布雷迪·奎因（Brady Quinn）的处子秀表现还不错，但是还不足以挤进克利夫兰布朗的四分卫竞争。

　　奎因在加盟NFL的首场比赛中闪光点不少，上场球队虽然20-23不敌底特律雄狮，但是他带领布朗队打了两个达阵进攻轮次。在对阵雄狮队替补时，这位新秀传出了两记达阵传球。作为职业球员的首场比赛，奎因表现地沉着而自信。虽然他让布朗主帅罗密欧·克伦奈尔（Romeo Crennel）印象深刻，但是在本周六对阵丹佛野马的比赛中，他仍会排在查理·弗莱（Charlie Frye）和德里克·安德森（Derek Anderson）之后。

　　对阵野马的比赛是布朗的第三场季前赛，这时的比赛通常会被看作是常规赛的预演。弗莱将作为首发四分卫，而安德森会是他的替补。克伦奈尔的这一安排也许表明，在9月9日布朗对阵匹兹堡钢人的首场常规赛中，弗莱会是先发主力。

　　周一的训练之后，克伦奈尔提到奎因时总称呼他为“那个年轻的孩子”或者“年轻的四分卫”。

　　上一场比赛，在布朗球迷“布雷迪”“布雷迪”的呼声中，这位前圣母大学的明星传球20次成功13次，总传球155码，还有2次传球达阵。这样的表现已经把弗莱和安德森在前两场季前赛中的成绩都比下去了。

　　但是，克伦奈尔主帅仍然坚持让弗莱和安德森公平竞争，而对奎因持保留态度，因为奎因曾因合同问题和球队僵持了11天，错过了16次训练。

　　不过，主教练也没有排除奎因在不远的将来提升的可能性，他也有机会在常规赛首战中出场。克伦奈尔说：“我不知道他是否能赶上球队的训练水平，我们还必须再观察观察。如果他表明自己可以胜任，我们就会给他机会。他什么时候准备好了，我们什么时候派他上场。”

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BEREA, Ohio —— Brady Quinn's strong debut wasn't enough for him to muscle into Cleveland's quarterback competition yet.

Quinn shined in his NFL introduction, leading the Browns on two long touchdown drives in the final 9:20 of a 23-20 loss to Detroit. The rookie threw a pair of scoring passes —— against Lions backups —— and played with composure and confidence in his first action as a pro.

Although he impressed Browns coach Romeo Crennel, Quinn will follow Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson onto the field for Saturday's game at Denver.

Brady Quinn threw for over 150 yards and two scores last Saturday but it wasn't good enough to bump him up the depth chart.

Charlie Frye will start against the Broncos in Cleveland's third exhibition, a preseason game most teams view as a dress rehearsal for the regular season. Crennel said Anderson will be Frye's backup, perhaps a signal that Frye has taken the lead in the battle to be the Browns' starter for the Sept. 9 season opener against Pittsburgh.

Crennel referred to Quinn as "the young kid" and the "young quarterback" following practice on Monday.

After entering the game with Browns fans chanting "Bra-dy, "Bra-dy," the former Notre Dame star finished 13-of-20 for 155 yards and two TD passes —— a performance that dwarfs anything either Frye or Anderson has done in two games.

Still, Crennel wants to stick with his plan of staging a fair fight between Frye and Anderson while remaining patient with Quinn, who missed 11 days and 16 practices of training camp in a contract holdout.

"We're going to keep working with him and bringing him along," Crennel said. "He showed enough poise and execution in the game to feel good about, but he still needs work. He still has work to do and we're not going to rush him in just because he looked good at the end of a game.

Quinn played mostly against Detroit's third- and fourth-team defenses, a fact the 22-year-old quarterback pointed out after the game and one Crennel brought up again.

"Like he told you guys after the game, any other quarterback could do what he did in that situation versus the defense he saw," Crennel said. "But he did do a good job and showed some poise. For the first time under the lights, I thought he handled himself very well."

Crennel had hoped to have his starting quarterback situation ironed out by now, but Quinn's play as well as Frye and Anderson's continued struggles, have produced an unexpected wrinkle.

Frye has played slightly better than Anderson in Cleveland's first two exhibitions and would appear to be the favorite to face the Steelers in less than three weeks. But a depth chart can change at a moment's notice in the NFL.

"We reassess every day, and we reassess after every game," Crennel said. "Nothing is written in stone. It's competition, and every day they have to compete for their jobs. A guy can get cut any day of the week."

Crennel didn't rule out the possibility of Quinn moving up in the near future, and perhaps by the opener.

"I don't know if he can catch up or not," he said. "We'll just have to see. We're going to give him chances. We'll work with him and if he shows us he can do it, the more we'll give him to do.

"And when he's ready to play, we'll play him."

Crennel chose his starter for the exhibition opener with a coin toss won by Frye. Anderson got the nod against the Lions, but had the ball stripped from him on the first play and finished 6-of-8 for 68 yards and one interception.

Frye was 5-of-10 for 42 yards. He said knowing he will start against the Broncos should help him prepare for this week's game.

And as for Quinn, the first-round pick who will likely replace him at some point, Frye doesn't see him as a threat.

"I really don't look in the rearview mirror," Frye said. "The competition is pushing everybody to do a little extra, whether it be on the field or staying a little longer (after practice) or do two more curls, whatever it is.

"Everything is a competition. It's making us better and it's making me stronger mentally, being able to handle this whole situation."