Could Charlie Frye Borrow Bruce Gradkowski's Fire?

A couple weeks ago, the Raiders had a game to play against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

JaMarcus Russell had fallen out of favor and was benched, leading to the surprise choice of Bruce Gradkowski to be starter against the Steelers.

His last game against the Steelers, was a complete disaster. A rout, he would have a passing rating in the single digits, 1.0 with two picks, and 18 yards passing. Add in three sacks, nothing could look good, save from he wasn't named Russell.

When he played in December with the Raiders, the results were much, much different.

Bruce would go on to throw for 308 yards, three touchdowns, and a passing rating of 121.8, shocking most of the football world. The Pittsburgh native came through big time, giving the Raiders a lot to look forward to.

Then his injury showed the Raiders how quickly reality would hurt, with a loss to the Redskins.

This week, the Raiders will have to deal with the elements and Charlie Frye will get his chance to show the Browns what they missed out on, by giving up on Frye.

Oakland, who will have used four quarterbacks this season had a taste of Frye against the Broncos didn't look spectacular, but he was finding good looks as needed. He worked with the pocket, scrambling as needed, other times finding an open player. Until he was hit by a hard-charging Andra Davis player, it looked like Frye might win the game against the Broncos, leaving that task to an wild and unpredictable Russell.

For his Denver game, Frye was 9-17, 68 yards, with a single interception that led to a field goal. He also had a 26 yards scramble, to help his team.

Since Frye's departure from the Browns, Frye spent a year playing for the Seahawks, starting a single game against the Packers.his results was two touchdowns, plus two interceptions, losing 17-27.

If Frye can lock out the cold Cleveland temperatures...his game should be good to watch as the Browns will be without Brady Quinn.