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  • brownspwnj00 B
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    B brownspwnj00 wrote on last edited by
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    Thanks for the updates man. Sounds like it was an up and down day for both QBs.

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      OconReconO OconRecon wrote on last edited by OconRecon
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      First, huge thanks for the updates.

      Initial thoughts.

      1. Mangini will not be upset with the last drive from Quinn. Ball control ending in a field goal attempt. Safe and threw it away on 3rd down to stay in FG range rather than a sack.

      2. I'm starting to think Quinn is rusty as heck. I have never believed in the concept of sit on the side lines and learn. It's use it or lose it, and he hasn't been the guy in the big chair since his days at ND.

      We'll see how the internet opinion factory cranks up as the day wears on.

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      Addendum, this is weird. As I was typing, I just got a text from the Browns (anyone else sign up for those things?) with a photo of Quinn at family day. Just Quinn.

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      • OconReconO OconRecon

        First, huge thanks for the updates.

        Initial thoughts.

        1. Mangini will not be upset with the last drive from Quinn. Ball control ending in a field goal attempt. Safe and threw it away on 3rd down to stay in FG range rather than a sack.

        2. I'm starting to think Quinn is rusty as heck. I have never believed in the concept of sit on the side lines and learn. It's use it or lose it, and he hasn't been the guy in the big chair since his days at ND.

        We'll see how the internet opinion factory cranks up as the day wears on.

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        Addendum, this is weird. As I was typing, I just got a text from the Browns (anyone else sign up for those things?) with a photo of Quinn at family day. Just Quinn.

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        @oconrecon said:

        Addendum, this is weird. As I was typing, I just got a text from the Browns (anyone else sign up for those things?) with a photo of Quinn at family day. Just Quinn.

        😆 What the hell?

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          TWEETS (& RAPID REPORTS) BELOW:

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          TheOBR

          reset. they put 18 seconds on the clock and made it third and 11. Now it's over.

          TheOBR

          DA takes a knee and that is game.

          TheOBR

          Brown calls To: Dawson hits the left upright and it bounces off no good. 22 seconds to play. Brown takes over on 39

          TheOBR

          Quinn throws the ball away with 27 seconds. Fourth and one at the 31. Dawson lines up for 49 yard field goal.

          TheOBR

          Quinn to Rucker for three to 31. O of Bounds at 31. Third and one with 33 seconds.

          TheOBR

          Quick slant to Robiskie for six to 34. TO with 39 seconds left. 2nd and 4. Francies, hood Lockett and Adams in secondary.

          TheOBR

          Quinn to Cribbs for 6 to 40. first down less than one minute

          TheOBR

          2 and 9 on 46: Short pass to Harrison for 8 to Brown 46. third and one.

          cdotcombrowns

          Agent for Cleveland Browns' Steptoe blames season-ending injury on practice conditions: PD FileSyndric Steptoe

          TheOBR

          2:12 first down on 45. short pass to Harrison for one yard. Two minute warning.

          3:00:55 pm Both Browns teams continue to struggle offensively near the end zone. That's one of many problems they had a year ago when they failed to score an offensive TD in their last six games of the regular season

          TheOBR

          2nd and 10 39; Harrison for one yard. Third-and-9: Adams blitzes and Quinn hurries throw over Robiskie. Ill. contact on Hood on Robo

          TheOBR

          RT @siddharthainc: If you have an ohio licence plate with a "steelers" thing around it you may as well change your plates to,"IMADOUCHE."

          2:59:43 pm Browns WR Lance Leggett has dropped two passes since his TD catch early in the scrimmage. The latest bounced off his shoulder and was intercepted by S Mike Adams, who is in a battle for a starting position.

          2:58:11 pm The RBs from neither the Brown or White team has broken any long runs today. As it was a year ago in the regular season, the Browns pass blocking has proven far more effective than the run blocking.

          TheOBR

          Quick slant to Cribbs for 13 to 39. Quinn incomplete with 3:01 to play.

