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Da Masta: retired said 03/23, 11:59 AM
Ok, first of all, I'm going to say that Anderson was the only reason the Browns stayed alive at all. They had a horrible defense which was shown during the week against Cincy that he threw 5 TD passes. They gave up like 50 points I think! If they had not one that everyone would've blamed their D.

11-5 or 12-4 were reachable indeed. They didn't not reach it because Anderson wasn't good enough. They didn't reach it because of the Browns D. I'm not going to say that Anderson was a fluke becasue he wasn't, before that season he never had a chance to start.

The only game that he was the main reason that they lost was in week 16. But c'mon, everyone has down weeks. Tom Brady couldn't throw a TD against the Jets. Peyton Manning threw 6 picks against the Chargers! 6 PICKS!

Anderson didn't have a chance to shine until this season. He came in, knowing that this was probably his first and last chance to prove himself and he played remarkably well.

The Browns also apparently think that it was not a fluke considering that contract extension that they gave him! No Anderson was not a fluke last year, he was actually underrated!

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Da Masta: retired said 03/24, 08:00 PM
When Pitt beat him Pitt had one of the NFL's best D's and he still threw 4 TDs!

The Browns D was terrible! They gave up the 19th most points which may not seem so bad until you consider that all of the teams that gave up more points missed the playoffs and had a combined record of those teams was 79-131. Some teams that gave up less points than them were the Chiefs, 49ers, and Rams!

Anderson led the Browns to a 7-5 division record in a tough AFC and to a 3-1 record in the NFC! And that one NFC loss came to an 8-8 team so it wasn't so bad!

Against Cincy, Anderson still had 2 TDs and threw for 250 yards. All of the Bengals points came in the second quarter and the Browns were beggining to make a comeback anyway. He had 1 bad quarter, that's all!

Like I said before, everyone has bad games. Brady threw 0 Tds in week 16 and Peyton threw 6 picks in week 10! The Colts fogave him and the Pats forgave Brady! Everyone has down days and that includes Anderson. He still ended the season with 3700 passing yards and 30 TDs!

When he threw for over a 100 QB rating it wasn't so close. He had over 140 twice and over 120 3 times. His lowest over 100 rating was 109!

Da Masta: retired said 03/24, 09:05 PM
Sorry I meant 7-5 in the AFC (I'm watching the Nets game and not paying so much attention). I also never said that he had 3 picks in that game, I never even mentioned the picks...

I also only gave him 4 100+ QB Rating games, where are you reading from? 2 over 140 and 3 over 120 means that he had 3 games over 120 along with his 109 rating game. That is 4 games not 5....

He still threw for 3,700 yards and 30 TDs! He was sacked less than 20 times as well! The only reason that his QB Rating is so low is that he threw a lot of picks. Still... as Hannah Montana would say...
Nobody's perfect!
I've gotta work it!
Again and Again till I get it right!

Don't ask how I know that but he just has to "work it" until he can get more perfect. Everyone throws picks and makes mistakes. Big Ben threw 11 picks and Peyton Manning threw 14 picks! As a first year starter, Anderson is allowed to make more mistakes than those guys who have been starting their whole careers!

Yes he had one bad game that cost them their season but their D also had plenty of bad games that also cost them their season! Yes is was partly his fault but it was maily the Brown's D's fault!

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