Braylon Edwards traded to Jets

by Overlord1976 on Oct 7, 2009 8:51 AM EDT Comment 74 comments

It was going to happen at some point. I just hope we got some value for him and not more Jets role players. It's unheard of for a player of Edward's caliber to be traded at this point of the season. I thought our offense looked bad already. I can't imagine what it's going to look like now without Braylon drawing double teams on most downs. Hopefully this new regime knows what its doing and this turns into a positive move towards the future.

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Details are emerging regarding the consideration the Browns have received for receiver Braylon Edwards from the Jets.

Per Adam Schefter of ESPN and Jay Glazer of FOX, the Browns get linebacker Jason Trusnick and draft picks.

Glazer reports that receiver Chansi Stucky is also part of the deal.

UPDATE: Glazer reports there are two draft picks; Schefter says they’re believed to be a third-round pick and a fifth-round pick.

Picks are good, but, Stuckey and Trusnick? I think we could have sone better than that…..

by cboldt12 on Oct 7, 2009 8:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We already had a large fanshot on this but thank you for being observant and doing a fanpost anyways (sarcasm)

by SpecialBrownie on Oct 7, 2009 9:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

To be fair, fanposts are more visible that fanshots.

by skipkirk on Oct 7, 2009 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

To be accurate, Fanposts are for things such as breaking news items, so I scroll down there since half of the Fanshots are inane ramblings to begin with.

You are reading my signature.

by rolub on Oct 7, 2009 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Still, it doesn’t change the fact that the current layout makes fanshots more difficult to see. I came here first because this is what I saw first. Maybe I’m too used to other SB sites.

I just wanted to believe.

by mjmarble on Oct 7, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by the way, i flipped the two around. Fanshots are for links, fanposts are for discussion topics.

You are reading my signature.

by rolub on Oct 7, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was agreeing with you and then I was like huh? Haha. Thank you for clearing that up.

by SpecialBrownie on Oct 7, 2009 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks for being snarky about it, but maybe you didn’t realize fanshots aren’t on the front page. In fact, i’ve been coming to this site for months now and didn’t even know what a fanshot was until this post.

by notthatnoise on Oct 7, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

they’re both on the front page, only Fanshots are further down the right-hand side. Chris should really look into changing the layout to put them on the left-hand side instead so that they’re near the top of the page. I think he looked into this in the past, but the news feed might not allow that.

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by rolub on Oct 7, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s funny how the lesser known people are chewing me out for it but yet they have no clue what the use of a fanshot or post even is.

by SpecialBrownie on Oct 7, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

FanPosts are also for breaking news. This is a huge story; therefore, FanShot police should chillax!

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by Aaron Novinger on Oct 7, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fanposts aren’t for breaking news; they’re original articles posted by users. Links are supposed to be posted as a FanShot.

by Buckeye Brad on Oct 7, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn.

I actually hope this isn’t true, even though he’s in a contract year.

by Terrible Terry Tate on Oct 7, 2009 9:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What an absolutely idiotic thing to do. Incomprehensible.

by fwembt on Oct 7, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hopefully robiskie will start now.

by rockybrown on Oct 7, 2009 9:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good riddance. Braylon is a bum with incredible talent but without the focus to actually execute consistently. I watched him play at Michigan and while his speed and size made him very good, his sloppy routes and dropped passes kept him from being great. The 1st-round label in the NFL seems to have added to his focus problems while not helping to alleviate his ball-catching or route-running problems. I am glad he is gone.

by APV on Oct 7, 2009 9:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I am inclined to agree. I think there is little reason to believe that he would sign a long-term extension here, so even if we were to try and use the franchise tag, it would have been a short-term fix.

by Roger Dorn on Oct 7, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And don’t get me wrong, I fully expect him to join the Jets motivated and to put up big numbers the rest of the season. But I’m still glad he is out of Cleveland. I don’t think I could stomach another performance out of him like last week.

by APV on Oct 7, 2009 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stuckey has 11 rec for 120 yds and a td. that’s one more td than Braylon, and a few less yds.
Does this mean ‘Bron won’t go to New York?

by Uriah33 on Oct 7, 2009 9:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

J-E-T-S JETS! JETS! JETS!

by The Brown Note on Oct 7, 2009 9:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I like this move. Taking decisive action in a situation like this is a good thing. One thing I’m not going to miss is the ball careening off his chest. I can’t believe how well he lived up to the reputation he had at Michigan of catching the hard ones and dropping the easy ones.
Note that Edwards may still get suspended over "the incident" from the other night. Does anyone know if he may be up for assault charges? I thought that punching someone in the face was against the law. That is one distraction we don’t need.
And don’t be so sure he’ll do well in New York… do you know how many bars and nightclubs there are in that town where Braylon can punch diminutive celebrities friends in the face?

Brownsyup

by Brownsyup on Oct 7, 2009 9:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good move to get rid of Edwards, but this should have been done in the off season when there were supposedly deals to be had (I think the Giants wanted him).

