Dude, We're Getting a Delhomme!

Last evening, the Browns signed quarterback Jake Delhomme, formerly of the Carolina Panthers, marking the Holmgren regime's most curious move thusfar.  Delhomme was once a servicable starter and lead the Panthers to the Super Bowl in 2003.  Otherwise, Delhomme is a very average NFL quarterback.  His career rating is a pedestrian 82.1 and last season it plummeted to 59.4 coming off Tommy John (Tommy J!) surgery.  Perhaps he can rebound a bit being a year removed from the procedure, but this is obviously not a long term solution.  Being a proponent of trading for Donovan McNabb, I was disappointed to hear this news yesterday.  This signing seems to reveal that that ship has sailed and that the Browns will go in another direction at quarterback, likely addressing the future at the position in the upcoming draft.

One player to keep an eye on is Colt McCoy.  The "Godfather" Gil Brandt, talent evaluator extrodinaire apparently told Mike Holmgren recently that if he took McCoy he would one day make him forget about Joe Montana, lofty praise for the little spark plug.  But I do like Colt.  His career completion percentage is over 70% at Texas. He's a gritty leader. accurate and mobile.  The only questionmarks on McCoy are his durability, being of smaller stature and suffering a shoulder injury in the National Championship game, and his arm strength.  McCoy would be targeted with our second round pick.

I ran into Les Levine at brunch this morning at Pier W in Lakewood, who had an interesting take on the ever evolving saga at the Brown's quarterback position.  He told me that of all the breakfast's he's eaten, today's was the most recent.

-Charlie