The Bears are a hair away from giving rookie Cade McNown the quarterback job full-time, rookie Akili Smith may not be far away in Cincinnati. Donovan McNabb is about to take over for Doug Pederson in Philadelphia and, if Monday's game is any indication, Brian Griese could be shelved in a couple weeks. All over the league, it's an all-out scramble. We need some guys to step up. We need a guy that's a flag-carrier on the offensive side.
Couch is a fairly unflappable kind of fellow.
He played on some bad teams at Kentucky, so he knows hard times and how to deal with them. He may do OK Sunday. He surely can't do much worse than Detmer did Sunday in starting for the Browns. But Couch also will be confused. He may get shaken.