Browns Could Trade Quinn, Edwards

Nearly a month ago, the National Football Post's Michael Lombardi hinted that Brady Quinn might not be accurate enough to make it as an NFL starter. He added, "As Cleveland makes changes to its roster, don't count out making a move at quarterback."

During the five weeks of McJaygate, Quinn was often mentioned as Jay Cutler's possible replacement in Denver. (The thinking: Josh McDaniels and Charlie Weis worked together in New England, and Weis would later coach Quinn at Notre Dame.)

It never happened; the Bears swapped a boatload of draft picks and Kyle Orton for Cutler, and Quinn remained in Cleveland. For now, anyway. Lombardi is hearing things:

The Cleveland Browns have been engaging in talks to trade quarterback Brady Quinn and wide receiver Braylon Edwards... Lombardi reports he is hearing from multiple league sources that the Browns have a first round pick on the table for Quinn, but may be looking for more. Two teams are currently interested in Quinn's services.

Lombardi also hears that it'll take a first-rounder to land Edwards, the Browns will "most likely trade him before the start of next season," and that the club is "very interested" in Texas Tech's Michael Crabtree.

For now, it's all speculation, but revamping the roster isn't unusual following a front-office shake-up. Whatever happens, the Browns, just 4-12 a season ago, will still be in rebuilding mode in '08. Whether Derek Anderson or Quinn start the year under center, the quarterback position remains problematic. The team released injury-prone Joe Jurevicius earlier this offseason, Donte' Stallworth's legal issues might land him in jail, and Edwards could be elsewhere by September.

The Browns, as Lombardi suggests, could be in the Crabtree business, of course, that would be at the expense of drafting a dominating defender like B.J. Raji or Aaron Curry (assuming either were still on the board). But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves; the draft two weeks off, and what happens there could go a long way in determining Quinn's and Edwards' fate in Cleveland.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

4-12-2009 @ 12:12PM

pauln286 said...

Ring Ring...

Hey Browns, it's the Bucs callimg. They need another back up Quaterback.

4-12-2009 @ 12:46PM

rodevos1 said...

Its nice to know a back up has a

4-12-2009 @ 1:26PM

bkind7x said...

Michael Vick - I think the Brown's would do good to look at Michael Vick. The truth is Vick would be the best QB on the market - and Cleveland hardly ever gets much publicity - so, this would be a good move. Plus if any teams want a chance at Mr. Vick they need to start showing some interest, or Goodell will not have as much reason to put Vick's reinstatement consideration in his stack of things to do.

4-12-2009 @ 1:38PM

rurdy4dwolf said...

What are you thinking sending Michael Vick to the Brown's? You know he has issue's with the dog pounds.

4-12-2009 @ 2:19PM

Mr.G said...

The only way the Browns trade Quinn,is if they're going after Sanchez,not Crabtree.

4-12-2009 @ 2:55PM

rhames5428 said...

Cleveland is a "brown hole" for quarterbacks.

4-12-2009 @ 3:03PM

achilles433 said...

Michael Vick will be 29, he hasn't thrown a pass since 2006 and even then he was only completing like 53% of his passes.

And I highly doubt a team's interest in Vick is going to matter in Goodell's rendering a decision on Vick's reinstatement.

Nobody's going to trust him with a playbook at the most important spot on a football team if he's dumb enough to tell a court that he'd make $10 million/year upon returning to the NFL when he'd be lucky to bring in 10% of that.

bkindx7, face it, if Michael Vick comes back, he'll close his career out with about as much fashion as Kordell Stewart. This isn't Madden '06, Vick will never be in the top half of the league at QB even if all of his legal troubles did just evaporate.

4-12-2009 @ 7:58PM

lazyindiankid4 said...

Ok, one question. Why in the world are the Browns looking to trade Brady Quinn? The kid has only played like in 3-4 games and he hasnt even been given a chance to show what he is made of. Let the kid play in the regular season for atleast 8 games. But see, i think the browns r known for their gay-ass moves and now that Eric Mangini has come in there, hes gonna screw it up even more! haha, stupid browns.

4-13-2009 @ 11:47AM

IronCity4ever said...

Send Vick to Cleveland! Great idea and the dog pound will be killing each other!

4-13-2009 @ 12:08PM

broncosfan24 said...

the browns suck anyway i mean even if they got vick what would tht accomplish they still dont have tht good of a team! they also need a defense!

4-13-2009 @ 6:37PM

mistercookieman said...

Do the broncos have a defense? If you think so, you are on heavy drugs ! !

4-13-2009 @ 2:43PM

wmjasmith6 said...

The brown would be better off if they would give Brady Quinn a chance. Always looking for something better but they come up short. Look at what they got with Braylon Edwards. They need to get rid of some of the fat asses that play on defensive line and linebackers.

4-13-2009 @ 4:01PM

naw37 said...

THE BROWNS HAS BEEN MY TEAM FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. I LIKE TO SEE THEM KEEP BRADY QUINN AND TO HIM A SHOT AT STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR AT LEAST ONE FULL SEASON. HE CAN'T DO ANY WORSE THAN DEREK ANDERSON HAS DONE. THE PROBLEM WITH BROWNS IS THAT SEEM TO GIVE UP ON SOME PRETTY GOOD TALENT IN THE PAST - LIKE THE LINEMEN THEY TRADED TO THE DENVER BRONCOS A FEW YEARS AGO AND KELLEN WINSLOW. GIVE THESE PLAYERS AT CHANCE TO DEVELOP LIKE THEY DID DEREK ALEXANDER, WHO IS STILL SUSPECT TO THE RUSH. APPARENTLY, THE BALTIMORE RAVENS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GIVING UP.

4-13-2009 @ 5:04PM

theBIRD said...

America's team will take both Quinn and Edwards!

4-13-2009 @ 8:09PM

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