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Anderson posted on his FaceBook page Friday night: "Looks like it is time to make a return to a familiar place for some unfinished business"

Anderson went on to say: I would be honored to return to Cleveland to play football if the fans would have me.




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I would be honored to return to Cleveland to play football if the fans would have me.





yes you would ... no we wont


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At least we know that if he came back here the backup QB would no longer be the most popular guy in town.

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Anderson went on to say: I would be honored to return to Cleveland to play football if the fans would have me.




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Jumpin' Jesus...we'd have Brandon Weeden and Brandon Weeden Light.

Hey, Derek, remember this quote?
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“The fans are ruthless and don’t deserve a winner,” Anderson said. “I will never forget getting cheered when I was injured. I know at times I wasn’t great. I hope and pray I’m playing when my team comes to town and [we] roll them.”




How about you start by hoping and praying you're not selling Hoover's door-to-door, because as it stands right now, the only way you're getting into Cleveland Browns Stadium is if you buy a ticket.


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How about you start by hoping and praying you're not selling Hoover's door-to-door, because as it stands right now, the only way you're getting into Cleveland Browns Stadium is if you buy a ticket.




Toad, I'm guessing that if he's making these statements publicly, that Chud has already made the phone call.

Not sure if he'll be back for sure, but I'd venture to guess he's been given a call regarding interest.

Brace yourselves?

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DA is credited with being a very good mentor for Cam Newton while in Carolina. I do wonder if he'd come in as the backup, or if he thinks that he'll have a chance to compete for the starting job. If he comes in as the clear backup/mentor, then I have no problems with him coming here. If he comes in with the idea of competing for the starting job, then I would have to pass.


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DA is credited with being a very good mentor for Cam Newton while in Carolina. I do wonder if he'd come in as the backup, or if he thinks that he'll have a chance to compete for the starting job. If he comes in as the clear backup/mentor, then I have no problems with him coming here. If he comes in with the idea of competing for the starting job, then I would have to pass.




Personally, I'd rather close the door on him for good and not have him back, but if he were to return, I'd see no reason why he wouldn't have a viable competition with Weeden ... they're pretty much of the same mold, same age, and DA has more experience, and a HC that is comfortable with and confident in him. And Weeden doesn't exactly trump him with upside, which would be his real edge here.

I don't want him back, but if he does return ... get ready for multiple DA v. Weeden threads (and a lot of losses).

This, of course, presupposes Weeden will be a Brown next season, which is a 75-25 proposition at this juncture.

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DA is credited with being a very good mentor for Cam Newton while in Carolina. I do wonder if he'd come in as the backup, or if he thinks that he'll have a chance to compete for the starting job. If he comes in as the clear backup/mentor, then I have no problems with him coming here. If he comes in with the idea of competing for the starting job, then I would have to pass.




If he wants to come here and mentor Weeden then fine... but i don't want to hear his whining when he gets booed mercilessly during preseason when he goes in...


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If he comes here at all I would have to question everything good I said about Chud and Haslam and although I thought Banner a horrid person in power for the Browns this would entrench my thinking on him totally to the wrong side of the river.


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How about you start by hoping and praying you're not selling Hoover's door-to-door, because as it stands right now, the only way you're getting into Cleveland Browns Stadium is if you buy a ticket.




Toad, I'm guessing that if he's making these statements publicly, that Chud has already made the phone call.

Not sure if he'll be back for sure, but I'd venture to guess he's been given a call regarding interest.

Brace yourselves?




I get the whole mentor thing, but C'mon...the backup QB has to be able to play just a little bit.

As hard as it is to believe, McCoy is twice the QB Anderson is.

I suppose if we're talking about him as the 3rd stringer, maybe, but to be perfectly honest, I don't have very good feelings about Derek Anderson yuckin' it up on the sidelines as we're totally getting our butts kicked.

I'll try and brace myself, but sheesh, you're asking alot of me, PDR...


