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By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 09:40 p.m. EDT, Oct 07, 2009
BEREA: Browns backup quarterback Brady Quinn went to practice Wednesday wearing a shiny pair of orange shoes.
''They're Braylon's,'' Quinn said. ''Yeah, in honor of Braylon . . . ''
As Braylon Edwards was traded to the New York Jets on Wednesday morning, there were undercurrents of concern from his teammates about what the Browns' offense will be like without its talented but inconsistent No. 1 wide receiver.
No one seemed to believe that it made the Browns a better team, a question that even coach Eric Mangini dodged.
But there was no mistaking the message Mangini sent in shipping Edwards to the Jets just two days after an altercation outside a Cleveland nightclub in which he allegedly punched a friend of LeBron James. The NFL and the Cleveland police are investigating the incident, and Edwards could be subject to a fine or suspension by the league for violating its personal conduct policy.
Mangini first got his players' attention with a Feb. 27 trade of controversy-plagued tight end Kellen Winslow to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
''This is a business and the business is winning,'' Browns left tackle Joe Thomas said. ''And the man in charge is going to decide if you're helping us win. If you're not, you're going to be gone.''
Quarterback Derek Anderson said, ''Eric has made it clear what he expects and that's fine with me, and it should be fine with everybody else.''
Asked what message he sent by trading Winslow and Edwards, Mangini said: ''It's about us trying to build the team and to continue to grow. It's not something that happens overnight.''
Edwards was dealt to the Jets for linebacker and special teams ace Jason Trusnik, a Nordonia High School product, the Jets' No. 2 receiver Chansi Stuckey and two draft choices. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the 2010 picks are a conditional third- and a fifth-rounder, the former turning into a second-rounder if Edwards reaches a designated number of receptions this season.
Edwards surprised
''I hadn't a clue I was going to get traded,'' Edwards said at his Jets press conference. He said he received a call from Mangini when he was driving to work at 7:45 a.m. ''To come to a team that's 3-1, I'm happy to get a fresh start.
''Coming here where everything is going well, I believe it will help me because you get tired of talking about the negative. The negative builds up and builds up and that frustrates you. Frustrations weigh on you when things are consistently negative. Every day there's different questions, different stuff you read, you hear, you go out to eat and you hear . . . I've never been around anything like that. That will probably make me stronger for the rest of my life.''
Mangini said Edwards said nothing in his Monday meeting with him that prompted the trade, even though the incident outside the View Ultralounge and Nightclub in which he allegedly punched promoter Edward Givens appeared to be the last straw.
''I had a good conversation with him there, we talked through the different things involved, did research,'' Mangini said. ''I wouldn't say one was necessarily a trigger to anything else. To me, this is a chance for Braylon to have a fresh start. That's good for him. In terms of what we were able to do with the trade, it's good for us.''
Changing of guard
In 2007 when the Browns went 10-6 and fell a game shy of the playoffs, Edwards and Winslow combined for 162 receptions, 2,395 yards and 21 touchdowns. Now Mangini must make do with a younger receiving corps. He said he would have no reservation about starting two rookies — Mohamed Massaquoi and Brian Robiskie — Sunday at the Buffalo Bills.
''If those are the two guys who make the strongest case, there wouldn't be any hesitation at all,'' Mangini said.
Other options are Joshua Cribbs or Mike Furrey alongside Massaquoi.
Jets coach Rex Ryan expects Edwards to start Monday night against the Dolphins in Miami.
''The thing about Braylon coming here, he doesn't have to put the team on his shoulders,'' Ryan said at his press conference. ''He can go out and relax, play loose, have fun and be part of a heckuva football team. That should be great for him.''
Mangini, fired by the Jets on the day after the season, has set up his former team well. A draft-day deal with the Browns allowed the Jets to select quarterback Mark Sanchez with the fifth overall pick, and he earned the starting job. Mangini said he had no trepidation about handing the Jets another talented player.
''No, none whatsoever,'' he said. ''Contrary to popular belief, we do trade with teams other than the Jets and we do talk to teams other than the Jets.''
