Quarterback C.J. Brown scrambles out of the pocket during Maryland’s 37-15 loss to Michigan State on Nov. 15, 2014.

C.J. Brown sat at a gray circular table with about a dozen reporters fixing their eyes on him during yesterday’s weekly Terrapins football media availability and faced a rather unfamiliar question.

After spending most of the season defending his sixth-year quarterback, coach Randy Edsall said Sunday he would consider replacing Brown as starter before Saturday’s game at Michigan. This was Brown’s chance to respond.

“That comes with the position,” Brown said. “If you’re not going to produce, they’re going to bring someone else in that will. They’ve done it at other positions, and I’m just another guy on the team, and I understand that I got to produce.”

Brown’s performance in Saturday’s 37-15 loss to Michigan State led Edsall to ponder what to do with his starting spot. Brown threw an interception on the Terps’ third offensive play of the loss to the Spartans and went on to finish the afternoon 20-for-43 through the air for 246 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.

With Brown at the helm, the Terps offense has struggled to move the ball in each of its past three games and hasn’t scored more than 20 points since a 38-31 victory over Iowa on Oct. 18.

In mid-October, backup quarterback Caleb Rowe suffered a season-ending ACL tear, moving reserves Perry Hills and Shane Cockerille up the depth chart. Edsall said Hills and Cockerille split repetitions with the second-string offense in yesterday’s practice while Brown handled the quarterbacking duties with the starters. But the fourth-year coach did not rule out making a change at quarterback with the matchup in Ann Arbor, Michigan, four days away.

“I don’t want to make a quarterback change,” Edsall said. “But if a situation would call for that, then you have to be able to make that decision. And when you make those decisions you have to say, ‘OK, can the person that you’re going to put in do a better job than the guy you’re taking out.”

SEAN DAVIS STAYS AT CORNERBACK

Sean Davis starred as a safety for the first eight weeks of the season, but injuries have necessitated a position switch for the junior.

With cornerback Alvin Hill sidelined for the season with a knee injury and Jeremiah Johnson hampered by a faulty hamstring, Davis has slid over to cornerback. And he has, according to his coach, experienced success.

Davis often lined up against the Big Ten’s leading receiver Tony Lippett on Saturday night and helped hold the Michigan State standout to 46 yards on four catches. Davis said Tuesday he would continue playing cornerback for at least another game.

“It’s hard to start over and relearn a new position in week nine and 10,” Davis said. “I was just thrown into the fire, but I had fun, I think I did a solid job, and I’m going to try and keep improving on it.”

Davis leads the Terps with 94 total tackles this season, and defensive coordinator Brian Stewart often dials up blitzes to allow the 6-foot-1, 200-pound defensive back to get after the quarterback.

Edsall said yesterday Davis’ athleticism and versatility has made his transition to cornerback a relatively smooth one. Davis has also had the benefit of learning from Johnson, a fifth-year senior who has played only in nickel packages the last two weeks.

Davis said he was always interested in playing corner and would be welcome to a long-term position switch.

“He’s done well there, he’s picked it up,” Edsall said. “You can see him doing the things we thought he could do.”

MONROE ONE SHY OF SACK RECORD

Defensive end Andre Monroe brought down Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook in the third quarter of the Terps’ loss to the Spartans for his 23rd career sack to move into second place in Terps’ history past former linebacker Shawne Merriman.

With two games left in the regular season, Monroe, a senior, sits one sack away from tying Mike Corvino for the most sacks in school history. The 5-foot-11, 282-pound Monroe led the team with five sacks as a redshirt freshman in 2011, but then missed all of the 2012 campaign with a knee injury. He returned last year to record 9.5 sacks and ranks second in the Big Ten with 8.5 sacks this year.

“I’m proud of him,” linebacker L.A. Goree said. “He surprised everybody. You see Andre, you don’t see the big, broad defensive lineman that you usually see. He usually gets overlooked because of his size, but he’s about to break the career sack record. His work speaks for itself.”