2010 NFL Free Agency Rumors and Reports (Week 2)

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

So does Jake Delhomme to Cleveland mean that the Browns won't be trading up to get a QB now in the first round/selecting one in the first at 7?

I think it depends on what they do with Brady Quinn. They're trying to trade him, and if they do they'll almost certainly have to pick a QB at some point on draft day. Even if some miracle happens and Delhomme becomes a solid starter for a few more years, he's 35 years old. Hell, Seneca Wallace could beat him out in camp and they'd have a $7M/yr backup.

Thing is, Cleveland needs so much help in so many places. They have no receivers at all and basically every position on defense is a mess. Their D is so bad, I don't see how they don't take the best defensive player available at #7. Or maybe Dez Bryant.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I think it depends on what they do with Brady Quinn. They're trying to trade him, and if they do they'll almost certainly have to pick a QB at some point on draft day. Even if some miracle happens and Delhomme becomes a solid starter for a few more years, he's 35 years old. Hell, Seneca Wallace could beat him out in camp and they'd have a $7M/yr backup.

Thing is, Cleveland needs so much help in so many places. They have no receivers at all and basically every position on defense is a mess. Their D is so bad, I don't see how they don't take the best defensive player available at #7. Or maybe Dez Bryant.

For precisely the reasons you point out, I think Quinn's trade value just plummeted with them signing Jake to such a lucrative contract and bringing in Seneca Wallace.

If I'm the GM of another team, these recent moves are a sure signal that they intend to part ways with Quinn, so why give up picks for a lame duck QB. I think either they bring Brady Quinn back to camp and let him compete for the starting spot --again--or outright release him.