Rodgers directs 2 TD drives as Packers shut out Browns

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson got their first game action under new Browns coach Eric Mangini. Both could take some pointers from Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers directed two long touchdown drives before departing, and Green Bay’s new 3-4 defense gave Quinn and Anderson fits in the Packers’ 17-0 win over the Cleveland Browns in their exhibition opener Saturday night.

Quinn was better than Anderson, though both threw interceptions as Cleveland looked far away from improving on last year’s 4-12 mark, committing four turnovers and seven penalties.

Rodgers went 5 of 10 for 102 yards and completed a 53-yard TD pass to Donald Driver on the opening drive.

Driver initially looked over his left shoulder on the long third-down pass, then swiveled right to catch the ball in stride past safety Abram Elam, who was late rotating over on the play.

Rodgers followed it with an 11-play drive that included a fourth-and-5 conversion on a defensive holding penalty and was capped by Ryan Grant’s 2-yard TD run.

While Cleveland’s quarterbacks are battling for the starter’s role, neither did much against the Packers new scheme installed by defensive coordinator Dom Capers — even with top cornerbacks Charles Woodson and Al Harris out.

Mangini didn’t tip his hand that Quinn would start until about an hour before kickoff. That mattered little to the Packers, coming off a 6-10 season. They blitzed often, holding Quinn to 7 of 11 for 68 yards in two drives.

Quinn completed four straight passes in the 2-minute offense just before the half to move the Browns to the Packers 6 before Braylon Edwards dropped a would-be TD pass. On the next play, Quinn threw behind Edwards and safety Anthony Smith (Hubbard High) picked it off.