I watched the rest of the Browns-Giants game this morning. There wasn't a whole lot to take away from that portion of it, except for maybe seeing more of Brady Quinn. I heard a lot of talk today about Quinn having a good game, and with Derek Anderson's lackluster performance topped off with a mild concussion there might be a quarterback controversy in Cleveland. Stop it. Quinn's stats (7/12, 124 yards, 1 TD) look nice until you consider that his touchdown pass was in the defensive backs' hands for nearly a second before he bobbled it away to the receiver. Take away that fluke and Quinn's line is 6/12, 80 yards, and maybe an interception if the DB holds onto the ball. If this trend continues for the next two preseason games, then maybe a controversy starts. Quinn looked good last night, but probably isn't ready yet. Unless Anderson completely tanks, sit Quinn for another year, and maybe make the starting Quarterback spot an open competition next year in camp. Maybe.
The more relevant (to this season) note is that the Browns looked awful. Like Seahawks-against -Packers-last-preseason awful. It's tough to tell what that means. Derek Anderson was without his two favorite targets, Edwards and Winslow, and the Browns were playing on the road against at minimum a playoff-contending team. Next week they play at Detroit. If they struggle there as well, maybe I'll rethink my putting them above the Steelers. Of course, the Steelers didn't perform all that well against Buffalo, so who knows.
Meanwhile the Giants looked great, especially Eli Manning. In his second touchdown pass I swear he looked just like Peyton, minus the happy feet. Manning went 4/7 for 52 yards and 2 touchdowns and, just like Derek Anderson, didn't have his favorite target either. I'm leaning towards moving the Giants away from 'no way they're a top tier NFC team' to 'maybe they could be' as my original ranking was based on the premise that their playoff performance was a spike and they would revert to the norm in the 2008 season. Maybe I'm wrong. Imagine that.
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