Browns sign Josh McCown

[Blue and Gold]

Browns sign Josh McCown
Posted by Michael David Smith on February 27, 2015, 6:28 PM EST

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Josh McCown is a Cleveland Brown.

The veteran quarterback and the Browns have agreed on a contract today, his agent Mike McCartney confirmed on Twitter.

McCown was released this month after a rough first year in Tampa Bay. He previously had a very promising showing during the 2013 season while filling in for Jay Cutler in Chicago. Cleveland has to hope it’s getting the Chicago version of McCown, and not the Tampa Bay version of McCown.

Cleveland also has to hope that McCown can work well with Johnny Manziel, teaching Manziel what it takes to become an NFL quarterback but also starting for the Browns this season if Manziel isn’t ready.

The arrival of McCown in Cleveland will almost certainly mean that free agentBrian Hoyer, Cleveland’s starter for most of last season, is going to sign elsewhere.

 

[Blue and Gold]

Brian Hoyer 10-6 in his last 16 starts. Josh McCown 4-12. Both cover only 2013-2014 sesons.

 

[Merlin]

Not a bad move tbh. McCown isn't a long term answer but he has shown he can play at a good level when everything around him is right. He is better than Hoyer in that respect so it's an upgrade.

We can expect them to draft a QB as well of course.

 

[FRO]

Brian Hoyer 10-6 in his last 16 starts. Josh McCown 4-12. Both cover only 2013-2014 sesons.

I hate attributing W/L to one player. Hoyer may be a better QB, he may not. I think they are equally bad. Until QBs are the only guys on the field I won't attribute a W/L record to them.

 

[DR RAM]

Weren't they talking about Buffalo last night?

 

[Blue and Gold]

I hate attributing W/L to one player. Hoyer may be a better QB, he may not. I think they are equally bad. Until QBs are the only guys on the field I won't attribute a W/L record to them.

Everyone knows that it's not a one-man game, nonetheless, when the NFL and Elias Sports Buruea began touting it in the days when Elway passed Tarkenton and Unitas it became fair game. Guys like Aikman and Bart Starr get "credit" for being great even though their stats were not comperable to a Fouts or Marino, etc. So, the stat has been vetted enough for use in a discussion.

 

[Ramsey]

I wouldn't hate God if the Rams to signed Brian Hoyer for Bradford bad knee insurance.

 

[jrry32]

Hoyer and McCown are both equally bad. They're not options for a team that might actually need them to start more than a game or two. I feel bad for Cleveland fans if they're counting on McCown to be their starter next year.

I don't want Hoyer on the Rams. He's not insurance for Bradford. Shaun Hill is a better QB than Hoyer and I don't consider him enough insurance for Bradford.

 

[den-the-coach]

I don't want Hoyer on the Rams. He's not insurance for Bradford. Shaun Hill is a better QB than Hoyer and I don't consider him enough insurance for Bradford.

So is Matt Moore better insurance than Shaun Hill? And if not of the free agent quarterbacks, who do you believe would offer the best insurance for Bradford? And you can't answer "None of them."

 

[jrry32]

So is Matt Moore better insurance than Shaun Hill? And if not of the free agent quarterbacks, who do you believe would offer the best insurance for Bradford? And you can't answer "None of them."

I mean...if I had to choose one, Matt Moore would probably be the best. But he hasn't gotten meaningful PT since 2011. Jason Campbell is another option who has been capable in the past.

Ryan Mallett is probably the best option in terms of potential but I don't see us wanting to pay for him. I think Houston will give him solid money to stay with them.

Regardless, I wouldn't feel comfortable with any of those three starting 12+ games for us.

 

[ram007]

one question to browns. why?

 

[yrba1]

Should've gotten Bridgewater when you had the chance Brownies.

 

[LosAngelesRams]

But iIthought the Browns were trading for Bradford?

 

[Mojo Ram]

Fuck all these lousy free agent QB's...

 

[Mikey Ram]

My first thought was "why in the hell would they give him 3 years for $15 million" ??? Obviously they can get out of it by cutting him if it doesn't work out, but what is that number about ??? I just don't get how you pay this guy that kind of money...

 

[dieterbrock]

Pretty wild stats
Mccown career
49 career starts. 17-32 record. 11,000 yards 61td, 59% comp, 6.6 ypa, 76 passer rating
Bradford
49 career starts. 17-30-1 record.
11,000 yards 59td, 59% comp, 6.4 ypa, 79 passer rating.

 

[LesBaker]

Pretty wild stats
Mccown career
49 career starts. 17-32 record. 11,000 yards 61td, 59% comp, 6.6 ypa, 76 passer rating
Bradford
49 career starts. 17-30-1 record.
11,000 yards 59td, 59% comp, 6.4 ypa, 79 passer rating.

lulz

 

[drasconis]

I mean...if I had to choose one, Matt Moore would probably be the best. But he hasn't gotten meaningful PT since 2011. Jason Campbell is another option who has been capable in the past.

Ryan Mallett is probably the best option in terms of potential but I don't see us wanting to pay for him. I think Houston will give him solid money to stay with them.

Regardless, I wouldn't feel comfortable with any of those three starting 12+ games for us.

Are you still big on the idea of getting Glennon from TB (if possible)? I could have misread/misremember but I thought at one point he was who you wanted the Rams to get for insurance. Where do you put him in comparison to either Moore or Campbell?

 

[HE WITH HORNS]

Pretty wild stats
Mccown career
49 career starts. 17-32 record. 11,000 yards 61td, 59% comp, 6.6 ypa, 76 passer rating
Bradford
49 career starts. 17-30-1 record.
11,000 yards 59td, 59% comp, 6.4 ypa, 79 passer rating.

On the surface you could say, hey that's pretty similar, so they must be very comparable QBs. But the stats only tell us part of the story.

If you consider who McCown was throwing the ball to. He's had Fitz and Boldin in AZ, Brandon Marshall and Jeffrey in Chi, and Mike Evans and Vincent Jackson in Tampa.

Bradford has had. . . . .

 

[jrry32]

Are you still big on the idea of getting Glennon from TB (if possible)? I could have misread/misremember but I thought at one point he was who you wanted the Rams to get for insurance. Where do you put him in comparison to either Moore or Campbell?

Better than Campbell. Similar to Moore the last time Moore played. And Moore was solid the last time he played. But Glennon is much younger and cheaper.

Yea, he's the guy I'd want but I wouldn't want to give up our 3rd straight up for him.