Brady Quinn Is a Product of a System That Squanders Most of Its Talent

The word "bust" is a word that has been with the Cleveland Browns for the last decade since their rebirth into the NFL.

Since 1999, the Browns have had more than their share of "busts" including: Courtney Brown, Gerrard Warren, and Charlie Frye to name a few.

If we were to list all the names it would probably take up almost an entire page.

Going into week four the the 2009 NFL season, one thing has been proven about the Browns, they still do not know how to grow and cultivate future talent as made in the example of Eric Mangini naming Derek Anderson as the starting quarterback versus the Cincinnati Bengals.

Whether it is a fail in upper management for not fully scouting players, which leads to picking the wrong guy, a fail by the coaching staff for not grooming the player properly, a fail by the coaching staff by not letting a player play soon enough, or a fail in the player by not fully adapting to the NFL level.

Regardless of what the situation may be, the Browns cannot develop their talent and therefore fail at it.

Brady Quinn is the latest example of the Browns squandering talent from the very beginning.

For some reason, the NFL has programmed some for its members into a certain way of doing things because it worked out that way for another team.

For the current Quinn situation, we have to blame the San Diego Chargers who had two quarterbacks in Drew Brees and Philip Rivers. Rivers sat while Brees played so he could "learn on the bench." Which may have actually worked out for him because when Brees was shipped out, Rivers stepped in and has performed better than expected as a starter.

Now this example could have been a product of Rivers' talent outweighing the NFL learning curve, but bottom line, he has found success and won many games at the NFL level.

Back to the point, Quinn was drafted No. 22 overall in 2007, and immediately the Browns should have named Quinn the starting quarterback, which might have also prevented his two week hold out in training camp.

Or at the very least, Quinn should have been able to partake in the quarterback competition between Derek Anderson and Charlie Frye during that training camp.

Look at what happened with Mark Sanchez this year. He was drafted No. 5 and the Jets did not name him the starter, but instead he participated in their quarterback competition and won it. Now he has that swagger and has lead his team to a 3-0 record.

Quinn had that swagger too when he came out of college but has obviously lost it now, and that swagger he once had could have helped in his development two years ago.

Now he has to find his swagger again and he is having a tough time doing that.

Whether or not Eric Mangini has handcuffs on Quinn, it appears that Quinn will have a tough time regaining his swagger as long a Mangini is playing mind games by benching him and not naming a quarterback for week four immediately.

It's sad to say this, but Quinn right out of college would have been a better quarterback than Quinn is right now.

Another talent the Browns may have ruined, who Mangini doesn't seem to like anyway, and Quinn may be on another team next year as a result.

The Browns seems like that place were a lot of promising rookies and young talent go to disappear or get released and move on to another team to become a much better player while not wearing an orange and brown uniform.

(Article originally posted on Dawg Scooper)