After he started the game 0-for-5, the fans were rumbling for Quinn to take over.
So Anderson started cracking jokes in the huddle ("He had us laughing," said wide receiver Braylon Edwards) and somehow, some way, after those five consecutive incompletions, he promptly led five consecutive scoring drives en route to hanging more than half a hundred on the Bengals.
"That's just how I go," Anderson said. "I said, 'Hey, I'm just going to take what they give me.' "
What the Bengals gave them was everything. There were no effective pass rushes, huge lanes for Lewis to run through and so many blown assignments that Anderson was able to float some in there. In a prime example, Anderson overthrew a completely uncovered Edwards, who saved the day by making a leaping open-field grab and rolled into the end zone.
It was little wonder Palmer, after a career day, looked shell-shocked. "I'm just going to try to get some sleep," he said.
Of course, to the victors go the laughs.
"That was one of the funnest games I've ever played in," the new hottest quarterback in the NFL said.
Forget the rest of the season. For this one game anyway, the Browns looked like superstars.