Don’t expect Edwards to do much of anything in NY. He isn’t that great of a player. And to the author, when you say players of Edwards caliber, do you mean players with potential who have never lived up to expectations? Edwards had done next to nothing in the NFL. He had one decently good season in 2007 when he still led the league in drops. Trading a mediocre receiver isn’t a big deal. The Browns will be better for it.

by Cols714 on Oct 7, 2009 9:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

His numbers in 2007 were far better than you are giving him credit for.

by Roger Dorn on Oct 7, 2009 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s true, he had an amazing 2007. He just wasn’t getting the job done here, though, and we’re better off just making the trade.

I do find it strange that we traded to the Jets, though. It could be painful to watch Sanchez to Edwards light it up (should that happen), knowing full well they could both be wearing Brown and Orange.

by danvail on Oct 7, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was better than “decently good” in 2007 and if you can’t admit that then you’re showing your bias. It doesn’t matter that he led the league in drops if he caught a ton of passes and TD’s. That’s like criticizing a baseball player for striking out too much when he has a high OBP and 40 homers.

We know that you don’t like Braylon Edwards. You don’t need to keep mentioning it every time something is posted about him.

by Buckeye Brad on Oct 7, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It Just Gets Uglier

I agree with those who called Edwards a gifted schmuck. Obviously, he’s more concerned with drama than performance. As far as any true Browns fan is concerned, he can suck it.
But that’s not what this is about. This about making a deal. It’s not about personalities. It’s strictly business.
And it is in the business of winning games where the uppity-ups consistently fail.
This is a bad trade. Plain and simple.

by oddjobdrummer on Oct 7, 2009 10:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Damnit guys

You allowed Rex Ryan to look even better now. Was this really because of that altercation with LeBron’s friend, or was he really not wanted in Clev? Damn…..rather have him stay in the AFC North than go make Rex Ryan look good.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Oct 7, 2009 10:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know what it matters what Rex Ryan or the Jets look like. I’m more interested in what the Browns look like.

We just exchanged Braylon Edwards for four young players. That’s a good thing.

by golanbatrac on Oct 7, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i just hope we make the best of those draft picks, because i don’t see stuckey or trusnick being hugely impactful.

by Dawg Nuts on Oct 7, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stuckey will be. He’s a plus over Edwards right now in the 2009 season.

by SpecialBrownie on Oct 7, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what do think the depth chart will look like? stuckey #1, MoMass #2? i’m not sure what else it would be.

by Dawg Nuts on Oct 7, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’d say we move MoMass up to #1

by SpecialBrownie on Oct 7, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

possibly. i just hope it isn’t too much for him too quickly. you may be right though.

by Dawg Nuts on Oct 7, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m fine with whatever they decide, as long as Cribbs doesn’t line up as a #1 or #2 on every down.

by golanbatrac on Oct 7, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Trusnik

Is supposed to be a good special teams player. If that is the case Cribbs can just return kicks and get involved more on offense. Free up your weapons.

"Do you want a bunch of duds walking around with their shoulders slumped and having no emotions, no feelings?" Bradley said. "I don’t think the fans want that. I think they want a guy who’s going to get into the game and feel a little bit. I’ve always said, ‘I don’t really play baseball, I feel it.’ "

by Villeslgr on Oct 7, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stuckey won’t draw double teams the way that Edwards did. Massoquoi and Furrey and Robiskie are going to have to work that much harder for every catch they get.

by golanbatrac on Oct 7, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed, that’s why i can’t think of anyone we have that is a solid #1 right now.

by Dawg Nuts on Oct 7, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Browns now have 11 picks in the 2010 draft. This will either allow us to accumulate depth or use some of the extra picks to move up in the draft.

by Roger Dorn on Oct 7, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Going to say the obvious here….11 draft picks is a lot. There are infinite options there. Our 2010 Draft-Day thread should be rather epic.

by DisplacedBuckeye on Oct 7, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Braylon Had To Go

Not because he was a royal size pain in the arse – which he was – but because he was a buzzkill on offense with his drops. The number of first downs, TDs, miscommunications was intolerable and destroyed all chemistry in the passing game.

My hunch is that the misery of this team destroyed his concentration, and the Jets may indeed have a steal of a deal under the Broadway lights – but here – he was a real downer.

by realmccoy on Oct 7, 2009 10:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sadly, this may pan out as a Cleveland curse player.

I.E. Does sort of well in Cleveland when he’s supposed to be a #1 star, then once he leaves Cleveland he does amazing. Almost always happens…

by SpecialBrownie on Oct 7, 2009 10:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

at least we don’t play them often. that would suck even worse.

by Dawg Nuts on Oct 7, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep, just look what a break-out year Charlie Frye had in Seattle.

by DisplacedBuckeye on Oct 7, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

BE may be slightly better that frye…

by Dawg Nuts on Oct 7, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

“than”

by Dawg Nuts on Oct 7, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I said ones that were supposed to be #1 stars buddy…

by SpecialBrownie on Oct 7, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Relax, buddy. It’s called a joke. Although, I would argue that we thought Frye could be our number 1 QB.

by DisplacedBuckeye on Oct 7, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Couch, Brown, Warren, Green, Winslow.

