Was Braylon Edwards Allowed to Play Basketball?

Doesn’t matter……Manigini is moving Edwards…I guarantee he wants no part of him. He is a selfish, me-first player

As long as they didn’t pass that kid to Braylon, he was probably ok.

He really shouldn’t be doing this, but we really need to get off of this guy. Braylon had a bad year we get it, but he is not the whole reason we were 4-12. He had pretty decent rookie numbers after being buried on the depth chart after a contract hold out. He was playing really well when he went down the next year after making a great catch against Jville-not to mention he already had 2 tds that game. He followed that up with a decent season coming back from injury and C Frye holding onto the ball to long. Then the breakout 2007 season. This year was riddled with mistakes from everybody. We won’t get anything for him now anyway give him another year to see what he can do. I keep hearing Boldin’s name. Great, but what makes you think Zona would give him to us for anything we have? I don’t want to give up draft picks for him, we already are thin on draft picks. Besides if Boldin is a cancer on a team that is on their way to the Superbowl, how will he be on a mediocre team? We have far worse holes than WR. We need a solid 2nd or 3rd option to take the heat off Braylon. Hopefully Joe J can come back and stay healthy. That moves Captain muscle strain Stallworth to 3. I like that rather than getting a mid round draft pick for Braylon.

Boldin won’t be coming here either…..Mangini wants CHARACTER players…..Boldin and Braylon don’t fit that mold

Mj, Aaron Boone messed up his knees real bad playing basketball right after he signed a big deal with the yankees, maybe thats what your thinking of

And I can’t imagine he had more drops than JJ Hickson did down the stretch last night. Big Ben and Z, get well soon

Thanks Ricky. That was probably it.

Still curious if their contracts prohibit playing basketball.

@Jeremy, Edwards did not look great in his first two seasons. He flashed potential. He has all the physical ability in the world but there is more to being a wide receiver than leaping and running fast. He has only hit 1000 yards once in 4 years. The 2008 season is not entirely his fault but he only showed up once in 16 games, then b*tched about the fans. Let him go. We can only hope that some how JJ comes backs. Don’t plan on Stallworth as the #3 receiver. If this new front office ponies up a $5 million roster bonus for a receiver who had 170 yards on the year, then they should be fired the next day.

This is a joke right? I mean are we really talking about the Browns players playing a basketball game? I saw Winslow at the Lakers game last night, maybe he suited up after with Kobe? Either way, I don’t care.

You may not care, S-Dub, but the people paying him millions of dollars may care about the unnecessary risk of injury. They do agree to terms in their contracts not to participate in certain activities.

@Brandon Look I never said he was great, as a matter of fact I said he was decent. I’m trying to make you guys understand that there are far worse problems on this team than WR, and if we get rid of Braylon then we are creating another hole. Him not reaching 1000 yards can’t be put on him entirely either, with the likes of Trent Dilfer and Charlie Frye. Our line was horrible, we had no running game. I think we need to give him another chance this year, see how he does. If he is like 2008, then by all means get rid of him. By then we should have a better cap, and maybe more draft picks that will help us. If he is more like 2007 then we should be pretty good. We knew Braylon had trouble making some catches coming out of Michigan, we also knew he makes some catches that alot of guys can’t make. Now if another team wants to give us something of value for him, then fine. I don’t want to burn a first round, or even a second round pick on a WR. Especially when our defense is swiss cheese. Linebacker or two, DB, maybe a safety. Someone who can put some pressure on a QB. I am tired of watching the Steelers, and Ravens defenses. They have guys who are tough as nails, and want to punish you. Our defense is softer than charmin.

I agree with Jay….give the dude a break. There are many reasons to not like the man, but this is one that actually gives me reason to like him. You don’t think he has to think at least a little about how he could get hurt? I’ll bet he does. Even if I loved BE, if he got hurt playing for charity I would NOT be mad at him, sad…yes, but not mad at him. He is an athlete, yes he could simply do a golf tournament that only the really wealthy people could enjoy or he could go play some ball and have some fun. Yes, people get injured doing it, but not nearly as often as people make it sound. I find it very amusing that people playing TACKLE football think it is more dangerous to play basketball. I could see if it were Lebron playing football, being worried, but this, come on.

Jay…..sorry, but when you own a multi-million dollar property you call the shots. We’re not talking about falling down a flight of stairs, et al-but rather a willfull and deliberate case of contract violation (apparently).

I love this website, I check it 2-3 times a day. But I’m begging you, no more Braylon Edwards stories for at least 2 weeks, OK? Isn’t everyone sick of talking about him? And since his name will come up again soon when draft stories start in earnest, can we just forget about him now, at least for a few weeks? Please? Please?

Not long before the time when we were watching Webster & the others dunk, NFL players sold insurance in the offseason to support their families. Times have changed. Regardless whether you or I think it’s acceptable, the issue of whether or not their contracts allow them to participate in non-football activities such as this is a legitimate question worth asking.