Monday morning's alleged altercation was just one in a litany of incidents for Edwards since he was taken third overall in the 2005 draft. He was partying with Donte' Stallworth hours before Stallworth drove drunk and killed pedestrian Mario Reyes in Miami Beach in March. Last August, Edwards was stopped for driving 120 mph in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 90 in Avon. Edwards was voted to his first Pro Bowl in 2007, setting a franchise record with 1,289 yards and 16 touchdowns, then led the league in dropped passes in 2008.
He's sure to love the attention and the nightlife in New York, although his wardrobe might need some alterations. His new teammates ragged on him for the ''high water'' pants he was wearing with a gray suit when he arrived in the locker room.
Chances are he'll get them lengthened immediately. Last Friday when Quinn gave tight end Robert Royal the jacket off his back, Edwards checked the label and told Royal, ''You need some Louis Vuitton tennis shoes to go with that.''
Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/. Follow the Browns on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ABJ_Browns.
BEREA: Browns backup quarterback Brady Quinn went to practice Wednesday wearing a shiny pair of orange shoes.
''They're Braylon's,'' Quinn said. ''Yeah, in honor of Braylon . . . ''
As Braylon Edwards was traded to the New York Jets on Wednesday morning, there were undercurrents of concern from his teammates about what the Browns' offense will be like without its talented but inconsistent No. 1 wide receiver.
No one seemed to believe that it made the Browns a better team, a question that even coach Eric Mangini dodged.
But there was no mistaking the message Mangini sent in shipping Edwards to the Jets just two days after an altercation outside a Cleveland nightclub in which he allegedly punched a friend of LeBron James. The NFL and the Cleveland police are investigating the incident, and Edwards could be subject to a fine or suspension by the league for violating its personal conduct policy.
Mangini first got his players' attention with a Feb. 27 trade of controversy-plagued tight end Kellen Winslow to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
''This is a business and the business is winning,'' Browns left tackle Joe Thomas said. ''And the man in charge is going to decide if you're helping us win. If you're not, you're going to be gone.''
Quarterback Derek Anderson said, ''Eric has made it clear what he expects and that's fine with me, and it should be fine with everybody else.''
Asked what message he sent by trading Winslow and Edwards, Mangini said: ''It's about us trying to build the team and to continue to grow. It's not something that happens overnight.''
Edwards was dealt to the Jets for linebacker and special teams ace Jason Trusnik, a Nordonia High School product, the Jets' No. 2 receiver Chansi Stuckey and two draft choices. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the 2010 picks are a conditional third- and a fifth-rounder, the former turning into a second-rounder if Edwards reaches a designated number of receptions this season.
Edwards surprised
''I hadn't a clue I was going to get traded,'' Edwards said at his Jets press conference. He said he received a call from Mangini when he was driving to work at 7:45 a.m. ''To come to a team that's 3-1, I'm happy to get a fresh start.
''Coming here where everything is going well, I believe it will help me because you get tired of talking about the negative. The negative builds up and builds up and that frustrates you. Frustrations weigh on you when things are consistently negative. Every day there's different questions, different stuff you read, you hear, you go out to eat and you hear . . . I've never been around anything like that. That will probably make me stronger for the rest of my life.''
Mangini said Edwards said nothing in his Monday meeting with him that prompted the trade, even though the incident outside the View Ultralounge and Nightclub in which he allegedly punched promoter Edward Givens appeared to be the last straw.
''I had a good conversation with him there, we talked through the different things involved, did research,'' Mangini said. ''I wouldn't say one was necessarily a trigger to anything else. To me, this is a chance for Braylon to have a fresh start. That's good for him. In terms of what we were able to do with the trade, it's good for us.''
Changing of guard
In 2007 when the Browns went 10-6 and fell a game shy of the playoffs, Edwards and Winslow combined for 162 receptions, 2,395 yards and 21 touchdowns. Now Mangini must make do with a younger receiving corps. He said he would have no reservation about starting two rookies — Mohamed Massaquoi and Brian Robiskie — Sunday at the Buffalo Bills.
''If those are the two guys who make the strongest case, there wouldn't be any hesitation at all,'' Mangini said.
Other options are Joshua Cribbs or Mike Furrey alongside Massaquoi.
Jets coach Rex Ryan expects Edwards to start Monday night against the Dolphins in Miami.
''The thing about Braylon coming here, he doesn't have to put the team on his shoulders,'' Ryan said at his press conference. ''He can go out and relax, play loose, have fun and be part of a heckuva football team. That should be great for him.''
