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Anderson should remain the starting quarterback
After three consecutive losses to start the season, Anderson was put on a short leash by Cleveland's coaching staff. The losses were not all on Anderson, but replacing the quarterback is usually the easiest thing for teams to do to shake things up.

But coming off a Pro Bowl year, the Browns' brass did not want to give up on their starting quarterback too soon. It turned out to be a great move as Anderson has found a way to win his last two starts. He had one of his best performances of his career on Monday, throwing for 310 yards, two touchdowns and holding a 121.3 passer rating against the Giants.

"It's good, because I've put the work in and it was kind of like beating my head against the wall every weekend," Anderson said. "You put in the long weeks of work and you don't see the results, but then to see it tonight was just huge."

Anderson's performance can be closely tied to the stellar play of receiver Braylon Edwards, who also had his best game of the season.

The Giants played a lot of man-to-man defense, which gave Edwards opportunities to make big plays. Catches of 70 and 49 yards, as well as an 11-yard touchdown reception, highlighted his five-catch, 154-yard night.
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If DA can get over the hump and become consistent he should remain the starter, if he can't then he must be replaced. One game does not make up for 4 bad.

Agreed --- now trade Quinn to a team that needs a QB and give Quinn a chance to suceed in the NFL instead of squirreling him away year after year. Hmmm... the Lions need a future QB but that deal is gone now. Oh well --- Phil and the gang were sleeping on that deal anyway.

Anderson might play better without someone breathing down his neck. Commit to Anderson, trade Quinn for equal value and let Quinn have the experience to make it in the NFL. It's a win-win for both parties.

Besides --- Quinn has the whole Browns team wearing the shoes that he sells anyways.

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Anderson should remain the starting quarterback

He will... fer a while.

Mebbe even fer quite a while...
...if'n he's finally rid hisseff of Mr. Hyde.

Time will tell...

... an' I wish him the best!

Why trade Quinn? Every team needs 2 very good QB's. At this point for Quinn. 2 years learning is doing him a world of good. Next year is when a decision needs to be made. But for now Anderson is the man. Let him have it. He earned it.

Just sit back cus' & enjoy the ride..WOOF WOOF!!

Pretty sure RAC and Phil already knew this.

The same fickle clowns who had benched DA in their minds already will be in here proclaiming Quinn trade bait.

Listening to the fans is downright idiotic.

I have been rather pro DA for a while and remain that way after a good outing. However, he needs to show consistency. I don't expect 300+ and multiple scores with no INTs every game. But the junk he was doing a few games ago must stop.

AND under NO circumstances should Quinn be traded for anything right now. He is one of the best back up QBs in the league and DA may not make it through all 16 games. We will cross that bridge when we get there...which is roster bonus time.

If DA starts to struggle again, they are going to have to look at BQ.

DA was great on Monday and he should be the starter against the skins.

The fans that want BQ traded need to put the crackpipe down. That is utter madness. DA has had 1 good game and 4 bad games and you want to trade Quinn? Madness!!!!!

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AND under NO circumstances should Quinn be traded for anything right now. He is one of the best back up QBs in the league and DA may not make it through all 16 games.

what a hyperbole. how is that, exactly? these statements made where praise is just HANDED to quinn is why people think quinn is better than he actually is.

Dong, yes "one of the best" is a bit over the top but I wouldn't trade Quinn either, not this year or even next

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Anderson should remain the starting quarterback

Really? No kidding. Huh. No wonder these guys are called experts.

I think it rather crazy that he has one good game out of 10 and all of a sudden he's pro bowl. Hell Frye had a good game every now and then also. Consistancy and a support cast is key to the success of QB. We'll see. As for now I'm with hairdog. I hope DA can keep Mr. Hyde hidden away. If he can stay healthy, DA may be for real here, only time can tell. Otherwise he'll be right back on the bubble with BQ just one play away.

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Originally posted by Dawg Gone:
I think it rather crazy that he has one good game out of 10 and all of a sudden he's pro bowl. Hell Frye had a good game every now and then also. Consistancy and a support cast is key to the success of QB. We'll see. As for now I'm with hairdog. I hope DA can keep Mr. Hyde hidden away. If he can stay healthy, DA may be for real here, only time can tell. Otherwise he'll be right back on the bubble with BQ just one play away.

I agree. DA needs to find the consistency all good QBs have. Ability and a good game every once in a while does not make a good QB.

If he can do that, he's our QB, if not it's Quinn's turn.

i don't think that 4 bad games and 1 good game means you are a good qb.

If I recall correctly, he has put together 5 straight good quarters. So far that's good for 2 wins. I agree he has to show more consistency but lately he has. I can only believe it will continue.

If anything the Giants game should have taught us is that we can beat top teams IF we stay consistent.

Remember this from the Article?

Twelve of the 16 teams in the AFC have at least two victories. Cleveland is now among them.

There's a lot of football left. If anything, the Browns proved after Monday's win that anything and everything is possible in the NFL.

"Every time you can win a game, that helps your team's confidence," Browns head coach Romeo Crennel said. "I think the fact that we were able to beat an undefeated team, going forward we can tell them that 'You can play against any team.

