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Brady Quinn (Fox CFB Analyst)

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Canton

Quinn lacks opportunities
Sunday, November 25, 2007
By Steve Doerschuk
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

CLEVELAND The Texans think they have their horse.

You know that from these phrases that came from Coach Gary Kubiak?s lips as he prepared to throw Matt Schaub at the Browns: ?Here for the long haul ... a winner ... great for our organization ... a leader ... loves to play ... a gym rat.?

The Browns don?t know what to think about Derek Anderson. They picked Brady Quinn, not Anderson, to be their Matt Schaub.

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CPD

Who's No. 1 in Cleveland? It's No. 10

Posted by [URL="http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/about.html"]Bill Lubinger, Plain Dealer Reporter[/URL] December 15, 2007 07:26AM

Categories: Browns

One lonesome Carrot Top-orange No. 5 "Garcia" jersey hangs from the discount rack at the Cleveland Browns Stadium Team Shop.
Well, maybe not so lonesome. A handful of No. 9 "Frye" jerseys, also marked down to $10, keep it company. Attention holiday shoppers: Closeout corner is where jerseys of former Browns go to die.
In the fickle world of NFL rosters, predicting which jerseys will star at the cash register is a Hail Mary. Free agents bounce from town to town. Top college draft picks often flop in the pros. A team makes the Super Bowl one season, then craps out the next. By comparison, playing the stock market is a first-and-goal from the 1.
"It's like gambling," said Nate Cannell, manager of Cardboard Heroes, a sports apparel shop at the Beachwood Place mall.
Case history: As this season opened, Charlie Frye's jersey was in the starting lineup on the Team Shop wall with a dozen other popular Browns. Derek Anderson's No. 3 wasn't even an afterthought.

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SanAntonioBuck;1029127; said:
It was quite courageous of Brady Quinn to ride the pine this season. If the Browns are smart, they'll test his courage again next year.
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I don't think courageous would be the right word there SAB. He was sitting because he was told to. And I agree , if the Browns are smart that's where he will be.
 
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Found this story about Quinn on another site. If true, he is a class act...


Thanksgiving is typically a time for three things: Family, friends and football. Every Thanksgiving in the past, I can assure you that all three of the aforementioned were fully enjoyed, as fewer things can break up a 40-hour work week better than a shit-ton of food sandwiched between two football games. Unfortunately, this past Thanksgiving was not the greatest, as I had found out that the younger sister of one of my very good friends had been killed that morning in an automobile accident en route to a family gathering. I am very close with the family, and for their privacy I will not discuss names or anything of the like, but the remainder of the weekend was somber at best as we all lost a friend - but they obviously lost much, much more.

One thing that can be said about my friend?s sister is that despite the weather, the record or the outlook of the season, she was one of the bigger fans of the Cleveland Browns that I knew. A bigger fan than most of my male friends, my buddy had actually gotten her to eat a dog bone when she was little by telling her that she couldn?t be a fan without the ?rite of passage.? Never saying an unkind word about anyone ? although I can remember a few choice thoughts on Charlie Frye, but in hindsight they may have been warranted ? she was truly one of a kind.

This past weekend, I received a call from my friend whom I hadn?t talked to in a while, as I wanted things to settle down for he and his family. The conversation was short, but given all of the talks this season regarding Brady Quinn, his antics, and his lack of playing time, I felt that it needed to be shared with the rest of you.

My friend?s sister lived in Dublin, OH ? the same town from which Quinn grew up, and his family still resides. While I won?t get into the transgression of how all of this took place, let?s just say that Quinn should be considered a class act on all levels.

Just days ago, my friend was presented with a box. And inside of this box was Brady Quinn?s game-worn jersey from the second week of the season. On it were words that would mean very little to others, but mean very, very much to my friend and his family.

"To the [Redacted] Family, in memory of [Redacted]. ? Brady Quinn"

Quinn had caught wind of the story, and hand-delivered this jersey himself. He delivered something that obviously means a lot to him, but handed it over to someone that he had never met in his entire life with the assurance that it would be delivered to my friend and his family.

I hope that I can get a picture of the gift, so that it can be posted in the near future ? but for now, you just have to take my word for it.

While things like this tend to be a drop in the bucket of emotion that has transpired over the past couple of weeks, my buddy can rest assured that his kid sister is looking down on this moment as something that happens very rarely, but happened because of what she meant to a lot of people ? and this happiness can now be passed on to her family.

Thank you, Brady.
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Bleed S & G;1031140; said:
awesome story! too bad my friends who have met him and went to school with him claim he is a grade-a douchebag.
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Wow. Classy post Bleed S & G... That story wasn't even posted for 20 minutes before you were able to chime in with the "yeah but he's a doucebag" sentiment. What you said neither contributes to the conversation nor was even respectful towards the family of the deceased. You stay classy Bleed S&G... I wouldn't want you to sacrifice the padding of your post count for simple decency or worthwhile contribution to dialogue.
 
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buckalum01;1031153; said:
Wow. Classy post Bleed S & G... That story wasn't even posted for 20 minutes before you were able to chime in with the "yeah but he's a doucebag" sentiment. What you said neither contributes to the conversation nor was even respectful towards the family of the deceased. You stay classy Bleed S&G... I wouldn't want you to sacrifice the padding of your post count for simple decency or worthwhile contribution to dialogue.
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Every single star HS QB that I've ever met was a grade A douchebag when they were still in HS. Most of the star HS QBs that I've met a few years removed from High School, humbled by the world or still on top of it, have turned out to be pretty decent guys.

Now, substitute star HS QB with HS kid and my the percentage of douchebags drops only slightly. Point? High School kids are shit heads...then they grow up.
 
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OregonBuckeye;1031160; said:
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You're right. I am whining... whining that that post was needless, pointless, tasteless, and overall pathetic. I don't post on here very often, but occaionally I'll read something that bothers me. I hate like hell the perception around the country that buckeye fans are arrogant, tasteless, a-holes... and it bothers me when people go onto the Buckeye Planet boards and do nothing but perpetuate that image by adding posts that in NO WAY contribute to anything other than that persons post count and sense of self-importance. Just because you can post, doesn't mean you should... So on that note... I'll end my role in this and log back out and read posts anonomously until the next time I get the urge to chime in.
 
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Dispatch

Browns
Quinn sits, waits for his time to play

Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:04 AM
By James Walker


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Rookie Brady Quinn hasn't played this season for the Browns, but his jersey is the team's top-seller.



BEREA, Ohio -- Brady Quinn realized a dream when the Cleveland Browns -- the team he rooted for while growing up in Dublin -- selected him in the first round of the NFL draft in April.
But his rookie season has been anything but a dream. The Browns (9-6) are contenders for a playoff spot behind quarterback Derek Anderson, leaving Quinn in an unfamiliar role of watching from the sideline.
Quinn has mixed emotions: He's happy for the team, but he expected to be leading the resurgence.
Quinn came to the Browns with impressive college credentials. But missing 12 days of training camp because of a contract dispute, coupled with Anderson's sudden development, have made Quinn a spectator.

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