Fans Cheer Anderson's Injury?
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I'm ashamed to be a Browns die-hard right now. I'll never root for ANY injury. I know the QB situation has been annoying this year...wish we just had one guy and knew he was the one to lead us forward. Guess it's true that when you have two QBs - you have none.
Do we forget that these players are human just like us? Do we forget that these people are not just players but part of a team that wants to win just like we do?
I know not every fan felt compelled to cheer for DA as he lay on the ground. But, I'm truly ashamed to walk into work today and listen to colleagues and Bengal fans talk about how sad it is for "fans" of any team to cheer for injury. We've gone through tough season after tough season and our great fan base has proven to be one of the best! Not this time. We just lost a ton of respect for acting so childish.
We can now be compared to the Raiders as a fan base. We look like idiots (even though it was not all of us rooting for our own player down)....
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Yes, I was at the game, and thought the cheering was classless. I don't like Anderson, but he didn't deserve it. I was also at the Ravens game when fans cheered when Couch was hurt. I hate that shit, makes all Browns fans look like idiots.
That worked out real well...the only QB to take us to the playoffs in our rebirth gets shafted by our fans & Butch Davis. IMHO, it was Butch Davis who's put us in this stupid hole to begin with, and RAC has been unable to get us out with his ineptitude.
It was sickening to see so many empty seats yesterday. Even in the Paul McDonald-crap year of 1984, the place had 60,000 people there. I was at games in 1974 &75 when the place was full and we really, really were awful then too. Somehow, some way, this franchise has got to get this thing pointed in the right direction. There is a whole generation of younger fans who don't know what winning football looks like, and guys like me keep waiting for it to return. I'm not ever going to stop being a Browns fan, but it's getting harder & harder to take.
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The biggest reason I sold my tickets for yesterday was the fans from last week. The team sucking didn't help but it was just depressing to sit there and hear my fellow fans booing their team and being drunken assholes. I will not buy another ticket untill quite a few things have changed. I had more fun not watching the game this week than I would have if I watched it.
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Hey DA, in case you didn't realize this, fans like winners.
Bullshit. These Browns fans aren't your daddy's Browns fans, they are some of the most uneducated football fans I've been privy to sit among. I'm glad it ain't just me who notices though, as I was surprised how many around me in the stadium were in disgust of the timely Boo's and jeers.
Bullshit. These Browns fans aren't your daddy's Browns fans, they are some of the most uneducated football fans I've been privy to sit among.
Well of course we're not too bright. If we were, we'd pick a better team to root for.
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Take a look at WPB Browns Fans post on 'QB Contracts'. Not to stick up for foolish acts by dumbass fans, but THAT is the reality of why fans act like they do. Players getting paid MILLIONS of dollars and yet they don't particularly NEED to perform. For Millions, they should be on the money every single time they are asked to play. 'Perfect' - always - when their paychecks rate in ranges most of the fans may see in 20 or 30 or 40 years combined.
These fans, again, are an embarrassment, but WPB's post gives food for thought. It annoys the heck out of me that a guy can make that kind of money and be allowed to have bad days, weeks, even months. Still, I'd like to think I'd never embarrass myself by cheering an injury of anyone else. That's horseshit.
I sincerely hope the lack of attendance does not make the organization think about relocating again, but instead what do they need to do actually provide what the fans want - make a winning team with consistent players.
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Do you know that I saw someone wearing a Wally Rainer Jersey yesterday at the game?
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USA Today: Another Browns low: Fans cheer Anderson's injury
When the home fans let loose with cheers for your injury, it's probably time to leave town.
Having heard the rah-rahs in Cleveland yesterday as he limped off the field with a sprained MCL, Derek Anderson understands that, and let it be known he doesn't expect to be back with the Browns.
When someone said "see you later" to Anderson in the locker room the quarterback replied, "Yeah, maybe in another life."
"They were cheering the fact that I was hurt. They don't like me," Anderson said. "That's well known."
"We love our fans, but that just wasn't needed", said the Browns' Josh Cribbs after Cleveland's 10-6 loss to Indianapolis.
The Browns fans who cheered might want to take note of the fact their ugly show came on a day of tortuous weather as Anderson outplayed Peyton Manning. Anderson was only 16-for-26 for 110 yards, but his passer rating of 71 was better than Manning's 46.8.
But Anderson did at least get the pleasure of taking a parting shot at his rival for the Browns QB job, Brady Quinn. He told reporters he had injured his MCL once before, in college, when his Oregon State team "waxed Notre Dame," then quarterbacked by Quinn.
Referencing the 2004 Insight Bowl, where he was MVP in a 38-21 victory, Anderson said, "Let that be known that I beat him."
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To me, Anderson bragging at Quinn's expense was pretty classless and also sort of pathetic in that DA had to go back to college to compare games.
Quinn's been nothing but gracious and supportive of DA both when he was a backup and a starter, and Anderson's comments were meant to taunt the fan base and humiliate Quinn.
Sad.
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Referencing the 2004 Insight Bowl, where he was MVP in a 38-21 victory, Anderson said, "Let that be known that I beat him."
