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By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Thursday, Aug 30, 2007
BEREA: The secrecy and the evasiveness and the coin flips have to be wearing thin.
After practice Tuesday, when the Browns' top three quarterbacks were asked to briefly address the media, Derek Anderson wanted no part of it. He headed to the locker room, either content that Charlie Frye and Brady Quinn could handle the interviews, or figuring their sound bites were what everyone was seeking, anyway.
Tonight's 8 p.m. preseason finale against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field might be the end of coach Romeo Crennel's self-inflicted drama. Or it might not. If he has taken this long to announce the starting quarterback for the Sept. 9 opener against Pittsburgh, what's to keep him from surprising rookie Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and the archrivals? What if the depth chart released Wednesday includes an either/or scenario?
The Browns aren't likely to keep four quarterbacks when the final cuts are made Saturday. But Crennel and General Manager Phil Savage could deem Ken Dorsey the perfect mentor for Quinn and trade or release Anderson or Frye.
The possibility of that should provide motivation against the Bears, for however long the quarterbacks see action. Which, in true Crennel fashion, is also up in the air.
Some coaches don't play their starters at all in the final preseason game. Crennel said the starters will go against the Bears ''until I feel good about 'em.'' He hadn't forgotten the 20-7 drubbing at the hands of the Bears a year ago.
''We played six plays, and they killed us those six plays,'' Crennel recalled. ''It's hard to feel good about yourself when you get kicked for six plays. I told 'em when I felt good about the way we were playing, then I'd pull 'em out. That could be one series, that could be two series, that could be one half.''
Crennel said Frye will start, followed by Anderson, and Quinn's and Dorsey's time will be determined by how the game goes.
''He's sneaky like that,'' Quinn said of Crennel.
Frye doesn't think Crennel has changed his ways this year.
''Coach Crennel let me know in the locker room before the game my rookie season that I was starting,'' Frye said. ''There's no surprises around here.''
Quinn might be the most upbeat about the way Crennel has handled the situation because, as the 22nd overall pick in the draft, he's the Browns' quarterback of the future.
Asked what it's like to be in the dark about Sept. 9, Quinn said: ''I think it's a good thing because all of us are going to prepare like we're going to start. Handling it like that is good for us in a way.''
Quinn doesn't agree with Savage's remark on WTAM (1100-AM) last week that it would be unrealistic for him to start the opener.
''No, I don't,'' Quinn said. ''I'd love to be under center and play or start in the opener. But that's not my decision. I feel that way because I'm a competitor, and any one of us quarterbacks would feel the same way.''
Quinn missed 11 days and 16 training-camp practices in a contract holdout. But he has led the team on three touchdown drives in the preseason, compared with one by Frye and none by Anderson.
If Frye starts against the Steelers, as most people presume will happen, the action that Quinn sees tonight could be his last for a while. Quinn, though, doesn't consider the Bears game the most important of his young career.
''This game isn't any more important to me than any other,'' he said. ''You have to do the best you can and prepare as best you can for whatever situation you come into.''
He set his goals simply as ''continuing to get better, being more efficient, continuing to score touchdowns.''
Frye also has goals, some beyond scoring touchdowns and locking down the starting job. He looked at the big picture and figured a seemingly meaningless preseason game would play a part.
BEREA: The secrecy and the evasiveness and the coin flips have to be wearing thin.
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