DOWNTOWN STILL-A-BROWN

Anderson Returns; Quinn's balls still blue.

It wasn't long after packing his bags, saying his goodbyes, and walking halfway to a waiting cab prepared to take him to Free Agent International, that Pro-Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson realized that life without the luxury of tossing jump-ball touchdowns to Braylon Edwards might suck.

Yikes. There's a reason Derek Anderson didn't get

much face-time outside of Cleveland.

The Browns had barely taken his name off the company directory when he agreed to a 3-year/$20M contract to remain in Cleveland. He then scampered upstairs to unpack his duffel, only to find Brady Quinn already in his office with his feet up on the desk, sipping Myoplex from his “Play like a champion today” mug, and admiring his own bargain-bin Fathead.

In 2007, Quinn threw the same amount of

touchdown passes as Stephen Hawking.

However, Quinn shouldn't be too depressed heading back to the bench. Rumor has it the defense is holding open tryouts all summer. There’s also Miami, Baltimore, and Atlanta jobs opening, if you enjoy being let go in 2 years.

Derek emerged from national obscurity in ’07 and threw for 29 TD's, sixteen of them caught by Edwards – the best wide receiver in the Buckeye State (sorry, Housh and Ocho) and my 2007 fantasy stud in that position. And I still went 1-13.

That's right. 1 win and 13 losses.

Oh, and a tie.