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Seriously, who didn't see this coming?

With a healthy bonus coming on March 19th, the Browns decided to cut former starter Derek Anderson. It was going to be impossible to get anything in trade because the NFL knew it was just a matter of time before Anderson was going to be axed by the Browns.

All in all it was a wild ride with DA. Big arm, questionable decision making and for one afternoon against the Chiefs, feet of Fred Astaire.

So long DA, and remember your personal mantra, if you can't throw it as hard as you possibly can, it isn't worth throwing.

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i cant help but remember when Savage had the entire browns scouting department in a bar on foxsports ohio in may of 2008 for a pubic town hall meeting. one of the audience members stood up & asked who was going to be the starting QB & Savage looked at the scouting department & they kinda looked at each other before answering “Anderson”.
then he looked at joe thomas & a couple other players & Thomas didnt exactly know what to say until Savage prompted him……In hindsight it was pretty ominous

Next stop for DA, Oakland Raiders

actually with the way Al Davis likes speed, Anderson could just launch the ball downfield every play to 4.2sec/40yd dash wide receivers. Match in heaven

damn that was quick

Let’s not prolong the inevitable.

I’m kinda surprised he lasted this long.

Well someone had to go

Figured it would be DA.

Hate that his 2007 play never came back…

Good luck in the future

Derek, have fun in Arizona…think of it this way, you will probably start b/c Matt Leinart is horrible and its sunshine all year buddy!

Are you Adam Schefter? This is his guess also.

I know that AZ was rumored to be interested in trading for DA, so this makes sense.

I was under the impression that Carolina might be a better fit. Better O-line, great running game….division opponents that arn’t ranked in the top 3 in every category every year…

i think that KC tendering Brodie Croyle at second round status is trade bate for teams like Carolina and Arizona especially where Haley has connections. I dont think anyone will bring in DA if theyre looking for someone to compete for a starting spot, he’d be more valuable as a back up behind a comfortable starter. in my opinion anyways. but what do i know?

it just baffles me that anyone who saw him play for us the past couple of seasons would pay anything more than league minimum for him. i guess there’s always an idiot in every crowd though.

yeah thats kind of what im saying. I dont think anyone’s dumb enough to think he could be anything more than a clipboard holder, and i think Carolina and Az are both looking for guys who can come in and compete for a starting job immediately.

Yeah, according to Rotoworld Wire DA’s expected to go to Carolina or Arizona.

And Carolina comes to Cleveland this year

You guys are scared he’s going to roll you are you?

please, please, let DA start against us.

as somebody stated in here…our secondary could use him as good practice when he throws 2 ints to Wright and another 2 to Haden or Berry….ha

I always preferred his missiles to MLBs. At least when he threw a 40 yard interception it was just a bad punt on second down. The 5 yard pass to a LB-in-zone’s numbers for the pick six was just something I’m going to miss.

he can pad Fujitas numbers as well then

Unless he throws a deep pick to berry and berry takes it all the way back.

You’re joking, right? I pray he starts for a team that plays us.

I guess them (AZ) knowing we didn’t want to pay Anderson his bonus kept them from pulling the trigger on a trade?

nope, but that was the latest buzz I heard…Arixona was looking hard at him

Bye DA. I still remember the 2007 season fondly. You put on a show then, hope you can do that elsewhere.

To all those who wanted to sign Thomas Jones, I have bad news.

He has signed with KC for 2 years, 5 million dollars.

I am very surprised at how low those numbers are.

I would have been all over that if I’m the Browns. I liked Jones, but his position is hardly one to fill, especially for what the Browns are looking for.

Just thinking out loud here, but I bet the trepidation regarding Jones is his hands. The Browns offense, if it does go to a more WC style, will use backs in the passing game more. Jones probably doesn’t fit what they are looking for, which makes the lack of interest completely understandable.

yes. and personally, I would not want to sign him to a multi-year deal.

I wouldn’t think 2 years would be that bad.

I do. I don’t think he has 2 years left in the tank.

Get a year out of him, see if he has anything left if not cut him. I don’t think he would have signed a one year deal.

well…then I would not have wanted him…but then you cut him and you have the back end of a deal that definitely isn’t small and you have to take the cap hit when the cap is likely back.

Well if you are smart and you are signing a guy to a two year deal and you are worried about their durability, then you would not make the back end large, especially when the first year is an uncapped year.

yes. if that is the case, it isn’t a bad move…I just don’t know the specifics and breakdown of the year…

maybe the team isn’t worried about durability.

