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OK more of why it has to be Quinn:

1: QB rating. Quinn's is consistantly higher.
2: Quinn is inexperienced and has more upside.
3: Quinn is more mobile, and can create stuff while scrambling. DA without protection is less effective.
4: Personnel. James Davis has showed up as an excellent reciever, and Harrison will be too. On top of those, the Browns now have a plethora of recievers, including Cribbs. Quinn is the guy who will spread the ball around more, making it impossible for defenses to shut down any one part of the passing offense.
Doubling Edwards is much more dangerous with Quinn than with DA. Quinn will throw under that all day. This was part of how enemy defenses turned the 2007 DA into the 2008 DA--taking away his deep options. Quinn dares you to try that on him.
DA spreads the field verticly, but Quinn can do it horizontally.
Quinn=Balance, unpredictability, and adaptability.
If the Browns had fewer recievers and a dominating running back, DA might work better (maybe)--but with these guys? Go with the stronger-armed Pennington type. (Pennington is really an excellent QB).

My man Terry Pluto points out that Quinn was whacked to may times, even sans blitzes. He's rightfully concerned about the blocking. On the bright side of that, Mack is still learning and no doubt blew some calls, if not some blocks personally. Saint Clair is getting flagged constantly and that means he's not so hot. But we got Tucker.

But also note: Quinn got rid of it, at least twice for completions (one to Cribbs for a nice YAC play). DA doesn't do that nearly as well.

James Davis is clearly outplaying Jamal Lewis, and I'm really glad RAC is gone, since Romeo would be impervious to this and keep Davis on the bench anyway. I sure wish Harrison had been able to play, but at least one young guy has risen up to grab some playing time.

I do not believe that Lewis is washed up yet, but I know that the coaches are going to run a committee (including Harrison), with Lewis the short-yardage guy, and I like it.

More later.