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Report: Colt McCoy is “Likely” to Start Against the Patriots

November 4, 2010 by 17 Comments

While the quarterback situation remains cloudy, the lack of practice from Seneca Wallace appears to lend rookie Colt McCoy a bit of an advantage in terms of starting against the New England Patriots this Sunday.  Mary Kay Cabot of The Plain Dealer reports that Wallace was slated to practice but is not quite ready, leaving McCoy with all of the first-team repetitions.

With official injury reports slated to be released Thursday afternoon, a lot will hinge on whether or not Wallace can practice – even at a limited level – though it may not matter with kickoff less than four days away.

“I think Seneca is closer to coming back than Jake [Delhomme], but we’ll have to see how it goes,” said Mangini on Wednesday afternoon.  “Assuming that it stays the way it is now, [starting McCoy on Sunday] would be my intention.”

ESPN’s Scouts Inc. has already published their thoughts on McCoy getting the snaps through the rest of the season.  As Cabot points out, if McCoy does get the start against Bill Belichick’s Patriots, his first three starts will come against teams that have won six of the nine most recent Super Bowls.  With the Browns currently boasting the toughest schedule year-to-date, it is not about to get any easier with the one-loss Pats coming to town.

“We got a little extra work in last week against New England, so we’ve kind of have a pretty good idea game plan-wise of what we want to do, what we want to accomplish,” said McCoy following Wednesday’s practice. “Like I said, I know that this team is working really hard.  We had some good practices before the bye and Monday we had a good one.  We have just got to continue to build and New England is a great football team.”

“I just really have got to be sharp, execute what we are trying to do and that’s the only way we will have a chance to win this game.”

Interestingly enough, while the Browns were two-touchdown underdogs to both the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints, the Patriots are currently favored by an average of five points across the major sports books.  In Colt they trust?

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  • sleepless in cincinnati

    Completely disappointed that Jake has not gotten to show if he has anything left in the tank. Whether it would have been a complete failure or the feel good story of the year for the Browns/NFL, I was hoping he would come in and atleast provide guidance/veteran leadership to our offense and to Colt McCoy.

    Go Browns!

  • sleepless in cincinnati

    … from the field and not from the sidelines.

  • C-Bus Kevin

    Of course Colt should start! Just look at that stiff arm in the photo!!!

  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com Scott

    Harnessing his inner-Beanie Wells

  • stin4u

    Like I’ve been saying I’m good with either Wallace or Colt. I trust the coaches and FO to make the right call going forward…it feels weird saying that.

    I think if Colt can put up a solid performance (similar to Pittsburgh)and the defense pitches in, this is a winnable game. The pats D is coming around but still a work in progress at this point. Anyways, Go Browns!

  • C-Bus Kevin

    Addressing the Vegas odds…If you’ve seen any of the Pats games this season, you know they’ve been living a bit of a charmed life. They’ve had a lot of breaks go their way and are not as dominant as their record would indicate.

    Also, I think Vegas likes Peyton Hillis, they like the Browns defense, and they like the fact that Colt McCoy doesn’t throw the bad pick.

    I don’t quite understand the senitimental feelings toward Jake. He had his time in the sun after working his way out of NFL Europe. Now, he’s older and the injuries take more time to heal. I actually think Mangini is doing a pretty good job evaluating the situation as it develops. He saw how bad a “not-quite-healthy” Jake could be against the Falcons, and he’s going with the better option. I will also be happy if he sticks with McCoy even if Seneca is healthy by Sunday. I’m not a fan of starting someone after they miss most of the week’s practices.

  • http://www.60bpm.com/ Robbie

    In the game vs the Saints, you could see Delhomme working with McCoy on the sidelines between each series. In my opinion, if McCoy is holding his own and isn’t getting slaughtered, I’d rather have Delhomme mentoring him in that way, rather than on the field himself.

    And, if it’s Thursday and McCoy is still getting all the snaps with the first team offense, is it even possible that he doesn’t give the team the best chance to win on Sunday?

  • Brick

    QB Mentors: Delhomme>Dorsey>Ratliff

  • EZ

    @4

    It seems more like Delhomme, Wallace, Rogers, St. Clair, Maiava and Hardesty are harnessing their inner Beanie Wells’.

  • Nicky Z

    @1

    He can do that more effectively from the sideline – if he played bad football consistently (played poorly in both appearances this year) no one would listen to him for long.

  • Zach

    For the life of me, I cannot figure out how anyone doesn’t want Colt to start. Barring a miraculous W streak, we are not looking at a playoff team this year. Our biggest concern: which position needs to be addressed the most in next year’s draft class and FA market?

    Our FO passed on Colt before he finally fell to the point that they couldn’t not draft him. Obviously, no one had any expectations of him being a viable NFL starter — especially this year — but, to this point, he has outperformed ev

  • REEPJP

    I guess I realized that we had a difficult schedule this year, but I summed everything up and the combined records of our opponents is 32-18…take out the Bungles and it’s 30-13…puts a little perspective on where the team is at right now….in the beginning of the year we all thought the TB and KC losses were bad losses…not looking like that’s the case right now.

  • C-Bus Kevin

    Bad losses to TB and KC? No.

    Would they have been great wins? Yes.

    Looking back on those games, I just wish the Browns could have one of them back.

  • mgbode

    on the betting lines. Pitt and NO were away games. Vegas adds 3 pts to the home team from the ‘nuetral field’ location.

    So, a 5pt home game spread = 8pt nuetral field = 11 pt away game

  • mgbode

    now to Colt:

    first 3 defenses:
    LeBeau, Gregg Williams, Belicheck

    first 3 QBs he will have ‘dueled’:
    BigBen, Brees, Brady

    Just think about that for a moment :)

  • NJ

    So the Jake/Seneca/Colt debate ends up being pointless as injuries decide the argument for us.

    I can’t remember a time I’ve been this excited for a Browns game. Every day since the NO game has been like Christmas Eve. I’m busting to open those presents and see what we got.

  • Nicky Z

    YES!!

    This is a possible FRANCHISE CHANGING GAME. IF the Browns win -

    1) All of a sudden EVERYONE’s behind McCoy, NO MORE QB controversy.

    2) Mangini’s re-instilled with confidence.

    3) Heckert doesn’t have to draft a QB high and can fill another area of need with solid talent.

    4) Holmgren will keep Mangini, increasing longevity within the organization.

    5) The players get a SHOT of confidence and will play even more physically and with added enthusiasm throughout the duration of the season.

    6) All the players that stay after the season get at least another year with their coordinators, and can continue to develop within their respective systems.

    The Browns NEED this one! Go BROWNS! Go COLT! Give ‘em hell!