The Success of Brady Quinn Equals More Misery in Cleveland

Despite the short week, Romeo Crennel finally made an acceptable decision as coach of the Cleveland Browns. Denver's defense is like a sieve (possibly even more so than the bumble and stumble Browns defense), and if Braylon can catch one out of four passes, Brady will look good.

Furthermore, Brady will continue to have success until the end of the year for one reason and one reason only: There isn't much tape on Quinn. That's right. In the NFL, the most important aspect is preparation, and there is little NFL game film on the Browns' new quarterback.

Let's take a brief look at recent Browns history...Kelly Holcomb had tremendous success his first couple of games until teams realized he would always stare down his first option. Once there was enough film on him, however, he struggled.

The same could be said about Derek Anderson.

Remember the 2006 Kansas City game or the first couple games of 2007?  Perhaps the best evidence is the difference in Anderson's performance in the two Bungles games last year. Game One: 20/33, 328 yards, 5 TD's, 1 INT. Game Two: 29/48, 251 yards, 2 TD's, 4 INT.

The trend is true around the NFL as well. Tony Romo. Rex Grossman. Vince Young.

Talented quarterbacks have success right out of the gate, but once defensive coordinators have a chance to study them, they figure out a way to exploit their tendencies (are you listening Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers?). Until someone comes up with the blueprint for stopping Quinn, he will have success.

Furthermore, the Browns will have success under Quinn because they will run the ball more. Jamal Lewis will get his carries, and he might even run to the left once or twice. The question is whether this is the best decision for the Browns' organization, and the answer is unequivocally no. 

The Browns will have success with Quinn, and that will be enough to convince the front office to hang on to Romeo for another year, and I promise you, Romeo Crennel is more than a year away from being a mildly capable coach. Seriously, Romeo inspires about as much confidence as a dim-witted teddy-bear that couldn't cut it on Fraggle Rock, and the way the team is built, with ego-maniacs and old guys, he just isn't going to get it together in time. 

They will end up shipping the good guys (Kellen Winslow) out and hanging on to the lackluster (Braylon Edwards), because Romeo can't stand up to either of them (no, suspending your best and most passionate player because he speaks out about how the organization screwed up is NOT standing up; it's running away).

Additionally, Lewis probably doesn't have more than another year left in the tank, and whoever takes over the Browns after the regrettable reign of Romeo will struggle with Harrison and Wright as their options at running back.

I suppose there is always the draft and free agency, but I would imagine anyone that doesn't have Jell-O in their brains would rebuild the defense first, which will ultimately leave Quinn vulnerable in the pocket. I'm probably getting ahead of myself. Sadly, the only salvation for us is to continue to struggle in the short term and hope Romeo leaves Cleveland at the end of the season.