More Braylon being Braylon
First, a disclaimer: I love the Browns almost as much as I love the Wolverines. I know, I know.
Second, Braylon's endowment of scholarships at U-M is a wonderful thing.
Third, he still has a habit of talking when he probably shouldn't: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-edwardsescape010710
I'll be the first to admit the Browns were, and probably will continue to be, a mess. But when your current team is in the playoffs, it's probably best to talk only about them and nobody else.
Stuff you're probably better off not saying:
“I wasn’t into being there. It was a situation where, what am I supposed to do?” the Detroit native and University of Michigan alum asked rhetorically. “What am I supposed to say? ‘Damn, I got drafted here and I don’t want to play here’? It was a situation where you play the [political] game. Nobody says they don’t want to get drafted somewhere, in a situation like that. Bernie Kosar was the only one.” Edwards’ assessment of the Browns quarterback situation is even bleaker. Asked if anyone could succeed at that spot in Cleveland, he said: “No, not at all. Brady Quinn and I are real good friends and I wish the best for him. But no.”OK, yeah, sure, I'm stuck rooting for Brady Quinn. It might get worse -- I may have to root for Clausen next year. One good note -- the article stresses how awesome Braylon is at blocking. Walter Smith would be proud!
January 7th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
You gotta change the formatting in your blockquote. The blinking text is making me twitch.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:27 PM ^
It just means you're supposed to read every other word. It's like a code or something.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:29 PM ^
not seeing it
January 7th, 2010 at 6:37 PM ^
Argh. Hopefully fixed? Just noticed that the helpful HTML guide to posting (http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/basic-html-posting)includes --blink-- and --/blink-- tags. If you use IE you don't see them, but if you use other browsers you might. I dropped the tags in my post. Though I certainly may have screwed something else up.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:39 PM ^
One, the TWO high profile QBs that engineered trades after being drafted by crappy teams were Elway and Manning the Younger. Bernie Kosar was the guy who showed up for an interview by ESPN for "The U" documentary after drinking a bottle of rum.
Two, I don't care--he was unreal his senior season at Michigan and that's what matters.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:28 PM ^
the story from people who work with him in Cleveland is that he is not drunk, he just sounds like that as a result of being knocked in the head every Sunday for years.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:43 PM ^
I'll have to believe you, but the slurring and sweating were hilarious to watch.
/now I feel bad.
January 7th, 2010 at 8:02 PM ^
Bernie has not had a good decade. Glad to know he's a confidante of Browns owner Randy Lerner!
January 7th, 2010 at 8:46 PM ^
and have had the misfortune of watching Cleveland Browns preseason games, you know the unintentional comedy that is Bernie Kosar doing color commentary. I don't know exactly when Bernie became one of those "perma-drunk" people, but it was in the last couple years. He was a well-spoken guy back in the day. Now he sounds like he was a sparring partner for Mike Tyson on the side for the past 25 years.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:39 PM ^
Braylon is a POS
January 7th, 2010 at 6:45 PM ^
Yeah, he's the scum of the earth. /sarcasm
January 7th, 2010 at 7:37 PM ^
pos = player of sports.
January 7th, 2010 at 9:11 PM ^
Pwner of Spartans?
January 7th, 2010 at 6:47 PM ^
He is stupid. Neg me all you want assholes, he is a dumbass with pubes growing on his head.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:20 PM ^
I'm happy to oblige. What the hell happened to you anyway? You used to post insightful comments and call people out for illogical bandwagon thinking, instead of just being a dick.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:28 PM ^
He may have 'left himself logged in again so someone else posted under his name'...?
January 7th, 2010 at 9:28 PM ^
Racist comments should get him banned.
January 7th, 2010 at 10:49 PM ^
Got hijacked again. Comment retracted, back to normal.
January 8th, 2010 at 12:04 PM ^
I could see how some might not believe you if this happened again.
January 7th, 2010 at 10:48 PM ^
Hijacked again.
Sorry guys.
Braylon does have "diarrhea of the mouth" though.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:48 PM ^
I don't think there is anything wrong with him saying that he wasn't happy there. While he was in Cleveland I don't recall any times he came out to the media and said he didnt like playing there. He just played and hoped for a trade. Maybe he didnt give 100% all the time there, but how can anybody get motivated to play there?
January 7th, 2010 at 7:00 PM ^
Man whenever I've been in Cleveland, I didn't really want to be there either.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:16 PM ^
He of course never said he didn't want to be there -- but even if you don't say "Hey, I'm a cancer", you can sure act cancerous.