Wow, if that doesn't prove that "Lumberg" is Anderson, I don't know what will.
I wasn't at the game, and didnt hear the cheering, but it's obviously a crummy thing to do, to cheer for an injury. However, respect is earned, not handed out like a raffle ticket, and the above quote exemplifies the attitude (whether reality or perceived) that garnered no respect for Anderson from the fans.
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USA Today: Another Browns low: Fans cheer Anderson's injury
When the home fans let loose with cheers for your injury, it's probably time to leave town.
Having heard the rah-rahs in Cleveland yesterday as he limped off the field with a sprained MCL, Derek Anderson understands that, and let it be known he doesn't expect to be back with the Browns.
When someone said "see you later" to Anderson in the locker room the quarterback replied, "Yeah, maybe in another life."
"They were cheering the fact that I was hurt. They don't like me," Anderson said. "That's well known."
"We love our fans, but that just wasn't needed", said the Browns' Josh Cribbs after Cleveland's 10-6 loss to Indianapolis.
The Browns fans who cheered might want to take note of the fact their ugly show came on a day of tortuous weather as Anderson outplayed Peyton Manning. Anderson was only 16-for-26 for 110 yards, but his passer rating of 71 was better than Manning's 46.8.
But Anderson did at least get the pleasure of taking a parting shot at his rival for the Browns QB job, Brady Quinn. He told reporters he had injured his MCL once before, in college, when his Oregon State team "waxed Notre Dame," then quarterbacked by Quinn.
Referencing the 2004 Insight Bowl, where he was MVP in a 38-21 victory, Anderson said, "Let that be known that I beat him."
USA Today: Another Browns low: Fans cheer Anderson's injury
When the home fans let loose with cheers for your injury, it's probably time to leave town.
Having heard the rah-rahs in Cleveland yesterday as he limped off the field with a sprained MCL, Derek Anderson understands that, and let it be known he doesn't expect to be back with the Browns.
When someone said "see you later" to Anderson in the locker room the quarterback replied, "Yeah, maybe in another life."
"They were cheering the fact that I was hurt. They don't like me," Anderson said. "That's well known."
"We love our fans, but that just wasn't needed", said the Browns' Josh Cribbs after Cleveland's 10-6 loss to Indianapolis.
The Browns fans who cheered might want to take note of the fact their ugly show came on a day of tortuous weather as Anderson outplayed Peyton Manning. Anderson was only 16-for-26 for 110 yards, but his passer rating of 71 was better than Manning's 46.8.
But Anderson did at least get the pleasure of taking a parting shot at his rival for the Browns QB job, Brady Quinn. He told reporters he had injured his MCL once before, in college, when his Oregon State team "waxed Notre Dame," then quarterbacked by Quinn.
Referencing the 2004 Insight Bowl, where he was MVP in a 38-21 victory, Anderson said, "Let that be known that I beat him."
Here is a classic example of a loser QB...I cant wait till hes off Our Roster...good riddence chump!
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It's kind of scary to think of what might happen in Cleveland in the near future. Sure DA was a sub 500 QB, barely. Without DA as a starter the last three years the Browns are 4 and 15, and one of those wins was DA's first game in where he brought the team back. 4 more games to go this season, doesn't look promising.
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If Andersen felt Brady Quinn was breathing down his back and just his presence put pressure on Andersen, maybe he should be thinking about how Charlie Frye felt when Andersen took his job. Same scenario, weak quarterback gets replaced. Deal with it with class, just like Frye had to do.
In any event, I guess that comment plus his pockets full of loot give him the last laugh ???
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Here is a more complete accounting of his comments:
Has Anderson played his last Browns game?
Monday, December 1, 2008
By TODD PORTER
CLEVELAND Mercifully, perhaps, Derek Anderson's season may have come to an end. The pain he felt in his left knee after the Browns' 10-6 loss to the Colts didn't hurt nearly as much as the bruise to his ego and the crack in his confidence.
Anderson was knocked out Cleveland's loss in the fourth quarter on a sack by Robert Mathis. Indianapolis' defensive end beat right tackle Kevin Shaffer and knocked Shaffer back on his rear end. Shaffer's helmet clipped Anderson's knee, perhaps buckling it.
Anderson will have an MRI today, but he said he has a sprained MCL in his left knee. Neither Anderson nor Head Coach Romeo Crennel talked as if the quarterback would be back this year.
If so, he is the second Cleveland starting quarterback in as many weeks to be knocked out of the lineup. Brady Quinn was put in the reserve-injured list with a broken finger and tendon damage in his throwing hand.
But Quinn wasn't cheered when he was hurt. Anderson was.
That may have been why Anderson was a bit out of character Sunday evening. He said it wasn't the first time he hurt his MCL.
"I've done my MCL once before in the bowl when we waxed Notre Dame," Anderson said. "Let that be known that I beat him (Quinn)."
Before Anderson left the locker room, a reporter said, "see you later."
"Yeah, maybe in another life," was the reply.
