Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Is tonight D.A.’s last stand? As Giants invade, quarterback may be making his final start STEVE DOERSCHUKCanton Repository Monday Night Football analyst Ron Jaworski, a former Super Bowl quarterback, is telling ESPN audiences Anderson looks less confident than a stock-market trader. And Browns fans ... hoo boy. They’ve been barking Brady Quinn’s name for a while now.
Anderson’s world is so upside down that Charlie Frye, whom he famously replaced in last year’s opener, made a surprise start for the Seahawks Sunday a day before what could be — in a speculator’s market — Anderson’s last start for the Browns. Here’s how weird Anderson’s life has become. Last Monday, Quinn was a special guest on the Hank Fraley Show. Fraley, a center and a Browns captain, might not be snapping to the same QB in the second half as he does on the first series. New York’s quarterback, on the other hand, woke up in a city whose restless QB landscape looks nothing like what his life has become. Manning a hot quarterback on the NFL’s best team. Weird things happen with some regularity in the NFL. Anderson outdueling Manning would be weird, all right. Manning isn’t sure when it happened, but he’s definitely on top of the world right now. “Our team figured out its identity,” Manning said. “Our defense started playing really well, and our offense got all the right guys in the right positions. “It clicked, and we’ve kept the momentum going.” Manning is working off a Super Bowl season and a great 2008 start. Anderson is trying to hang his helmet on a nice fourth quarter at winless Cincinnati. “We started playing like we know how,” Anderson said. “It kind of carried over.” Without trying to explain the NFL’s complex method to calculate passer rating, suffice it to say quarterbacks everybody agrees can play tend to rise to the top. Quarterbacks who are young, aging or on borrowed time tend to languish near the bottom. Among regular starters in 2008, the top five in passer rating are Brett Favre (110.8), Philip Rivers (103.0), Kurt Warner (102.5), Tony Romo (100.5) and Manning (99.7). Yes, Eli Manning, not the other guy. The bottom five are Brian Griese (64.6), rookie Joe Flacco (64.6), Matt Hasselbeck (61.9), Anderson (49.9) and Tyler Thigpen (40.9). 
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