Well, the Cleveland Browns just completed their first three day mini camp and already Browns coach Pat Shurmur wants to name his starting quarter-back. What’s the Hurry Pat? Is Shurmur hearing some pressure from up-stairs? The Browns said there was going to be a competition between Colt McCoy and Brandon Weeden. IS this three day mini camp what they had in mind? We all know Weeden has a strong arm and we all know he won some games in College. What about the fact this guy has never played in a NFL game? Is Weeden all set to take over at the Starting quarter-back without even facing one NFL pass rush in a pre-season game?
Maybe the fact Shurmur wants to name a starter before camp starts give him the feeling of the Browns being his team. Lets face it Shurmur didn’t do Colt McCoy any favors last season as he came into Cleveland took over the Browns in a locked out season that only gave the team 2 weeks to change the offense before pre-season started. After all this is Pat Shurmur’s team and guys like Mike Holmgren and Tom Heckert keep telling us what a great man Shurmur is.
So him wanting to name a starter after three days of mini camp and a couple of days of Browns rookie practices, shows that Shurmur knows best. Hey lets just see what happens. Lets change quarterbacks before the camp starts and lets see how this 28 year old rookie performs under game day pressure. Why not. It only makes since for a team that has had 17 different quarterbacks since 1999.
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I watched all three of Shurmur’s pressers this week. I listened to idiots like Grossi ask the same question…over and over again. Shurmur never, ever, said that he wanted to name a starter before training camp. He said multiple times that he wanted to see “a full body of work”, but that ideally, the starter would be named “sooner rather than later”. That is it. So what’s up with your post that explicitly states he wants to name a starter before camp. Did he tell you this? Do you have “inside sources”? Or are you just making this stuff up as you go along?
Shurmur did say he wants to name a Q>B. sooner rather than later. I think in my humble opinion he will name one before the start of camp. He is giving Weeden most of the reps with the first team now. We shall see soon….Thanks for your reply….