May 22
QB Colt McCoy took the first snap with the Browns' offense during the team's OTA practice Tuesday, but coach Pat Shurmur cautioned against reading into it that McCoy is the "starting" quarterback.
"It's easy to look out there and say, 'This guy is doing this so he must be the starter and he must be the backup.' There were a lot of combinations out there today and I think what's important is in some of the areas that we have touched on all winter, we are watching guys compete," Shurmur said. "I wouldn't say we are deferring to anybody at this point."
The Browns spent a first-round pick on Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden, and veteran Seneca Wallace remains in the fold.
"I have a room full of quarterbacks that are great competitors and very fine players," Shurmur said, answering a question about how the quarterbacks are handling the situation. "The room is fine, it's fine."
Shurmur allowed that the quarterbacks made some mistakes Tuesday, but he's pleased about the on-field work in general. Weeden has a particularly steep learning curve as a rookie coming out of a system that ran almost primarily out of shotgun formations.
"I thought he handled it well. I thought he was generally efficient," Shurmur said. "He missed a couple of throws, but I think all of the quarterbacks did. I thought he executed pretty well. As you saw, most of what we did today was under center and I know that is a question that will come up."
May 22
McCoy took snaps with the first-team offense at OTAs on Tuesday, Tony Grossi of ESPNCleveland.com reports.
Recommendation: Although many expect Brandon Weeden to emerge as the Browns' starting quarterback, it is worth noting that McCoy is still in the mix and is getting some shots with the first-team offense.
