Upside down in Browns Town!

Plenty of moves to talk about in Cleveland with the Browns with two new passers in,two out along with a new tight end replacing a veteran and finally a starting linebacker leaving town.

First,lets look at the quarterback position with Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace in and Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson out.
Delhomme's stats from last season look awful,but I didn't see him play any last season,but I did see all of Seneca Wallace's games and he wasn't good at all.
Jake Delhomme certainly seems to be fading and I would not bet on a career turnaround in Cleveland,but other older QB's have found the fountain of youth in new scenery before,so I would not rule it out entirely.
Delhomme signed a two year deal and that will not a be franchise choker by any means.
It appears to me that the Browns plan is to attempt to find a quarterback in this draft,use Delhomme as the bridge for two years to get the draftee up to speed and use Wallace as the tutor in the West Coast offense,along with some interesting possibilities with Wallace and Josh Cribbs on the field at the same time.
On Delhomme,I think that he was obtained at no cost to Carolina and still may have some decent football left in him.
I would not want to bet on that though and that is likely why Mike Holmgren made sure to have Seneca Wallace around,but remember one thing-remember how many snickered at Arizona signing Kurt Warner after drafting Matt Leinart?

Brady Quinn?
Glad to see him gone.
Sure,the Browns didn't get much in return,but if Quinn was a proven player,they would not have moved him,now would they?
Remember this post?
Some are saying the Browns didn't get enough for Quinn and they could be right.
However,Peyton Hillis is a solid and versatile back and even though the picks are not great (2011 sixth and 2012 conditional on playing time for Quinn),it beat releasing him for nothing.
Quinn lived up to my low expectations with a inaccurate and less than strong arm and if you cannot throw long-you better be accurate with the short and intermediate routes.
Quinn was neither.
To me,the most telling thing on Quinn was this-Mike Holmgren ( and all the West Coast offense guys) are always trying to make a ribeye steak out of ground turkey when it comes to quarterbacks and yet Holmgren didn't have any interest in even trying to revitalize Quinn's career.
Considering that,the Browns got what they could and cut their losses.
The only thing that I wish that the Browns would not have done was traded Quinn to Denver.
If Quinn turns his career around as a Bronco,Browns fans will be muttering about curses for even longer...

Kamerion Wimbley to the Raiders for a third rounder,originally owned by New England?
I like it.
Wimbley played better in 2009 than in 2008 and the Browns were smart in selling high,even though he was the team top pass rusher.
The production was never up to first round caliber from Wimbley and adding a third,gives the Browns three third rounders in April's draft.
The Browns have many holes and over the long term,the pick (assuming it becomes a productive player) has more long term value than Wimbley,when you consider Wimbley becomes a free agent after the 2010 season.

The addition of the third rounders gives the Browns some interesting possibilities when you consider their hunt for a young quarterback.
They could nab one with one of those picks or even use one to package a possible move up into the second round for the player that they might covet most.
But,please no Tim Tebow.
I know the West Coast guys love to tinker with flawed passers,but please hold off on that project.

The Browns have upgraded at tight end by signing Ben Watson away from New England to a three year deal.
I have always liked Watson as a player and I have felt that Watson's numbers have been hurt by the constant tight end rotation that the Patriots have used for years.
It would be nice to say that this is the end of Robert "Dropsies" Royal,but instead it was Steve Heiden that got the pink slip.
Heiden leaves Cleveland after eight seasons and was reasonably productive when healthy.
The problem was that Heiden was rarely that over the last two seasons and with a chance to obtain Watson,someone had to go and Heiden made sense as that player.
Any chance that he could take Robert Royal with him?

Photo Credits
Delhomme:Margaret Bowles-Icon SMI
Watson:Matthew Healey-UPI