CLEVELAND -- Browns quarterback Brady Quinn expects to
compete for the starting job despite Derek Anderson's $24 million,
three-year contract.
"My whole goal is preparing myself and getting ready to try to
take over the starting job and lead this team," Quinn said
Saturday during an appearance at an auto show.
Anderson agreed to his new deal Friday, a move that took him off
the restricted free-agent market. The contract includes $14.5
million guaranteed.
General manager Phil Savage says Anderson is the clear starter
entering training camp. Anderson threw 29 TD passes last season and
led the Browns to 10 wins.
Quinn understands the situation and even applauded Anderson's
signing, but doesn't plan on carrying a clipboard again. His
mind-set is "just competing and try to take this team to the
playoffs, something we weren't able to do last year."
The Browns traded their first-round pick in 2008 for the chance
to draft Quinn No. 22 last April.
He looked good in preseason after holding out, then spent the
final 15 weeks of the regular season as Anderson's backup and
didn't throw a pass until the finale, when he went 3-for-8 for 45
yards.
Coach Romeo Crennel will open camp with Anderson the starter,
but maintained competition breeds success.
"Both of those guys are going to compete," he said Saturday at
team headquarters in Berea. "And then we'll see who gives us the
best chance."