What a conundrum. I have learned I will never win arguing with Derek Anderson fans because you are still stuck in 2007 with the magical Cinderella season that got the Browns a 10-6 record. That’s all it was cupcake, a Cinderella season and unfortunately, the clock struck midnight and your carriage turned back into a pumpkin. Right now most Browns fans are behind Derek because he got them their first win of the 2009 season, a Ringling Brothers caliber win because it’s made the expert commentators and analysts of the sports want to laugh more so than praise Cleveland. Unfortunately, Cleveland is getting laughed at a lot this season, and I’ll give you this, it’s not always Derek’s fault.

Have you read any of the other posts on this site? If you did, you will realize we do not think Brady is perfect. Check out the report cards – would blind to the truth fanboys and girls DARE to rate him less than stellar in his performance? What has upset us more than anything is the fact that the coach of the Cleveland Browns, who is still feeling insecure inside after his premature departure from his previous team, is taken by the “Win now!” attitude the NFL starting toting last year because John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens, Tony Sparano of the Miami Dolphins, and Mike Smith of the Miami Dolphins did so with their first year teams and went as far as the playoffs. Derek may not have performed any better than Brady, but for some reason, Eric Mangini gave up on Brady and decide to throw his support behind Derek. Almost like there’s two shirts which are both tight on you, but you choose the darker color because it hides the bulges better. There’s the rub.

A coach/QB relationship is CRUCIAL to the success of a team, and Mangini decided to forego that with his starting quarterback and any chance of developing it, it seems to me, so he could look good in the eyes of the football world (and more than likely his old mentor Slick Willie up in New England). If Mangini saw issues with Brady, why not try to take the time to work with him for a few weeks instead of sticking the “lost cause” stamp on his head? So many other quarterbacks in the league may not have won their team games right away, whether it was a veteran like Jake Delhomme of the Carolina Panthers or a second year guy like Trent Edwards of the Buffalo Bills, but their coaches did not give up on them, nor did they bench and humiliate them in front of teammates, fans, and the sports analysts. Tom Cable hasn’t even benched JaMarcus Russell and the Raiders are failing epically! Mangini must have saw something during training camp which led him to name Brady the starter over Derek. Am I wrong for saying that?

If Mangini sticks with da in a game where he doesn’t even have a completion until right before half-time, but pulls Brady when he was 6 for 8 at the half, then you KNOW this whole thing is a GIANT SET-UP for Brady to fail. This way they won’t have to pay Brady the escalators in his contract because they already gave the money to da. Just check the Fox Sports player information. da is already earning twice as much as Brady and for what?!? Great way to reward an inept QB!

I’m totally disgusted with this entire organization. I hope Brady’s agent can get him out of Cleveland, soon! Just look how well Braylon’s doing tonight for the Jets!

And to be totally catty – how BORED does Derek look in his head shot? Almost like, “Yeah, I’m here to stay, so just keep paying me to look this way.”