Browns don't have any answers for Bears
Even during a bye week and his team coming off an effort in which its starting quarterback's passer rating was a hardly perfect 10, Brady Quinn will prepare the same way he always does.
"I'm feeling fresh and healthy," the former first-rounder out of Notre Dame said. "So I'll continue to work on some fundamental things and continue to stay in shape and be ready to go."
Whether or not he takes over again as starting quarterback by the next time Cleveland tries to play football makes no difference to him as far as his preparation.
In the meantime, Quinn's staying sharp. Or at least he had a sharp answer to a reporter's question Sunday.
Following the Browns' five-turnover effort in a 30-6 loss to the Bears at Soldier Field, a reporter asked what he called "the 500 million-dollar question" to Quinn: What do the Browns need?
"I don't know," Quinn said. "If I knew that answer I'd have 500 million dollars."
Rich stuff from the rich QB.
Derek Anderson, who may or may not be the starting QB when the 1-7 Browns host Baltimore on Nov. 16, was poor against the Bears.
A week after Cincinnati's Carson Palmer threw 5 touchdown passes against the Bears, Anderson completed 6 passes, period, against the same defense. He had 9 incompletions and saw 2 of his tosses intercepted. The second was returned 21 yards for a TD by Charles Tillman, who picked himself off the grass and navigated his way through stumbling Browns.
Anderson threw for just 76 yards and his passer rating was, technically, 10.5.
After the Tillman interception late in the game, Anderson's day was done.
Quinn quarterbacked the Browns' final series, completing 1 of 3 passes for 9 yards.
Anderson was asked if he was mad about the result of Tillman's interception or that he was removed from the game.
"I'm not happy about anything," Anderson said. "I'm not happy to get pulled out, I'm not happy that we lost, I'm not happy about anybody's play and my play, nothing. Haven't been happy."
Anderson certainly wasn't the only Brown who struggled. Cleveland lost 3 fumbles and was 1 of 11 in third-down efficiency.
And while the Browns' defense had its moments, sacking Jay Cutler four times and holding Matt Forte to 3.5 yards per carry on 26 attempts, Cutler still passed for 225 yards and Forte rushed for 90 and 2 scores.
The Browns even missed an extra point.
Coach Eric Mangini refused to say what personnel changes, if any, will be made before the Browns' next game.
After two years on the bench, Quinn was anointed Cleveland's starting quarterback at the start of this season. He was benched at halftime of the Browns' Week-3 loss at Baltimore.
"Going into the bye week, we're going to look at everything," Mangini said. "We're going to look at the coaching. We're going to look at the playing. We're going to look at the personnel. We're going to look at what combinations we can improve."