Here's the think on Anderson, it's a tough choice, but one that should benefit Cleveland either way.
First, they're going to ride Bigfoot as far as his size 16 feet will carry them. Then they're going to probably franchise him. This means, if you want him, you're going to have to pay through the nose to get him.
So even if someone does take him away, the Browns benefit.
Now, the question becomes, do you stick with him?
The problem is, what DA is doing can be done, it's been done before. Guys have a great year. And what's really contributing to this guy's success is as much the talent around him as it is him.
Is he proving better than Charlie Frye, yes, but Frye never had this O-line. He never had this OC, and he never had Braylon, Winslow, Joe J., and Jamal Lewis all healthy and on the roster for as long as DA has.
I don't want to just say Anderson is a product of the system. I don't think that's totally true. But I do think the system this year under Chud is vastly--VASTLY--superior to anything they've run in years.
Were it me, I would not trade Quinn. You're not going to get a first rounder for him so what's the point?
I would tender DA at whatever you need to to franchise him and if somebody took him I'd wish him well. Quinn has been bred for this. This is the same situation Kitna had in Cincy. I think you treat it the same way. At a certain point, you turn it over to the kid, you keep the other guy on the roster if you need him for as long as you can afford it should it go wrong and then, when you know it's going to work out, you ship the first guy off and thank him for all he's done.
