Browns Finally Starting to Figure Out How You Win In Cleveland

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Published: December 20, 2009

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... Baltimore, they have been looking for a guy to be the franchise quarterback. It started with Tim Couch. Since then, the list has gone like this: Kelly Holcomb, Trent Dilfer, Charlie Frye, and Derek Anderson.

The current starter is Brady Quinn, who has also had his ups and downs. Why is it that the Browns can never get it right at this position?

Well, here is an interesting theory: having a franchise quarterback is not how you win in Cleveland.

If you look back at the Browns in their glory days, you will see that they have never really had a franchise quarterback. Sure, Brian Sipe and Bernie Kosar are Browns legends, but NFL fans outside of Cleveland barely remember them. It is not because they were bad; it is because they were the kind of quarterbacks Cleveland needed.

That is, a guy who won't kill you with crucial mistakes and will manage the game. When Kosar was the quarterback, the Browns had a great running game with Kevin Mack and Eric Metcalf. Metcalf...

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