Worst post ever? hehe, it's all I got at the moment...
Bad news, in my opinion. Crennell likes our backups for now. Yes, Dorsey and Anderson seemed to play better Friday night. I do like Dorsey from a gustiness perspective -- he seems like a competitor and does what he can. I really respect the dude. But I just don't see what he offers to the team in the current situation (which is: develop Frye). Moreover Dorsey's career goal ought to be "become a steady backup QB" so he's not even a potential starter someday. Dorsey could maybe step in and do a decent job. He seems to make pretty good decisions. But he's not going to provide much from the bench. We don't need Dorsey, we need Gary Danielson. I want to hear how Dorsey can help the team from the sidelines and in practice before I could consider him a good choice for the #2 slot.
Of course, the big problem is that there are no good options to bring in a backup QB now. Testeverde is the most mentioned name, and he would be passable I guess. I'm starting to be resigned to the fact that it's just too late for Savage to do anything. Maybe Crennell is feeling the same way.
Anderson is another matter. I'm encouraged by what I see of him. And he's a developmental guy, a perfect third stringer. If all goes well, Frye becomes the solid starter in 2007, and Anderson gets promoted to second-string in '07 or '08.
Rueben Droughns won't be getting tried or going to jail until at least after the Super Bowl. Cool. He'll have to miss the victory parade however.
Somebody linked to this bio of Roger "Deep Irony" Brown in the Watercooler. If you missed it, it's worth a read.
I know Roger's job is to be an idiot and stir up a little controversy. He's good at being an idiot, but not so good at creating controversy. I mean, if he wanted to stir up controversy and was allowed to make stuff up, it wouldn't take much imagination to do better than complain about Bernie saying "We" when referring to the Browns during TV telecasts. Of course, maybe Roger's sense of deep irony is to grumble about Kosar doing the exact same thing that he does in his columns! Yeah, that's it!
It's really minor, but Savage trading a soon-to-be-cut WR for a possibly soon-to-be-cut DB does shed some light on a couple things. 1) our DB depth is not there. 2) Crennel and Savage are concerned that Baxter and McCutcheon either won't make it back for Sept. 10th and may have injury issues all year. 3) We could see a repeat of Crennell's last season in New England where he successfully scrambled the DBs with backups and street free agents after injuries decimated the squad. The Plan B is to have a deep stable of guys who've been in camp and the team can sign wiithout having to start from scratch.