The entire idea behind the BSD (outside of getting groupies) is to second guess sports teams decisions and media reactions to those decisions. The decision to bench Derek Anderson (DA) and start Brady Quinn is the perfect case to analyze both sides.
Should the Browns have benched DA?
Yes. Yes. A thousand times Yes. Of the all of the QBs that have thrown 200 passes DA is dead last in QB rating, 2nd to last in completion percentage, and 3rd in INTs. If you are worst in the league in anything you have no right to start. Compounding the actual stats is his inability to do the little things. Like run the 2 minute drill, dump off to the check down option, feel the pressure or put his helmet on the right way. If you have a crappy QB and a first round pick sitting on the sideline you go for the unknown quantity.
Now its perfectly fair to ask was this week to bench as the Browns play on Thursday. Short weeks mean less time to get acclimated. I can see it although 3 days of practice is certainly better than no time when Anderson runs the team into the ground on national tv and has to be yanked after 2 quarters. Basically its a decision that should have been made awhile ago and if your going to do it anyway why wait?
Why Did Trent Dilfer Spew Molten Hot Crazy All Over the Place?
For those that missed it, ESPN's point man on the Browns decision to replace a useless veteran with a local young backup QB was handled by Trent Dilfer. For those that are unaware Dilfer was benched here in Cleveland by a local young backup before he demanded a trade. He also has the same agent as Anderson. If you believe he doesn't have an axe to grind or his bitterness over his experience in Cleveland I have some mortgages I'd like to sell to you. So when he erupted in hyperbole and insane "bad teams should never bench their QB" its coming out of personal experience and personal dislike of the Cleveland Browns (way to go for shock value as opposed to reporting ESPN. bravo) . However besides the bias Dilfer is clearly still suffering from head trauma or some sort of delusions of grandeur - I mean you have to really work on some twisted entitlement logic and then get multiple concussions to come to the conclusion that bad teams should never bench their QB.
HOWEVER no different than elephants can paint masterpieces or Lee Corso correctly picks a game, the source shouldn't discredit the message. The Browns are a dysfunctional organization. The Quinn change is at best a band-aid. While the Browns suffer from bad QB play they also suffer from bad coaching, and bad GMing. The team won't have any bit of sustained success until all of those components can be changed.
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