          TheOBR

          Dawson kicks off and Cribbs returns to the 26. Quinn at QB.

          TheOBR

          Dawson kicking a 29-yard field goal to give the Brown a 17-14 lead with 3:50 to play

          TheOBR

          Lewis short run third and 8. DA throws behind Massaquoi on slant. covered by McDonald

          TheOBR

          Face mask penalty called on unidentified defender for first down to 18. Lewis seven yards to 11, but touchded by Coleman in backfield.

          TheOBR

          Quick slant to Edwards inc. but Eric Wright called for interference for first down at 24.

          TheOBR

          DA at QB. Lewis for 4 yards off RT St. Clair. Lewis no gain stopped by Jackson.3rd and 7.

          TheOBR

          Third and nine off Leggett hands and intercepted by Mike Adams. Returned to the White 30 with 7:13 left

          TheOBR

          Quinn overthrows an open Leggett

          TheOBR

          Quinn hits Robiskie down the sideline but couldn't keep feet inbounds. ruled incomplete

          TheOBR

          third and five, Cribbs reception for first down to 34 on zip pass between two defenders.

          2:48:34 pm The Brown team just knotted the scrimmage at 14-14 when QB Derek Anderson scrambled in from the 7-yard-line. Anderson has thrown few long passes today, but has shown accuracy on short passes that have given him problems in the past.

          2:46:10 pm Mike Furrey isn't the only veteran WR to distinguish himself in recent action at the Brown and White scrimmage. David Patten just hauled in a 30-yard gain from backup QB Brett Rafliff as he created space between himself and CB Brandon McDonald.

          TheOBR

          Harrison three yard run to 25 and then two-yards to 27.

          TheOBR

          Quinn at QB. Start at 22 after Cribbs return.

          2:39:46 pm The scoring snag by Browns WR Mike Furrey gave him a team-high 85 yards receiving on four catches today. Furrey continues to indicate he can help the team as a dependable possession receiver.

          2:38:37 pm QB Brett Ratliff took a step forward in his bid for a roster spot by launching a 55-yard TD pass to veteran WR Mike Furrey, who got behind DB Hamza Abdullah in coverage. It was the first score for the Brown team today.

          TheOBR

          The play was challenged and the call was upheld, After Dawson's PAT the score is tied at 14-14 with 9:49.

          TheOBR

          DA takes over at six on third down.DA scrambles for touchdown run up the middle.

          1 minute ago from web

          TheOBR

          Ratliff has thrown a couple of nice passes downfield to Patten.

          TheOBR

          White 14, Brown 7 start of fourth quarter.

          TheOBR

          Patten two catches for close to 125 yards.

          TheOBR

          Ratliff inc. out of end zone. 3 seconds left in quarter. Ratliff underthrows Edwards in ez end of quarter

          TheOBR

          Ratliff hits Patten on crossing pattern for 58 yards to six. beat Brandon McDonald.

          2:36:15 pm LB Bo Ruud delivered a message by stopping a Browns ballcarrier six yards behind the line of scrimmage. Ruud is unlikely to receive a great deal of playing time at that position if he makes the team.

          TheOBR

          :37 left in third quarter. Ratliff over throws Massaquoi down the sideline. Brown starting at own 48

          2:35:07 pm Nearly every pass thrown by a Browns QB today has been fewer than 15 yards.

          TheOBR

          Third and 8. Hall sacks from the left side. first sack for Brown

          TheOBR

          Bartel throws a short incompletion

          2:31:45 pm Browns reserve WR Syndric Steptoe was hoping to land a roster spot, but those hopes might have been dashed. Steptoe left yesterday's practice clutching his shoulder. He is reportedly out for the year with a torn labrum.

          TheOBR

          Patten beat Lawson and it appeared he pushed off, but no call

          TheOBR

          Score is White 14-7 with 2:05 in third quarter

          TheOBR

          Patten just entered the game and caught a touchdown pass from Ratliff at the White 30 and went for the score. It was about a 70 yard play

          TheOBR

          Ratliff in at QB for Brown. Little gain by Davis on first down.Furrey makes a nice diving catch for short gain.

