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March 13, 2010While We’re Waiting… Reaction to the Jake Delhomme Signing and Sunday NBA News
March 14, 2010ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that the Browns have signed free agent quarterback Jake Delhomme to a two-year deal. More details will be forthcoming, but with the trading for Seneca Wallace this week and the release of Derek Anderson, the Browns have not shied away from changing their options at quarterback.
Delhomme, 35, has played the past 7 years with the Carolina Panthers. He started 11 games in 2009, with a 59.4 passer rating.
Queue up the requisite discussion of how this impact’s Brady Quinn’s status on the team. Mike Holmgren’s discussion of Quinn trade rumors yesterday claimed a Quinn trade would be dependent on other moves made by the team. This surely falls in the “other moves made by the team” category.
UPDATE 10:40PM: Schefter is now reporting the Browns will pay Delhomme $7 million in 2010. Or, as he put it, “Starter money”. Even coffee blogger transportation enthusiast SI.com senior writer Peter King finds this to be beyond “insane“. No word on when the Browns will hold a press conference to detail this signing.
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104 Comments
I can’t wait for training camp and the competition between Seneca Wallace and Jake Delhomme – wait, isn’t this the same organization that tried this a year ago and who said it wouldn’t happen again? Just when I start to feel good and think I know where this miserable franchise is headed they make a move like signing Delhomme for 2 years and at a very nice salary, for Jake.
Oh btw Delhomme provided another illustration that it’s not about winning by signing with the Browns and not the Saints. Why win when you can lose and still get paid. This is why I was hoping the Browns would make Cribbs sit out but they couldn’t so they caved.
I like the signing…Delhomme was better than our guys prior to his surgery and really only had one terrible year.
Delhomme was in Carolina for a long time, sometimes a change of scenery helps these guys…
@ 22 – What would be Delhomme’s mentoring topics: How to throw interceptions, how to squander RB and WR talent, how to choke under pressure, how to “pretend” to be a great QB when you are barely above average?
This was quite an ugly move. I understand that if Holmgren doesn’t see what he wants in Quinn then i have to respect that. The Browns are in a rebuilding process and there are going to be some hole patching jobs done until that weakness can be filled. Right now Holmgren is just patching a hole until he can fix it later with the right tools.
That being said 7 mil is way to much and I would have rather stayed with Quinn and at least given him a couple years as starter to see what happens.
Delhomme’s numbers were/are horrible with the Panthers and that was with respectable wide receivers. Where is his rating going to go with our receivers.
Sigh….grit the teeth and bear it for now.