Cleveland Browns head coach Pat Shurmur has not named Brandon Weeden as the starting quarterback for the Browns, but then he doesn't need to. All this "chatter" about a QB competition in Cleveland is just that, a bunch of chatter. The Browns drafted Weeden with one thing in mind--an immediate improvement at the quarterback position. So where does this leave Colt McCoy?
Browns coach Shurmur has stated that he sees improvement in the performance of McCoy:
"I've seen him do things in this camp that he didn't do a year ago," Shurmur said. "He's comfortable in the system and in progressions. If he doesn't go to his one or two [receiver], he's finding his third instead of taking off and running."
Provided McCoy is improving he would be an ideal back-up for Weeden, this of course provided Weeden is not a "bust" and turns out to be a wasted pick. The benefit to keeping McCoy is rather simple as he is familiar with the offense and comes at a much cheaper rate than Seneca Wallace, McCoy receiving $540,000 this season while Wallace receives 2.4 Million.
However it is possible that the Browns brain trust have no intention of keeping Colt and have hopes that if he performs well in pre-season he may be on another teams radar, a team needing a QB due to injury or lack of performance from their existing starter or back-up.
Whether to maximize his trade value or add depth at the QB position the Browns have a great deal of interest in McCoys development hoping he continues to improve. Should this improvement be based on their desire to keep McCoy as a back-up or simply use him as "trade bait"?
http://www.clevelandbrownsreport.info/2012/08/the-browns-and-what-to-do-with-colt.html
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