Mike Holmgren has been given plenty of chances to back Brady Quinn this offseason, but he says it’s too early in the process to call Quinn a starter.
It’s not too early for Holmgren to declare that either Quinn or Derek Anderson will likely be elsewhere before training camp.
“I won’t tell you that right now,” Holmgren said Wednesday on the Dan Patrick Show. “They’re both here right now. We’ll see how it goes. I’m not a big believer in that competition stuff. We better make up our mind before we go to camp and then put our resources into one guy.”
Anderson’s roster bonus in March and high base salary makes him the more likely trade candidate. Quinn’s foot injury, however, could potentially keep him off the field in early OTAs.
Holmgren may not believe in competition, but we suspect he’ll be bringing in a quarterback of his own that could be an option down the line. To this stage, neither Quinn nor Anderson has looked like a quarterback to put all of Cleveland’s resources into.
