Let's take a look at Colt McCoy, who most everybody on this board sees as really the biggest problem with this team.
In his first full season as a starting QB, Colt is on pace for:
3400 yards passing
20 Touchdowns
12 Interceptions
Those stats to me, for being a second year QB aren't bad at all.
Right now Colt McCoy is completing his passes at a 57.5% clip this season. Not impressive at all, I agree. What you don't realize is that the Browns actually have 18 drops this season. 18 DROPS. That's second in the league to the Rams, who have 19 thus far. IF, and thats an IF, all of those passes were caught, Colt would be completing his passes at a 63% clip, which is excellent. That's not realistic though, say half of those passes were caught. He comes in at 60.3%, which is still pretty impressive for a second year QB.
This season, Colt has been sacked 20 times already, and his hit total is up to 52. Only 4 teams (Rams, Seahawks, Dolphins, and Redskins) have tallied more than we have. Clearly showing that the Offensive line, which has been hit by injuries has been atrocious this year.
Of course we have to address Colt's very low 5.7 YPA. In fact, last year in 8 games his YPA was 7.1. So why has it fallen? Because Colt doesn't have a running game to open up throws going down the field, and he really doesn't have enough time to wait for receivers to get open down the field. He showed last year that he CAN make throws down the field to open receivers when given time. Hell, he would be so much better if we had a LEGIT receiver prospect out there. (Nothing against Greg Little, he's going to be good.)
Let's take a look at Peyton Manning's first 16 games in the NFL:
16 GP 326 Comp 575 Att 56.7% COMP 3,739 yards 6.50 YPA 26 TD 28 INT 71.2 QB RAT
Now Colt's first 16 games:
16 GP 312 Comp 530 Att 58.9% COMP 3,340 yards 6.3 YPA 16 TD 15 INT 75.7 QB RAT
Their stats are VERY similar.
Don't think that I'm saying Colt is/can be like Peyton, because he can't. But he can be a good QB in this league and saying he isn't good, or he is the biggest problem with this team is wrong. He doesn't have the players around him to be successful, and we need to give him more time.