Excitement building in Cleveland?

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Looks like they found a candidate that not only showed up for 1 interview for the vacant head coaching position, but is scheduled for a 2nd interview. Mike Pettine..defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills. Pretty much been attached to the hip with Rex Ryan ...at Baltimore then Jets. Mediocre with the Bills as DC for 1 season. Vastly improved passing defense, created turnovers, got Mario Williams back to earning some of that paycheck. But they were awful against the run. 
They are also going to try and interview Dirk Koetter...offensive coordinator for the Falcons. Probably got overlooked by most teams after what Atlanta did on offense this year. You can't fool the Browns though. 
Anyway, let's have some Brown's fun. They have a high draft pick (shocker I know) and need a QB (shocker I know). We will narrow it down to the last 8 years of Brown's starting QB's...which one would you take to be the starter on your franchise team?
Charlie Frye, Derek Anderson, Brady Quinn, Ken Dorsey, Bruce Gradkowski, Colt McCoy, Jake Delhomme, Seneca Wallace, Brandon Weeden, Thad Lewis, Jason Campbell, and Brian Hoyer. 
For me, it was Derek Anderson....but it ended ugly when he went to Arizona and Ken whisenhunt

Ski · Accepted Answer

I don't think Pettine is a bad choice at all. Considering he spent one year with the Bills defense and saw some improvements, I think he is a pretty good coordinator. At the same time, they fired another pretty good coordinator after one season. I don't think the Browns front office knows what it's doing at this point. I gave Jimmy Haslam a shot after he was accused of stealing money from his old business, but at this point he just seems like a shady character. I hope for the best for the next coach of the Browns, but I can't see it ending well. It's a shame too, since they finally have some talent.

Jake Delhomme was certainly the most accomplished, but I would go with Thad Lewis. It seems silly, but he really impressed me last season when he started that game in Week 17 against the Steelers. For an undrafted rookie QB just called up from practice squad, he seemed very calm and collected and did a good job managing the game and controlling the huddle. He proved to me this year with Buffalo that he can be a reliable backup QB. And that's more then you can say about any of those other guys.

Ted M · Answer

I still think Jim Tressel would be the prefect head coach for the Browns. Hire him!

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