The Cleveland Browns being the Cleveland Browns, they signed a quarterback.The club announced they signed Austin Davis two days after he was released by the St. Louis Rams.
Davis will provide a tidy insurance policy behind declared starter Josh McCown and reliever Johnny Manziel, who still is nursing an elbow problem he acquired this preseason and that kept him from the Browns' final two exhibition games.
Davis started eight games for the Rams, who lost Sam Bradford in a preseason game at Cleveland last August, tossing 12 touchdowns and nine interceptions in the process. It was an overall superior showing than Manziel showed his team in 2014.
That long and fruitless search the Browns have been engaged upon in the last sixteen years is nothing new for those who follow them. Somewhere in the future lies that special someone who can lead the proud franchise to its former glory. Davis likely won't be that someone, but there's a better chance than not that he'll see the field in a Cleveland uniform. The Browns have started at least two quarterbacks since their 2001 campaign.
All that stands ahead of Davis is a 35-year-old veteran and a kid with a bum elbow.
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