CLEVELAND - Browns coach Romeo Crennel said several positions will be sorted out after tonight's exhibition season finale at Cleveland Browns Stadium.

He also said he's not saying what the positions are.

``You can guess,'' Crennel said as the 8 p.m. game against the Chicago Bears approaches.

It doesn't take a genius to make an educated guess: Tonight's game will be important for the backup quarterback, backup running back, inside linebacker and safety spots.

For those players and for the guys ``on the bubble'' at the bottom end of the roster, tonight is meaningful. For the rest, the key is to get out of the game healthy.

``The next game counts,'' Crennel said.

For those at the key positions, this one counts almost as much.

• The backup quarterback position could be settled, although it's just as likely the Browns will go on a week-by-week basis with either Ken Dorsey or Derek Anderson as the backup.

``You want to see them produce, perform, and how they handle and manage the game while they are in there,'' Crennel said. ``You want to see them run the team. The guy who does the best might get an edge. They are close. It is a competition.''

• The backup running back spot is a complicated mosh pit. Either William Green, Lee Suggs or Jason Wright will be the No. 2 man behind Reuben Droughns -- with Jerome Harrison used as the change-of-pace back.

Earlier in camp, Suggs found himself in the unenviable position of being traded to the New York Jets, then sent back to the Browns when the Jets said he failed his physical. The Jets acquired running back Kevan Barlow from the San Francisco 49ers a few days later.

``I never heard of that happening before,'' Suggs said.

Suggs seems to have more elusiveness and speed than Green, but Suggs' laid-back personality makes it seem as if he lacks fire.

Too, he has never been able to stay healthy.

In the third game in Buffalo, Suggs did not even get a carry.

Those are all factors that might point to Green staying and Suggs leaving.

``I don't know what's going to happen,'' Suggs said. ``I may be here, I may not. I have no control over that.''

• Rookie D'Qwell Jackson seems to have a leg up on the spot alongside Andra Davis, but Chaun Thompson did some things well in his first preseason game in Buffalo (a calf injury sidelined him for the first two games).

Jackson is listed as the starter, so the job could be his to lose.

If he starts, the Browns could start with their top two draft picks in the lineup at linebacker -- Jackson and Kamerion Wimbley.

• The safety competition between Sean Jones and Brodney Pool has been close throughout camp.

Jones started the first two games and still is a bit ahead, Crennel said. But Pool has come on.

Crennel said only four roster spots are up for grabs, and they're near the lower end of the roster (positions 50-53 probably). Final cuts will be made Saturday.