The Facts:
Mike Holmgren inched closer to declaring Colt McCoy as the Browns’ No. 1 QB. In an interview this week on ESPN Chicago, the Browns’ president alluded to McCoy while explaining why he hired Pat Shurmur as HC. “I hired Pat because I think we have a good young quarterback,” Holmgren said, “and I wanted an offensive-minded head coach. It pretty much boiled down to that. And, I wanted one familiar with the system I was familiar with.”
Reported by the Canton Repository
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As Repository staffer Steve Doershuck noted, the day Shurmur was hired, neither Holmgren nor GM Tom Heckert would say McCoy is good enough to keep them from spending their top pick in the draft, No. 6 overall, on a quarterback. In tying the Shurmur hire to McCoy, Doershuck believes Holmgren came closer to identifying McCoy as the starting quarterback for 2011 and beyond.
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