Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Keeping up with Brady Quinn

We haven't talked about my boy AJ Hawk's brother in law in a while. You know why? Everyone outside of EAS has forgotten about him. Everyone outside of EAS and No Owens.

Quinn, the quarterbacking savior to Cleveland was 3-8 on the season for 45 yards.

That's fine. It really is. There is the school of, sit your quarterback for a few years even until he knows the system, and then go from there. Look at how Aaron Rodgers played when Favre went down against Dallas without gel in his hair. Rodgers looked legit.

Rodgers and Quinn are almost two of a kind. Both guys were potential #1 picks in the NFL Draft and fell into the 20s. I for one was unhappy when the Packers put the future of the organization in his hands. Now, look at that moustache. I'm fairly content with that thing.

Quinn got his dream job. So it seems. Then Derek Anderson happened. Let me tell you something about Anderson. Not only did he throw for 3,787 yards this year and 29 TD's, he's all of 24. He's 24 and he's already a upper level starter in the NFL. Quinn, a rookie, is 23. Apparently he failed 2nd grade, or his parents wanted to make sure he did extra squats before entering his first year of kindergarten.

So where does this leave the Browns? They have a solid prospect in Quinn who is a year younger than their current great starter in Anderson. I don't know about you, but if I'm the Browns, I have a pretty solid thing going right now on offense, with a bunch of young guys. Do you want to kick a proven Anderson to the curb for an untested Quinn in the next couple years? I wouldn't. And not just because I despise Quinn. I'd still want the best player possible and in the NFL this year, there were only a handful of signal callers better than Anderson anyhow.

So again, we have a falling Brady Quinn. What's funny is he was wanting top five money at signing. Now when he comes up for a new contract, what's he going to get. Backup money? I think that's what backups get.

I can't tell you how much I love this. Quinn thought he was so lucky getting the Browns to pick him up. His luck ran out when he played LSU in the Sugar Bowl. We will see what happens as Anderson is becoming a restricted free agent. The Quinn controversy continues to humor me and I hope it just continues. I still think back to his mom's interview and her accidentally saying the he wanted to come back to win the Heisman. Well, now he's in line with the Browns just where he was with Heisman voters. Second.

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