The Browns – Week 2

Everyone is freaking out over their week 1 performance, but its important to not get caught up in the moment. Frye was traded two days ago. The team deserves to be criticized for the way they handled the starting QB job. For all 5 weeks of the preseason, they evaluated him, and eventually decided he was going to be the starter. He gets pulled after 1 1/2 quarters of football (a low sample size), then gets traded two days later. He went from their #1 guy, to benched, to traded, in a matter of two days. Thats very poor talent evaluation on the part of the Browns.

As for Quinn, I wouldn’t be opposed to starting him against the Bengals, a team with a low end defense. I think he can play every bit as well as Derek Anderson could. The Bengals are a matchup nightmare for the Browns, and I expect to get beaten pretty badly by them. In the first game last year, Palmer had almost 300 yards passing in the first half. If the team is going to lose and struggle anyway, whats wrong with starting a rookie at QB? Its not like his counterparts are any better than he is.

As for the Steelers game, the team looked very poor on offense. People have been saying the defense looked better, but there were still a ton of big plays given up. The team looks as bad as it did at the end of last year when it lost to the Bucs and Texans. If Crennel has any chance at all of keeping his job, he needs to somehow win on Sunday – good luck.

Sorry for the lack of posts, I’ve been very busy with school, and its hard to find time to write.