Browns finally score a touchdown defeat Lions 27-10...

The Cleveland Browns scored their first touchdown since Week 11 of the regular season, too bad it was in a meaningless game, and Derrick Anderson did enough to keep the quarterback controversy going while the Browns beat the Detroit Lions 27-10. Anderson finished the game 8-13 for 130 yards and was brought back into the game for chance to run the two minute offense but failed miserably throwing an interception that set up the Lions for a field goal to end the half. Brady Quinn finished the game 3-5 for 29 yards and did little to separate himself from Anderson. Josh Cribbs started the game off with a 95 yards kick off returned for a touchdown but that was called back due to holding, he later returned a punt 84 yards for touchdown. Rookie running back James Davis was very impressive finishing the game with 12 carries for 116 yards including ripping off a run of 81 yards for a touchdown. Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford started his first game in the NFL and his first throw resulted in an interception and he finished the game 5-13 for 34 yards, Daunte Culpepper played better than Stafford but he did very little to establish himself as the starter ending the game 10-16 for 86 yards. The Lions looked lackadaisical and resembled the 0-16 team from last year committing turnovers, penalties, and big mistakes.

This does not make sense to me, the Browns and Lions are trying to figure out who their starting quarterback is going to be and neither QB really gets a chance to show anything, sure Anderson threw 13 times but Quinn only played a few series which is exactly how their last game went except Anderson had very little playing time last game and the same with Culpepper and Stafford. If you have a quarterback who has not played much against NFL defenses(Quinn or Satfford) then he should get as many opportunities as possible to see if he really has what it takes but instead Eric Mangini and Jim Schwartz think that a little playing time against one of the worst defenses in the NFL is enough to tell what your QB has. I'm sorry but Anderson/Quinn and Culpepper/Stafford should play the entire game or at least the majority of it because that is the only way they are going to get better and that will be the true test as to whether they will be good players, plus they miss out on situational football like running a 2-minute offense or seeing how they react when they are down, the QB situation is the main reason why the Browns will have another a down year, they don't know who they will have and I'm sure once they pick a starter and he does bad Mangini will switch and the team will be back to square one.