QUINN IS IN

Brady Quinn strode onto stage looking more than a little perturbed--as if Rhema McKnight had just run the wrong route-- but when he actually walked onstage he let out a huge breath and pointed a finger skyward. Then he unfurled the brown No. 1 Browns jersey and broke out into a slight smile.

Suit: You saw it. They've been showing it all afternoon.
Posse Count: Eight.

To get Quinn the Browns had to give up their second round pick as well as their first round pick in 2008.

When Quinn was selected, there was an eruption of applause inside the theater, the loudest of the afternoon. It was almost everyone was relieved that we wouldn't have to be mired in that suspense any longer. I was waiting for a camera shot of the green room that just showed a pair of legs dangling in the air.

So Brady Quinn will once again be playing football not far off Interstate 80, just a couple hundred miles east of where he did the past four years. He landed where he wanted to be, not just when he wanted to be.

But he should look on the bright side: He enters camp, and his professional career, knowing that he'll have the best offensive tackle in the draft protecting him. It could be that rare case of a rookie offensive tackle earning more than his rookie quarterback teammate, even though both are starters.