All 38 Cleveland Browns Starting Quarterbacks Since 1999, Ranked Worst to Best
23. Charlie Frye
Charlie Frye was good enough to stick around and make 19 starts over his three-year tenure with the Browns (more than anyone ranked behind him on the list so far), but that doesn’t mean he was actually good.
His 6-13 record is actually pretty decent for a Browns QB of the era though, and a 62.4% completion percentage is better than a lot of the guys we’ve looked at.
Still, even when adjusting for the era, throwing 23 interceptions to just 14 touchdowns is really rough. As is never averaging even 200 yards per game for a season.
22. Brandon Weeden
Who could have predicted that a 28-year-old rookie QB wouldn't work out?
Weeden was a grown man playing against a mix of teenagers and early-20-somethings in college, so of course he looked like a decent prospect.
But predictably, a rookie that old didn’t have much room to grow through his career.
Weeden led the browns to a 5-15 record over his 20 starts in two seasons, though admittedly his play was far from the sole cause.
He had a nearly 1-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio (23 TDs to 26 picks), and he averaged 222.4 yards per game, keeping a passer rating north of 70 each season.
I'm not going to dock him points for being over-drafted, but nothing about his play in the pros ever stood out as special.
21. Robert Griffin III
The idea of RG3 having a career resurgence in Cleveland and becoming the next franchise quarterback was incredibly fun. The reality of having Griffin as our starting QB was a lot less so.
He got hurt in the 2016 season-opener (not having a great game in the progress), and he wasn't back in the lineup until Week 14 when he struggled through the final four starts of the season.
It took Griffin five games to throw his first touchdown as a Brown, and overall he ended the year with a weak 72.5 passer rating, thanks in part to his three interceptions. He contributed 190 rushing yards too, but that certainly wasn't enough to make up for his poor passing performance.