I know it's human nature to want certain situations. But, there are probably lots more Lions fans than Browns fans on this board. Would they be happy knowing that their players tanked it while on the team because they didn't want to be there? Especially while drawing a paycheck?
January 8th, 2010 at 1:58 AM ^
It's called being a professional being paid millions of dollars to play the game and taking the high road after that trade. Anyone in the professional world knows not to burn bridges. These comments make him look like a prima donna punk. I love what he did on the field in the Big House and what he has done for the university since but these comments are bush league.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:54 PM ^
Can you really fault a Michigan man for not wanting to play for a team in Ohio?
January 8th, 2010 at 12:08 PM ^
Maybe not a Michigan infant, but you can definitely fault a Michigan man.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:07 PM ^
It's called being a professional, I cringe when I see his name in the papers.
Could we please hit FT's tonight...please??
January 7th, 2010 at 7:17 PM ^
He was one of the GREATS here. Who wouldn't want to adore him? Who wouldn't want to find some way, any way, to respect, justify, forgive and absolve him in any way you could, in any way that was required?
He's a great player; I just don't know why every dumb thing (and honestly, I don't think any of what gave rise to this thread counts as any sort of Grade-A stupidity) that the guy says becomes pressworthy. (Memo to Braylon: Get a personal coach on media relations. Now. And work at it.)
What is it about wide recievers in the NFL that they all turn into head cases? It seems that having "All-American Wide reciever, Michigan State University; First-round NFL draft pick" on your resume also pretty much guarantees you a sentence of 24 months in a federal penitentiary at a later date. Braylon's no Spartan convict; but the bar for civilized behavior among NFL wideouts has been set pretty low.
My current favorite NFL reciever? By far. Hands down. Jason Avant.
And yeah, Braylon will always be accpeted for redemption and forgiveness by the Michigan family as long as he finishes his blocks.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:54 PM ^
You were so miserable there you stooped to the level of doing that freaking O-H-I-O to the crowd. Yeah.
January 7th, 2010 at 9:49 PM ^
that crazy uncle that everyone has in their family right before our eyes?
Sure, we love him, but he's getting close to head-patting and soft foods time.
January 7th, 2010 at 10:30 PM ^
How about..."they are paying me millions of dollars to play a game every week so maybe I should show up and play hard?"
No, that's for everyone else.
Really, enough of this guy - he doesn't know when to stop.
I do however admire his generosity, and I have to say I have seen him make several plays with the Jets this year that flashed an amazing level of talent and ability. He could make himself so much more likable with a different attitude.
"Try saying nothing at all for a while if you can't think of something positive"
- Mom (paraphrased)
January 7th, 2010 at 10:31 PM ^
C'mon...if all this negative talk were about RichRod...everyone would be sporting negative points like me. Instead, folks love to talk shit about a great UofM alum who CONTINUES to do good things for the University.
What's the big deal about Braylon not wanting to play in Cleveland? He didn't play like garbage on purpose, but he did play below his potential. That happens. No, he has nothing in common with the criminal crew from MSU. Nothing.
Know who he has something in common with? Barry Sanders (although clearly he's nowhere near that level of greatness). Barry couldn't take playing for the Lions anymore...so he quit. Walked away. He knew the Lions were a wasteland, just as Braylon knows the same about the Browns. Unlike Barry, he wasn't ready to retire. So, he's now in a better situation. He probably shouldn't have gone public with his feeling about the Browns, but so be it. I guess honesty isn't always the best policy.
January 7th, 2010 at 10:51 PM ^
I really don't understand what the issue is.
AFTER he left the team, he said he's glad he's not there anymore and that he wasn't excited about playing for them. Why is this a big deal?
And then he said that the franchise is so bad that he doesn't think they'll ever be good. Why is this a big deal?
Some of you guys are turning this into TMZ, where every little comment is parsed and spliced to the point that everything is controversial. I don't care if this was picked up by the national media. It's not a big deal. Let it go.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:17 AM ^
The brown's organization is terrible. I'm sorry to all the browns fans on here, but your team is garbage. I dont blame any players for complaining about the total ineptness of the organization, just as I wouldn't blame any talented lions player for complaining(if they had any that is). It's like complaining its hot in hell. It's probably not going to help your situation(in Braylon's case it did), but it's not exactly news.