Considering Champ Bailey and Boss Bailey are out for the season, Williams is out for the game with a knee injury and the Denver defense has been pretty consistently gashed the entire season - short of playing the Raiders or Chiefs, Quinn has a good team to start against. I can also see the problem that the Browns need to pick a QB, Anderson's averages over the last 16 games (eight this year, eight last year) are sub-par at best and if somehow Anderson has a good game against a bad Broncos team - it makes it look worse to replace him for next week.
So what do we know for certain? If Quinn is going to be successful though, he's going to need more help than Anderson was getting. Edwards needs to stop dropping the ball and the rest of the offense needs to pitch in. I think it's also fair to say that Anderson is paid too much to be a backup and he'll need to get moved to another team, especially because if Quinn takes 55% of the snaps over the next two years (likely 50% for this year+potential starter for next year) his contract incentives are going to kick in. Last point, this Broncos/Browns game really lacks the appeal of the rivalry from the days of John Elway and Bernie Kosar. Games that saw "The Drive" and "The Fumble" were epic and instead our Thursday night entertainment will consist of two underperforming teams battling to be .500 in the standings.
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From what I've read, the escalator clause is 55 percent of the snaps in two of the first three years OR 70 percent of the snaps in one of the three years
He won't get the 55 percent in 2008 (minus a miraculous run to the playoffs)
If Quinn is the starter in 2009, provided he stays healthy, he gets the escalator clause
but if Brady Quinn really is the second coming of Christ, why not give him the greenbacks up front?
Easy for you to say when you aren't writing the checks
I don't think it's that crazy to start him against Denver. Denver defense is horrendous.
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