27 loss to to the Baltimore Ravens in which he threw a costly interception at the end that thwarted any hopes of a comeback. The loss left the Browns at 1-3 in the division.

Anderson has nobody to blame but himself. Romeo Crennel gave him every opportunity to hang on to his job and outside of a great performance against the Giants on Monday night a few weeks ago, DA did nothing to honor the team handing him a new contract in the offseason. I’ve been a big Anderson supporter since early last year, but the guy just couldn’t get it done.

As for Quinn, he deserves the opportunity to start. Even though he succeeded in a pro style offense at Notre Dame, his footwork was a major concern for NFL scouts and it’ll be interesting to see if the Browns have fixed that. He’ll have a great matchup against a Denver team that has been brutal defensibly this season. They can’t tackle, aren’t very aggressive and if Champ Bailey misses another week, Quinn will have an opportunity to put up some decent numbers.