Archive for September, 2009
Braylon Edwards is very much a vertical wide receiver. Brady Quinn is very much a horizontal/dump passer. Those two ingredients don’t mix well when you’ve got Braylon Edwards on your fantasy football team. Edwards caught just one ball on Sunday, and he’s already complaining about a lack of chemistry with Quinn. I don’t think it’s really a lack of chemistry, but just a difference in playing styles. Sure, Quinn might be wary of Edwards reputation as a ball dropping machine, but he probably worries more about his own ability to throw precision passes deep down the field. Look for Edwards to have a major drop (no pun intended) in output this season. Dump him on whatever unsuspecting fantasy owner you can and pick yourself up someone who will actually get passes thrown his way.
See available tickets for the Browns v. Ravens game
The Browns welcome the Ravens into town on November 16 for a nationally televised Monday Night Football game. Well, maybe “welcome” isn’t the correct word. It’s not the same kind of welcome my wife shows to my boss when we have him over for dinner. It’s more of a slap-you-in-the-face, stomp-on-you-when-you-fall kind of welcome. Anytime the Ravens are in town, you can be sure it’ll be a hard-hitting affair. The Browns feed off the fans’ resentment of Art Modell and what he did to them so many years ago. Resale tickets for this game should sell briskly, as with any Monday Night Football game. Fans know the TV cameras will be there and millions will be watching across the country, and if they scream loud enough they’re grandmother in Boca Raton might hear them.
Brady Quinn beat out Derek Anderson for the starting QB job, it was reported yesterday. Quinn was told he would start this week by Eric Mangini on Tuesday night. Quinn was only 1-2 as a starter last season before breaking his finger, and I thought Derek Anderson looked better in the preseason and in training camp. I guess we’re going to keep pushing Quinn as the “star” of this offense until he either actually starts to play well or we push him over the edge.





