"Browns President Mike Holmgren is not ready to clarify his nagging quarterback situation, but he admitted Friday that the odds are long that both Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn will be back.

"I think it's a long shot," he said after addressing the national media at the NFL Scouting Combine. "Never say never. But I've gone on record as saying I don't want a quarterback competition. They did that last year. And that didn't work out."

Holmgren said that "in a perfect world," he would evaluate a quarterback over 32 games in the same system. Quinn has started 12 games in two different systems, Anderson 39 in three.

"You can't wait too much longer," he said of choosing a permanent starter. "I want to turn the team around very quickly.

"Somebody's got to play a full season. Not two games here, out two games, in three games. . . . It doesn't work. So pick one, commit, coach him up, build confidence, make him better and then surround him with good people.""