The Browns find their answer at QB....(Expanded, reworked version)

The Browns signed Carolina Panthers' castoff Jake Delhomme Saturday, which means there is another new quarterback in Cleveland (read the ESPN.com story here).
Delhomme agreed to a two-year deal with the Browns and will make around $7 million from the club (he will also make $12 million this season from Carolina, which released him last week). That is serious money, folks.
Delhomme (here's his stats page on Football Reference) is 35 years old and is coming off his worst season as a pro, where he threw a whopping 18 interceptions compared to just eight TDs and compiled a 4-7 record as the Panthers' starter. Carolina shut him down after 11 games (officially he broke a finger). He's been in a tailspin of sorts since his six-turnover playoff debacle against the Cardinals in 2008, which was followed up by a five-turnover debacle in the '09 season opener. That's the bad, at least the notable parts.
The good?
Delhomme has 54 career wins, a Pro Bowl appearance, two NFC Championship appearances and a Super Bowl appearance. And, according to Mary Kay Cabot of The Plain Dealer, there is one other skill Delhomme brings with him to Cleveland: he knows Mike Holmgren's West Coast offense.
Cabot's article says: Delhomme spent three seasons learning Holmgren's preferred scheme from Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, who was his offensive coordinator in New Orleans from 2000-02. Like Wallace, Delhomme is well-versed in the West Coast, to which the Browns are making a seismic shift.  My response to that is this: Is running a preferred scheme so important that you're going to go with a quarterback whose best days are far behind him?
- Delhomme's agent said late Saturday that Delhomme wasn't coming to Cleveland to be a backup. Mike Holmgren told The Plain Dealer this past week that if the Browns signed Delhomme, the starting QB job would not be promised to him. Holmgren has also said that he doesn't believe in quarterback competitions. OK. Seems like there is an inconsistency there. As of March 14, 2010, the Browns are going into this season with Jake Delhomme as their starting QB, considering the trade of Brady Quinn to Denver. It's hard not to question this move, and Sports Illustrated's NFL guru Peter King called it "insanity." Couldn't have said it better myself

Since 1999, the Browns have had eight different opening-week quarterbacks. Looks like that carousel will continue.