Sep 28th 2008 11:30AM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Browns, NFL Injuries, NFL Media Watch, NFL RumorsNo one is saying Brady Quinn will start. Or that Derek Anderson won’t play. But the is saying that Anderson is suddenly dealing with an injury.
Anderson was added to the injury report Saturday as probable with a right forearm injury suffered in the Ravens game. He joins Palmer, who’s questionable with an elbow injury.
Well, what an egg by the team on this one — they had the full-on chance to act like Anderson had been hurt all season and give him an out (we in the baseball writing biz like to call this “Pulling a ‘Druw”) and instead, now there’s all kinds of mixed messages coming out of the Cleveland locker room and coaches office.

For instance, Terry Pluto writes that Romeo Crennel’s posturing about the starting QB was nothing more than that.
I recently learned that while coach Romeo Crennel was keeping the media and fans guessing with vague statements about who’d play quarterback today in Cincinnati, there was little discussion in staff meetings about a QB change.
It makes total sense, of course, seeing as how Anderson saved his job and made him look like a genius last year, but that’s not what he told the media and the public, hinting that Brady Quinn needed to be “ready”. And at this point, who calling for Quinn to get some time? Okay, only Braylon Edwards, who can’t seem to catch the ball.

I’m still starting Anderson this week — it’s his last shot to have a big game and actually do something worthwhile to make us not totally regret the sixth round pick we used on him. Quinn’s actually a nice add, because the Browns, in theory, have a ton of offensive upside.