Brady Quinn is Done for the Season, is He Done as a Cleveland Brown Too?

Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn has been placed on the Injured Reserve for the rest of the 2009 season with an injury to his foot that occurred on one of the last offensive plays for the Browns against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

(Shh...listen and this is where you hear almost every Browns' fan gasp in astonishment.)

One day after the Browns and their fans get one of the greatest football holiday gifts by getting the news that Mike Holmgren will become the organizations new President, the team and fans get a piece of coal in their stocking.

This now leaves Derek Anderson, who historically had one of the worst string of performances earlier this year the NFL has ever seen, at quarterback leading the charge.

Not the happy holidays this journalist expected to see, but at least Anderson will have a chance to improve his value going into the offseason.

HA!

Can Anderson really improve his value to higher than a fifth round pick in any future trade.

It's unlikely.

Even though Quinn has only had two good statistical games, he had the perfect opportunity to prove himself to Holmgren who is a quarterback guru.

He really needed these last two games to show Holmgren he still deserves a chance to be the Browns' starter in 2010 and possibly beyond, but that may not happen now.

Now, Holmgren will have to watch tape, and he just may want to bring in a new crop of quarterbacks with a mix of free agents and draft picks.

About 90 percent of all Browns fans like Quinn over Anderson, but Holmgren might not like either, and without having a chance to watch Quinn play may put an end to his stay in Cleveland.

Going into Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders, the Browns are riding a two-game winning streak for the first time since October of 2008. But with Quinn's injury and Anderson taking over as starter, the streak may be in jeopardy depending on which Anderson comes to play (the 2007 version or 2009 version).

Browns fans that were considering buying tickets as a holiday gift are probably changing their mind now.

Those fans that already did buy tickets as holiday gifts, we all sympathize for you.