The Gun Of Bavaria Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3602560 Crennel indicates Quinn will get 'a few more reps' in practice By James Walker ESPN.com BEREA, Ohio -- Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel is not ready to announce he's benching quarterback Derek Anderson just yet. But Crennel and the Browns are at the point where they want to make sure highly-touted backup Brady Quinn is prepared to play in Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Although Crennel didn't say Monday that he's handing the reins over to Quinn, the coaching staff plans to give Quinn more practice reps with the first team this week. It's the biggest indictment of Anderson to date following Sunday's 28-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in which Anderson had one of the worst performances of his career. He completed just 14-of-37 passes for 125 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. "We will definitely try to get the other guy [Quinn] ready and ready to go," Crennel said. "We'll see how it progresses from there. [it means] probably a few more reps in practice right now." The change in tone provides a window into the shortened leash with Anderson. Coming into the season Crennel, the Browns' coaching staff and general manager Phil Savage said they were all behind Anderson as the starting quarterback. But after an 0-3 start and a horrendous 43.5 passer rating this year the team is starting to waiver from that claim, despite Quinn being an unproven commodity. "If we decide to go with him, we just have to put it on the fact from what we've seen in practice and what we feel he's able to do," Crennel said of Quinn. "There's no hard evidence that he will have more success." The Browns also are looking at changes at other positions, but quarterback is the one position on everyone's mind. Cleveland is one of the NFL's biggest disappointments this season after going 10-6 in 2007. "I think what we have to do is evaluate it and do what's best for this team to try and win a game," Crennel said. "If [a quarterback change] is what it is, then that's what it is needs to be if we decide that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Who would of thunk it? Anderson gets the big payday and proceeds to $hit the bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Who would of thunk it? Anderson gets the big payday and proceeds to $hit the bed. WHat a surprise.... Cleveland is a joke. Bye Bye Romeo. Maybe Romeo and Weis will get fired this year and have a reunion tour with Belichick next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 WHat a surprise.... Cleveland is a joke. Bye Bye Romeo. Maybe Romeo and Weis will get fired this year and have a reunion tour with Belichick next year. You had better hope not but I did get a little tingle in my nether regions just thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serphnx Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 You had better hope not but I did get a little tingle in my nether regions just thinking about it. Why? The Pats had their best year on offense last year, without Weis. And the defense has been fine without Crennel as well, it's always been BB's baby. I think it's obvious those two are just hacks, and the cameraman was the brains behind the operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Why? The Pats had their best year on offense last year, without Weis. And the defense has been fine without Crennel as well, it's always been BB's baby. I think it's obvious those two are just hacks, and the cameraman was the brains behind the operation. Weis never had a Randy Moss. What he did with the talent he had here was nothing short of amazing. Our defense has hardly been "fine". If our offense didn't put up the numbers it did last season I couldn't have seen our defense bailing us out in alot of those games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillerPaul Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Who would of thunk it? Anderson gets the big payday and proceeds to $hit the bed. Oh yea i'm in my glory here. All that big money they spend year in and year out get's em' next to nothing in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4HCrew Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 that is awesome, he can get some reps this year so the Jets can trade for him next year when Favre retires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike1 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 that is awesome, he can get some reps this year so the Jets can trade for him next year when Favre retires Ur obsession with Quinn bothers me on some level. He has as good chance of being a pro bowl QB as Mike Teel does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Jet Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I saw this coming ALL the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillerPaul Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 BQ is strictly a dumpoff QB IMO. Ya just got rid of Pennington, who is better at the short passing game, why the hell would ya want another ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4HCrew Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I think Quinn could be better than that and he has a better arm than Chad. I think he will also have an overall better NFL career than CP as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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