Cleveland Browns: Top 10 quarterbacks of all-time

This was a problematic slot to fill in as once we dove into the research we realized that, as a franchise, the Browns really don’t have 10 individual quarterbacks worthy of being on a Top 10 list.

To add any one player in this slot would simply be choosing among a group of quarterbacks who were simply one-year wonders.

We could start with Kelly Holcomb, who is best known for two things: starting the Browns last playoff game, a 36-33 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and suffering a “teeny, tiny fracture” in his leg just three games into the 2003 season after being named the starting quarterback.

Other than that, Holcomb only started 12 games in his four years in Cleveland, and threw almost as many interceptions (21) as touchdown passes (26).

We could also make a case for Derek Anderson, but only if we were talking about the first half of the 2007 season, when Anderson had 20 touchdown passes and just nine interceptions.

But that would only cover nine games, meaning that in his 30 other career games with the Browns, Anderson threw 26 touchdowns against 36 interceptions.

What about Colt McCoy? For a three-game stretch in 2010 it looked like McCoy might be able to take hold of the starting job, but that mirage faded away as quickly as it appeared.

We actually gave strong consideration to Josh McCown in this spot, as hard as that may be to believe.

But in just eight games with the Browns, McCown was on his way to becoming just the second quarterback in franchise history to surpass 4,000 passing yards in a season, and was on pace for 24 touchdowns (which would have put him in the Top 10 on the single-season list) and just eight interceptions (which would have been the lowest in a 16-game season in franchise history).

That’s why, for the foreseeable future, this spot will remain in the “To Be Determined” category until someone steps up and takes firm control of the position.

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