          TheOBR

          David Patten is suited up but has not played

          2:24:32 pm Josh Cribbs, who has failed in previous attempts to emerge as anything more than a kick returner for the Browns, held on to all three passes thrown his way in the first half of the Brown and White scrimmage.

          TheOBR

          Herron went 39 yards up the middle for a TOUCHDOWN. Dawson kick makes it 14-0 with 3:32 left in third quarter.

          TheOBR

          Bartel in at QB and Herron runs for first down. Lawrence Vickers has not played nor has Steve Heiden

          2:22:36 pm Eleven different Browns receiver caught at least one pass in the first half of today's scrimmage. Rookie RB James Davis led the way with four as he continues to be the surprise of camp. Fellow rookie Mohamed Massaquoi was also impressive.

          TheOBR

          Quinn to Robiskie for 8 yards to the 42 of Brown

          TheOBR

          Quinn has Norwood, Robiskie and RUckers as receivers with harrison and herron in the backfield.

          2:21:20 pm As one might expect, LB D'Qwell Jackson was among the top defensive players in the first half of today's Browns scrimmage. He knocked down one pass and intercepted another.

          2:20:30 pm Browns QB Brady Quinn received few opportunities to pass during the first half of the team scrimmage. Following his 51-yard TD strike to Lance Leggett, he attempted just two more. Derek Anderson, with whom he's competing for a starting spot, completed an unofficial 9 of 14 for 92 yards.

          TheOBR

          officials just announced a simulated tv timeout.

          TheOBR

          Zastudil is getting alot of work as the teams have traded punts in all but one series. He just got off a shanked punt to the midfield.

          2:18:40 pm An estimated 7,000 fans attended today's free Brown and White scrimmage.

          TheOBR

          short pass to lewis stopped short on third and long. punt

          TheOBR

          third sack of the game by the White

          TheOBR

          DA sacked by Rogers and then DA threw the ball at Rogers for unsportsmanlike penalty to the 7

          TheOBR

          DA hits Furrey on third and six for the first down to the 23 in front of Lawson

          TheOBR

          short pass to lewis stopped by jackson for short gain

          TheOBR

          DA back in at QB for Brown. Through the hands of Massaquoi

          TheOBR

          Zastudil's 60 plus punt rolls deat at the 10

          TheOBR

          Third down pass intended for Leggette broke up by Francies.

          TheOBR

          Francies breaks up pass on first down play intended for cribbs

          TheOBR

          Quinn to leggette for 10 on first play of third quarter.

          - - - - - HERE WE GO - - - -

          NON-TWEET RapidReports

          2:11:42 pm Both sides in this scrimmage passed the ball almost exclusively in the first quarter.

          2:11:03 pm Rookie WR Mohamed Massaquoi distinguished himself in the first quarter of the scrimmage. He caught three passes in the first quarter, including one in which he tightroped the sideline to haul it in. Massaquoi is fighting for a starting spot.

          2:10:09 pm QB Derek Anderson heated up on his team's third possession of the Brown and White scrimmage, throwing several completions. But he's had problems in the red zone during his career and this was no exception. He was intercepted by LB D'Qwell Jackson near the goal line.

          2:09:00 pm LB D'Qwell Jackson, who is one of several certain Browns starters, dove to bat away a pass from QB Derek Anderson midway through the first quarter of today's Brown and White scrimmage.

          2:07:29 pm New Browns OL Fred Weary is returning to the NFL after having a run-in with the Houston law. He was tasered and arrested at a traffic stop in November 2006. He sued the city for excessive force, but dropped the lawuit early this year.

          2:06:49 pm Another name has been added to the mix at OL. The Browns have signed veteran 307-pound RG Fred Weary, who started 24 games for Houston in 2006 and 2007. He was drafted out of the University of Tennessee in 2002.