More than likely it’s what gahnki pointed out

maybe…he also pointed out that Jones might not fit the browns system.

that’s what i was talking about

oh. I gues I missed that…sorry.

I am a little too…just because his agent is Rosenhaus.

Then again, I was kind of off the bandwagon. I expect him to get about 5-6 hundred yards…they do have jamall charles. I also think he will get about 3.8-3.9 YPC.

"Uhh dude. They just traded him..." SH$T!"

Side note, that cover art would be pretty cool with Cribbs on it.

Quick Google search: Someone is way ahead of already.

Yeah, I had already seen it and thought of it when you said it haha.

I never want to see any of our Brownies on that cover…..the Madden Curse is real my friends! No one escapes its fate! Well….maybe Larry Fitzgerald, but not anyone else!

Fitz’s year was average.

Average sure, but that’s not the curse. The curse is:

1) Featured player will get hurt. Ex) Troy Polomalu……. :)

2) Player’s stats will suffer severly due to injury.
     I suppose Fitzgerald would go here then….

3) Player’s team misses playoffs………..just like the Steelers. <3

Isn’t it funny that something so silly, can be so true? It’s too weird.
Fitz got lucky because the curse chose the dude with the dumbest hair and went with it.

In other words, all we have to do (should Cribbs actually make the cover) is convince EA Sports to host someone with hair that’s more ridiculous than his.

I meant dumbest out of the 2 on the cover. hehe

No the idea is being hurt or having a very off year, such as Ray Lewis did.

Usually, the off year is a result of the player getting hurt. That player is usually an impact player for that team. Impact player is gone, team struggles, doesn’t make playoffs.

The only team to avoid all three parts of the curse were the 06 Seahawks (the year Alexander broke his hand, and I think possibly his foot). One year removed from breaking a record, and he goes down. Never the same since.

That is sweet.

I hope they make Madden 11 for PS2 but I read somewhere they are.

They’re making Techmo SuperBowl for PS3 and XBox 360. I can’t wait.

They’re also remaking NBA Jam for Wii.

really, that should be good….I remember playing the crap outta that on the ol NES back in the day.

Mate Madden curse mate.

Gotta admit. That looks awesome. Professional Photoshop job.

If only this was true.

To

Lame duck to Seahawks? That’s my guess. Though it looks more like a seagull….

Rime of the Ancient Derekander.

Ah, quite.

Man, I thought my pictures were quite relevant. Anderson = Albatross, ya know?

Very good.
My friends and I call everything over a snowman in golf a Albatross. DA fits that’s description.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par_(score)#Albatross

1. I’m a golfer. I know what an Albatross is. Don’t try to lecture a 5 handi on the sport.
2. We call bad scores Albatross’ because it’s the complete opposite of it’s true meaning, and the word itself is funny. It’s more like a inside joke.

not trying to lecture, i wasn’t sure if you knew it was an actual golf term, a lot of casual golfers don’t. I’m just trying to stick to a links-only policy for a while, unless I really can’t help it or something like this happens.

HAHA Got home, flipped on the comp, wondered if DA was cut, read the first headline on DBN, and laughed my ASS OFF!!

Nothing personal, it was time and the money was not right. Good Luck DA, you will have a job soon.
 Honestly think, this is Quinn’s last stand, make or break Brady.

He misses us already!

I just put up a fanshot of this.

What a d*ck.

I got booed after performing historically bad. Boohoo. Enjoy never having the opportunity to do anything more than spot start again, C**kface.

“I know at times I wasn’t great. I hope and pray I’m playing when my team comes to town and (we) roll them.”

Oh, that’s cute…he thinks he’s going to start in this league again.

What arena league team picked him up?

The boy doesn’t realize that he’s played his last NFL game.

He was never the sharpest Cleveland Brown…

The arena league shut down, man. It’s all about the UFL now!

Arena league is back up and running…

And not only is it bigger than ever, the UFL still doesn’t have anything special going for it.

I hope he’s playing for some team who comes into Cleveland too. Our secondary could always use the confidence building exercise of a three or four INT day, DA. You’re welcome back any time!

Carolina comes to Cleveland

You folks going to sign him? My condolences.

Seriously though, we will welcome him back as a starter for you guys when you come here. With open arms.

With open arms to catch the INT’s

Exactly what I had in mind.

