After falling to 3-5 with Sunday's loss to the Ravens, the Cleveland Browns have decided its time to make a change at quarterback.

Incumbent starter Derek Anderson will be replaced by former first-round pick Brady Quinn.

Anderson led the Browns to 10 wins last season, and after an 0-3 start, he had guided the Browns (3-5) to three victories in their past four games before Sunday's loss. 

Quinn will get his first start in the NFL on Thursday against the Denver Broncos, according to the Akron Becon-Journal. He also was listed as the starter on the depth chart, on page 22 of the team's weekly news release.

The switch was confirmed, just a few hours after coach Romeo Crennel said during a news conference Monday that Derek Anderson was still the quarterback.

The Browns hope the switch will ignite an offense that was one of the league's best last year but entered Sunday's 37-27 loss to the Ravens ranked 30th in total offense.

Quinn was 14-of-24 for 106 yards in the Browns' third preseason game against the Lions and 7-of-9 for 65 yards in the preseason finale against the Bears. 

Here's a look at Anderson's numbers over the past two seasons: 

From KnoxNews.com: 

Phillip Fulmer confirmed in a 5 p.m. press conference today at Neyland Stadium that he will step down as the University of Tennessee’s head football coach. Fulmer is scheduled to receive a buyout of between $5.47 million and $6 million.

After several minutes detailing his history with Tennessee, beginning as a player in 1969, Fulmer said, “I accept the university’s decision that this will be my last as Tennessee’s head football coach.”

He will remain through season's end and may remain at UT in some capacity.

Today's announcement marks the end of 16-plus seasons for Fulmer that brought 150 victories, two SEC championships, five division titles and a national championship in 1998.

Since then, however, the Vols have failed to win an SEC championship despite winning the SEC East in 2001, 2004 and 2007.

The Vols are 3-6 and 1-5 in the SEC this season, just the ninth time since 1896 that Tennessee has lost six games in a season. The Vols have only lost seven games in a season once, in 1977.

The Milwaukee Brewers went out on a limb to trade for C.C. Sabathia in quest for their first playoff appearence in 25 years. Despite the fact they didn't fare well they did make the playoffs and Sabathia, was his part, delivered on his promise. In fact, he still gets my vote for NL Cy Young and I could make a strong argument for him winning the league's MVP. The 28-year-old left-hander went 17-10 with a 2.70 ERA overall and 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA with Milwaukee.

The Brewers have made an offer to the soon-to-be free-agent pitcher that is believed to be in the $100-million range, according to SI.com.

It's hard to imagine a small-market team landing a guy that could do down as the highest-paid pitcher ever, but at least they are making a run at it. Is it a smart move though? As valuable as Sabathia is and as much as I like him and believe he's worth every penny I just can't agree with a team with such limited resources can invest so much into one player.

Brewers' GM Bob Melvin declined to categorize the Brewers' chances but acknowledged the difficulty of any team retaining a major free agent once it gets to this stage.

"I don't remember the last time a club re-signed their own free agent,'' Melvin said. "We have a better opportunity than we would have thought. We probably wouldn't have made an offer for CC if he didn't do what he did for our club and seen what kind of individual he is.''

If they don't get Sabathia to return don't be surprised to see them make a bid to re-sign Ben Sheets, another front-line pitcher they stand to lose in free agency. 

From MLB.com:

Baseball's annual General Managers Meetings commence Monday in Dana Point, Calif., and Nationals GM Jim Bowden will try his best to improve an offense that finished near the bottom in almost every statistical category in 2008.

Bowden was not available for comment Sunday, but a National League source said the Nationals are looking for a cleanup hitter and have targeted free-agent outfielder/first baseman Adam Dunn, Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder, Rockies left fielder Matt Holliday and free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira as possibilities to solve their problem at the No. 4 hole.

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A better question to me is how does Jim Bowden still have a job. The Nationals are nothing more than a graveyard of "five-tool" players that Bowden covets, but what the team really needs is some pitching and players that can hit in the clutch, something Bowden has never had an eye for.  As for Dunn he's not going to get the $15-$20 million per year that he thinks he is, or at least I hope not. 

Here are some injuries from Week 9 that fantasy owners need to know about: 

QUARTERBACKS
Kyle Orton, Chicago Bears - high ankle sprain - OUT at least a month
Matt Schaub, Houston Texans - knee - OUT at least a month

RUNNING BACKS
Michael Pittman, Denver Broncos - ribs, neck - placed on I.R. on Monday
Andre Hall, Denver Broncos - hand - placed on I.R. on Monday

TIGHT ENDS
Alex Smith, Tampa Bay Buccaneers - knee - Status unknown

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
Kyle Vanden Bosch, Tennessee Titans - undisclosed
Charles Grant, New Orleans Saints - triceps -placed on I.R.

LINEBACKERS
Derrick Johnson, Kansas City Chiefs - hamstring
Keith Bulluck, Tennessee Titans - rib
D.J. Williams, Denver Broncos - MCL - out 3 weeks

DEFENSIVE BACKS
James Butler, New York Giants - leg
Mike Brown, Chicago Bears - calf

From Fitsnews.com:

Unearthed in 2000 by a sports researcher trying to provide television announcers with something interesting to talk about on the air, the “Redskins Rule” has quickly become a phenomenon of Presidential prognostication.

In fact, depending on who you ask, the rule has either correctly predicted 16 of the last 17 U.S. presidential elections … or gotten all of them right.

More on that in a minute.

First, here’s how the rule works … “if the Washington Redskins win their last home game prior to the presidential election, the candidate representing the incumbent party remains in office. If the Redskins lose, the incumbent party also loses.”

That’s not chiseled in stone anywhere, of course, but it’s one way of saying that as the Redskins go, so goes the incumbent party.

In fact, the only time the “Redskins Rule” has failed to accurately predict the U.S. presidential winner was in 2004, when Washington fell 28-14 to the Green Bay Packers just prior to the election and yet George W. Bush still won.

Other than that, the rule has been perfectly prescient (even pegging Truman over Dewey), and some argue that Al Gore’s victory in the popular vote in 2000 gets the rule off the hook for its blurry ‘04 crystal ball.

The “Redskins Rule” will have additional drama behind it tonight, as both Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will make special guest appearances on Monday Night Football with ESPN anchor Chris Berman.

In case you’re wondering, the 6-2 Skins’ are favored by a field goal over the 5-2 Steelers … which means McCain may have a shot at this thing after all, despite what the polls say.