It's always interesting to hear what a coach tells the media that covers his team and what he says to the media in the city of the team he's about to face.

Brian Billick has been asked some of the same questions this week as the Ravens get ready to play the Cleveland Browns Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium.

Asked by the Cleveland media if he's surprised by the success of former Ravens draft choice and castoff Derek Anderson, now the Browns quarterback, Billick said, "No, not at all, we coveted Derek. We thought he had a real future.When we tried to get Derek to develop, we were in a roster situation where injuries prompted other concerns. We thought Derek was a great prospect going forward. Cleveland did a great job picking him out.''

His response to the same question from the Baltimore media?

"Like I've said, he's playing the way we thought he would play,'' Billick said. "We liked him very much. It was just one of those things that you have to make those moves. We would have loved to have had him on the developmental squad for awhile. He may eventually have been back up on the active roster like he started out, but it just didn't turn out that way.''

Asked by the reporters in Cleveland whether he will stick with Kyle Boller for the rest of the season, Billick said, "We'll have to see how it progresses. With Steve (McNair), it looks like a two- or three-week process.''

His response in Baltimore?

"Sure, sure, that's a very good possibility, and it has to do with Steve's strength as well and how we're doing as a team,'' Billick said. "But yeah, yeah, there's always that possibility.''