None of these players have done much of anything after leaving Cleveland. Who, exactly, has left Cleveland and become an amazing player?

by golanbatrac on Oct 7, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, it’s Cleveland. Aren’t we all neurotic like that?

by rufio on Oct 7, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My guess is that the first chance Braylon has in front of the NY press, he will waste no time in bashing the Browns and the city of Cleveland . . .

by Les Fleurs Du Mal on Oct 7, 2009 10:35 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

JETS FOR THE SUPERBOWL!

by SpecialBrownie on Oct 7, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

*Supposed to be a reply to dorn down below.

by SpecialBrownie on Oct 7, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Newest speculation is that the 3rd round pick is conditional and could become a 2nd based on Edwards performance.

by Roger Dorn on Oct 7, 2009 10:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

GO BRAYLON!!!!!!

by Uriah33 on Oct 7, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

wow, does this stink to have to root for him now.

by Dawg Nuts on Oct 7, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yay.

by golanbatrac on Oct 7, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

according to Schefter it is based on total catches and is thought to be a fairly high number.

by Roger Dorn on Oct 7, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Browns going to regret trading B.Edwards

by Nuts4359 on Oct 7, 2009 10:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Just like the Steelers regret releasing Plaxico Burress?

by golanbatrac on Oct 7, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and the Lions regret trading Roy Williams.

You are reading my signature.

by rolub on Oct 7, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Time will tell

by Nuts4359 on Oct 7, 2009 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I will regret this trade only until Chansi Stuckey makes his first catch while wide open. I will imagine BE dropping the ball and I will think, “oh, how nice, a wide receiver with hands.”

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by woodsmeister on Oct 7, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bad parts about this deal:
-If we really only got a 3rd and 5th, Stuckey and a ST player, we didn’t get anywhere close to enough.
-We have no #1 WR, which doesn’t make our passing game any better.
-We are really in rebuild mode.
-The whole Cleveland Jets thing is starting to weird me out.

Good parts about this deal:
-Braylon probably hated Cleveland.
-Braylon wasn’t playing well, hadn’t since the Giants game, and had been inconsistent at best since 07.
-He might be getting suspended, so we don’t have to deal with that.
-Draft picks.
-Maybe Robo and Momass get some more PT.
-He was in a contract year, so now it doesn’t look as bad if we don’t grossly overpay him as a FA.

by rufio on Oct 7, 2009 10:52 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I am hopeful that most everyone realized before this that we were rebuilding top to bottom. The impending free agency and my belief that he wanted nothing to do with Cleveland leads me to believe this was the right choice. Hopefully we didn’t leave anything on the table.

by Roger Dorn on Oct 7, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good parts about this deal:
-~~Braylon probably hated~~ Cleveland. hated Braylon

by Simmsinns on Oct 7, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here's a nice article on Jason Trusnik

"He knocks them on their (rear-end)," Westhoff said. "He’s just a tough guy. He hits real hard and it hurts."

Trusnik’s path from two-time Division 3 All-American to AFC Special Teams Player of the Week after a standout performance in the Jets’ Week 3 win over the Titans has been sprinkled with desire.

NJ.com

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by Aaron Novinger on Oct 7, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

who knew

Cleveland’s first win of the season would be trading edwards!

by TJ3117 on Oct 7, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Grossi said Jets may not have their 3rd rounder, based on a different deal. Something isn’t being reported right.

Also, this conversation needs to be in one place- and it should be in the FanPosts until promoted to the front page.

by Ryan Kelsey on Oct 7, 2009 11:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Jets appear to have their fourth round pick (and a conditional second) tied up in the Lito Sheppard deal.

by golanbatrac on Oct 7, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scratch that.

From RotoWorld:
Thanks to Lito Sheppard’s quad injury, the Jets won’t have to give the Eagles as much in the 2010 draft. Part of the trade was a conditional pick in 2010, which could have been as high as a second rounder. But one of the requirements was 85 percent playing time for Lito, which can’t happen now that he’s missed 2 1/2 games. Sheppard is questionable for this week’s Monday night game against the Dolphins. Oct. 7 – 10:47 am et
Source: New York Daily News

They’re still on the hook for the fourth rounder, but the second rounder is available.

by golanbatrac on Oct 7, 2009 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting, thanks. So a 3rd that could turn into a 2nd and a 5th makes sense. Grossi was just off.

by Ryan Kelsey on Oct 7, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Would Leon Washington or Shonn Greene been better than getting Stuckey and Trusnik? Like we said before we are going to have to address the RB position this offseason and maybe we could have gotten one of the pieces in this trade.

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by BornInThePound on Oct 7, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Official topic now up here: http://www.dawgsbynature.com/2009/10/7/1074772/bombshell-wr-braylon-edwards

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by Chris Pokorny on Oct 7, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What a terrible trade. I knew it was coming but I was hoping it wouldn’t be with the freaking Jets. So to sum up our transactions with the Jets, we’ve given them their franchise QB and a probowl WR that requires a double team, for a 4th string QB, some backup LB’s, a young back-up quality safety, an average DE and a ST player? Also a 3 and 5 rounder which i’m sure we’ll make terrible use of. This is ridiculous

by Rocland on Oct 7, 2009 12:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs