[h=3]Browns to add another QB?[/h]1:51PM ET
[h=5]Cleveland Browns[/h]
The
Colt McCoy trade rumors seem to have died down after a tense weekend of speculation, but that doesn't mean that the
Cleveland Browns are finished addressing the QB position. Specifically, Mary Kay Cabot of
the Cleveland Plain Dealer believes that the team may look to find a veteran QB mentor for
Brandon Weeden amongst the available free agents.
Cabot writes that McCoy himself benefited from having
Jake Delhomme on the roster to show him the ropes in 2010, something that was evident in absentia in 2011, with
Seneca Wallace not willing to be much of a mentor to the Texas product. While McCoy's future with the club remains in question, Cabot believes that Wallace could be released in the near future, as the team can save nearly all of the Iowa St. product's $2.4 million off the salary cap by cutting him.
As for the player that they would add after releasing Wallace,
A.J. Feeley is one option, as he played that role for Browns HC Pat Shurmur when the coach was
St. Louis Rams OC, and needed a mentor for
Sam Bradford. Delhomme is also available, but there have been rumors that he is pondering retirement.
Meanwhile, ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter wonders whether the Browns' selection of Weeden at No. 22 overall was a good choice, value-wise:
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[h=5]Adam Schefter[/h]
They could've gotten him later
[INDENT]"We'll never know now, but I think Weeden would have been there for them at 37. The issue was, my strong belief is that the Browns would have liked Baylor wide receiver Kendall Wright at No. 22, and when he went at No. 20 to Tennessee, Cleveland lost out on another player, just as it had lost out on the potential trade for Robert Griffin III. The Browns didn't want to lose out on another player, so they used the No. 22 pick on Weeden. I would have liked to have seen them trade out of 22 -- with so many of the teams around that spot trading out -- have gotten back more picks and picked Weeden then. Of course it's easy for me to say that now, on Monday morning, when I'm not on the clock, with the seconds melting away. But here's the bottom line: If Weeden is a stud quarterback, it doesn't matter where the Browns got him, just as it doesn't matter what they gave up to trade up for Richardson. If Richardson and Weeden become standouts, then Cleveland succeeded. If they don't, the Browns are in trouble."[/INDENT]
