ESPN's John Clayton stuck an interesting tidbit about the Cleveland Browns quarterback battle in his latest report from Browns training camp (also known as the Eric Mangini control festival). It seems that young Brady Quinn(notes) is not above a little bit of chicanery in his quest to win the Browns' starting quarterback job. Derek Anderson(notes) said the radio receiver in his helmet wasn't working Sunday, so he had to work with hand signals. Anderson said Brady Quinn, who was quarterbacking the White team, schooled White defenders on those hand signals, which made it harder for Anderson to work a drive filled with short passes. Helping the defense intercept signals during a scrimmage in order to gain an edge in a training camp position battle ... that's kind of awesome http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Hand-signals-Brady-Quinn-has-a-hand-signal-for-?urn=nfl,182358
Were the hand signals like this? Or like this? Or maybe this? Ok, lastly,maybe this ... ROFL. I love these pictures because I liked the Ginn pick over Quinn. So i'm going to get mileage out of them ...
Speaks to professionalism (or a lack thereof). Can you imagine Chad Pennington pulling that? If true, that's pretty ****ty.
People are going to say it means he'll do whatever it takes to win. Sure you can look at it that way, but in my opinion it just speaks volumes about his character. Instead of going out and trying to do his best to win that job, proving that he is the best QB, he decides the best way to go about it is to take out his competition. I dont like players like that.
That about covers it. And if I were his coach I would be having a serious and not very pleasant conversation with him right now. Competition is fine, but when you start undermine the guy you are competing against with the rest of the team then you have crossed a line.
I think Quinn is gay. And Im not saying that in a juvenille, name-calling way. I think hes seriously gay, probably open about it but not open enough that it is out in the open. Could be the main reason Cam Cameron(who is an ultra religious Mormon) passed on him. Not that theres anything wrong with that.
