Tracking the fates of failed former Cleveland Browns quarterbacks from the bad old days before John Dorsey and Baker Mayfield, has been morbidly fascinating over the years. These are usually the guys who were scapegoats for ineffective teams and summarily run out-of-town. But were the Browns’ problems really due to the quarterbacking? Everybody else was actually championship caliber?
That does not sound right. Nevertheless, since 1999, Jeff Garcia is the only quarterback who became a legitimate NFL starter after leaving Cleveland. Garcia was a winner before he came to the Browns, a loser for one year with the Browns, and then went on to post several winning seasons afterwards.