There are bridges.

And then there are bridges.

There are tiny, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it bridges that you’re off of before you were even you were on them, and bridges that that take so long to traverse that there’s almost enough time to read “War and Peace” from cover and cover.

I hope that Tyrod Taylor is the former bridge and not the latter.

The Browns got him in a trade with the Buffalo Bills to be their bridge quarterback. They want him to keep the seat warm – to keep the team competitive and perhaps even a little more – and be the bridge to the franchise quarterback they hope to take with one of their two picks – likely the one at No. 1 overall – at the top of the NFL Draft.

That makes sense. It’s the way a lot of teams like to do it.

But the term “bridge quarterback” is kind of vague. It’s not really very specific.

It’s like saying, “There are a lot of cars on this stretch of road.” To one person, “a lot” may mean 100, but to another person, it may mean only 20.

That’s … well, a lot of difference.

So the Browns are being smart by stating, without really coming right out and saying it, that Taylor will be merely the bridge quarterback, but not saying how long that bridge is. Is it one year? A year and a half? Two years? Or a lot – there’s that term again — of years, as it was in Green Bay when Aaron Rodgers waited and waited and then waited some more for his chance to play while he sat behind Brett Favre.

The bridge that the Packers used went on and on, because Favre was one of the best quarterbacks of his era and as long as he was greatly productive, they were willing to keep things as they were. Why ruin success?

Tyrod Taylor is, of course, no Brett Favre. Unlike Favre, who could put a team onto his shoulders and carry it to victory with his playmaking abilities, Taylor is a game manager. He’s not going to lose you the game by turning the ball over, which the Browns did last season with rookie DeShone Kizer under center, but he won’t win it, either. That’s just beyond him.

Brows fans want their team to get better than it was the last two years, which, with that 1-31 record, shouldn’t be too hard to do. Taylor will indeed make them better.

But he’s not good enough to take them over the top – to the top of the AFC and ultimately to the Super Bowl, with a victory there. So while I’ll be happy with some more wins in 2018, I want to, as soon as possible, start the process with the franchise guy who, supposedly, can get a whole lot more wins.

After all, none of us is getting any younger, and it’s been 16 years since the Browns were in the playoffs.

That’s a lot of years – too many, really, by anyone’s measure.