"It's game on for Colt McCoy.

After being handed the Browns' starting quarterback job in 2011, he's going to have to win it in 2012.

"There's going to be some competition and I expect that Colt will improve just like I expect Seneca [Wallace] will improve and whoever the quarterbacks are here," said coach Pat Shurmur in his exit press conference Tuesday. "The best quarterback will play when we start the season."

Shurmur stressed that he thinks McCoy will improve in the West Coast offense with an off-season to work in it -- something the quarterback didn't have in 2011.

"As we go forward here with Colt, he's done some really good things," said Shurmur. "[We'll] get him back healthy, and get him in an off-season where he has a chance to develop. It's critical that he gets better. He'd tell you the same thing. We'll move forward with that in mind and we'll do what we have to do to put the best quarterback on the field for our franchise." "