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Cleveland Browns Quarterback Position

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It comes down to priorities. Is he looking for one last chance to win? Or one last pay check? If it's the latter, the Browns can win that. If it's the former, they might lose. Also being willing to be a backup to a dumpster fire like Manziel is not an admirable trait in a qb. And I'm not sure what good a mentor type does when the mentee doesn't do the work.
 
The more I look at it the more I like the idea of the Browns trading for Mike Glennon. If Tampa Bay is willing to trade him, and that's the key component, he'd be reasonable in terms of costs (Late day 2 early day 3 pick).

He has great size and arm strength. He's been reasonably accurate and he's produced solid TD:INT numbers. His team hasn't won but he's been reasonably productive in those games to the point where they were competitive. To me, he's a guy on the cusp of either getting it or staying the same for the rest of his career. Even if he stays the same the rest of his career I think he's a better option than a McCown or even Hoyer.
 
It'll be interesting to see how the Browns play this out. I would assume they are going to bring someone in to be a starter (Hoyer, McCown, Glennon, Sanchez, Locker, etc) They have Manziel and Shaw on the roster. Typically most teams have 2 QBs on the 53 man roster and 1 on the practice squad. It's not unheard of but some teams have 3 QBs on the 53 but usually that happens late in the season because of injuries.

If they bring in a starter, they don't have room for a developmental QB (Petty, Hundley, Grayson). Unless they are comfortable dumping Shaw and carrying 3 QBs on the 53 man roster. Or maybe they trade Manziel freeing up a roster spot for a developmental QB. It's unlikely they draft a guy and shove him on the practice squad exposing him to other teams.
 
Yes, the guy is awful. But the key thing here is...



No idea what type of money is being thrown around, but if he's willing just to mentor Manziel and/or Petty, etc..Then who cares. Get an older guy in there to keep him level-headed (well, try to) and let him stand on the sideline and keep his hands warm.

As long as it's not for a stupid contract, who cares. Plus his middle name is Treadwell, that is just badass.

Only in Cleveland would the desire to not compete on the field be seen as a positive.
 
I really wish I knew when “developmental QBs” became a legitimate strategy for solving a QB issue because right now, you can count the number of late pick QBs starting in the NFL on your hand.

Assuming the Browns/Bills/Titans QB spots are TBD, Mallett re-signs as intended and Winston is going #1, here’s how it shakes out where NFL starters have been picked.

Top 5 (45%): Bortles, Bradford, Griffin III, Luck, Manning, Manning, Newton, Palmer, Rivers, Ryan, A. Smith, Stafford, Winston

Picks 6-16 (10%): Cutler, Tannehill, Roethlisberger

Picks 16-32 (10%): Bridgewater, Flacco, Rodgers

2nd round (18%): Brees, Carr, Dalton, Kaepernick, G. Smith

3rd round (10%): Foles, Mallett, Wilson

4th-5th round (0%):

6th-UDFA (7%): Brady, Romo

This is without Mariota or Sanchez in the picture. Aside from Brady and Romo a decade ago, there isn’t a starter in the NFL that was drafted on Day 3. And to be honest, aside from Brees and Wilson, the Day 2 starters look incredibly mediocre and half of their teams want to replace them. Compare the number of starters to the number of picks used and it’s an even bleaker picture.

It may not make sense to everyone to trade up into the Top 5 for Mariota because of the price involved for somewhat of a projection player... but let's not pretend we're doing anything more than buying a lottery ticket if we're hoping to get a long term starter out of a Day 2/Day 3 guy.
 
It seems the Browns have lost the wild bidding war for a 35 year old quarterback who has never proven to be in the top 40 at his position. Darn it, they might be forced to sign a guy who would actually compete for a starting position. Imagine the pressure on the young quarterbacks... having to win their job like the other 29 NFL teams.


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...josh-mccown-buffalo-bills-20150226-story.html


Bills to sign former Buccaneers QB Josh McCown, AP source says

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A person familiar with talks has told The Associated Press that the Buffalo Bills are in negotiations to sign veteran free agent quarterback Josh McCown.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity on Thursday because the Bills do not discuss contract discussions.

The talks began after the 35-year-old spent the previous two days visiting with the Cleveland Browns. Two weeks ago, McCown spent two days meeting with Bills officials and touring Buffalo. He has also visited Chicago and the New York Jets.

Bears Head Coach on McCown: 'We'll see where that goes'
Chicago Bears head coach John Fox spoke at the NFL scouting combine Wednesday about Josh McCown's potential future with the team.


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McCown is available after being released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers earlier this month.
In Buffalo, McCown would have an opportunity to compete for the starting job with EJ Manuel.
McCown is a 12-year NFL veteran with a 17-32 career record split among six teams.
 
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At first glance scrolling through the article, I thought that was a picture of McCown for a minute.
 
Also being willing to be a backup to a dumpster fire like Manziel is not an admirable trait in a qb. And I'm not sure what good a mentor type does when the mentee doesn't do the work.

Maybe they have a different "mentee" in mind than Johnny?

McCown is about as unsexy as they come but he's willing to be a backup (and mentor even before he's benched), he's old enough that we don't have to commit to him for many years and he shouldn't be THAT much worse than the other crap out there at QB.

Guys like Hoyer, Sanchez, Locker, or whatever mediocre veteran you prefer; they all want to start and they're still hungry. They're going to come in here and want to shred whatever young QB we have, whether it's Johnny or someone we draft. When they get benched, they're likely going to be pissy and defensive about it because they may not get another chance in the NFL.

When Pettine finally makes the switch to whatever young guy we draft to take over the reins, do we want him to exit gracefully into a veteran mentor role or do we want him to fight the decision and divide the locker room like Hoyer's benching did last year?

Going into next year with McCown/Manziel/Shaw would be pretty abysmal but I have a feeling that if Farmer is going this hard for an older guy in McCown while Johnny is essentially a non-factor, he has something up his sleeve for the draft.
 
Per MKC, Browns are also trying to sign McCown, along with the Bills.
 

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