Brian Hoyer only Cleveland Browns QB since 1999 with winning record
By Phil Watson
The Cleveland Browns are 1-1 to start the season with Brian Hoyer as their starting quarterback.
Combined with his three wins in three starts last season before he went down with a torn ACL, that makes the Browns 4-1 when he starts.
NFL on ESPN pointed that statistic out via Twitter:
The Cleveland Browns have had 20 starting QBs since 1999. Brian Hoyer is the only one with a winning record (4-1). pic.twitter.com/ugmlAOhyUl
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) September 20, 2014
The rogues’ gallery of starting quarterbacks for the Browns, by winning percentage (not sure if this list is safe for children):
| QB | W-L | Pct |
| Brian Hoyer | 4-1 | .800 |
| Jake Delhomme | 2-2 | .500 |
| Derek Anderson | 16-18 | .471 |
| Tim Couch | 22-37 | .373 |
| Trent Dilfer | 4-7 | .364 |
| Kelly Holcomb | 4-8 | .333 |
| Charlie Frye | 6-13 | .316 |
| Jeff Garcia | 3-7 | .300 |
| Colt McCoy | 6-15 | .286 |
| Brandon Weeden | 5-15 | .250 |
| Brady Quinn | 3-9 | .250 |
| Seneca Wallace | 1-6 | .143 |
| Doug Pederson | 1-7 | .125 |
| Jason Campbell | 1-7 | .125 |
| Spergon Wynn | 0-1 | .000 |
| Bruce Gradkowski | 0-1 | .000 |
| Thad Lewis | 0-1 | .000 |
| Ty Detmer | 0-2 | .000 |
| Ken Dorsey | 0-3 | .000 |
| Luke McCown | 0-4 | .000 |
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In all, Cleveland is 78-164 (a .322 winning percentage) since returning to the NFL as an expansion franchise in 1999 and are on a string of six consecutive seasons with 10 losses or more.
Since they’ve been back, they’ve only avoided double-digit losses three times and have posted just two winning records (10-6 in 2007 and 9-7 in 2002).
They are also 0-1 in the playoffs—losing a wild-card playoff game at Pittsburgh after the 2002 season.
The coaching staff has been just about as stable as the quarterbacking situation. Since coming back, Cleveland has had eight head coaches—Chris Palmer (1999-2000), Butch Davis (2001-04), Terry Robiskie (2004), Romeo Crennel (2005-08), Eric Mangini (2009-10), Pat Shurmur (2011-12), Rob Chudzinski (2013) and Mike Pettine (2014).
Sometimes, things really are as bad as they appear to be.
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