With the changing of the guard at quarterback (still awaiting the changing of the guard at GUARD, by the way), here’s a handy-dandy listing of all the quarterbacks who have seen substantial action in a Browns uniform:

1946-52: Otto Graham

1953-55: Graham, George Ratterman

1956: Ratterman, Vito Parilli

1957: Tom O’Connell, Milt Plum

1958-61: Plum

1962: Frank Ryan, Jim Ninowski

1963-66: Ryan

1967: Ryan, Gary Lane

1968: Ryan, Bill Nelsen

1969: Nelsen

1970: Nelsen, Mike Phipps

1971: Nelsen

1972: Phipps, Nelsen

1973: Phipps

1974-75: Phipps, Brian Sipe

1976: Sipe

1977: Sipe, David Mays

1978-80: Sipe

1981-83: Sipe, Paul McDonald

1984: McDonald

1985: Gary Danielson, Bernie Kosar

1986-87: Kosar

1988: Kosar, Mike Pagel, Don Strock

1989: Kosar

1990: Kosar, Pagel

1991: Kosar

1992: Kosar, Mike Tomczak

1993: Kosar, Vinny Testaverde, Todd Philcox

1994: Testaverde, Mark Rypien

1995: Testaverde, Eric Zeier

1999: Tim Couch, Ty Detmer

2000: Couch, Doug Pederson

2001: Couch

2002-03: Couch, Kelly Holcomb

2004 (projected): Jeff Garcia.

Is Garcia the first natural redhead on the list? Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

Not sure whether Garcia will wear #5 as he did in San Francisco, but if so, he’d be one of the few Browns ever to sport that number:

Webster Slaughter (1986)

George Winslow (1987)

Dale Waters (1987 replacement player).

Here’s a Jeff Garcia fan site, currently on hiatus.

Here’s an old story (with pictures) about Garcia’s workout routine.

In case you didn’t know, two of Garcia’s younger siblings died in separate accidents while he was in grade school. I remember this from his “Beyond the Glory” biography last summer.

Here you can see the arrest report and mug shot from Garcia’s DUI arrest on January 14.

And as if it were necessary, here’s Jeff going on the record that he is heterosexual.