The Ghosts of Cleveland Browns Quarterbacks Past

[The Gipper]

Bah Humbug. So the Browns will be starting another QB for the bazillionth time in recent memory. Speaking of Memory, here we go down Memory Lane of recent Quarterbacks past who have started games for the Browns since 1999:

 

Conner Shaw...third string for the Bears, perhaps injured, Mod edit: Broken Leg

 

Thad Lewis....third string for 49ers.

 

Bruce Gradkowski....third string for Steelers

 

Luke McCown....backup for Saints

 

Brian Hoyer...backup for the Bears

 

Brandon Weeden....backup for the Texans

 

Colt McCoy....backup for the Redskins

 

Derek Anderson...backup for the Panthers

 

Some on the Shelf:

 

John P. Manziel...continually reaching for something that sits on a shelf

 

Jason Campbell...not played since 2014 (another thread says he confirms his retirement)

 

Seneca Wallace....has not played in NFL since 2013...presumably retired

 

Brady Quinn....not played since 2013. Doing a pretty good job actually of analysis on TV for Fox.

 

Charlie Frye....has not played since 2009. Coaching high school on Florida

 

Tim Couch....announcing for SEC Network

 

Kelley Holcomb...announcing games for alma mater at Middle Tenn. St.

 

Trent Dilfer...announcing for NFL Countdown on ESPN

 

Jeff Garcia....last year was an asst. coach for the Rams

 

Doug Pederson...new HC of the Philadelphia Eagles

 

Jake Delhomme....works in banking, owns racehorses and makes commercials for Bojangles restaurants

 

Ken Dorsey.....works a QB coach for the Carolina Panthers

 

Ty Detmer....currently is the Offensive Coordinator for his alma mater BYU Cougars (may be in line for a college HC job)

 

Spergon Wynn...is an energy broker in Houston

[Opal312]

So does this mean Cody Kessler ends up selling potato peelers in the Mall? Just kidding! I watch tons of college football and I'm going to keep an eye on several QB's this year. Even though I doubt the Browns would ever draft a franchise QB in my lifetime. I'm old and have been a Brownie since Paul Brown and Jim Brown. Even then we never had a franchise guy. Don't say Otto Graham cuz that's before my time.

I like Cody Kessler's chances and Hogan too this year. They're the best we have. I'd take both over Jay Cutler but that's another story.

[The Gipper]

Of the retired QBs, only Wynn and Delhomme do not have a current job in football....either coaching or announcing.

 

Though I will have to check on Campbell and Wallace.

 

Campbell, apparently is just "chilling" according to the report I saw. Spending time with his family. ( I suspect he can afford to do so given that he was likely vastly overpaid for his contributions to the game).

 

Seneca Wallace is coaching High School football in Dallas.

[Opal312]

Most of them are too old to play anyway. I like Kevin Hogan from Stanford. He was the winningest QB at that school. It isn't too unlikely that he starts at some point for the Browns this season. I wish him and Kessler well.

[mjp28]

Amazing how many retired NFL guys like that 17+ week announcing or analyst gig or individual team announcer or the NCAA TV or radio route, not bad work for NFL careers that might not last that long plus it might be fun.

 

The much longer season but less physically demanding MLB career guys also like the TV and radio work but many retire out to coach their kids teams also not a bad gig.

 

Coaching or managing can be unusual many stars don't seem to end up there compared to more average (less career paid?) players.

[Tour2ma]

DelHomme is 41.

 

Wynn is only 38, but last played in 2001... tempus fugit...

[mjp28]

Just ran across this thread from 2016 so is Baker Mayfield the answer to this question?  Great start in 2018 maybe we will have the answer in 2020.

[The Gipper]

51 minutes ago, mjp28 said:

Just ran across this thread from 2016 so is Baker Mayfield the answer to this question?  Great start in 2018 maybe we will have the answer in 2020.

Baker is the first QB to start all 16 games for the Browns since Couch did it in 2001.  So, give him credit for that. 

[mjp28]

You can see the drop off from 2018 to 2019 but hopefully much of that is correctable.

• Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD	AV
Career					30	29	12-17-0	627	1020	61.5	7552	49	4.8	35	3.4	350	89	7.4	6.8	12.0	251.7	85.9		65	458	6.54	5.99	6.0	4	5	21
2018	23	CLE	QB	6	14	13	6-7-0	310	486	63.8	3725	27	5.6	14	2.9	171	71	7.7	7.5	12.0	266.1	93.7	53.2	25	173	6.95	6.77	4.9	3	4	10
2019	24	CLE	QB	6	16	16	6-10-0	317	534	59.4	3827	22	4.1	21	3.9	179	89	7.2	6.2	12.1	239.2	78.8	49.1	40	285	6.17	5.29	7.0	1	1	11

 

Air Yards 

					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	IAY	IAY/PA	CAY	CAY/Cmp	CAY/PA	YAC	YAC/Cmp
2018	23	CLE	QB	6	14	13	310	486	3725	4514	9.3	2029	6.5	4.2	1696	5.5
2019	24	CLE	QB	6	16	16	317	534	3827	4471	8.4	1992	6.3	3.7	1835	5.8

 

Accuracy 

					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Bats	ThAwy	Spikes	Drops	Drop%	BadTh	Bad%	OnTgt	OnTgt%
2018	23	CLE	QB	6	14	13	310	486	3725	0	13	3	31	6.6%	81	17.2%	0	0.0%
2019	24	CLE	QB	6	16	16	317	534	3827	20	19	2	30	5.8%	93	18.1%	362	70.6%

 

Pressure 

					Games		Passing			RPO						PlayAction
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Plays	Yds	PassAtt	PassYds	RushAtt	RushYds	PassAtt	PassYds
2018	23	CLE	QB	6	14	13	310	486	3725	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	24	CLE	QB	6	16	16	317	534	3827	60	470	58	471	1	-1	134	1128

 

 Play Type

					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Sk	PktTime	Bltz	Hrry	Hits	Scrm	Yds/Scr
2018	23	CLE	QB	6	14	13	310	486	3725	25	2.2	169	84	18	17	8.4
2019	24	CLE	QB	6	16	16	317	534	3827	40	2.3	211	65	24	17	7.9