The Cleveland Clowns

Did anybody else read the great AP story about the Browns/Ravens game? The first sentence of the story actually made me laugh out loud, "The Baltimore Ravens were struggling to score, and then Derek Anderson came to the rescue.
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How much longer is Romeo Crennel going to stick with Anderson? After 3 games, Derek Anderson's stat line for the season reads like this:

43 completions in 93 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Oh yeah, it also reads that he has zero wins and three losses.
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DA now has a whopping 46% completion percentage through three games and he looks absolutely putrid on the field. The NFL's QB ratings after week 3 haven't come out yet, but I think it is safe to say that Anderson will rank near the bottom in every significant category once they do. Say what you want about Charlie Frye, but even Charlie completed over 62% of his passes in the 21 games he played for the Browns.

And don't give me any of that crap about the Browns facing tough defenses in their first three games. Matt Schaub completed 25-33 for 202 yards against the Steelers in Week 1 and Donovan McNabb completed 24-35 for 196 yards against Pittsburgh in Week 3. Donovan McNabb also went 25-37 for 281 yards against Dallas in Week 2. As I am writing this I'm watching Aaron Rodgers put up some decent numbers against Dallas in the Sunday night game. Sure, the Packers are losing, but Rodgers is currently 10-17 for 153 yards.

Anderson has now played in 24 games for the Browns and sits at a career completion percentage of a measly 55%. And, the argument can be made that Anderson has had a much better receiving corps (and team) to work with than Charlie ever had.
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I think it is time we get to see what Brady Quinn can do. Lord knows he can't possibly do any worse than what Derek Anderson has done so far this season. Of course, Quinn seeing any real playing time would mean that Romeo Crennel would have to make an actual coaching decision. And, based on Romeo's "decision making" over the past couple of season's I'm guessing that we probably won't be seeing Brady Quinn until it is entirely too late.

Forget about Derek Anderson, maybe somebody needs to fire Romeo Crennel. I don't know about you, but I am getting sick and tired of the Cleveland Clowns.
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UPDATE

I've gotten two emails this morning from Cleveland fans trying to tell me that DA is struggling because his receivers are dropping passes that they should be catching. Are you FU$@ING kidding me?

The reason the receivers aren't making an extreme effort to catch the ball this season is because they are scared to death that they are going to get their heads taken off when they try to make the circus catches that are required to catch a pass from Derek Anderson. The receivers made those types of catches last year, but I am guessing they are starting to get a little tired of Anderson throwing them balls that leave them totally exposed over the middle with Ray Lewis running at them with a full head of steam. That pass to Winslow yesterday was a prime example of what I am talking about. Anderson should have thrown that ball low and slightly behind Winslow so that K2 had to go to the ground to catch it. That way Winslow wouldn't have been de-cleated by a 250 pound freight train. How much longer do you honestly think Winslow is going to keep trying to catch those balls before he just shuts it down like Edwards?

Give me a break, people. Anderson is the same QB he has always been. He's not getting worse. He has always been this bad. He will continue to be this bad as long as Romeo keeps playing him. Its time for a change, for better or worse.