I’d like to hear what our resident authority rufio has to say, but my extremely amateur opinion is that quinn is better in play action and more accurate on the shorter throws. DA was pitiful at the 10 – 15 yard passes, and those will be more abundant if we’re playing ball control.

Anderson’s strengths [when he was “on”] were throwing the ball deep down the field, or on a rope through two defenders around the 25-30 yard range.

Our new offense looks to have much more emphasis on running the ball, as seen by the type of offensive line Mangini is putting together. Quinn can still go deep to Edwards, but that probably won’t be the priority now. The offense should be more focused on screen passes, quick hitters, etc. in terms of the passing games. Anderson’s control in that range was often deplorable, although to be fair, last season he didn’t have a lot to work with.

Dawg Nuts hit another point, in mentioning Quinn’s ability to be more accurate on short playaction throws.

Accuracy and not making stupid throws.

I can’t disagree with anything that has been said. I don’t know if I can add much either. Here goes.

Quinn is (usually) the more accurate of the two QBs. DA’s strength is throwing the ball deep and hard, not reading defenses and knowing what route is likely to be open, and certainly not his accuracy on short throws.

Think about the NE offense built around Tom Brady: they still go deep to Moss, but they like to spread the field and throw quick, short passes to Welker too. Tom Brady is a smart QB who can read a defense, and is accurate. He doesn’t have a freak-of-nature arm

We will probably try to take easy throws underneath for 5 yard gains over trying to force the ball deep where its more of a high-risk, high-reward situation. Once the defense gets sick of giving us the short stuff, we go over their heads. Quinn’s mobility helps there because he can roll out off of play-action better than DA and is a threat to run for a 1st down as well.

Honestly, I don’t think anyone but Brian Daboll and Eric Mangini know exactly what the offense will try to do, but my guess is that we will aim to exploit the other teams’ weaknesses, whatever they happen to be (which is purely based off of what I think Belichick tries to do). This would mean having the versatility to do anything, which sounds a lot more like Brady than DA to me.

This isn’t really a question on Quinn’s abilities, just a qwerk.

Why did Quinn switch from a Riddell Revo to a more standard issue?

I probably just spelled it completely wrong. But what about such words as…

Qiviut – the wool of the undercoat of the musk – ox.

…Sadly, that’s all I could find to counter.

anderson was a one year wonder we shoud have traded him after his pro bowl yearso we could of got someone decent for him

I agree that, on the surface at least, Quinn will likely get the starting job.

I understand that Mangini wants to see more of both QBs in person before he makes a choice. That makes sense. There’s just too much riding on the choice to simply say, “Everyone else says this guy is better for the type of game I want to run.” So it’s wise so make sure Quinn can actually do what he wants rather than just giving him the keys to the car.

However, I don’t see how Anderson can win this competition unless Quinn proves to be an even bigger interception machine. After 2007 it was obvious that Anderson struggled on the short passes, but I had high hopes that he would work on it over the offseason. I really wanted to see the Browns play the same QB for (nearly) two full seasons, and I enjoyed seeing him connect on those long balls to Edwards. But he never improved on his short passes.

I just can’t imagine going into the preseason still working on who will start if Anderson can’t get those short passes down. If he can’t master that part of the game by the time they get to two-a-days, then it’s time to stop splitting reps. If Anderson’s check down to the RB continues to look more like a muscle spasm than a pass, then Quinn should win the job by process of elimination if not through a show of superior skill.

But what if Anderson does gain sufficient mastery in the short game? I can live with whoever wins the competition starting as long as he is truly the better QB (a point that will be hotly contested at every loss), though I suspect I’m in the minority here. I mean, there were fans cheering when Anderson got injured. It’s easy to say that the fans will rally behind whoever leads them to wins, but how many wins will it take to achieve that effect? Given that it is a business, I seriously think that may play into the final decision.

He is all hype thus far. I just don’t see it. He’s scrappy. So was Stoney Case.