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if this becomes true then I want to hunt down all those Haslam/Banner are better then Lerner/Holmgren/Hekert people and get a drink of what they were drinking.
No way that could be better then what we had.

Well at least we will get a better introductions while watching this. Good thing Haslam is all about winning and not marketing.


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How about you start by hoping and praying you're not selling Hoover's door-to-door, because as it stands right now, the only way you're getting into Cleveland Browns Stadium is if you buy a ticket.




Toad, I'm guessing that if he's making these statements publicly, that Chud has already made the phone call.

Not sure if he'll be back for sure, but I'd venture to guess he's been given a call regarding interest.

Brace yourselves?




I get the whole mentor thing, but C'mon...the backup QB has to be able to play just a little bit.

As hard as it is to believe, McCoy is twice the QB Anderson is.

I suppose if we're talking about him as the 3rd stringer, maybe, but to be perfectly honest, I don't have very good feelings about Derek Anderson yuckin' it up on the sidelines as we're totally getting our butts kicked.

I'll try and brace myself, but sheesh, you're asking alot of me, PDR...





3rd stringer a la Dorsey mentor role may be the plan?

I'm hoping so.

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Well, being serious here for a moment, by now it should be obvious that we're not likely to keep both Weeden and McCoy.

(Dude...seriously...you know what I typed? This damned topic gave me such a brutal flashback that I literally wrote this:

"It should start dawning on people that we're not going to keep both Anderson and Quinn"
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Seriously...I wrote that then caught it and deleted it.

If McCoy truly threw dirt-balls just to give his guys a break, he's purchased his ticket out of town. I don't know what we're gaining by going into a second straight year with a deposed, disgruntled starter chewing on his bottom lip again. So we will need a backup. I just hope that backup isn't Anderson, unless we plan on drafting a kid at some point, in which case it would make some kind of sense.


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I know what you mean I also have to keep myself grounded in the here and now instead of having a relapse myself. IDK this would take me so far back to the abyss im not sure I could recover.
Lets hope for all our sakes this is just some crazy talk.
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Anderson posted on his FaceBook page Friday night: "Looks like it is time to make a return to a familiar place for some unfinished business"

Anderson went on to say: I would be honored to return to Cleveland to play football if the fans would have me.




I like Norv Turner as OC, I'm taking a wait and see/have confidence in the Front Office approach with Chud. But god is this hard to stomach. Bring back DA? Really?

I hope he never sees the field. If he's coming in to be backup, I sure hope we get another guy in here too. Cause I actually like Colt, and there's something about DA that I just can't stand

May be this is karma for the actions of the fans at that Colts game (which, sadly, I was a part of). Definitely not a fan of this move, but I'll wait and see. I just pray he doesn't start for us, I didn't even think this guy was still in the league


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Bring him back.....seriously i would have no issues. The guy plays with his heart and soul, he works hard everyday, what you think this is funny? Nothing is funny to me!


Knucklehead or not he would be a good backup if Weeden was to go down as he is close to him in his skill set. The guy had an arm and he wouldnt be throwing to Braylon, he would have Gordon who catches pretty much everything thrown his way.


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I wouldn't mind bringing back DA in fact I would can see the positives

1) First and foremost He's in my sig That I haven't changed since that fantastic season
2) He knows Chud's offense and basically had a Pro-bowl year in it. Seriously how many backup's in the Nfl can say that? He could either compete with Weeden to be the Starter. Look Chud has no attachment to Weeden and if the backup is the better player, he should play...San Fran is an example of why the better player should play.

If the Browns draft a QB early then they are going trade or cut Weeden leaving DA to mentor him.
3) He said something wrong but he was youngish, had just been booed when he got hurt and was basically ran out of town.

If he can forgive Browns fan for booing, Browns fans should extend the same courtesy. With that said he should expect to be booed forever. If I was Lawyer or PR guy I would tell him to do a ton of Charity work to help restore his image.


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If he can forgive Browns fan for booing




Who asked for his forgiveness?