          2:05:25 pm The Brown team OL sprung a leak as it allowed White DL Robaire Smith to bolt through for a sack on Derek Anderson early in the first of the 10-minute quarters. Tackling Browns quarterbacks has been outlawed today.

          2:03:38 pm Browns QB Brady Quinn hasn't impressed at training camp, but he certainly did in his first shot in today's scrimmage. He fired a pinpoint 51-yard touchdown strike to WR Lance Leggett. Leggett got a step on CB Rod Hood and S Nick Sorensen.

          2:02:21 pm Browns NT Shaun Rogers wasted no time making his presence felt in today's Brown and White scrimmage. He tackled RB Jamal Lewis in the backfield on the first play from scrimmage.

          TheOBR

          white is letting the clock run out on the halftime with a 7-0 lead

          TheOBR

          Zastudil punted the ball and it was killed at the three. he punted from around the 25 for close to 70 yards

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          TheOBR

          RT @CapCityChris: All these fans for a training camp scrimmage!! Best Fans in the NFL!! I posted pic above /\

          TheOBR

          third and 15 from the 30 dumped to davis for 7

          TheOBR

          Bowens credited with sack on Ratliff.

          TheOBR

          Ratliff to Furrey with 1:42 to play for first down to 34

          TheOBR

          furrey takes 50 yard punt from zastudil back to the 18

          TheOBR

          short pass to herron stopped short of the first down

          TheOBR

          QB coach Carl Smith is coaching the white while special teams coordinator Brad Seely is coaching the Brown

          TheOBR

          another 7 yd pass to cribbs for first down. leonard stops harrison on short pass

          TheOBR

          short pass to cribbs for 8

          cdotcombrowns

          In Browns family day scrimmage, Brady Quinn hit Lance Leggett with a 51-yard TD pass on his opening play. Mostly second-teamers in. mcabot

          TheOBR

          false start

          TheOBR

          QB sneak for first down with 6:16 left in the second quarter

          TheOBR

          Bartel to Rucker for 8

          TheOBR

          Zastudil booms a punt over 60 yards. no return

          less than 20 seconds ago from web

          TheOBR

          Ratliff three and out punt

          TheOBR

          Brett Ratliff in at QB for DA.

          TheOBR

          Bartel in at QB for Quinn. throws inc for Robiskie broken up by Francies.

          TheOBR

          Cribbs 8 yard catch from quinn to 50 end of first quarter.

          TheOBR

          DA intercpted by D Jackson at the goal line and returned to the 42

          TheOBR

          Edwards catch to the 14 for 11

          TheOBR

          DA to Hubbard for first down to 25

          TheOBR

          Ivy tipped a DA pass on a blitz

          TheOBR

          dump pass to Davis for 11

          TheOBR

          Great catch by Massaquoi for first down as he kept feet inbounds to white's 47

          TheOBR

          DA to Massaquoi for 12 to 46

          TheOBR

          Brown O has DA, Jamal, Massaquoi, Edwards, Furrey, Royal, Thomas, Steinbach, Mack, Womack and St. Clair. Davis spells Jamal

          TheOBR

          DA to Massaquoi for 8 on first down

          TheOBR

          DA to Royal for 15 on third down to the 23

          TheOBR

          Incomplete pass to robiskie an punt by zastudil. furrey fielded at 5 and returned to 16, but penalty on return

          TheOBR

          Harrison 8 yards on first down. and then quinn to Robiskie for no gain

          TheOBR

          DA screen to James Davis for 12 after penalty on third and 16

          TheOBR

          Dawsonkicks out of endzone

          TheOBR

          Quinn hit Lance Leggette for 49 yards and a touchdown on the first play. beat Rod Hood and Nick SOrenson 7-0 white

          TheOBR

          punt returned by cribbs to the 49 about 15 yards

          TheOBR

          Looks familiar three and out

          TheOBR

          Anderson hit Braylon for 7 yards

          TheOBR

          Shaun Rogers crushed Jamal Lewis on the first play for a loss of four yards

          cdotcombrowns

          Cleveland Browns sign OL Weary: The Cleveland Browns today signed offensive lineman Fred Weary, the team announc..

