Football Mangini won't reveal starting QB

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Browns coach Eric Mangini has decided on his starting quarterback, and he's keeping it a secret as long as he can.

Mangini declined to name his starter for Sunday's season opener against Minnesota. Before practice Monday, he said he has not yet told Brady Quinn or Derek Anderson who won the job.

Mangini says he will not publicly announce his starter because as a former defensive coordinator he feels it gives his team a competitive advantage against the Vikings and future opponents.

He says it's more difficult to prepare for two players than it is to prepare for one.

Quinn and Anderson have been competing for the starting position for months, a close competition that carried through training camp and four exhibition games.

 

[tlw9191]

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[WaxPackCity]

Bill taught him well.

 

[arod812]

Quinn was announced starter. BIN STEAL!!!!!!!!!! LOL yeah right

 

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Mangini not talking but Quinn to start

The mystery about Cleveland's starting quarterback has been solved -- sort of.

Browns coach Eric Mangini informed Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson of his decision during a meeting on Tuesday night, and both quarterbacks did their best to keep the secret as the team prepared for Sunday's opener against the Minnesota Vikings.

But by mid-afternoon, word already was starting to leak out. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that according to a league source, Quinn got the nod to start.

Earlier in the locker room, after handling a few awkward questions, Anderson -- who met with reporters first on Wednesday -- may have given away Mangini's choice when he said "the rest of us have to go about our regular preparations."

Quinn only confirmed he and Anderson had met with Mangini.

"He talked to us about it, but he hasn't told us anything about a final decision for us," Quinn said.

Mangini believes keeping his starter a secret will give his team a competitive advantage. He said both players handled the decision well.

"They both took it exactly the way I expected them to take it - as pros, as good teammates," Mangini said. "It was really not surprising."

Mangini did not make a formal announcement to the team.

"I think they'll be able to figure it out," he said.

After stretching, Quinn worked with the running backs and Anderson threw to the wide receivers during the 30 minutes of practice open to the media. Reporters were asked to leave before the team began 11-on-11 drills.

Mangini doesn't believe that asking his players to keep the Vikings -- and everyone else -- guessing the identity of Cleveland's starter puts them in a difficult situation.

"I don't think anybody is in an awkward spot of trying to maintain a competitive advantage," Mangini said. "We all do that, and that's all of our goals, trying to do everything we need to do to win the game on Sunday."

The competition between Anderson, a Pro Bowler in 2007, and Quinn, the former Notre Dame star and first-round pick, went down to the wire. They finished with similar statistics, but Quinn may have gotten the nod after completing 11 of 15 passes and throwing a touchdown in the third exhibition game against Tennessee.

Mangini kept both players out of last week's preseason finale in Chicago.

The Browns are the only team in the league that hasn't announced its Week 1 starting quarterback.