“I have not yet begun to fight,” Naval hero David Farragut told his fleet.
This is what Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn must have been thinking after being benched with more than three minutes to go in the third quarter of Sunday’s dismal and depressing 16-6 loss before a sell-out crowd of 70,200 bitterly disappointed Browns fans.
In fact, when the quarterback change was made by Browns Head Coach Romeo Crennel, boos exploded from half of the crowd, while the other half headed for the gates.
Worse yet, one fan unfurled a huge sign and draped it over a row of empty seats which read: “Cowher09.”
But even the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl winning coach — or even the Ghost of Paul Brown (or even the Man Upstairs) — cannot pick up the pieces and put the Browns back together again. (Oh, wait! The Browns never broke — but just moved to Baltimore to inhabit the souls of the blackbirds.)
Sure, Brady Quinn was eight for 18, had 94 yards and had two picks — one because Braylon didn’t bother beating the defender to the ball. But doesn’t Romeo Crennel remember how the Browns lost its last two homes games when they were up by two touchdowns?
IT WAS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER when Baltimore and Denver beat them. And as bad as the defense was, it 
gave up just 16 points.
Brady Quinn told The Plain Dealer he expected to go the whole 12 rounds of a fight and didn’t know he was on a short leash. He said his fractured finger was not a factor. But it probably was.
If Romeo Crennel was worried about Brady Quinn’s injury, he didn’t show it all week. In fact, he failed to make sure Derek Anderson got some snaps with the first team, and Derek admitted he was a bit rusty.
This made Crennel’s quarterback switch the act of a desperate man. But even desperate people who fear for their jobs should be able to make some sound decisions.
Loading ...How about: BENCHING BRAYLON who, as an equal opportunity pass dropper, killed touchdown drives by both Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson. In fact, Coach should have been more concerned with Braylon’s fingers which seem to open and close spastically whenever the football comes toward him — and especially when a defender is close.
Braylon insists he doesn’t know why he catches some, misses others. Well, here is a big hint: Get your head out of your a– and practice catching passes outside for a few hours every day. You are not nearly as good as you think you are.
And why did the Browns practice inside its facility all week? This neutralized the advantage of a cold weather team over Houston, and didn’t really test the effectiveness of Brady’s finger.
After the game, Romeo Crennel looked like a beaten man, and stated that Brady Quinn is still his starting quarterback (at least for today, I guess).
Phil Savage said it was the worst Browns game he had ever seen.
Well, F— you. back. Go be the general manager or scout of another team.
But Browns fans, just wait until Sunday when we get even against the Indianapolis Colts. God and Peyton Manning, have mercy on us.
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