BREAKING NEWS!

Ok, it's not. Not at all actually. The Plain Dealer must be bored due to the bye week.

Anderson's job on line in Cleveland

Derek Anderson isn't at rock bottom, but only a few ladder rungs remain in his descent to a place where headlamps are the practical fashion of the day. Anderson is in line to start against the New York Giants next Monday when the Browns return from their bye, in part because he's coming off a productive fourth-quarter drive against Cincinnati. That's faint praise, but in this trying season it's what passes for a recommendation. A better performance in prime time next Monday would carry extra weight and likely earn Anderson road starts against Washington and Jacksonville. Then all bets are off. Give Anderson three weeks - at most - to show he's really not the second coming of Scott Mitchell, the Lions lefty who had one big year, signed a lucrative deal and was never all that again. The Browns need to win two of the next three to avoid a 2-5 start or this bye week must soon be followed by a buh-bye week for him.