Yeah, Totally agree with the King.

DA has been inconsistent at times, but he did a good enough job to get to the pro bowl last year. Everyone on the team needs to be consistent for the QB to get a good rating.

Browns fans here is the deal. Trade dead line is done. Quinn stays.... on the bench. He will get his turn. Not like he is getting beat up every weekend. He is young. Besides when the Browns trade away one of these QB's they will need to trade for a QB and something else. If some of these Browns fans had there way we would probably starting Dorsey due to a lack of depth, and then these same fans would have something else to bitch about. What I am saying is DA would have been let go to start Quinn last year if the fans got what they wanted.

Stick with the proof and play the guys that earned it and play hard.

If you are going to trade someone trade Winslow. Last I checked he has been on the team for like 5 years and has not even put two full years together of playing time. O-line looks good when the TE blocks.

Enjoy the season. This was the best the team has played since the 80' or 90's.

The best could be still be coming. Steelers and Ravens still have the same schedule that the Browns do.

typical talk of trading quinn! we shouldnt dream of trading him until DA can prove to be a consistant starter.
Congrats and everything on Monday, it was great to see and a great night to be a browns fan but I want to see it on a regular basis, not just the hit and miss stuff we've been getting used to, i want great seasons to be a browns fan!

The trading deadline has passed, so we can't trade Quinn anyways.

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Originally posted by rich52:
i don't think that 4 bad games and 1 good game means you are a good qb.

last years record was 10-6.DA won 10 lost 5,and this year so far 2-3.that makes him 12-8.does that meen even tho edwards caught 14 td's last year,he is a bad receiver, because he only has 2 td's thus far?he could have more than 2 if he would'nt have droped a couple passes to the endzone thrown by anderson. THEIR ARE 11 GAMES LEFT AND THE GUY THAT HELPED GIVE ALL OF US BROWNS FANS THE BEST YEAR OF FOOTBALL IN A LONG TIME IS BEING TOSSED ASIDE FOR A GOOD PROSPECT.QUINN HAS PROVEN NOTHING EXCEPT HE IS WORTH A FIRST ROUND PICK.AND YET HE HAS SO MANY LOYAL FANS,WHO WOULD SO QUICKLY BENCH THE BEST QUARTERBACK WE'VE SEEN SINCE WE GOT OUR TEAM BACK!!THEIR I SAID IT.(THE BEST)GET OFF DA,S BACK,AND STAY OFF BQ'S JOCK.i been saying 11-5 is how we will finish and the only way we do that is with a healthy team and all guns blazing with DERRICK ANDERSON pulling the trigger.I PICKED DOG'S TO BEAT THE ANT'S 27-17 BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE TALENT, NOT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE ANT'S WOULD LOOK PAST US,LIKE SOME BQ FANS WOULD TELL IT.ANDERSON DID NOT GET LUCKY,HE GOT STALLWORTH,EDWARDS,HEIDEN,CRIBB'S,DINKIN'S OPEN BECAUSE DEFENSES CAN;T COVER THAT MANY GOOD RECEIVERS WHEN DA'S PROTECTION WAS GREAT GIVING HIM TIME TO STAND AND DELIVER.WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE MISSING FIRST 4 GAMES.GO BROWN'S. wuff wuff.

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Hopefully Anderson becomes great and we can send Quinn elsewhere perferably to an nfc team. However this should not be done unless Anderson has proved he is a consistant qb. I think the ideal thing would be hope anderson becomes great and we can let Quinn get snaps all next preseason with the first team and let him play some games during the year next year and then go into that offseason with 2 established pro QBs and shop the one that fetches the biggest value. Or if anderson steps up the rest of this season but it becomes obvious we cant make the postseason i say quinn starts, not to disvalue anderson but see what we have in quinn. and then make the decision this offseason. We cant let either go untill we know what they both have. Pluss we cant expext much more than a 2nd rounder for Quinn untill he proves he can be an elite QB. Think about many of the teams that may need a qb now are the same teams that passed on him in the draft.

I believe we need to see at some point before we send one of our qb's packing what were paying for in Quin the worst thing we can do is lose the guy and be stuck with a lemon. We need a quarterback who's gonna be consistent game to game do we have that with Derek not yet. Will Brady be the guy who knows?but if we never play him we may never know.This Washington game will be a test for Derek's ability to be that consistent Quarterback. If he doesn't show the same attributes from the New York game I say bring in Brady!

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Originally posted by legrad:
If DA can get over the hump and become consistent he should remain the starter, if he can't then he must be replaced. One game does not make up for 4 bad.

Amen!

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Originally posted by BpG:
Pretty sure RAC and Phil already knew this.

The same fickle clowns who had benched DA in their minds already will be in here proclaiming Quinn trade bait.

Listening to the fans is downright idiotic.

Aren't YOU a fan?

Obviously Quinn can't be traded this season. That ship has passed. When the seasons over?
Thats another story. If we pay Anderson the bonus... Quinn is gonzo. The decision comes with the end of the season. One or the other.