Well "mud" as I suspected the visibility of the Browns short-term future was last week, wasn't the proper viscous semi-liquid, unfortunately.
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Regardless, it's apparent to everyone that, no matter what a good guy Delhomme is, he is not even the short term solution for the Browns. If McCoy isn't healthy enough to go next week versus the Bengals, Wallace needs to get the snaps.
Interesting statistical analysis from AdvancedNFLStats.com. They have a stat called "Win Probability Added" and can rank skill players on that...do they add the probability for their teams to win. Unfortunately, among quarterbacks, Jake Delhomme is so far in last place in this stats, he can't even smell the jocks of such luminaries as Clausen, (2010 edition) Favre, and Palmer. See the ranking tables here, and click on the header to sort by WPA/G, or see a snapshot below.
Ugly.
| Player | Team | WPA/G ▴ | Att | Cmp | Cmp% | PassYds | Int | |||||||||
| 17-J.Delhomme | CLV | -0.37 | 149 | 93 | 62.4 | 872 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2-J.Clausen | CAR | -0.17 | 224 | 115 | 51.3 | 1163 | 7 | |||||||||
| 4-B.Favre | MIN | -0.12 | 351 | 212 | 60.4 | 2446 | 18 | |||||||||
| 9-C.Palmer | CIN | -0.09 | 497 | 300 | 60.4 | 3187 | 18 | |||||||||
| 14-R.Fitzpatrick | BUF | -0.08 | 378 | 221 | 58.5 | 2518 | 11 | |||||||||
| 14-Sh.Hill | DET | -0.07 | 351 | 215 | 61.3 | 2206 | 11 | |||||||||
| 3-D.Anderson | ARZ | -0.07 | 327 | 169 | 51.7 | 2065 | 10 | |||||||||
| 3-M.Moore | CAR | -0.06 | 143 | 79 | 55.2 | 857 | 10 | |||||||||
| 5-K.Collins | TEN | -0.05 | 178 | 104 | 58.4 | 1051 | 5 | |||||||||
| 9-T.Romo | DAL | -0.04 | 213 | 148 | 69.5 | 1605 | 7 | |||||||||
| 4-K.Kolb | PHI | -0.04 | 153 | 97 | 63.4 | 1035 | 4 | |||||||||
| 7-C.Henne | MIA | -0.04 | 386 | 234 | 60.6 | 2673 | 14 | |||||||||
| 11-A.Smith | SF | -0.02 | 269 | 160 | 59.5 | 1809 | 9 | |||||||||
| 8-M.Hasselbeck | SEA | -0.01 | 423 | 253 | 59.8 | 2903 | 15 | |||||||||
| 8-K.Orton | DEN | 0.01 | 498 | 293 | 58.8 | 3652 | 9 | |||||||||
| 8-S.Bradford | SL | 0.03 | 474 | 286 | 60.3 | 2884 | 12 | |||||||||
| 12-C.McCoy | CLV | 0.03 | 127 | 81 | 63.8 | 975 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5-D.McNabb | WAS | 0.04 | 472 | 275 | 58.3 | 3377 | 15 | |||||||||
| 5-B.Gradkowski | OAK | 0.04 | 158 | 83 | 52.5 | 1059 | 7 | |||||||||
| 3-J.Kitna | DAL | 0.08 | 261 | 172 | 65.9 | 1945 | 10 | |||||||||
| 10-E.Manning | NYG | 0.10 | 401 | 260 | 64.8 | 2982 | 17 | |||||||||
| 7-M.Cassel | KC | 0.10 | 354 | 212 | 59.9 | 2503 | 4 | |||||||||
| 10-V.Young | TEN | 0.10 | 156 | 93 | 59.6 | 1255 | 3 | |||||||||
| 6-M.Sanchez | NYJ | 0.11 | 441 | 235 | 53.3 | 2852 | 12 | |||||||||
| 6-J.Cutler | CHI | 0.11 | 344 | 213 | 61.9 | 2697 | 12 | |||||||||
| 8-J.Campbell | OAK | 0.12 | 236 | 135 | 57.2 | 1763 | 6 | |||||||||
| 7-B.Roethlisberger | PIT | 0.12 | 291 | 180 | 61.9 | 2336 | 5 | |||||||||
| 17-P.Rivers | SD | 0.14 | 439 | 290 | 66.1 | 3868 | 11 | |||||||||
| 18-P.Manning | IND | 0.16 | 570 | 378 | 66.3 | 4028 | 15 | |||||||||
| 8-M.Schaub | HST | 0.16 | 403 | 258 | 64.0 | 3088 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5-J.Freeman | TB | 0.19 | 390 | 228 | 58.5 | 2708 | 6 | |||||||||
| 7-M.Vick | PHI | 0.19 | 294 | 187 | 63.6 | 2513 | 4 | |||||||||
| 12-T.Brady | NE | 0.22 | 425 | 284 | 66.8 | 3398 | 4 | |||||||||
| 9-D.Garrard | JAX | 0.22 | 290 | 190 | 65.5 | 2141 | 12 | |||||||||
| 12-A.Rodgers | GB | 0.23 | 410 | 268 | 65.4 | 3289 | 10 | |||||||||
| 5-J.Flacco | BLT | 0.27 | 398 | 248 | 62.3 | 2988 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1-T.Smith | SF | 0.29 | 126 | 66 | 52.4 | 1023 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2-M.Ryan | ATL | 0.32 | 475 | 300 | 63.2 | 3147 | 8 | |||||||||
| 9-D.Brees | NO | 0.32 | 525 | 362 | 69.0 | 3855 | 18 |
