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Anyway, the Browns have officially named Quinn as the starter, and plan to get behind him in his effort to win them five games this year, and hopefully not go the entire latter portion of the season without an offensive touchdown.
So what does this mean for the Browns? Well really all it means is that Anderson don't do enough to win the job, and Quinn didn't do enough to lose. I say it that way because that's what it was from the beginning. The idea of it being a "competition" was a farce. Unless Quinn looked completely incompetent, he was going to be the starter.
Many would argue that I'm wrong and that wasn't the case because the man who drafted him (Romeo Crennel) is no longer there, so Mangini has no reason to play Quinn over Anderson. Well, unless I missed it, the team hasn't been sold, so Mangini had plenty reason to play Quinn.
What perplexes me is the fact that you have a quarterback who has shown he can play, and play well, in this league. He's a guy who's thrown 29 touchdowns in a season, and won 10 games for your team. Then, you have a guy who has barely played at all, and didn't look very good when he actually got the chance.
So, the Browns went with the second option. Let's go with the kid who hasn't done a lick in the NFL and bench the guy who got this franchise its first winning season since Otto Graham was under center (that's not accurate, by the way).
This is the (well, a) reason why the Browns will continue to be a laughing stock of not only the AFC North, and not only the AFC, but the entire National Football League. In my most recent power rankings (over at 2minutestomidnightgreen.com), I have the Browns ranked 30th.
Congratulations, Cleveland, your team might be better than the St. Louis Rams and Detroit Lions. Again, might be better.
But probably not.