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I did, and so should ever person who booed when he was injured. You can boo a player for a lot of things but one should never boo a player who is injured. If you do, you are a short step from a Roman Citizen in the Coliseum clamoring for life and blood to be spilled.


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I did, and so should ever person who booed when he was injured. You can boo a player for a lot of things but one should never boo a player who is injured. If you do, you are a short step from a Roman Citizen in the Coliseum clamoring for life and blood to be spilled.




I think saying you're being dramatic would be a gross understatemnt here. I also believe people's memories of the event are more than slightly foggy.

Derek Anderson and Tim Couch Have Both Had Fans Cheer When They Were Injured

The last time Browns fans cheered their starting quarterback going down with an injury the team went to the playoffs. It was 2002, and then-face of the franchise Tim Couch was in the process of getting "Wally Pipped" by Kelly Holcomb. History repeated itself on Sunday, except this time, there will be no postseason. Just a bunch of guys limping through the final month of the season.

Yesterday, some fans at Cleveland Browns Stadium happily voiced their pleasure after Derek Anderson crumpled to the turf and suffered what looks like a season-ending knee injury. Predictably, neither Anderson nor his teammates were impressed.

"They were cheering the fact that I was hurt," said Anderson after the 10-6 loss to the Colts. "They don't like me. That's well known." ...

"We care about each other and that was very disappointing," said receiver Josh Cribbs ... "We love our fans, but that just wasn't needed. Hopefully Derek isn't hurt too bad and he'll get back and they can cheer for him the next game."

To Anderson's credit, he didn't cry, something Couch couldn't say back in October 2002:

"I went to dive on the ball and got hit in the back of the head, and the next thing I remember, the fans are cheering when I'm lying on the field hurt, and I think it's (nonsense), to be honest with you," Couch said quietly but firmly sitting in front of his locker, struggling to maintain his composure. "But they've got their own opinion, so if they don't like me, then, well, that's all I'm going to say about it." ...

"I've been here going on four years now," he said, "and I've laid it on the line for this team and this city, and for them to turn on me and boo me in my home stadium is a joke - a joke. I've worked my (butt) off here and ..."

Tears filled Couch's eyes before he continued, haltingly. "It's hard to take, man," he said.
Thanks, Cleveland. Jerks.

While I know there's not much joy in being a Browns fan right now, it's probably worth trotting out the ol' "be careful what you ask for" cliche. Because with Brady Quinn and Anderson on the shelf, it's Ken Dorsey Time.

Of course, anybody half-paying attention could point out that things couldn't get any worse with Dorsey, which, frankly, is hard to dispute. And now that I think about it, Cribbs, who played quarterback in college, will serve as Dorsey's backup, and I'd be interested in seeing him run the offense. Maybe he's the Browns Quarterback of the Future.

Fans Cheered, Not Booed

I was at the game where Couch was injured and the fans cheered. What has been left out of the story, and it seems the memory of so many, is that it was a very vocal minority of the fans in the crowd who reacted this way, not all of the crowd or even the majority of it. (Not meaning you per say, just in general.)


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Fans didn't cheer for Couchs injury.

They cheered for Holcomb coming in the game.

And while those are the same thing, they are also completely different.

Anderson played like crap. We're fans supposed to be dissapointed that they were not going to get to watch him play like crap?

Dudes a bum with a bum attitude.


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Fans didn't cheer for Couchs injury.

They cheered for Holcomb coming in the game.




I would accept that, but the cheers came right after the injury, yet well before Holcomb was coming onto the field of play.

I've heard the same excuse you have stated by others. Yet when watching games for 40+ years, the QB coming into the game gets cheered as he is coming onto the field, not well before the injured QB leaves the field.

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And while those are the same thing, they are also completely different.




In the case of Browns fans, I believe they know and understand when is the appropriate time to cheer a player, and that time is when a player comes onto the field. Cheering while an injured player is still crumpled on the field of play being attended to by the medical staff, is a totally different matter.

