Numerous local sources are reporting it as well.

short week hurts, but the denver defense sucks and this is a home game…the home crowd will go absolutely ballistic and buoy quinn like crazy. NFL network is psyched, as this game just became interesting/watch-worthy. ND fans the world over will be tuning in.

this had to happen. unfortunately, the season is done, and not making this move now makes not just this year a waste, but prob next year as quinn gets acclimated. 8 games of sucking is all that anderson could have ever expected.

He freaking torched us yesterday.

Interesting that the Ravens helped usher in both the Brady Quinn era and the Ben Roethlisberger era.

I’ve always been a huge DA supporter, and I think he’s gotten a bad rap this year for the struggles of the entire offensive unit. But, that being said, he has been a shell of the player we saw last year. And at the end of the day, we have to find out what we have in Brady Quinn.

The front office has to decide after this season which direction we’re going to go in. If Brady finishes the season, we’ll have 8 games of DA and 8 games of Brady to base a decision on. I think this is an unfortunate (for DA) turn of events, but probably the best decision at this point in a disappointing year for the Browns.

Derek Anderson saved Romeo Crennel’s job last year.

It’s Brady Quinn’s job to save it this year.

No matter what I say about my approval for Anderson, the second the fans actually chanted QUINN, QUINN, QUINN on Sunday, Anderson’s starting career with the Browns (while Quinn is on the roster too) came to an end. I do feel bad for Anderson, because I feel he’s been our best quarterback since returning to the league. Standards were high this season though, and right now, you can’t definitively say there are negatives in the decision to go with Quinn.

At least the city of Cleveland will be more pumped for Thursday’s game than they would have otherwise.

is reporting the change had to me made because of the way the CLEVELAND FANS reacted after DA threw the fatal pick. Good! If the coaches can’t get it right I’d rather have the inmates running the asylum. Thanks to those that attended the game and booed him off the field. They also reported this was NOT a Romeo decision but from the front office. Sometimes it appears we care do more than they do.

PS . Trent Dilfer is riping the Cleveland fans. Says we are whats wrong with things in C town

God Help us if the management of this franchise makes there decisions on fan reaction. But it would not surprise me if it played some role in this move.
 This is a tough business, 16 games for the year, not 82/NBA not 162/MLB, pressure is part of the position and the NFL. I do not believe DA handles adversity or pressure well. Last year against Cincy a must win game, he throws the 4 picks. Last sunday a huge game, divisional game, can get tied with the Ravens, Home game, and against the freaking Ravens and DA did not come through. Hey there was plently of blame to go around, however this falls on the QB. When you team gets 1 first down in the last 21 minutes of football the QB will get the heat.
 Hey is this fair? Probably not. But DA knew who was sitting behind him, he knew the stakes.
 Know only if Romeo would pack up and leave>

AND, Dilfer go screw yourself.

I am pretty sure Randy Lerner made the call here

SUB-50% COMPLETION % FROM THE GUY WHO’S TAKEN EVERY SNAP.

That is what this is about. I mean, he is just not an accurate passer. He has never been. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AndeDe00.htm

Scroll down. Do it. See his completion % in the pac-10 for 3.5 years. That’s right: 50.7%. He is who we (should have) thought he is. An inaccurate, sometimes confident QB with a big arm and no pocket presence.

I’m happy right now. This is a great decision by whoever made it. If it was the fans: good job, I’m proud again to be a part of the greatest fan base in football. If it was Romeo: you could have come a round a couple weeks sooner, but good job. Now take a class in PR, please, so you don’t look like an idiot handling the media. If it was Savage: way to go. Could have done without the contract extension, but I fully trust that you realized that franchising him would have made him untradeable and the decent deal you gave him makes him somewhat moveable for a low pick, whenever that may be.

GREAT DAY to be a BROWNS FAN!!!

