Bye-Bye Brady: Browns Trade Brady Quinn To Broncos for Next to Nothing

March 14, 2010   ·   Daniel Wolf   ·   Jump to comments

It is official, the Cleveland Browns have traded former franchise quarterback and Cleveland golden boy Brady Quinn to the Denver Broncos in what has to be one of the most lopsided trades in recent memory.
Okay, Quinn really hasn't played to the level of a former first-round NFL draft pick, but the Browns received fullback Peyton Hillis, a sixth-round 2011 pick, and a conditional 2012 draft pick.
Might has well have been for a bag of peanuts.
Even though Quinn really couldn't garner much in a trade, the Browns seemed to have shipped him off for the first deal that got called in.
It was known last year, that Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels wanted Quinn to be his starter, but settled for Kyle Orton since the Bears were willing to give up a ton in exchange for quarterback Jay Cutler.
Now McDaniels has his guy and Quinn will most likely compete with Orton for the starter job in training camp now.
It is still unbelievable that the Browns, who invested two f...

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