Mangini, fired by the Jets on the day after the season, has set up his former team well. A draft-day deal with the Browns allowed the Jets to select quarterback Mark Sanchez with the fifth overall pick, and he earned the starting job. Mangini said he had no trepidation about handing the Jets another talented player.
''No, none whatsoever,'' he said. ''Contrary to popular belief, we do trade with teams other than the Jets and we do talk to teams other than the Jets.''
Monday morning's alleged altercation was just one in a litany of incidents for Edwards since he was taken third overall in the 2005 draft. He was partying with Donte' Stallworth hours before Stallworth drove drunk and killed pedestrian Mario Reyes in Miami Beach in March. Last August, Edwards was stopped for driving 120 mph in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 90 in Avon. Edwards was voted to his first Pro Bowl in 2007, setting a franchise record with 1,289 yards and 16 touchdowns, then led the league in dropped passes in 2008.
He's sure to love the attention and the nightlife in New York, although his wardrobe might need some alterations. His new teammates ragged on him for the ''high water'' pants he was wearing with a gray suit when he arrived in the locker room.
Chances are he'll get them lengthened immediately. Last Friday when Quinn gave tight end Robert Royal the jacket off his back, Edwards checked the label and told Royal, ''You need some Louis Vuitton tennis shoes to go with that.''
Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/. Follow the Browns on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ABJ_Browns.
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Canton, OH
Posted 09:49 PM, 10/07/2009
We are in disarray. . .
Akron, OH
Posted 10:15 PM, 10/07/2009
Hasn't Dante Stallworth taken enough bad-mouthing from sports reporters? Lay off of him for a while, Ridenour. That guy Reyes was jaywalking when he got hit, but that is never mentioned. Stallworth was shafted by both Goodell and the Browns.
rmk/akron
Long Beach, CA
Posted 10:20 PM, 10/07/2009
When ask about his team, his "I've got one more year here" comment said it all. The guy's got a drinking problem and just doesn't care about the Browns. Under the circumstances, his going was best. Every throw to him was a wasted play. I don't know if his dropped passes were due to his alcoholism, his not caring, or both, but we are better to be rid of him. Paul Brown would be proud of that decision.
Canton, Oh
Posted 10:41 PM, 10/07/2009
I will miss watching him leap into the air to grab the ball only to have the ball bounce off his chest. I do pity the fool, he's going to be roasted and roasted and burned by the relentless NY media.
Toano, VA
Posted 10:41 PM, 10/07/2009
I don't think we will get the 2nd rounder. The Jets insisted he catch 20 balls in real games to qualify!
Alliance, Oh
Posted 07:35 AM, 10/08/2009
See ya Braylon! Thanks for one year out of 5 for good memories! Let see how well
Probably Brady Quinn will be the next to go. That's why he wearing Braylon's shoes. Hopefully, we get something decent for him.
Leesburg, Fl
Posted 08:44 AM, 10/08/2009
You'll never convince me that BE let the team down for his own selfish reasons by dropping so many passes. Intentional, I think so. Even if it wasn't something negative was going through his head and probably wouldn't have changed. He engineered this trade by his actions both on andoff of the field. He'll do well in NY and the Browns will be no worse off without him
Posted 08:59 AM, 10/08/2009
Why is Quinn honoring Braylon? Seems like a slap to the face of Mangini to me.
Spring Lake, Mi
Posted 09:29 AM, 10/08/2009
It is a slap in the face, a well deserved one. Watch Quinn will be traded because of it. Mangini is a cancer, get rid of him. Nobody is going to play hard for him.
Posted 09:50 AM, 10/08/2009
I don't care who the coach is. This guy was a cancer from the day he arrived. His diva attitude was because he felt he was so good. My advice to him would have been like Terry Robiskie's was. Shut up and play! You haven't done anything yet. When you go to Canton to be inducted, then you can say something.
At least Mangini manned up and traded him. He made his team better because of it.
Paradise, Oh
Posted 10:22 AM, 10/08/2009
The Browns have long supported the Republican Party with big cash donations.
