Otto Graham is still the greatest Cleveland Browns quarterback of all time, although Bernie Kosar was recently honored as the best Browns quarterback since 1967 in an excellent article by Ali Bhanpuri of NFL.com.
No complaints about Bernie…he was definitely a franchise quarterback and led the Browns to the AFC Title game three years in a row. He played the game with guts, intelligence, gusto and skill. In fact, a bit of personal trivia: the first time I recall hearing the term “franchise quarterback” was from talk radio host Pete Franklin of WWWE in Cleveland talking about Bernie Kosar.