Charlie Frye In Line To Start For Raiders Against Browns

Charlie Frye, who made his first start of the season last week in Oakland’s 20-19 win at Denver, but lasted only until he was knocked out of the game with a concussion, will reportedly get the nod as starter against this week against the Browns.

Before he can play (or practice), Frye has to be “symptom-free” from his concussion.

Over at SB Nation’s Raiders blog, Silver and Black Pride, it seems that Charlie Frye is being welcomed with open arms:

JaMarcus Russell has officially hit rock bottom.

Adam Schefter is reporting that the Raiders will start Charlie Frye, who has not thrown a pass all regular season, in place of the injured Bruce Gradkowski Sunday at Denver. Keep in mind that Russell is perfectly healthy and physically capable of playing. In other words, head coach Tom Cable has decided that Frye is the better QB than Russell.

The report was confirmed by NFL Network’s Michael Lombardi.

That’s Charlie Frye, who has played in just three games in the last four seasons. Russell has gone from No. 1 overall draft pick to now fighting it out with Charlie Frye and J.P. Losman. Yep.