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BROWNS INCREASE OFFER TO ANDERSON
So much for the Cleveland Browns taking money off the table once quarterback Derek Anderson forced the team to use a restricted free agency tender on him.
James Walker of the Columbus Dispatch reports that the Browns have upped the offer to Anderson, pushing the guaranteed money on a three-year deal from $10 million to $12 million and the total take from $20 million to a number between $21 million and $23 million.
Our guess is that the Browns are trying hard to create the appearance that they did all that they could to keep Anderson in the event that he goes elsewhere and: (1) plays as well or better in his new city than he did last year in Cleveland; and (2) Brady Quinn doesn't.
And we're getting a stronger sense that the Browns are ready for Anderson to move on. If the Browns thought enough of Quinn to give up the fourth pick in the second round of the 2007 draft and their first-rounder in 2008 to get him, why wouldn't they want him to start?
The fact that the Browns were willing to part with a one and a two might shed some light on whether the Browns believe that Anderson will be given an offer by another team. If a totally unproven Quinn is worth a first-round and a high second-round pick, surely a guy like Anderson is worth a first-rounder and a third-rounder.
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