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By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sports writer
Published on Friday, Nov 21, 2008
BEREA: Browns backup quarterback Derek Anderson was flinging bullets Thursday during warmups, perhaps releasing a little frustration.
About 90 minutes before, coach Romeo Crennel announced that starter Brady Quinn suffered a ''small'' fracture on the tip of the index finger on his throwing hand during Monday night's victory over the Buffalo Bills.
Quinn will wear a splint when he's not on the field and could risk injuring it further if he hits it again, but Crennel said he will stick with Quinn in Sunday's home game against the Houston Texans.
''He's going to play, he's going to practice, he's going to try to help the team win,'' Crennel said.
Pro Bowler Anderson was benched after going 3-5 this season. In two starts for the Browns (4-6), Quinn is 1-1 with a 52.1 completion percentage and 79.8 passer rating. Most notably, Quinn has committed no turnovers.
Quinn believes he injured the finger — first thought to be bruised — in the first quarter Monday, then ''hit it again probably later in the second quarter.''
A former Notre Dame star, Quinn said he was surprised to learn of the fracture and that he's never had a similar injury.
''At this point, it's just a little sore,'' Quinn said. ''I practiced yesterday, I'm practicing today. We're doing the best we can to take all the precautions to make sure it's all right.''
Asked if it affected him Monday or in practice Wednesday, Quinn said, ''I don't know.''
Under constant pressure from the blitz-happy Bills, Quinn hit his hand on a helmet on a follow-through, Crennel said. When the finger remained sore Wednesday, it was X-rayed. Thursday morning, Quinn saw a specialist at the Cleveland Clinic who cleared him to play.
''The hand specialist says because it's a fracture, soreness initially will be the thing that he has to deal with the most,'' Crennel said. ''Then probably after this week, the soreness will die down.''
The Texans' defense ranks 22nd in the league, but its defensive line features three first-round picks in Mario Williams, the first overall selection in 2006, Amobi Okoye and Travis Johnson. Williams ranked third in the league in sacks with 14 in 2007, and he's tied for eighth with eight this year.
''If it gets hit again, there's a possibility of more damage there,'' Crennel said of Quinn's finger. ''That's why we'll have to monitor it. If it gets worse, something else might have to be done, he might have to wear the splint all the time, or we might have to sit him at that point.''
Crennel said he saw New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms play with a finger injury.
''Guys get bumps and bruises all the time and they go with it,'' Crennel said. ''As long as the doctor says you can go, you go.''
Center Hank Fraley knew nothing of Quinn's injury before practice Thursday.
''I don't think anybody in this locker room has a clue,'' Fraley said. ''He looked fine, he took the snaps fine and threw the ball fine.''
But Fraley did admit, ''I'm going to snap a little lighter, I guess.''
Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/.
BEREA: Browns backup quarterback Derek Anderson was flinging bullets Thursday during warmups, perhaps releasing a little frustration.
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newport, NC
Posted 06:56 AM, 11/21/2008
Tell him to call Bernie Kosar, He knows how to handle injuries. Stay out of training room.......
Mentor, OH
Posted 09:55 AM, 11/21/2008
Quinn sucked against Buffalo, I guess this is the excuse.
Now he is going to play even though it could injury him worse. Another in a long line of stupid decisions by an incompetent head coach.
Quinn should sit for many reasons.
Get Romeo a brain for Christmas. Hopefully the good from this awful season will be a good head coach will take over.
Posted 11:59 AM, 11/22/2008
If Quinn wants to play, and the doc says he can play, then he should play.
Quinn is not the problem. Not at all. Crennel is a large part of the problem.
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