Cleveland Browns: I May Be No Mangenius, but Brady Quinn Should Be Named Starter

I give up on trying to figure Eric Mangini out.  I really thought he would have named Brady Quinn the Opening Day starter after his performance last Saturday against the Tennessee Titans.  Instead, he has chosen to drag the battle out for another week. Nobody can honestly figure out why.

I personally would like to know a couple things: 1) What more does Quinn have to do? and, 2) what will the last preseason game tell us?  The answer to the second question is nothing.  The starters will play very little for both teams.

Who really cares whether Quinn or Derek Anderson perform better against guys that will either barely make the team or get cut?  Those performances will only give a skewed picture.

Although I am no mangenius and Eric Mangini will do it his way, I still want to tell you how I would approach that final preseason game against the Bears.  For starters, I would have named Quinn the starter and would have him start preparing now for the Minnesota Vikings.

I wouldn't even have him suit up for the Bears game.  I know Brian Urlacher and company will probably play a couple series and will want to make a statement to end the preseason.  The Browns don't need Quinn out there taking hits from them.  I also wouldn't suit up Braylon Edwards or Jamal Lewis.

I would give Anderson the first quarter.  If all goes well, he won't see game action for a long time against NFL starters.  Therefore, the Browns would have to give him some here.

Also, this could showcase Anderson to the rest of the league.  I know having a quality backup is important, but the Browns have too many holes on defense.  Besides Brian Griese is still on the market.

For the rest of the game I would have Brett Ratliff and Richard Bartel battle it out for the third-string spot.  It has been kind of assumed that Ratliff would be No. 3 and Bartel would be the practice squad quarterback.  However, I thought Bartel looked good in the Titan game and Ratliff has been a little disappointing.

I know Mangini does things his way, but that is how I would do it.