Quinn? Anderson? Someone Else???

You have to like how Holmgren talks about the QB position. Here are a few of his latest quotes concerning the QB situation and how it will possibly play out.

''The guys that came with me, that's their project. The staff that was there, that's their project. I want reports from both groups telling me what they think — [coach] Eric [Mangini], [General Manager] Tom Heckert, everybody. Eventually I'm going to have to decide.''

''Whoever's playing has to believe you have his back,'' Holmgren said. ''That confidence level, even though you make a mistake, 'I'm still OK. I'm going to get better.' He's got to feel that. It's all part of coaching that position.''

Holmgren made it clear he is not a fan of musical quarterbacks. Quinn started the first four games before Mangini went to Anderson, and the flip-flopping stopped only when Quinn suffered a foot injury Dec. 20 against the Chiefs in Kansas City.

''Someone's got to play a full season,'' Holmgren said. ''Not two games here, off two games, three games, off two, that doesn't work. Because whoever's playing, the first interception, everybody in the stands yells for the other guy. And then you switch them. It doesn't work. So pick one, commit, coach them up, build confidence, make them better and go. And surround them with good people.''

Quinn has played 12 ballgames in three years,'' Holmgren said. ''And in this business, unless you have a dominating defense like the Jets . . . they insert a rookie quarterback and ask him to play the game a certain way, you can pull that one off. Not everyone can do that. Not everyone has that type of team. It takes some time at the position. We're not sending men to the moon, but it takes some time.''

But giving Quinn another whole season might be delaying the inevitable. Holmgren was encouraged when the 5-11 Browns finished 2009 with a four-game winning streak, with two games started by Quinn and two by Anderson.

''We can't wait too much longer,'' he said in reference to Quinn. ''I want to turn the team around very quickly. I think the last four games of last year was a good start.

''There's something there that allowed those players to persevere and do that. Now we build on that and get some more players in here.''