The Brady Quinn Era Has Started—There Is No Turning Back Now

It has begun, the Brady Quinn Era in Cleveland. The most over endorsed backup quarterback ever, is finally a mildly endorsed starting quarterback. The Quinn chants will stop. The large, undeserved contract of a good half season will be wearing a visor and holding a clip board.

With the change by Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel to now start second year pretty boy Brady Quinn the Browns have taken a large amount of flack. And it's probably deserved. They have been slapped around by the national media for making the switch due to fan disapproval. There is two sides to this coin.

The head side is that the national media is right for giving it to the Browns for switching because of the fans. It is unnerving to think that a professional sports team cannot make decisions to stay or change the most glamorised position in football. This change is needed but, it shouldn't have been the decision of the fans, and that's what it was.

The Browns GM, Phil Savage, and Romeo Crennel were sick of listening to the fans groan and gripe about the play of former starter and former Pro-Bowler Derek Anderson. So they gave in, and listened to the fans. They should have been able to make this decision by themselves and when they want or wanted to.

I will admit, I wrote on here, that DA was the guy and they needed to stick with him. But they needed to stick with him, until he was the reason they lose games. They lost games because of Derek Anderson. His lack of production in the Washington and Baltimore games were unacceptable. He showed glimpses of hope a few times this season, but more often than not, he was a main reason they are 3-5.

The tails side is that the fans should feel good about themselves. They were right. They have been telling the Browns they need to make a change, one way or another, for awhile now. Finally they have listened. Only time will tell if they were right or wrong about needing, and wanting Quinn in there.

As for the game at hand tonight. If there was ever a time to start Quinn, even on a short week, it would be this one. Denver's defense couldn't stop me. Quinn knows what it's like in a football game. I think we all forget that. He was drafted for a reason. He brought prominence back to a forgotten Notre Dame program for a reason. He can play. It is just, is he ready?

I would hope the coaches and front office would know better than us, and know that he is ready. He is ready to read defenses, he's ready to check down, he's ready to throw it to a Braylon Edwards (maybe he'll catch it). Us as fans need to remember, we're fans. We love our Browns and we need to support them.

This decision could be the greatest move the franchise has ever made. And then again it could be the second worse move the Browns have made (first is the move to Baltimore). Only time will tell. We can't come back tomorrow and in the week to follow tonight's game and rip Quinn for making a bad read or checking down when he should have kept the original play. He's young and inexperienced in the NFL. He's going to make mistakes.

My prediction for tonight is surprisingly good. I believe he will go 13-22 for 228 yards with two TDs and one INT. The Browns will run and run and maybe pass. Winslow will be a primary receiver for Quinn tonight because he will be a bit flustered and a few short passes to Winslow will help him ease his nerves.

Jamal Lewis and the offensive line need to realize that if they want to win, and they want Quinn to succeed, they need to play a lot better than they have been. Lewis needs to run for over 80 yards and score. And the offensive line needs to block for Lewis and protect Brady Boy. The Browns will win 24-17.