They covered today, but that could be the last time this season...
CLEVELAND -- It appears the Browns have lost their second quarterback in two weeks.
Just several days after losing Brady Quinn to a broken finger, Cleveland also lost Derek Anderson to a left MCL injury in the waning moments of Sunday's 10-6 defeat to the Indianapolis Colts.
The recovery time for MCL injuries is usually 3-4 weeks, which likely
means Anderson is out for the remainder of the 2008 season.
Anderson
Anderson was hurt Sunday when Browns right tackle Kevin Shaffer landed on Anderson's leg on the final drive.
"It didn't look good with him coming off,'' Browns coach Romeo
Crennel said after the game. "I'm not encouraged by the way he came off
the field."
Ken Dorsey, who entered the year as the third-string quarterback, will start next week against the Tennessee Titans
and probably for the rest of the year. He didn't throw a pass all
season until Anderson went down in the fourth quarter. He finished the
game 0 for 3.
"It's always hard to see any guy come off the field like that,'' Dorsey
said of Anderson. "Injuries are part of the NFL, but you hate to see it
anytime it happens."
Anderson, coming off a Pro Bowl season in 2007, struggled this
year and finished with nine touchdowns and eight interceptions. With
Brady Quinn penciled in as Cleveland's starter next year, the Browns
likely will try to trade Anderson in the offseason.