BEREA: Brady Quinn wants the Browns to win the Super Bowl, and he wants to lead them there.

Sitting for a second consecutive season behind Derek Anderson can't appeal to the 22nd overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, especially since he had been a starter since the final nine games of his freshman year at Notre Dame.

Rather than making waves that could divide the locker room, though, Quinn seems prepared to tread water for what could be at least seven more months.

Asked whether he would get antsy spending two years on the bench, Quinn said, ''I think if I was sitting on the couch the entire time, maybe that would be the case. But you are getting reps, you are doing a lot more things physically. It's tough to go through more mentally than anything else.

''I think you're still able to get better without necessarily playing and last year was evidence of that for me.''

Anderson went 10-5 as a starter and threw 29 touchdown passes last season as the Browns fell a victory shy of the playoffs. Quinn, meanwhile, compromised his chance at the starting job with an 11-day holdout that cost him 17 practices in training camp. He played only one series in the final game against the San Francisco 49ers, completing 3 of 8 passes for 45 yards in a second-quarter, field-goal drive, and that was prompted by an Anderson's thumb injury.

The only other time Quinn got his hopes up came at New England, when Anderson was dazed by a Patriots hit but did not leave the game.

Quinn remains the people's choice, even though General Manager Phil Savage doesn't plan to choose between the two until 2009.

''People can say what they want to say,'' Quinn said. ''Derek had a good year. I think right now if you talk to coaches and the GM, they say he's the starter going into it. That's where we're at. And he deserves that based on what he did last year.''

But on the field, Quinn appears undaunted. He looked sharp in the Browns' three-day mandatory minicamp that concluded Thursday, his footwork and play fakes precise, his throws on the money. He seemed to be developing chemistry with the receivers, especially Travis Wilson. Quarterbacks coach Rip Scherer has tinkered with his grip. The only negative was heard in practice Wednesday morning when offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski yelled, ''C'mon, Brady, we haven't got all day, let's go'' during Quinn's cadence.

He's also losing millions of dollars in incentives while he sits, but Quinn said he will remain silent.

''I'm a team player,'' he said. ''I want to win a Super Bowl. If Derek is our guy leading us there, that's fine. Obviously, I'd like to be that guy. Ken Dorsey would love to be that guy. Any quarterback would. In the position we're in right now, we're just trying to push each other, compete, and in the end, I think it's going to make us both better.''

Quinn is six weeks away from training camp and eight weeks from the first preseason game, presumably when he'll get to show what he has learned.

''I'm looking forward to whatever reps I get,'' he said. ''I'm sure it will be more than during last regular season.''

Stallworth returns

Receiver Donte' Stallworth, excused from minicamp to attend a funeral in California, was back on the field for the final practice Thursday after missing two days. Coach Romeo Crennel said the seven-year veteran took the red-eye and got in at 6:30 a.m. ''That shows a little bit about him,'' Crennel said.

Wilson impressive

Wilson, a third-round pick in the 2006 draft, was one of the bright spots of the spring but might still have a fight on his hands to make the team. Plagued by dropped passes in the past, Wilson spent 16 games on the inactive list in '07 and has just two receptions for 32 yards in two years.

''It was time for him to take a step forward, and I think this spring he has taken that step forward,'' Crennel said. ''He has helped himself considerably.''

Wilson said the key was finally mastering his playbook.

''It's a difference between night and day,'' he said of his improvement. ''Coming out and knowing the plays and being able to run full speed and not second-guessing myself, that helps out a lot. I've been playing football since I was little. Catching balls is nothing, but you've got to know what to do. I feel real confident in what I'm doing now.''