          TheOBR

          Rex Hadnot was seen by the locker room on crutches. asked how he was, said ""im doing fine."

          TheOBR

          The teams have just come onto the field!

          TheOBR

          Browns sign OL Fred Weary

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          NON-TWEET RapidReports

          Training Camp Upcoming Schedule

          Aug. 9 SUN Family Day - Kickoff 1:00 PM

          Aug. 11 TUE (1) 8:45 - 10:45 AM (2) 5:45 - 7:45 PM

          Aug. 12 WED 1:30 - 3:30 PM

          Aug. 13 THU 1:30 - 3:30 PM

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          @dan-in-florida said:

          TWEETS (& RAPID REPORTS) BELOW:

          TheOBR

          DA intercpted by D Jackson at the goal line and returned to the 42

          Look on the bright side folks - at least the defender was wearing a Browns' helmet. I'm not sure poor Dumb Ass is smart enough to understand that the srimmage means some Clevelnd Browns weren't his teammates today. Baby steps! It's only his 5th year in this league. Loverboy assures us he's got it all worked out.

          You CANNOT throw INTs or be careless with the football in the red zone. Two examples of this come to mind when we lost 10-6 to Indy and 10-6 to Pitt. How do you play BETTER defense than limiting a playoff team to 10 points? DA's red zone fumble vrs Indy went for 7 points so our defense really only gave up 3 points to Manning's offense right?

          We're now embarking upon DA's 4th season in Cleveland - and he's still just as mindless in the red zone. This guy simply isn't smart enough to learn from his experience. That's why he's regressed in 3 straight seasons of starts. If we let this guy do this a 4th straight year - shame on us.

          - Tom F.

          I welcome the only Defensive Coordinator to earn a Superbowl Ring in New Orleans while understanding Revenge of the Nerds is a sequel. "Come get some!"
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            Anderson has to hope that Quinn's rust isn't falling off, it is his only hope.

            Nobody else wants him as starter in the NFL.

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              @dan-in-florida said:

              TWEETS (& RAPID REPORTS) BELOW:

              TheOBR

              DA intercpted by D Jackson at the goal line and returned to the 42

              Look on the bright side folks - at least the defender was wearing a Browns' helmet. I'm not sure poor Dumb Ass is smart enough to understand that the srimmage means some Clevelnd Browns weren't his teammates today. Baby steps! It's only his 5th year in this league. Loverboy assures us he's got it all worked out.

              You CANNOT throw INTs or be careless with the football in the red zone. Two examples of this come to mind when we lost 10-6 to Indy and 10-6 to Pitt. How do you play BETTER defense than limiting a playoff team to 10 points? DA's red zone fumble vrs Indy went for 7 points so our defense really only gave up 3 points to Manning's offense right?

              We're now embarking upon DA's 4th season in Cleveland - and he's still just as mindless in the red zone. This guy simply isn't smart enough to learn from his experience. That's why he's regressed in 3 straight seasons of starts. If we let this guy do this a 4th straight year - shame on us.

              - Tom F.

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              @flugel said:

              Look on the bright side folks - at least the defender was wearing a Browns' helmet. I'm not sure poor Dumb Ass is smart enough to understand that the srimmage means some Clevelnd Browns weren't his teammates today. Baby steps! It's only his 5th year in this league. Loverboy assures us he's got it all worked out.

              You CANNOT throw INTs or be careless with the football in the red zone. Two examples of this come to mind when we lost 10-6 to Indy and 10-6 to Pitt. How do you play BETTER defense than limiting a playoff team to 10 points? DA's red zone fumble vrs Indy went for 7 points so our defense really only gave up 3 points to Manning's offense right?