Now, they have become the Republican Party .
allentown, pa
Posted 10:40 AM, 10/08/2009
The total Browns picture is becoming ridiculous. Now that Mangini is starting over let's really start over. Dump Mangini and hire Terry Robiskie who should have never been fired in the first place. Robiskie is a good mix of discipline and empathy for players. He'll tell you like it is but still lift you up when a guy is down. You blew another one Lerner.
Akron, OH
Posted 01:08 PM, 10/08/2009
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Posted 01:51 PM, 10/08/2009
The best thing that could happen to Quinn is to be traded. Maybe he will go to a team that will help him build his skills and confidence rather that stripping these away.
Hiram, GA
Posted 03:26 PM, 10/08/2009
I agree with Big Sardine. The NY press will eat this pathetic whiner for lunch! He won't get away with punching someone in the Bronx!
lima, ohio
Posted 05:43 PM, 10/08/2009
I believe the new era began with Mangini's arrival .
Atlantic City, NJ
Posted 06:41 PM, 10/08/2009
How many New Era's do you people need? I wonder if BE realizes that his leaving has made Cleveland a new team. One man had so much power to make an tire team losers.You've had players like Jim Brown,Byner,Cockroft,Dieker,Michaels,Minnifield,Kozar,Lahr,Newsome,Pruitt,Ryan,Sipe,Wiggins,Grozer,Warfield and so and so on and the last time you field a championship team was what,maybe the late 60's? Maybe the problem is not the coach and team as much as the constant negative Man in the Mirror.Next time you lose it will be Mangini then the game someone else will get your blame. Face it, once LaBron leaves and comes to the dark side you'll have three losers to complain about!!!
uniontown, oh
Posted 08:13 PM, 10/08/2009
New era? What haven't we been 0 and 16 before?
Akron, Oh
Posted 08:52 PM, 10/08/2009
Cleveland Browns well never have a winning team,
just ask Art,he'll tell ya, Its Paul Brown who
cursed Cleveland Browns cause of Art screwing him out of the Browns..
I think that's how it went down..
Antioch, Fl
Posted 05:36 AM, 10/09/2009
r m kraus..........The last time I checked down here, there was no death penalty for jaywalking. And how exactly have the Browns "shafted" Stallworth? They've done nothing regarding penalizing him for killing a man. The suspension came from the LEAGUE. If the Browns wanted to "shaft" him, they'd go after his multimillion $ roster bonus, just like they did with Winslow.
Noodles Jefferson....never mind. I can't even figure out what planet you're on.
Marietta, GA
Posted 09:25 AM, 10/09/2009
In Robo's First stint he looked like Singletary last year, Im so sick of all the wanna be Belichicks, Robo for Coach.
Lower Akron, OH
Posted 11:22 AM, 10/09/2009
Glad to see Braylon go....too bad he didn't take Brady with him.
Lower Akron, OH
Posted 11:24 AM, 10/09/2009
I sure miss the days of the Cardiac Kids! I loved me some Clay Matthews!!
Akron, OH
Posted 11:39 AM, 10/09/2009
Wow, is this team in a "death spin" or what right now?
"Everything Looks Worse In Black And White", ..
Posted 01:33 PM, 10/09/2009
Hey, Kook, you're back on here with more of your drunken drivel:
"Hasn't Dante Stallworth taken enough bad-mouthing from sports reporters? Lay off of him for a while, Ridenour. That guy Reyes was jaywalking when he got hit, but that is never mentioned. Stallworth was shafted by both Goodell and the Browns.
rmk/akron"
Like Bob61 explained, the League fined him, he paid restitution to the victims family and got off free, even though "Stallworth's blood-alcohol level after the crash was .12, well above Florida's legal limit of .08, according to results of a blood test. Stallworth will also be charged with DUI, according to the people informed about the case."
You've really got your foil hat fitted snugly today, Kook. Also, last week you said Braylon Edwards was the only player on the team of pro-bowl calibre. Read this:
"[Joe} Thomas is that good and Monday Night's game between Green Bay and Minnesota underscored his talent. Jared Allen had 4.5 sacks against the Packers poor offensive line. Allen has had a sack in three of the Vikings first four games. Yup, you guessed it. He did not have a sack against the Browns. It doesn't end there. Last week, Cincinnati's Antwan Odom also had his sack-per-game streak end as he was shutout by No. 73."
Now go back to swilling your Jack Daniels while adjusting the foil hat.
What a Kook you are.
