Browns QB's Quinn and DA Get Chessecaked By Packers, 17-0

Browns Backers,  

sample - " a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen." 

I always thought that remakes are supposed to be better than originals, I guess Hollywood will never do a remake of the 2008 Cleveland Browns that's for sure. Let's just hope we don't get a straight-to DVD 2009 special edition this year.

Before reading this article take a deep breath and step back to remind yourself that this is only a pre-season game. Despite the Browns anemic and otherwise pathetic performance in losing 17-0 to the Green Bay Packers, it is only the first pre-season game right?  

Now that I've gotten your attention, let's take a moment to think about the promises of a "improved defense" and a "new attacking more aggressive pass rush" that we heard all year and even during training camp or even the fact that Quinn had supposedly widened his lead over Anderson to be the 2009 QB and a more competitive team... tonight's 17-0 defeat didn't exactly leave a good first impression.  

You have to wonder who is the tortoise and who is the hare in this snail-paced race to be the starting QB of the Cleveland Browns. It is still too close to call even after tonight. While statistically Quinn outperformed Anderson by going 7 for 11 and 68 yards he also threw a INT. You have to wonder why fans aren't screaming for Brett Ratliff at this juncture. 

To be fair to Quinn he does look to be starting QB material as he did lead the Browns down the field in two series to score only to have them both nullified by a Hank Fraley penalty on a FG and a Anthony Smith INT in the endzone thrown behind WR Braylon Edwards. To not even put up ZERO points against a team that had seven starters out makes you wonder if Quinn will ever establish himself as the starter.  

Derek Anderson looks like he is ready to leave Cleveland and can no longer hide behind the facade of his 2007 Pro Bowl pedigree. He is still shell-shocked from his 2008 performance and you have to wonder if it is the lingering effects of his concussion he received last pre-season vs the Giants or if he has plateaued. If tonight's game is any further fuel to the fire being lit by "The Brady Bunch" then he is a walking Smores bar at this point.  

While I like Anderson, I can realistically say that he is chartering his own one-way ticket out of Cleveland. With tonight's putrid performace of 0 for 1 and one INT, it will not be a matter of "if" he will be moved or traded but a matter of "when". 

The whole team deserves to run laps after tonight's game as the offense once again resembled a remake of the 2008 season complete with illegal procedures, dumb penalties, and not being to find the endzone with a GPS. Did I forget to mention the invisible pass rush?  

First impressions mean a lot especially if you're trying to score on a job interview or anything else in life. Tonight, I will have to give Round Two to Quinn. 

Later,

Dawgfather.