No, it isnt hindsight. I said all offseason that the Browns should deal anderson while his value was high. Break down his numbers from last year. In his first 10 games, he tossed 20 TDs and 9 INTs. In the final 6, Only 9 TDs and 10 INTs. He was regerssing by the end of the season. Also, any QB that offers up 19 picks in a season (when your team is supposed to be a wildcard team) should toss up red flags.
If Brady Quinn was a 3rd or 4th round pick, sure keep anderson and hope Quinn pans out. But Quinn was a 1st rounder, whom they traded up to take. Those guys simply dont sit the bench as career backups. Quinn was going to start sooner or later. With Anderson's value high, and both of them being young, the front office needed to decide on one or the other and get the max value for the other. That time has come and gone. Now, the brownies are stuck with an unmovable anderson (because of his salary) as an $8 million per season backup.