It sounds like Brady Quinn has backed away from his "I want to be in camp on time" stance, and is putting his agent, Tom Condon, on the hook for whatever goes down. Berea is bracing for a doozy, in any case. Meantime, Brady's snuggling with Fat Weis in South Bend. In light of the fact that Brady may not be in camp on time, which would totally shut him down from any PT as a rookie (Romeo doesn't like rookies, anyways), does it make sense for the Browns to go after the newly expendable Daunte Culpepper? We've never been big Culpepper fans here in the Search, but a vet who can get the ball to KW2 and Edwards might not be so bad to bring into the mix. Historically, he's been a pretty accurate passer, and he's got experience dealing with egos (read: assholes) like KW2 and Edwards from his Moss days. The word is he's a big-time leader, and is dying to show that his success early in his career wasn't strictly Randy-related. On that basis, he doesn't sound like a terrible gamble. Not to mention, everyone and their mother is looking for a veteran mentor for Brady--we seem to think 'Pep fills that part.
On the other hand, his knee is a huge question, obviously. Like the Browns need to deal with another knee problem. Plus, there's NO WAY we'd be ok with a $5.5mm commitment to him. We don't know if that precludes a trade--could we restructure the contract as a part of a trade?--but it sounds as though he's headed for release, so why not wait for that? If the other options are Derek Anderson and Charlie Frye, we'd sign off on throwing 'Pep into the competition.
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Pep huh? The last thing the Browns need is another questionable knee. But if it were short term and he could get the ball to the right people then it would be a pretty good move (according to me).
Good read. You know how I feel about Pepper, and I'm not a proponent of bringing him in, but I thought the blog was well written. Keep up the great work.
Like the Culpepper idea. He hasn't done much the past couple years and should have something to prove.
Also, please enlighten us as to what happens if a team doesn't sign a player. Does he go into next year's draft?
The Browns retain the exclusive rights to negotiate with Quinn (or potentially move him after a certain amount of time) until next year's draft, at which time he'd go back into the pool. Remember Drew Henson? The Texans drafted him in round 6 several years back, and as he wiffed mightily at AA curveballs, sat on his rights. Shortly before the next year's draft, when he would have gone back into the tumbler, they worked out a sign-and-trade with the Cowboys.
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