Things are going downhill quickly for Brady Quinn in Cleveland. Coach Eric Mangini yanked Quinn from the starter role in favor of Derek Anderson and now rapper Common is taking shots at Brady. To be fair, Common dissed Derek Anderson too but it’s no fun making fun of him. Read the full story

“I don’t blog but I have the mentality of a blogger.“ Jimmy Traina gets bombarded with emails on a daily basis, all from bloggers hoping to get linked on Sports Illustrated’s Hot Clicks. When he’s not trimming down the list, the native New Yorker is hanging out with Erin Andrews and fulfilling lifelong fantasies like chilling with the Yankees. I spoke to Jimmy on Friday as he was waiting to go to a Billy Joel concert. The conversation is after the jump. Read the full story

Cleveland Browns backup quarterback Brady Quinn is used to being involved in gay scandals. They might involve him allegedly hurling homophobic insults at people, they might involve him in questionable photos, but good or bad, Quinn’s always in the middle.

The latest Brady Quinn gay related story wasn’t created by Brady. A gay dating site jacked one of his photos and used it to promote themselves for months before being discovered. Read the full story

What do you do when you’re a retired quarterback? You offer your opinion on who should be the starting signal caller for your former team. At least that’s what Bernie Kosar does:

‘‘People think because me and Charlie (Frye) are friends that’s why I feel like he’s ready. But just because I like (Frye) doesn’t make him a good quarterback. There’s no correlation. I just thought he did a great job dealing with all the problems the Browns went through last year.’’

Ok, Bernie and Charlie are friends.. That’s cool..

‘‘I think he played great to play average. There was so much that went wrong last year: The running game was non-existent, there wasn’t very good pass protection, guys dropped balls, the offensive system changed in the middle of the year — there were just so many obstacles to overcome. And I thought Charlie did a good job with it.’’

All right Bernie, it sounds like your leaning towards Frye but what about Brady Quinn?

‘‘There couldn’t be a worse-case scenario for a first-year quarterback to start. The Browns are certainly improved from last year. But with Romeo (Crennel) needing to win after a rough season, a new offensive system coming in, not to mention Brady has to learn the differences from college to the NFL — it’s just a very difficult situation.’’

I’m with Bernie when he says Crennel needs to win this year. Romeo’s gonna need a pretty good season to save his job imo. I agree that there’s an adjustment period for rookies. I’m not quite sure what a new system has to do with Brady Quinn.. He didn’t play in the old system. It’s possible Kosar means that a collective offensive unit would benefit from a more experienced quarterback when learning a new offense… Or he’s slightly hatin’. Either way, Brady played for the genius Charlie Weis in a pro style offense. Shouldn’t he be able to pick up on anything?

‘‘I was really well-coached in college. And the same could be said for Brady, coming from Charlie Weiss’ offense at Notre Dame. But you could also say that because that offense was so advanced, Brady didn’t have to deal with a lot of the problems other quarterbacks did.’’

Jeezus.. Brady Quinn should be thanking his lucky stars that Kosar wasn’t around on draft day. Brady might not have gone until the second or third round if Bernie had his say.

Kosar visits Warren, local football camp. Courtesy of the Tribune Chronicle

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