I think the Cleveland Browns will definitely make some changes at QB in 2010.  25-year old Brady Quinn has seen his season end two years in a row due to injury and despite having a couple of good games his numbers were not impressive overall.  Quinn played in 10 games for the Browns this season and he completed 136 of 256 passes (53.1%) for 1,339 yards with 8 TD passes and 7 INTs (67.2 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 20 times for 98 yards (4.9 ypc) with a TD run this year.  Quinn has now played in 14 games in his NFL career and he has completed 184 of 353 passes (52.1%) for 1,902 yards with 10 TD passes and 9 INTs (66.8 QB Rating).  Quinn has also carried the ball 25 times for 119 yards (4.8 ypc) with 1 TD run in his career.  Quinn is the best QB on the Browns’ roster right now but that is not saying much.  It doesn’t seem like the Browns are ready to commit to Quinn as the QB of the future so look for them to either trade him or bring in a legit veteran to battle him for the starting job in 2010.

26-year old Derek Anderson is as good as gone for the Browns as he is in line for a huge bonus that he will never see this March.  Anderson played in 7 games for the Browns this season and he completed 81 of 182 passes (44.5%) for 888 yards with 3 TD passes and 10 INTs (42.1 QB Rating).  Anderson also carried the ball 10 times for 8 yards (0.8 ypc) with 2 TD runs this season.  Anderson has now played in 39 games in his NFL career and he has completed 587 of 1,109 passes (52.9%) for 7,083 yards with 46 TD passes and 45 INTs (69.7 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 71 times for 180 yards (2.5 ypc) with 5 TD runs in his career.  Anderson has the best arm of the Browns’ QBs but he just is too careless with the football and I would be willing to bet the pink slip to my car that he won’t be a Cleveland Brown in 2010.

24-year old Brett Ratliff will likely be back in 2010 as he is one of Eric Mangini’s boys.  He came to the Browns in the Mark Sanchez trade on Draft Day.  He hasn’t played in a regular season game in his career and it says a lot about him (not good) that he couldn’t get on the field at some point this season for the Browns.

28-year old safety Abram Elam has played in all 15 games for the Browns this season and he has 85 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 1 sack and 1 pass defensed.  But, Elam has not really been a impact player for the Browns.  He was the player that head coach Eric Mangini really wanted in the draft day trade that sent Mark Sanchez to the Jets.  If Elam can start adding some big plays to the tackles he has been making then the Browns will be happy with him.

Derek Anderson will be back behind the center the last two weeks of the season for the Cleveland Browns.  It will likely be a audition for the rest of the NFL as I don’t see any way in hell he’s still with the Browns in 2010.  Anderson has played in 6 games for the Browns this season and he has completed 66 of 154 passes (42.9%) for 681 yards with 2 TD passes and 9 INTs (36.2 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 8 times for 7 yards (0.9 ypc) with 2 TD runs.  In Anderson’s four years with the Browns he has played in 37 games in which he has completed 572 of 1,081 passes (52.9%) for 6,876 yards with 45 TD passes and 44 INTs (69.6 QB Rating).  Anderson has also carried the ball 69 times for 179 yards (2.6 ypc) with 5 TD runs in his career.  I’m thinking that Anderson will get cut after the season no matter what he does the next two weeks.

The Browns are taking a look at the youngsters on the roster the rest of the year but most of the reason for that is the rash of injuries that have infected the team.  It was nice to see Brian Robiskie, Evan Moore and Jerome Harrison get a lot of P.T. last week and lo and behold the Browns put 23 points on the scoreboard.  That will be tougher to achieve tonight against the Steelers at Cleveland Browns Stadium because the weather is expected to be nasty.  Still, it will be interesting to see how the young players of the Browns respond to the challenge in front of them tonight.  They will be branded heroes if they can pull a big upset tonight and essentially end the Steelers’ season.

With Jamal Lewis done for the season the Browns will turn to 23-year old Chris Jennings and 26-year old Jerome Harrison to take over the heavy lifting in the running game.  Jennings will likely get the first shot to replace Lewis.  He has played in 4 games this season for the Browns and he has carried the ball 20 times for 67 yards (3.4 ypc) and he has also caught 8 passes for 54 yards (6.8 avg).  Jerome Harrison got into the Eric Mangini Dog House because of problems picking up the blitz but he will be out of it now.  Harrison has played in 9 games this season for the Browns and he has carried the ball 71 times for 257 yards (3.6 ypc) and he has also caught 21 passes for 116 yards (5.5 avg).  The Browns will probably use a time share at RB the rest of the way because it’s doubtful that Jennings or Harrison could handle a full workload.