Anderson is likely to join Quinn on IR and miss the rest of the season. If that happens, he is unlikely to set foot in Cleveland Browns Stadium again wearing a Browns uniform.
He looked like a quarterback whose confidence was shaken. He completed 16-of-26 passes for 110 yards. His passer rating of 71 was better than Peyton Manning's 46.8. Most of Anderson's passes were of the dink-and-dunk variety.
His fumble, he said, cost the Browns the game.
"I was frustrated," Anderson said. "The guy hit me when I was throwing and it comes out. Of course I'm trying to hold on to it. I'm not trying to drop balls and trying to lose games for us. I know you guys think that sometimes."
Cleveland didn't challenge the play. Anderson said he told Crennel it was a fumble and not to waste a timeout.
"Obviously I'm frustrated and I'm probably going to be sick about it later," Anderson said. "It was an opportunity to beat the Colts, and Peyton Manning, a guy I admire. It didn't happen."
Third-string quarterback Ken Dorsey threw three incomplete passes in his lone series.
"It didn't look good with him coming off," Crennel said. "I'm not encouraged (about Anderson's status) by the way he came off the field."
Dorsey is likely to start at Tennessee and possibly finish the season. Josh Cribbs could be an emergency replacement. Dorsey, who lost just two college games at Miami with Kellen Winslow Jr., saw light at the end of the tunnel.
"At San Francisco we went through four quarterbacks one year," he said. "It's part of the NFL. Sometimes you go through this. I'll tell you a team is better off going through tough times, working and coming out of the back end of that tunnel. This team is going through that now, we're going to be better off for it."
Notice the statements I put in bold. Wow, I know you just got hurt....and I know that the fans booing sucked....
BUT!!!
That is a cheap shot on a teammate (Quinn). Seriously? "Let that be known"??? REALLY????
If K2 or BE made a comment like this they would be CRUCIFIED!!!
"Yeah, maybe in a another life"??? You GOTTA be kidding????
Again, K2 or BE makes that comment and they are tarred and feathered and run out on a rail with "GOOD RIDDANCE" nailed to the backside!!!
Anyone saying DA isn't getting a fair shake is just ignoring his whiny little diatribe!!!
After comments like that...we can't trade him fast enough IMHO!!!
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I'd just like for it to be noted I've NEVER cheered for a player to be injured (though I have rooted for then end of the careers of guys like Packman and Vick) and to cheer for your OWN PLAYER getting hurt is as classless as it gets.
THAT being said, DA doesn't have any class himself and I PRAY he winds up in Cincitucky or Oakland as a backup where he can hang with all the other classless losers.
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I'm hearing from people who actually attended the game that no one heard any cheering for DA's injury.
A friend of mine says the stands were quiet when DA went down, and then there was cheering FOR Dorsey when he came on the field. DA was about at the tunnel entrance at that point and the cheering wasn't directed for him getting hurt, it was in support of Dorsey trotting onto the field.
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Im sure many of us here have gotten angry at some point in our lives, but how many of us have gotten booed and mocked at in home stadium by 30,000+ fans who also make fun of you when you get badly injured ? How many fan bases are there in any sports that does that ?
The truth is, that it is not just the Browns that suck but the fan base also. And while taking potshots @ Oakland please remember that while the Oakland crowd got upset at the offense with JRussel, they never mocked him. I cannot imagine any quality player coming to Cleveland to play under such circumstances.
I hope it is BQ who goes and DA who stays. I dont want BQ to ever face such crap in his life. Since DA has taken the crap once he can deal with it again.
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I'm hearing from people who actually attended the game that no one heard any cheering for DA's injury.
A friend of mine says the stands were quiet when DA went down, and then there was cheering FOR Dorsey when he came on the field. DA was about at the tunnel entrance at that point and the cheering wasn't directed for him getting hurt, it was in support of Dorsey trotting onto the field.
I'm hearing from people who actually attended the game that no one heard any cheering for DA's injury.
A friend of mine says the stands were quiet when DA went down, and then there was cheering FOR Dorsey when he came on the field. DA was about at the tunnel entrance at that point and the cheering wasn't directed for him getting hurt, it was in support of Dorsey trotting onto the field.
Also, doesn't the crowd always golf clap/ cheer when the injured player gets up and helped off the field upon realizing that it's not another Joe Theisman laying on the ground?
I think DA knows he's done in Cleveland , and he's metastasizing any kind of locker-room cancer he can.
Hold on to that Insight Bowl MVP, so it can pay for drinks at the local Scaappppooooose watering hole.
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. -Don Shula -
I'm sure there were probably a few drunk guys who had a few choice words to say to DA as he went into the tunnel, but it bothers me that DA's painting it like the entire stadium erupted into cheers when he hurt his knee.
If you search around on the net, it looks like those actually in attendance at the game are all saying the same thing--they clapped when DA got up and Dorsey went in, but not when DA went down.
I think he's trying to villify us as a fan base, like we're so horrible for calling for Brady after DA's half-season-long miserable performance.
He's throwing himself a pity party, with his childish, cheap shot at Quinn and whining about his mistreatment from us mean ol' Browns fans.
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