Josh McCown press conference - 9/14

The Browns QB talks before Wednesday's practice

On if he wondered this whether or not he would be with the Browns, given trade rumors and that he is now the starting QB:

“No, we pretty much had an idea. My plan was to be here because you can’t get into that game because you do not know. Coming out of the spring, I just gave all of my energy to this team and trying to learn (Head) Coach (Hue) Jackson’s and (associate head coach-offense) Coach (Pep) Hamilton’s offense and then get ready to go. Like I said before, if/when those things happen, they happen and then you move on and now you are on that team. I did not want it to change. I did not anticipate it changing. My mind was to be present and…