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AP-- Brady Quinn was on the run, and the Browns' popular backup quarterback could soon be moving up the depth chart.

With his team off to an unexpected 0-3 start and Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson coming off another rough performance, Cleveland coach Romeo Crennel said he is assessing his team and considering personnel changes leading into Sunday's game against the winless Bengals.

"The thing we have to do is evaluate what we've done so far and who can give us the best chance to win," he said.
Crennel was asked if quarterback would be one of the spots where he would consider going in a different direction.
"We have to look at all of the positions," Crennel said. "We'll definitely try to get the other guy ready and get him ready to go and we'll see how it progresses from there."

The other guy is Quinn, the former Notre Dame star, first-round draft pick and perceived face of a franchise that until a few weeks ago seemed to have finally put more than a decade worth of misery behind it. But so far, the Browns are fumbling away a season many predicted would extend into the playoffs.
Cleveland was thumped 28-10 in Baltimore on Sunday, when the Ravens intercepted Anderson twice to score 14 points in a 50-second span early in the third quarter to turn a three-point halftime deficit into an 11-point lead.
Clearly, the 25-year-old wasn't the only reason that the Browns, who have been ravaged by injuries on both sides of the ball, lost their third straight game. But Anderson's inability to rally them in the second half as well as his third consecutive sub-par outing have prompted Crennel and his staff to ponder benching a player who threw 29 touchdown passes last season and one whom the Browns invested $24 million into in February.

Crennel said no decision has been made yet on Sunday's starter.

FOOTBALL MAN

They paid alot for Brady Quinn, they may as will see what he can do, he can'i be any worst then Anderson.

MesaRunner

The Browns season is over and Derek Anderson was a one-year wonder just like I predicted. Might as well groom the franchise QB of the future. I really like Quinn's chances in that offense with those weapons.

K2 4MVP22

If they're actually healthy.

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Browns17

I hope at least he could spark the offense, even though I don't blame Derek Anderson for having this bad of a year, he's not getting much time in the pocket, he's got one target until Stallworth gets healthy and Edwards get's over the the dropsies.

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BigdaddyQH

What Cleveland should change is their head coach. Crennel is a big failure, as is his buddy, Marvin Lewis. Both of those guys should be fired.

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K2 4MVP22

He's not going to have all day against 3 of the top 10 defenses. He needs to learn how to speed things up. Brady will be better because he drops back gets rid of the ball. That's what we need until our offensive line can hold together against stronger defenses.



I'm not going to say anything about Lewis because he has actually had more than 1 winning season. I have never been a Crennel fan, ever since he came here. He needs to go. You bring in a guy to make your overall defense better, and he cant even do that. Great coach, he doesn't even know how to manage time effectively.

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Browns17

You don't know that Quinn will be better, he just seems like a better fit for the way our offense is going so far this year. If Quinn goes in and our offense is considerably better for more than one game than I'll say DA was part of our problem.

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K2 4MVP22

I don't want Quinn to start because I don't want them to feed him to the sharks. I didn't mean to make it out to be I know Quinn is a better fit. I meant it to compare him to DA. DA isn't facing scrub teams like last year. Now the Browns are in the spotlight, and they're 0-3. Something needs to happen, and fast. If we lose this week I give Romeo a week before he's canned.

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Canadian Speed

Sad to say, but I feel a huge let down in the winds over in you neck of the woods... It's never a good scene to have this many issues at QB this "late" into the season... These are the kind of things that really should have been ironed out in the preseason... Being a Buccs fan, I can relate at this time... The big problem is if the team can keep up with the change of pace and leadership that this kind of position beings with it... It also causes other problems as far as coach image as well. How do you put Anderson back in after pulling him out so soon? How would putting him back into the starting role impact moral and the team playing for him. As much as they paid for Quinn, they just penned Anderson for more... It's a bad scene like everywhere that Doug Flutie ever played in the NFL or what happened when T.O. left the 49ers... I think that Cernnel's jumping the gun this time, as you said, they played some tuff teams and maybe there's still some stress left over from getting robbed last year in the playoffs... Everygame is important, and maybe even more so in his mind right now...

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Browns17

that would be the only reason why I would want us to lose.

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Browns17

Romeo's only jumping the gun because his job is on the line. If there's no change he's canned, he has nothing to lose.

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K2 4MVP22

The thing we all have to remember is DA is still the starter, for now. Quinn is just now taking snaps with the first team. Taking away from DA's reps. Just like last year when DA went out for a couple plays, against SF I believe? Then Quinn came in, and DA forced his way back into the game because he doesn't want to lose his job. I say DA is the starter for at least the next 3 games.

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Canadian Speed

I find it funny though that he'd be in the hot seat so soon... Last year was a bad beat, that's all, and the player injuries in Clev this year are hardley his fault... That being said, I'd gladly take him over Gruden at this point... Making decisions in life based on "nothing to loose" are nearly always bad decisions... I'm glad they announced that Anderson was sticking around for another little while...

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Browns17

I hope DA stays too, I like him DA. Crennel is on the hot seat not becuase of injuries, but because he's made alot of bad coaching decisions after 3 games of the season, and his Defense that we spent basically our whole offseason on and millions of dollars is still one of the worst in the league, and he's supposed to be a defensive coach.

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