@jibz said:

I would really like to see the Browns develop Thad Lewis. He has an arm and quickness....hes as good as any QB then we have on our team.

Thad Lewis is nothing more than a would be journeyman back up....Nothing more.

@mike-h said:

Maybe find a new place to talk Browns. Sounds easier.

dude, it's off-season bullshitting for us on here right now. no reason to get too serious.

besides no one is keeping you here.

like in the old days....

@erie-dawg said:

June 30th at the earliest! just in time for OTA's

Lovely....maybe Mike Lombardi will make like Elwood Blues and be waiting at the prison gates for him to sign him up.

@the-gipper said:

When does Ryan Leaf get out of prison?

June 30th at the earliest! just in time for OTA's

@lumbergh said:

At the pro bowl practices in 2008, Norv Turner raved about Anderson. Called him a "rare talent". Interesting...

So, we can have Derek Anderson, Jamarcus Russell, and Colt McCoy vying for the QB job with Weeden. Anyone else?

When does Ryan Leaf get out of prison?

@lumbergh said:

At the pro bowl practices in 2008, Norv Turner raved about Anderson. Called him a "rare talent". Interesting...

And then he unfortunately had to watch him play during the game and see him winging fastballs into the stands and at the feet of his receivers.

@drunkandstoopid said:

Very interesting now that Turner's hiring is official... Anyone remember the 2008 AFC Pro Bowl coach commenting on how well DA already understood the offense and how much potential he had? I think he even had DA helping the other QBs with the offense the week leading into the game. That was Turner.

At the pro bowl practices in 2008, Norv Turner raved about Anderson. Called him a "rare talent". Interesting...

Per Grossi: "On Wednesday, new Browns coach Rob Chudzinski said “it’s premature to say” that Weeden will be the team’s starting quarterback in 2013."

Really the only question left is whether DA will let Weeden keep the 3 uni number.

Endymion said:

  I guess any hopes of renewing our rivalry (with Pittsburgh/Cleveland vying for the division title) will be delayed until our next head-coaching selection in 2-3 years. Sigh.

Yeah your probably right, it will be Cleveland and Cincinnati vying for the afcn...

I really like the move to make Chud our HC, but if he has serious plans to bring back DA to be our starter, i think the doubt will start to creep in as to whether or not Chud will be the guy to get us to where we all wanna go. I really want to believe that THIS TIME everything will fall into place and we all get to be the happiest motherfuckers on the planet earth. Bottom line though, I absolutely think Chud can and will do it, question is will he have more than 2 or 3 years to do it? Wishful thinking, and lots of praying.

@poeticg said:

I never jeered him. Or cheered when he got injured. I'd take him back, but he would have to legitimately beat out our Franchise QB(McCoy) in a deliberate QB Competition... I don't know if he'd be up for another one of those.

And believe me, Weeden WILL have to beat out McCoy next season which he really didn't have to this year. Weeden was handed the job over Colt to try and save jobs. The next Coach will put out the Best QB. We will see then, I can't wait. If Weeden does it again and it's earned, good for him and Colt will be a backup to me... but the way that went down left a bad taste in my mouth. Colt would have gotten us into the playoffs. With all the times Weeden shit the bed and we were still just two or three games out of the playoffs like we were. If you don't know... now you know.

Dude...give it up on McCoy. He's not in the plans of the Browns now with the new coaching staff. Whether or not he got a fair try to be the starter last year is irrelevant going forward this year. Colt doesn't have the arm to throw the ball downfield in the Chud style of offense. Hes going to be the backup in Green Bay next year would be my guess or some other team that is running a version of the WCO.

Any team that is trying to throw the ball downfield and stretch the field is just not a fit for Colt McCoy.

