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The Cleveland Browns signed free-agent quarterback Jake Delhomme on Saturday, giving off the strongest signals yet that new front office boss Mike Holmgren does not believe in Brady Quinn as the team's franchise quarterback.Delhomme, who had a disastrous 2009 season with the Carolina Panthers, agreed to a two-year deal with Cleveland. He was also being pursued by the New Orleans Saints, but in New Orleans he has no chance of starting as long as Drew Brees is healthy. In Cleveland, he has a real chance of being the starter when the 2010 regular season begins.
Delhomme's competition for that starting job will come from Seneca Wallace, who played for Holmgren with the Seattle Seahawks and was recently shipped to Cleveland in a trade. It will ultimately be up to head coach Eric Mangini to pick the starter, but Holmgren is obviously playing a major role in determining who the Browns' quarterback will be.
Share But as for Quinn, it's safe to say the Browns plan to get rid of him. Neither Holmgren nor Mangini was in Cleveland when Quinn was drafted in 2007, and neither of them has any particular loyalty toward him. Although they've both said they believe Quinn has the talent to be a starting quarterback, the Browns' actions this offseason have spoken louder than their words.
Delhomme and Wallace are the Browns' quarterbacks. Quinn won't be around much longer.
UPDATE: For a guy coming off a season in which he threw 18 interceptions and just eight touchdowns, Delhomme got an awfully good contract.
Adam Schefter of ESPN is reporting that the Browns are paying Delhomme like a starting quarterback, not like a past-his-prime 35-year-old who's just lucky to be in the league. Specifically, Schefter says, the Browns will pay Delhomme $7 million this season.
Sports Illustrated's Peter King referred to that money as "insane," and that's a good word for it. There may have been a time in his career when Delhomme was worth that kind of money, but that time has passed.
But whatever the rest of us think, Holmgren clearly thinks Delhomme has something left. And he clearly doesn't think much of Quinn.
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