It really warms my heart to see Tim Couch covering Browns games.
Even back in 2004-2005 I felt he got such a raw deal from the Browns. They never invested in protecting him. Or getting him weapons, aside from wasting high picks on bums like William Green.
Dude had the hell beat out of him and in no way deserves any wrap of being a bust. He wasn't a bust; he belonged on an episode of Law & Order SVU as a victim of multiple counts of unwelcome, and ungentlemanly, sodomy.
Had he been properly developed, protected and empowered with weapons, I think he would have had, at the very least, a decent career as a lower-tier "Franchise QB," and maybe an occasional Pro-Bowler at best. Like a slightly better Matt Stafford.
He was poorly treated the fans back then as well, and it is edifying to see them embrace him now.