And believe me, Weeden WILL have to beat out McCoy next season which he really didn't have to this year. Weeden was handed the job over Colt to try and save jobs. The next Coach will put out the Best QB. We will see then, I can't wait. If Weeden does it again and it's earned, good for him and Colt will be a backup to me... but the way that went down left a bad taste in my mouth. Colt would have gotten us into the playoffs. With all the times Weeden shit the bed and we were still just two or three games out of the playoffs like we were. If you don't know... now you know.

@drunkandstoopid said:

Very interesting now that Turner's hiring is official... Anyone remember the 2008 AFC Pro Bowl coach commenting on how well DA already understood the offense and how much potential he had? I think he even had DA helping the other QBs with the offense the week leading into the game. That was Turner.

That may have been true but then the game started and he played more like Harry Anderson.

@kennel-club said:

Lumbergh is back!

@richiswhere said:

Lets see first Banner tells Colt that hes in the next coaches plans..... that doesn't sound like a ring endorsement for Weeden.

It was reported the Chip Kelly doesn't even see his QB on our roster....didn't weeden run a spread offense in college?

Chud when ask about Weeden didn't say anything along the line of I am looking forward to working with the 2nd year QB, instead he says no comment.

and out of the blue Derek tweets about coming back to Cleveland.

If D.A. is coming back it doesn't seem to me its as a back up.

Right, not the backup. More like 3rd string.

@richiswhere said:

Lets see first Banner tells Colt that hes in the next coaches plans..... that doesn't sound like a ring endorsement for Weeden.

It was reported the Chip Kelly doesn't even see his QB on our roster....didn't weeden run a spread offense in college?

Chud when ask about Weeden didn't say anything along the line of I am looking forward to working with the 2nd year QB, instead he says no comment.

and out of the blue Derek tweets about coming back to Cleveland.

If D.A. is coming back it doesn't seem to me its as a back up.

Richiswhere is smart

It was reported the Chip Kelly doesn't even see his QB on our roster....didn't weeden run a spread offense in college?

Chud when ask about Weeden didn't say anything along the line of I am looking forward to working with the 2nd year QB, instead he says no comment.

and out of the blue Derek tweets about coming back to Cleveland.

If D.A. is coming back it doesn't seem to me its as a back up.

@miktoxic said:

wow. sounds a lot like weeden to me.

yeah many a QB since coming back in '99 have hated on the browns fans at the games....for good reason.

tim couch probably woulda been a pro bowl QB if not getting drafted by the browns yet with no OL, RBs or WRs the fans cheered him when down and hurt. same with DA.

laugh all you want and cheer when they're down....i guarantee half of you here will be doing the same in 1-2 years with weeden....if you haven't driven him out of town by then.

Tell you one thing Mik- Weeden has already shown more ability to put touch on his passes than DA ever did. Do I have my doubts Weeden is the real deal? Sure. We've seen what Russell Wilson did. Let's see what BW III can do with a real coach and offense that isn't Pop Warner first before we shit-can him.

Dan is right- Anderson's swing passes to his backs looked like they were shot out of a cannon, ZERO touch. Behind, ahead, 5' over the guys head. I've said it before in this thread in addition to that flaw, The guy couldn't effectively check down to save his life. LOL, teams dare McCoy to beat them deep. Teams dared Anderson to beat them with short stuff, once defenses learned to take away his deep routes Derek stunk.

@daninnyc said:

What I remember most about DA is incomplete passes to the RB in the flat, overthrowing WRs by a mile on simple short routes, and interceptions. Just because the guy can hurl the pigskin a quarter mile like Uncle Rico, does not mean that he is a NFL caliber quarterback.

wow. sounds a lot like weeden to me.

yeah many a QB since coming back in '99 have hated on the browns fans at the games....for good reason.

tim couch probably woulda been a pro bowl QB if not getting drafted by the browns yet with no OL, RBs or WRs the fans cheered him when down and hurt. same with DA.

laugh all you want and cheer when they're down....i guarantee half of you here will be doing the same in 1-2 years with weeden....if you haven't driven him out of town by then.