A Braylon Edwards Theory: Is He Showing Favoritism to Derek Anderson?

Braylon Edwards has had very few issues throughout his career, but the most important and reoccurring issue has been his dropped passes.

Going back to his college playing days at Michigan, Edwards was plagued by drops, but nothing like what has happened over the past year.

Edwards has been quoted that he is more focused than ever this year, which makes sense since it is the last year of his contract and he wants to get paid.

He has also said that dropped passes are a part of the game of football.

Okay, let's give Edwards the benefit of the doubt with that last statement, but to what extent?

Dropped passes should not occur when you have your defender beaten, especially in Ed Reed's backfield, and if you catch the ball it's an easy touchdown (as pictured above against the Ravens).

What is most disturbing, is that it appears Edwards may be showing favoritism to QB Derek Anderson over Brady Quinn during his play so far this preseason possibly due to his liking of Anderson's better deep ball.

Here are some points to help defend this possible theory.

First, during training camp practices, it has been reported that Edwards looks smooth and fast while catching everything that comes in his direction, but that is just practice.

Next, in the Green Bay game, Edwards dropped an easy pass from Quinn for a touchdown and he jumped when there was no reason for him to jump for the ball.

Then, the next play in the Green Bay game, Quinn threw the ball to Edwards again but the ball was intercepted and Edwards didn't even make an attempt for the ball or fight the defender for it.

Against the Detroit Lions, Edwards made a good attempt to catch an Anderson throw that was out of bounds, but he didn't keep both feet in and he obviously didn't know where he was with the sideline, but he still caught the ball.

Finally, while on a Quinn deep throw, which was overthrown, it looked like Edwards was just casually running his route and taking the play off when he could have easily had a better chance to catch the long ball if he was going full speed.

Not to beat this into the ground, but also remember the 34-yard pass Edwards actually caught from Anderson when he was concentrating on catching the ball so much that he couldn't even run after the catch.

This is just a theory, but it had to be brought to the attention of the public because after looking at these specific plays it looks like there may be a slim amount of truth to it or perhaps it's all just coincidence.

(Article originally posted on Dawg Scooper: An Unofficial Cleveland Browns News Source)

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