              We're now embarking upon DA's 4th season in Cleveland - and he's still just as mindless in the red zone. This guy simply isn't smart enough to learn from his experience. That's why he's regressed in 3 straight seasons of starts. If we let this guy do this a 4th straight year - shame on us.

              - Tom F.

              I agree with assessment of Anderson. He's careless with the football as evidenced by the Bungles game back in 07. We had three chances to get in the xxxxing endzone! Three, not one! 😠 Dumb ass had the chance to clinch the playoff. But alas, he just couldn't do it. 😒

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                Chris Mortenson comments prior to the scrimmage.

                "I will not insult your intelligence by suggesting you really believe what you just said." William F Buckley
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                  Chris Mortenson comments prior to the scrimmage.

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                  @vegasdogg said:

                  Chris Mortenson comments prior to the scrimmage.

                  It mentions Brett Favre. D'oh! 😳

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                    Dan in FloridaD Dan in Florida wrote on last edited by
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                    Yeah...Mangini told Favre that if he's not going to play, come hang out with our QB's. Something like that?

                    I'm sticking with Mangini & Amber
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                      By the way, thanks for providing the twitter updates, Dan!

                      "I will not insult your intelligence by suggesting you really believe what you just said." William F Buckley
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                        Yeah...Mangini told Favre that if he's not going to play, come hang out with our QB's. Something like that?

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                        @dan-in-florida said:

                        Yeah...Mangini told Favre that if he's not going to play, come hang out with our QB's. Something like that?

                        I heard about that. That's an scary thought. What if Favre starting for the brownies? 😳

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                          By the way, thanks for providing the twitter updates, Dan!

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                          Dan in FloridaD Dan in Florida wrote on last edited by
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                          @vegasdogg said:

                          By the way, thanks for providing the twitter updates, Dan!

                          You're welcome.

                          Go Browns!

                          I'm sticking with Mangini & Amber
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                            Brown Team rallies for 17-14 win

                            Zac Jackson, Staff Writer

                            08.09.2009

                            The Brown Team rallied from a second-half, two-touchdown deficit to win the Brown and White Scrimmage Sunday at Cleveland Browns Stadium, 17-14.

                            A 29-yard Phil Dawson field goal with 3:50 to go provided the winning margin. In a twist you don't see every day, Dawson missed a 48-yard game-tying attempt off the left upright for the White Team with 22 seconds left.

                            An interception by Mike Adams - who lunged to catch a Brady Quinn pass that had popped in the air when Lance Leggett couldn't handle it - set up the winning points by putting the Brown Team on the White 30-yard line with 7:13 left.

                            But the result wasn't as important as the fact that the Browns and just about every facet of the Browns' organization got a dress rehearsal with the preseason schedule set to kick off in just six days. A team with so many new parts looked comfortable and confident in front of a sun-soaked crowd Sunday afternoon.

                            "It was a really productive day for us," Browns head coach Eric Mangini said. "I liked the amount of situations we got. You don't know whats going to come up over the course of a game and there were lots of shifts of momentum.

                            "I think it was a really good start for us here."

                            The Brown Team pulled to within 14-7 on a 71-yard pass from Brett Ratliff to David Patten in the third quarter. Those two connected again later in the third on a 46-yarder over the middle that made it first and goal at the 6.

                            Ratliff threw two incompletions and gave way to Derek Anderson to start the fourth quarter. On third and goal Anderson tucked the ball in after not finding an open receiver and then dove over the goal line for the tying score.

                            Eric Barton argued that he'd touched Anderson down, and the lead official even conducted a fake replay review.

                            "Of course I was in," Anderson joked afterwards. "I think I would have been in. I might have taken a hit, but I'd be in."

                            The White Team scored on its first play from scrimmage of the day, a 51-yard touchdown pass off a play-action pass from Quinn to Leggett, who got free running a fly route. Quinn rolled to his right and threw a beautiful, high-arching ball to Leggett, who spent last season on the Browns' practice squad.

                            "You always like to start a game that way," Mangini said.

