Why do you become a reporter, and not become a marketer or a PR guy? Isn't the monetary exchange that you get to feel good about yourself, and enjoy a bit of justified sanctimony with you free newsroom coffee? Aren't you supposed to have an opinion, stand by it, and "aim to write down, to the best of your ability, the truth?"
Let's see if I'm wrong and spin the evidence wheel:
Courtesy of Patrick McManamon
http://www.ohio.com/news/top_
" 6. There's no reason to give up on Brady Quinn, just that in one game (against a very good defense) he did not seem real effective. As for the last drive that led to a touchdown with 30 seconds left . . . in 1999, those things mattered. It's a new coach, new system, but the standards for judging the team shouldn't make it as if they're grade-schoolers learning to play. If that last drive means a lot, then we're all in for a longer year than we thought. Had Derek Anderson played the same game Quinn played, folks would be taking him to the guillotine. Heck . . . Mark Sanchez , in his first start for the New York Jets, threw for 272 yards and went 12-for-16 on third down. Joe Flacco is in his second season and he threw for 307 in the first game. How do these things happen everywhere in the NFL except for with the Browns?
7. To say that Quinn did not throw down the field before the game was settled is not exactly accurate. He did take a couple shots. But all were deep fades down the sideline. Thirteen of Quinn's 21 completions went to backs or tight ends. I remember very few posts, skinny or otherwise, very few crossing routes, very few 20-yard turn-ins.
8. I don't know if Quinn is that kind of quarterback or if he's being coached to do that kind of thing. When a quarterback does that over and over again, the defense starts to squeeze the field, which makes running the ball pretty difficult. As the season progresses, we'll discover if it's an issue. But I do know that Quinn is gaining a reputation as an underneath guy, one who will not take chances. Whether that's fair at this point of his career is a legitimate question."
According to Mr. McMananon, there is "No reason to give up on Quinn." Then, for the next 291 words, he comes up with reasons to give up on Quinn. (From week one only!) That's like the famous caveat, "No offense, but your face looks like a yeast infection." The "No offense" apparently making it sting less, or be less true, or meaning you don't have to really pay attention.
Mr. McNanamon, call a yeast infection a yeast infection and your Taco Bell will taste better than Tom Condon's porterhouse. Or at least you can rightly tell yourself that. But believe me, writing the mishy-mashy, in-between, partial-sales job - then using the little extra cash to upgrade to a red robin reuben - that dinner tastes the worst.
And, doing my duty, those are merely reasons to give up on Quinn from week one. The remaining reasons:
The Notre Dame / Weiss Pedigree is clearly over-rated (no offense, domerfriends) ((hahahaha))
It's Quinn's third year in the league. Quinn was supposed to be "NFL ready after Notre Weiss. That was his "incredible value." That was the wrong assesment. Chasing sunken investments is the worst thing you can do in the present tense, both for the here and now, and for tomorrow.
Quinn failed in his primary role, as a game manager to keep the score low and close.
49.3 < Quinn < 74.1
Jeff Garcia and Charlie Frye already failed on the Browns. Quinn's physical gifts are not measurably better than either one of those players.
There are 3,800 yards and 30 touchdowns on the bench (i rounded up).
The 2007 Browns won 10 games.
the 2008 Browns played the hardest strength of schedule in the NFL.
Braydrops.
The only reason Quinn is being given such a long leash, and such an extended "chance" is that he's famous, he's handsome, and he's local. Guess what, Wesley Snipes would not be a good NFL quarterback. Not in Atlanta, not in Transylvania.
Ask a (non-Notre Dame) Carolina fan, "Who would you want to be your QB: Anderson, Delhomme, or Quinn." Ask. I dare you. Do the same thing to a Niner fan, using Shaun Hill. Honestly, you might be able to ask in Seattle, St. Louis, Denver, Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa. I would lay money - each time- they'd choose the order I'm insinuating. I'm confident I would come out ahead overall.
So why, I beg any Quinn supporter to tell me, why is it so important he be the Browns QB?
What is the value?
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