Seriously? After the Jake Delhomme interception machine experience Carolina would sign DA?

whether its Carolina or Arizona, I hope Rubin or Rogers do a belly smacker on him as they sack him. Then I will cheer louder than when he got hurt in ’08

This made me laugh.

“I never heard from anyone until today,” Anderson wrote in his e-mail response. “Nobody ever tried to reach out to me, which is fine.”

That’s because no one likes you and your 40% completion percentage, Derek.

From what I’ve been reading, you’re probably the happiest person here on DBN. lol
Can’t blame you. You’ve been showing the anti DA passion.

Yeah, I probably am. I just couldn’t stand to see the guy in a Browns uniform anymore.

We need to send him a Sitco uniform, he’ll be needing it pretty soon.

I love this comment:

I have always supported DA and always been a fan of him. He’s absolutely right, when the fans cheered after his injury was just wrong. That kid was handed a mess of an offense that he had to work with. And there’s no doubt in my mind he did everything he could with what he had to work with. I am on 1 hand very sad to see him go but on the other glad. Glad because hopefully he’ll get a chance on a winning team and prove what he’s capable of.

The Browns fans that cheered his injury in my opinion are not true Browns fans,rather they are fair weather fans. REAL BROWNS FANS stick with the team win or lose and DO NOT CHEER when one of our players gets hurt…unless that player is Ray Lewis who should be in jail anyway.

I would have much rather seen Brady go bye bye. He’s nothing more than an over rated prima donna and I’d love nothing more than to see him gone.

Hopefully Holmgren will get us a QB that can bring us some wins and dare I say…. a Championship.

D.A. you still have at least 1 true fan in Cleveland. "

forgot to mention…cleveland.com???

I’d rather have Brady than Derek. The only part of this I agree with is:

Hopefully Holmgren will get us a QB that can bring us some wins and dare I say…. a Championship.

Oh and they forgot to add:

D.A. you still have at least 1 true fan in Cleveland… but I’m on crack so I don’t count.

lol…I love the addition.

Who the hell said this??

Time for a witchhunt.

She turned me into a Steelers fan, she did!

This isn’t my jersey it’s a false one.

Please no more skinny whiny quarterbacks who come from places like Oregon or Kentucky where I guess athletes are completely lacking the thick skin and self-confidence you need to withstand a crowd shouting “BOO” when you throw an interception.

Unfortunately another thing those two have in common is classy fans cheering when they got hurt.

Yeah, I wouldn’t want a QB from someplace like Kentucky or Oregon if they could help us win. I mean, who wants wins? I’d rather hate people from certain parts of the country.

Joke at the expense of Couch and Anderson. Of course I want any QB that could help us win.

Jeeze guys stop taking stuff that is obviously illogical as serious.

And Kentuckians. I resemble that remark.

How can one ‘resemble’ a remark?

3 Stooges.

3 Stooges

For those a bit younger the Animaniacs, not sure about those in their teens.

IT WAS NEVER THE SAME WITHOUT CURLY!

Tear.

not that shemp was bad…just not curly.

Don’t forget Foghorn Leghorn, for a slightly less geriatric crowd.

If that’s a joke that’s really funny. If not, it’s still funny.

Hey I’m a Kentuckian.

Stop insulting people from various parts of the country. You want to make a joke about Couch or Anderson, I’ll laugh. But this one wasn’t funny because it wasn’t the state that they are from that made them thin-skinned

Only a very small handful of fans cheered when he got hurt, I remember it distinctly.

And a lot of them were probably not sober.

You can remove the probably from your statement.

I’m kinda ashamed to admit I was one of them….the booing part, not the drunken part, though that game was so bad, I wish I were.

See I believe that sometimes people also get into a crowd setting like that and go along with their surroundings. Since you were there would you mind describing the reaction to Anderson’s injury since I was only watching on TV?

People were basically calling for Ken Dorsey to come out because we were tired of watching Anderson. I like to think that we weren’t neccesarily cheering because Anderson got hurt, but that he was finally going to leave the game.

Everyone was all “Now we can win, because we have Dorsey! Dorseys a hundred times better!”

See Derek’s problem is everything is about him, his feelings, and his opportunity. I doubt anyone sincerely wanted the man to suffer injury (at least for more than a few drunken hours). Fans just wanted him pulled because his AWFUL play was drastically hurting our chances to win. Fans cheered because he was not quarterbacking, not because he got hurt.

