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Originally Posted by Schneed10
I mean the key questions here are:
- What makes Brady Quinn any different from Aaron Rodgers and Jason Campbell?
- If the NFL (ie, THE MARKET) had a general consensus in place that Quinn was a top 10 pick, then why did he fall all the way to 22?
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Quinn's situation is no different from the situations of Rodgers and Campbell.
He fell to 22 because teams felt there were 21 other players who would help their team more. And when some of those teams were offered a trade by anyone interested in trading up for Quinn, the Browns didn't offer enough to make it worthwhile to trade down. That tells me that even the Browns had limits on their opinion of Quinn.
Of course they're going to say "We think Brady Quinn will be a great QB in this league." Doesn't mean he should get paid like Leinart or Carson Palmer. After all, the 'Skins thought Jason Campbell would be great, and he got 8 million over 5 years.
Quinn's got nothing.
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The Cleveland Browns, perennial losers (and likely this next year also) traded a first round pick to
move up and get Brady Quinn.
That did not happen in Campbell's case, nor in Rodgers. Thats the difference here.
I don't think hes looking for top ten pay (if he is, Condon is insane). He's just looking to leapfrog a few pay spots because his services are apparently more valuable to Cleveland than Reggie Nelson's are to Jacksonville, or Aaron Ross' are to the Giants.
I don't think many would disagree with that. The Browns leverage is to say that they took him at 22, and he should be paid accordingly, but if they honestly believe they can sell the farm to trade for a guy, and come back and say he doesnt have more value than the people taken ahead of him...then I can't see this deal getting done anytime soon.
Saying that the Browns have all the leverage here is blatently false. If Quinn doesn't sign, he likely goes back into the draft, and gets picked in the 2nd round next year as a flier. He loses a little money over what he would have gotten by giving in. Meanwhile the Browns totally lose a second round pick in 2007 and a first rounder in 2008, and their entire coaching staff and front office gets whacked!
I'd say Quinn's got the leverage, although its clearly in both parties best interest (as always) to compromise.