BEREA (AP) — When Josh McCown was asked by Browns wide receivers Terrelle Pryor and Josh Gordon — players who are much younger than him — to join them and watch “Monday Night Football,” Cleveland’s quarterback didn’t pass up the chance.
“When the invite is there, I will go hang,” McCown said.
The curious trio of teammates will be huddling again Sunday.
McCown, who stayed steady this summer as trade speculation swirled, will replace an injured Robert Griffin the Third and start Sunday’s home opener against Baltimore. Griffin broke a bone in his left shoulder last week in Philadelphia and will miss at least eight games.
So the Browns (0-1) will turn their offense back over to the capable McCown, whose future in Cleveland seemed tenuous for several months. However, despite fielding several offers for the 37-year-old, the Browns chose to hang on to McCown, a decision that looks shrewder after Griffin went down.