You are not entitled to be a starting NFL quarterback, Derek. It is not a birthright. It’s one of the most competitive jobs on the planet, and you couldn’t hack it. GTFO.

And go root for Buffalo?

why is it always GTFO and root for buffalo?

Who do you think the suckish fans rooted for when the Browns left?

Buffy.

oh…didn’t think about that. I will never abandon the browns.

After one particularly bad game, a fan emailed Phil Savage. He stupidly emailed back: “F*ck you. Go root for Buffalo.”

as much as Savage was an idiot for some of the things and deals he made….you gotta admit a GM saying that to a fan has some humor to it

It’s hilarious, but also stupid.

Oh I liked it from a personal standpoint. I was disappointed he was dumb enough to respond that way in writing, but it’s the kind of comment I’d make.

i’m glad he did it just for the mlieage we’ve gotten out of it here.

If he was going to get canned anyway, I’m glad he gave us a line.

OH!!!!!!

Now I get IT!!!!

You mean you didn’t know?

Dude.

I remember the quote now, but isolated talking about buffalo, I didn’t get it.

What’s ironic… I don’t remember him getting hurt when it happened. I was drunk.

Irish I was drunk then…

I think I danced a jig the following day, I don’t remember.

lol. yeah. I can’t remember many things from drunk days… There is one night in recent memory (ironic I am using it). that I don’t remember anything between 12am and 12pm…and I woke up at about 10:30 (I think). I was on facebook the next morning still a little drunk and I didn’t remember it (until i found out about a stupid facebook status).

Yeah, no more off campus frats where they pour shots into your mouth like crazy.

My favorite DA moment was the penalty he incurred while watching the big screen TV.

I am so glad I stopped in here before lapsing into unconsciousness tonight. I will go to bed smiling and wake up the same way tomorrow morning. Even with DA’s pathetic year, I didn’t wish him any hard luck elsewhere until I started reading his quotes:

“The fans are ruthless and don’t deserve a winner.”

Which is clearly why we should have retained you and your historically awful level of performance, Mr. Fire Away and Then Pray. Good riddance, bad and overpriced rubbish.

When the fans cheer that he suffered a season-ending knee injury...

….do you really blame him?

We don’t “deserve a winner” because of the drunken activities of a few hundred idiots on one occasion? If that’s what he was getting it, then yes, I do blame him, actually.

Really though, the bottom line is that he was absolutely pathetic last year and way overpriced to boot. Now he’s whining about the natural resolution to those facts. Boo hoo. Go throw awful passes somewhere else, DA.

but like people here have said, that really didn’t happen…it is a pussy just whining and moaning.

It’s been well documented here that the vast majority of us thought cheering when he got injured (or when anyone gets injured for that matter) was/is disgustingly horrible…

..just like the vast majority of Browns fans did not actually cheer when he got injured. If he wants to blow things out of proportion and lump several hundred thousand people in with a few hundred drunk people, that’s not cool.

exactly. I think I remember people cheering but it didn’t at all sound like the whole stadium was…I think the whole thing was out of frustration of his play. on DAs part, it is irresponsible IMO. Instead of taking responsibility for his bad play, he lashes out and says he never got the support from the fans. he made up stories and concocted theories that weren’t there, just to try to clear his responsibility in his dreadful play.

from what I remember, the fans did support DA when he was doing well. granted, when he was dreadful and losing games, the fans didn’t like him, but that was understandable. blowing something out of proportion and making false statements does not clear you of blame Mr. Anderson.

He must have learned that from Braylon.

yep…

the problem is both have larger ego’s than they should and are immature. I come to this by the fact that neither could accept that it was their fault that their play suffered. braylon blamed his gloves. they both blamed the fans. if you read the post, DA was in a way saying that he was doomed to fail in cleveland because the fans always hated him. he made up stories and latched on to things (that didn’t really exist) like the fans booing when he got injured. you notice that he really doesn’t talk about how it was really his fault that he failed.

braylon did the same thing. he said because he was from michigan, the fans hated him and he could never succeed here.

these are classic cases of immaturity. these men cannot take responsibility for their own actions. I recognize this because I used to be one of the worst offenders. in High School i could never accept responsibility. however, by around the time I was 18, I really started to break the habit. hopefully these MEN break the habit soon.

My favorite quote
“The fans are ruthless and don’t deserve a winner,” Anderson wrote in an e-mail to The News-Herald, a suburban Cleveland newspaper. "I will never forget getting cheered when I was injured (in 2008, a sprained medial collateral ligament).