Phil: So, Romes, wha’s on tap for Thursday?
Romeo: We want to go with the players who give us the best chance to win, Phil.
Phil: The boys at the network called, your product is getting stale.
Romeo: I can’t worry about the media, I have a game to win.
Phil: This is a business and Brady will have to start a game at some point. We agreed on draft day that he was worth a risk.
Romeo: Are you telling me who to play?
Phil: You are our coach. I am not involved in your managing the team.
Romeo: But you and I are collaberating, we take credit for the success and failures together, right?
Phil: (note silence)

What an absolutely moronic move. Horse Balls and Cribbs dragged an otherwise realcitrant team to a 14 point lead and then watched the defence blow it. Apparently, that will cost a starting quarterback his job. 27 points (7 by Cribbs, I know) against the Baltimore defence is more than enough to win a game. I suppose Edwards will be benched as well, right? And Shaun Smith? Maybe Jamal Lewis will sit. An absurd reaction to bad game.

In addition to that, we are giving Quinn three days to get ready. If Anderson had done badly against the Broncos and this decision would have been made then, Quinn would have from Friday until next Monday to prepare. Does that not make more sense?

Goodness this Team is 3-5. Traded No. 1 pick to get the guy, DA hasn’t looked like Dan Marino the last time I checked. GIve Quinn the chance, see what the man can do, he deserves that much.

I would guess Romeo is a short-timer, following his 2005 classmate Mike Nolan out of the head coaching fraternity. How much respect will the players have for a coach who isn’t even trusted to decide who starts at QB. It’s not like the players are going all out for him now.

I know why they waited till now to start Brady; if they had started him last week, or earlier, their could’ve been a chance he would’ve taken 55% of the snaps at QB this season. If he had done so, he would’ve received a ton more money. So Savage possibly sacrificed our season (by not starting Brady sooner) to avoide paying him more money!!!!

If nothing else, the excitement surrounding the arrival of the most recent Browns messiah will divert attention from all the other areas of the team which have been less than optimal (the run defense, Braylon Edwards’ dropsies, the general inability to put two NFL-quality wide receivers on the field at the same time, the generally poor linebacker play, the injuries in the secondary, etc.). Maybe now that the heat’s on somebody else, those other players who have been underperforming will step up their play.

Sorry, DA, somebody had to be thrown under that bus for the good of the team. If you’d shown up for more than the Giants’ game, it wouldn’t have been you.

I’m on record with being an Anderson guy but I think this is the right move. I think it’s apparent what he is, a streaky QB with a big arm and no touch. At worst he will make a great backup/change of pace QB for someone.

Actually, I think this switch should have been done at halftime of the Washington game or immediately after. Perhaps some of you are on to something when you say they have been prepping him for Denver all year. Lets hope you are right because starting basically a rookie QB with a short week of prep time seems like a recipe for disaster.

Lets just hope Quinn comes out and plays well. The worst thing that could happen is a repeat of the Couch/Holcomb fiasco. I pray Quinn plays so well there is no doubt that this is the right decision.

I don’t want to be going into the draft needing a QB.

I think rookie Flacco embarrassed Lerner into starting 2nd year Quinn.

Winning percentage as Browns coach
Crennel .410
Davis .407

At this rate of improvement, we will have a consistent .500 winner in about 120 years.

Brady taking over has benn a fait accompli. Now we see what our future looks like.

Derek had a half of a season to prove that he wasn’t a fluke. He has played poorly in the majority of games this year.

Brady Quinn has had a year and a half to prepare. He has to know this offense backwards and fowards at this point. He played on national TV every Saturday and will not be fazed by the bright lights.

He is facing the 26th ranked pass defense in the NFL. DA had his shot and he did not do as well as we would have hoped. Now Brady has an 8 game window to make his mark.

Another dimension to this decision, which I have not yet read anywhere is that it preserves a measure of DA’s value for an offseason trade. If the Browns had benched him halfway through the Bengals game in Week 4, his performances against New York and Jacksonville would not have rehabilitated his value. This is important as I believe he is now a tradeable commodity, whereas after one half in Cincy and the debacle in Baltimore his value was at a new low.