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who was cut by the Browns on Tuesday. In three seasons in Cleveland

Broncos trade for QB Brady Quinn
The acquired Cleveland Browns quarterback Sunday in a trade for fullback , a sixth-round pick in the 2011 and a conditional pick in the 2012 draft, and reported.
The immediate reaction has to be, huh?
Quinn once was a highly-touted quarterback out of Notre Dame. Many expected him to be among the top five picks in the 2007 draft after Quinn finished third in the Heisman Trophy race in 2006 for the Fighting Irish. But the Browns nabbed him at No. 22 in the first round,Miami Dolphins Jersey. Several NFL teams who needed a quarterback bypassed Quinn, drawing questions about the former Notre Dame star.
Those questions have not gone away.
Since the 2007 draft, Quinn has been fighting for starting time with , who was cut by the Browns on Tuesday. In three seasons in Cleveland, Quinn has played in 14 games, including 12 starts. He started nine games in 2009, completing 53 percent of his passes (136-256) for 1,339 yards and eight touchdowns. He also threw seven interceptions.
Quinn threw for 161 yards on 18-of-31 passing in a Sept. 20, 2009 game at Denver, which the Broncos won 27-6 in the second game of their 6-0 start.
The question is how does Quinn fit into the Broncos offense?
Other questions: Is he the Broncos' quarterback of the future? Will he replace as the Broncos starting QB? Does it mean Orton, a restricted free agent, will not be re-signed?
The likely scenario is that Coach wants a quarterback in minicamp, which starts on Monday. The Broncos' restricted free agents -- Orton, OL Chris Kuper, WR Brandon Marshall, TE Tony Scheffler, and OLB Elvis Dumervil -- won't be in minicamp. Orton is attending the NFL PLayers Association meetings in Hawaii and plans to join the Broncos workouts on Friday.
The good news: The Browns finished with four consecutive victories, all but the last game with Quinn at quarterback, to finish 5-11. Quinn, two years younger than Orton,also is a bit more mobile than the 2009 Broncos starter. Orton played on a sore ankle for most of the second half of the season,Miami Dolphins Jerseys.
More good news: Denver didn't have to give up much for Quinn, unless you think Hillis was a player that was indispensible. McDaniels certainly didn't think so.
The Browns acquired free-agent QB and former Seattle Seahawks backup Seneca Wallace this week. And now Cleveland's two quarterbacks from 2009 are gone with the trade of Quinn.
As for Hillis, it's obvious there was some riff between McDaniels or, at least, an assistant and the versatile back from Arkansas. Hillis showed in his rookie year how powerful a runner he was. His versatility as a blocker, receiver and special-teams player seemed to warrant more playing time. But, after missing a game to return to Arkansas for a relative's funeral, Hillis saw only limited action in 2009.
Despite McDaniels' insistence on Hillis' importance to the offensive scheme, the trade proves he won't be missed in Dove Valley. A lot of Broncos fans feel a bit differently, especially after Hillis led the team in rushing in 2008 when seven running backs ended up on the injured reserved list. Hillis was the last of the seven to go on the list, getting hurt in the final home game, a critical loss to Buffalo, one of three consecutive defeats in Mike Shanahan's final season as Denver's coach.

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