“I know at times I wasn’t great. I hope and pray I’m playing when my team comes to town and (we) roll them.”

Be great to see Practice Squad DA come in and put 35 up on the puppy pound.

You’re slipping. I used to laugh at some of your insults.

Sorry, I lost my Dawgpound swagger. Haven’t been here in a while.

Too short a time period.

Good luck Derek Anderson! I give you a mucho starting endorsement for anywhere other than Cleveland, to include survival onto an expansion team in the near future.
Eric Mangini didn´t polish the gem you are, maybe someone will. I know that´s funny to say that to a five year veteran. But just like David Carr, someone can make that work.

Eric Mangini didn´t polish the gem you are

this is one of the most ridiculous things you’ve ever said, moon. If DA is any kind of mineral, he isn’t a gem; he’s pyrite – fools gold. for awhile you think you have a valuable commodity, only to realize you have a worthless rock.

they talked on here about creating a “dumbest comment of the week” spot on DB. After that comment we also need a “greatest comment of the week”. Love it

Oohh rec for a pyrite reference.

Did you know that baby powder is really the mineral Talc?

You’re rubbing rocks on your baby’s ass.

Just pure talc? I’d have expected there to be something else there.

That’s why it’s also known as Talcum powder.

You’re rubbing rocks on your baby’s ass.

this has to be a line in a barry white song somewhere.

yeah, the opportunity doesn’t come along often, when it does you have to seize it.

A former co-worker of mine imparted this piece of wisdom, “you can’t polish a turd.”

And I second that endorsement. And I recommend that you take less money to start for a team in the Browns’ division. My dream is that DA start for the Steelers and that Trent Dilfer start for the Ravens.

And Carson Palmer stays with the Bengals?

I can’t get worked up about the Bengals. The seem harmless most of the time and typically self destruct.

I wasn’t asking Ironically, I think he’s crap since the leg injury, I just thought it was funny that he didn’t even register to mention.

Actually, that might be one of your most sublime posts… Love it!

Just wanted two let everyone know about two red-flags for prospects:

1. Rolando McClain has Cron’s disease
2. Tony Washington (OT/OG that Rufio liked) is a sex offender because he had sex with his biological sister. Sadly, this isn’t a typo.

Oh. My. God. (to the second one)

Isn’t Crohn’s, the inability to control your colon or something to that effect?

No. it attacks the gastrointestinal tract and system and causes inflammation. It is classified as an inflamatory bowel disease but affects areas besides the bowels, and is usually more prevalent in those areas.

Okay. I am not touching Washington with a 10 foot pole b/c that is just disgusting.

Now with McClain, I worry a bit and his stock will drop, but I am not completely scared. there is no cure for Crohns but it is not life threatening. It can affect lifestyle of a person but mostly in diet. many people with Crohns lead very normal lives. The one thing that happens to many though is fatigue but this can be cured with proper exercise.

David Garrard had it and he had in fact a particularly bad case. however, he has been able to play in the NFL and it has not hindered him significantly. It can definitely be debilitating in your lifestyle but It is a very managable disease.

McClain was looking like he was in pain after position drills and he said his Cron’s was acting up.

yes. It can cause abdominal pain, but it can be managable. the problem is the unpredictability of it. as a disease it is very managable but has the semi-occasional flareup.

My best friend has Crons. With the proper meds it’s pretty much a non factor, so he says.

yep. my cousin has it. you are pretty much right…you also need to change your diet, but it is a managable disease.

2. And the thing about Washington, while it’s disgusting and wrong, it was consensual (eww) and they were both under 18.

yeah…ewww…and funny enough, he went to a parochial college.

I’d rather die from Crons than sleep with my sister.

I’m glad to hear that.

that qualifies as the strangest post I have ever seen on here….LOL

Sadly, I wasn’t joking. I am extremely disgusted with this Washington guy.

except that it isn’t life threatening…but still, i agree.

my wife was asking what I was laughing about, then I told her the “Crons than sleep with my sister” thing. I just got the strangest look I have ever seen her have towards me….lmao

Well, cross him off my board. Barring some ridiculously outlandish circumstances (i.e. someone kidnapped him, drugged him, had a gun to his head, sent him to Mars…)

He’d fit right in with the Steelers.

depending on the age of his sister (<20) he and Ben may fight over her

Washington — “Back off Porky, she’s mine!!”

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