During the Browns’ “there they go again” 30-27 loss at San Diego, the television screen flashed Josh McCown’s record as a starting quarterback: 17 wins and 34 losses.
When the Browns visit Baltimore on Sunday, viewers will likely get an update on McCown’s ledger: 17-35.
That’s unfair to Cleveland’s 36-year-old signal caller.
A little checking shows that during McCown’s short-lived opportunities as an NFL starter, he’s generally made mediocre or awful teams slightly better than they were without him. The theme of some broadcast and print media reports has been that “McCown has been a loser everywhere he’s played.