                            The scrimmage was played under game-like conditions with 10-minute quarters and NFL officials calling the action. No official stats were kept.

                            The Brown Team needed a couple drives to get its offense going. It did late in the first quarter as Anderson threw a third-down bullet to Robert Royal, completed back-to-back passes to Mohammed Massaquoi to get past the 50 for the first time, then got inside the 15 on a throw over the middle to Braylon Edwards.

                            On the next play Anderson was picked off at the goal line by D'Qwell Jackson, who returned the interception near midfield.

                            It stayed 7-0 through the middle of the third quarter, when Noah Herron got loose on a run up the middle and turned it into a 39-yard touchdown.

                            Quinn got the final drive going for the White Team with a pair of completions to Joshua Cribbs, but the White Team couldn't get a big play and had to settle for a long field goal try.

                            NOTES: Sitting out the scrimmage were Steve Heiden, Syndric Steptoe, John Madsen, Charles Ali and Rex Hadnot...The White team wore brown pants with its white jerseys...With temperatures hovering around 90 degrees for the first time this camp, Mangini said the heat was "a good reminder" that you never know what the weather will have in store and how it may affect game conditions...Dave Zastudil uncorked a beautiful punt late in the first half that landed just outside the 1-yard line, spun back a yard and was saved from going in the endzone by a hustling Blake Costanzo of the Brown Team...The players signed autographs for nearly 30 minutes after the scrimmage.

                            Is a pig's ass pork?
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                              Dan in FloridaD Dan in Florida wrote on last edited by Dan in Florida
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                              Here's some RAPID REPORTS that came in since I stopped checking (about the Scrimmage):

                              5:27:04 pm The long TD from QB Brady Quinn to WR Lance Leggett highlighted the day's activities. "Lance is a truly fast guy," Quinn said. "We thought if we ran play-action we could pull up the safey and get behind the coverage. That's what we did."

                              5:25:43 pm The most encouraging performance in today's Brown and White scrimmage was that of WR Josh Cribbs. Cribbs worked often in the slot and caught everything thrown his way.

                              5:24:50 pm Browns WR Braylon Edwards led the NFL in drops in 2008. He credits hanging on to the ball so far in camp to a relaxed mindset. "I'm just having fun," he said. "Everything is just coming naturally. That's the way football is supposed to be."

                              5:23:36 pm Browns QB Derek Anderson said the large number of short and medium-range passes today was the result of yesterday's practice in which the White defense was burned by WR Braylon Edwards.

                              5:22:26 pm WR Lance Leggett started the scrimmage with a bang, hauling in a 51-yard TD pass from Browns QB Brady Quinn. "It was a good read by Brady and I just ran the route the way I was supposed to," he said.

                              5:21:16 pm Rookie C Alex Mack had the unenviable task of trying to block Shaun Rogers in today's Brown and White scrimmage. And Rogers wasn't taking it easy on him. "I still have to do my job," Rogers said. "I'm being evaluated and graded and still have to perform to a certain level of expectation."

                              5:20:10 pm Browns NT Shaun Rogers joked about his "touch sack" of Derek Anderson, after which the QB received a penalty. "Derek was already sacked," Rogers said, smiling. "He tried to say it was an incomplete pass, but that was null and void."

                              3:16:48 pm Final score of today's scrimmage: Brown 17, White 14.

                              3:16:23 pm Browns PK Phil Dawson lined up to attempt a game-tying field goal with 27 seconds remaining in today's scrimmage when a timeout was called to freeze him. Anything to duplicate a game situation. Dawson then kicked it wide.

                              3:15:23 pm The Brown team overcame a 14-0 deficit to take a 17-14 lead on a short field goal by Phil Dawson. Dawson has been the team's starting kicker since it returned to Cleveland in 1999. That should continue in 2009 - he's the only placekicker in camp.

                              I'm sticking with Mangini & Amber
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                                Only 7,000 fans?

                                Wow. I don't think the overall fan base is as optimistic as some of us.

                                Is a pig's ass pork?
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