The rest of this season doesn’t matter to anyone other than players playing for pride or jobs.  Colt McCoy has had a frustrating year playing for his future to be sure.  Just his luck that he was knocked out for the game that looked like an oasis in the desert.  The Cardinals are better than I thought they would be this season, but there is no question that they are something of a respite between games against Pittsburgh and Baltimore.  Seneca got the start against the Cards and it was fun to see a fresh, healthy veteran behind center for a week.  In the end, regardless of how Seneca Wallace plays at this point, it doesn’t prove anything.  For this organization right now, it’s either Colt McCoy or we have to look for a new guy for Wallace to back up.

Last week when he spoke to the media, Tom Heckert made it sound like the Browns had enough tape to figure out all they needed to know about Colt McCoy.  I am sure a good micro-analysis can give a good evaluator an idea of a guy’s ceiling even with a suspect offensive line or a lack of true weapons.  That might be a good argument for letting a beaten down Colt McCoy take the rest of the year off, but I’m not so sure.

Colt McCoy might never be a great NFL QB, but nobody quite knows for sure.  One of the biggest things about being an NFL QB is competing in the division where you get to see all your opponents twice.  Realistically, I don’t expect Colt to have learned so much from playing Baltimore the first time that he will be capable of besting them this time around, but as the named starter and without a viable long-term replacement on the roster, he deserves the chance to try.  Same with Pittsburgh to end the season.

I know Colt McCoy has been beaten to a pulp this year.  I know Tom Heckert seemingly thinks he has enough to figure out what the Browns should do going forward.  My pragmatism dictates  my low expectations for the Browns for the remainder of their schedule this year.  Still, it seems like a much more worthwhile fact-finding venture for the Browns to finish with Colt McCoy… You know… If he’s healthy.

Big “if” obviously.