I have heard some Browns fans try to use that excuse, but when witnessing the timing as to how that unfolded, the sentiment of some of the fans that day was quite obvious.

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Anderson played like crap. We're fans supposed to be dissapointed that they were not going to get to watch him play like crap?

Dudes a bum with a bum attitude.




And there are times when some of the people surrounding such a situation react in a certain way that also leads to them looking like a bunch of classless bafoons.

So I guess one would need to weigh which one of those is worse. Being a bum or being a classless bafoon.

I don't see either as being a good thing.


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I have no beef with DA or the fans. He had some bad games and the fan's aren't always supportive of their players. It happens all the time to a lot of players.

DA had a probowl year and only by fluke did not get us into the playoffs. He fits Chud's system and I have no problem with him coming in. I suspect we can get a better QB and that Weeden is a better QB, but Anderson as a mentor and potential player seems like a great fit.

I am ridiculously happy about bringing in the Vertical Attack offense long term. So happy with with Chud hire If Chud wants DA it is probably a good decision.

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I have no problem with DA returning as a backup. DA was busting getting his ass handed to him play after play and when he went down fans were cheering his injury. I dont blame him for being upset and ripping the fans. I blame him for the crazy throws lol

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Could you imagine the boos the first time he throws a pic or a 110mph curve ball at Little's feet on a short slant? Let alone the overall negative impact bringing DA back will have on the new regime's image. There are better options out there....in this case no option is a better option.


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FWIW, I'm not anderson fan but think about it, he's virtually the same QB that Weeden is except I think Weeden is more accurate and probably smarter.

But they are essentially big arm,, can throw it through a wall kinda guys.

SO if Weeden ends up being the Starter, and you don't want to change what you do with your back up if needed, it kinda then makes sense to have Anderson as a back up.

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No, no, no! I am still in therapy from Mr. Potato Cannon's ProBowl exhibition. How many marginally mobile QB's do we need? And the quotes I remember from DA trashed fans badly. Please, make it stop.


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It'd be fine with me to bring DA back. Fans were wrong to cheer for him getting injured, and he's right to be pissed about that. Guy threw 29 TDs in Chud's offense. He can come here and back up Weeden.

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Im OK with DA coming back. He proved he can make things happen under the right circumstance. He has been around a bit and I believe could possibly beat out Weeden for the starting spot.

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Maybe they'd bring back DA to teach Weeden how to feather one in there.


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General Reply...

- Enough of the "no one boo'd Couch or anyone's injury - they were cheering for the other guy" argument. Get the hell outta here... it may not have been many but their were people cheering a player getting hurt.

- I never did it, I'll never do it - if you or anyone did it you're a loser.

- I don't hate Derek Anderson for his comments (though I'll admit they're hard to get past) - I hate the man for the way he folded like a cheap tent in Cincy because of the wind. Dude had one big chance and failed.

- He's done nothing.... NOTHING... since that moment worth being in the NFL. To bring him back here to be a "mentor" would be a joke. A bad one.

- If DA is brought back, in any capacity, it's gonna get real ugly for Haslem and his front office real quick in every media outlet that this city has to offer.


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If Chud called DA about a job here he should already be fired.

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If Chud called DA about a job here he should already be fired.




The calm and measured response expected from all Browns fans.....


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Maybe we could bring back Quinn too.

Golly gee, wouldn't that be swell to have all the old gang back again!


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Maybe the Jugs machine in Berea is broken, and Chud thought "Hey, Derek's not doing anything ...". Seriously, though, with both Weeden and McCoy having had shoulder problems, and while trying to install a new "vertical" offense, we're going to need someone to throw a lot of balls in all the mini-camps - and DA does have a bionic arm. If there's any competition, I would guess its between DA and McCoy, not Weeden. Let the best man win.

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Weeden and DA could have a clay pigeon competition to see who'd get to wear #3. I'd pay to see that.

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