And that was in a far less tolerant time

Charlie Frye, as Browns QB, was mediocre at best, and the organization did not know what it had in Derek Anderson. Enter Brayden Tyler Quinn. A photogenic QB from Notre Dame, a university boasting many Cleveland-area alumni. Quinn was an Ohio boy, and better yet, there were photos of him as a toddler in a Browns uniform. The Notre Dame Hype Machine was ready to sell him as the Second Coming of Joe Montana, and former Browns GM Phil Savage bought the sizzle to the tune of a 2007 second-round draft pick and a 2008 first-round choice. Thus, after being passed over 21 times in the 2007 draft, including by the Miami Dolphins for a kick returner when that franchise was in desperate need of a QB, Brayden Tyler Quinn became a Cleveland Brown. On that fateful moment, Six Points almost trashed his Trinitron. To be fair, if Paul Brown were resurrected to prowl the sideline once again and Peyton Manning took the snaps, this season’s record would not be much better with the talent level of the 2009 Cleveland Browns. But, in the case of Brayden Tyler Quinn, as many red flags came with him as would have been found in a May Day parade in the former Soviet Union. And, after he became a professional, the hits kept coming. Brayden Tyler Quinn was drafted in the age of YouTube. Numerous videos of him exist booing service academies in his Notre Dame career. Six Points considers that a completely classless act, as this column is not being written in German or Russian under an authoritarian government, but it gets worse. YouTube videos abound of Brayden Tyler Quinn throwing hissy fits on the Notre Dame sidelines. Videos also abound of his meltdown in the 2007 NFL Draft in the green room, as he looked to be on the verge of tears. Going back to his Notre Dame career, Quinn played in four bowl games. He was 0-for-4, and the Fighting Irish lost by embarrassing margins. Scouting reports, apparently glossed over by Savage, had serious concerns with his accuracy and ability to throw the deep ball. Those reports also, while praising his intelligence, questioned his ability to be long-term NFL material. Let’s start again with Quinn’s multimillion-dollar professional career. After holding out in 2007, he could beat out neither Charlie Frye nor Derek Anderson. In lieu of making headlines on the field, on December 31, 2007, Columbus police questioned him for an altercation with homosexuals outside of a bar in the gay-friendly Short North district of that city.

No charges were filed. According to AP reports, Brayden Tyler Quinn washarassing them. As Shakespeare said, “Methinks thou might protesteth too much.” Six Points was once young and cute, and had a few homosexuals try to pick him up. The response was “I like women,” or “I don’t swing that way,” and that was that. And that was in a far less tolerant time. But why in the world, on New Year’s Eve, would you be in a gay area of your city if you were neither swinging that way nor had more issues than National Geographic Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Except for the issues. Now, let’s advance to 2008. Quinn, once again, failed to win the starter’s role in preseason. Only after the team unraveled did he get astart against a Denver defense that was missing almost its entire secondary. In a loss, that was Quinn’s only respectable start of his career.

Although he won the following week in Buffalo, his statistics were abysmal. After he was disabled for the season with a broken finger, Quinn was decked by former Browns DL Shaun Smith in the locker room. As Mangini would say, it was an internal matter, but why in the world would a second-string defensive lineman risk his career by decking a multimillionaire QB without reason Smith now plays for Las Vegas of the UFL Maybe the two can be reunited soon. After all, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Let’s go to 2009, shall we In Quinn’s first 10 quarters at QB, before being replaced in the middle of his third game as starter, the Browns’ offense generated a total of 19 points. Before being put on the injured reserve list for the season, promising RB James Davis was laid out by Quinn in the regular-season opener against Minnesota on a poorly thrown, high short pass. The Vikings' defender put him out for the game with a shoulder injury, which would be later blamed on a practice session. Once again, Mangini covered for his players. Some Internet buzz (unconfirmed) reported that Mangini was facing an “all-out mutiny” if Quinn would have been the starter the following game against Cincinnati. After that, manymiddle fingers were raised in bars and living rooms in Greater Cleveland as he was shown pouting on the sideline. Reinstalled as starting QB after Derek Anderson did no better with the Browns’ lack of talent, Quinn mustered exactly zero points against Baltimore’s suspect secondary and almost got his team’s only playmaker knocked out for the season after calling the ill-fated hook-and-ladder play that laid him out on a stretcher. Nice exclamation point on a 23.5 QB rating with 74 net yards, no Phil Savage, we’d go root for Buffalo, but there’s no steak here, and the sizzle has long been gone. And we are damn hungry. Now, the only sound we hear that accompanies fragrance is the Febreze we’re spraying to get rid of the smell of this draft pick. 6. Blackout Stout: In this region, Great Lakes Brewing Company’s Christmas Ale has become a holiday tradition. Some call it “Christmas Jail,” as people who normally partake of lesser brews exhibit substantially less intelligent behavior while consuming it. Great Lakes also brews something else that can put one’s reputation and livelihood at risk, and it’s called Blackout Stout. Named after the electricity failure that darkened most of the eastern United States and much of Canada in 2003, Blackout Stout comes in at around 9.1 percent alcohol. While a nice memory blackout might be a wonderful thing to have for this Browns season, the title was in honor of the Detroit Lions having their home market blacked out for this clash of 1-8-0 titans. After all, you have to be stout-hearted to even think about watching. On Brayden Tyler Quinn’s One Fine Day, Six Points asked “Who do you think will win on Sunday” The answer was “Whoever doesn’t watch the game!” Paul Brown and Bobby Layne are rolling in their graves. Looking at the game, the resistible force is confronting the movable object. Namely, the NFL’s worst offense confronting the NFL’s worst defense. But, at least the Lions can score. Thus, Six Points predicts another valiant effort by a short-handed Browns defense wasted, with the final score Detroit 17, Cleveland 9. Extra Point: The Game: The Saturday before Thanksgiving is approaching, and that means it’s time for The Game, as it’s known from Columbus to Akron to Cleveland to Toledo to Detroit to Ann Arbor. For over a century, Ohio State and Michigan have gone hammer-and-tong on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and throw the record books out when these two archrivals meet. For Michigan and their embattled coach Rich Rodriguez, this is the Wolverines’ Super Bowl.