Archive for May, 2007

Coach Romeo Crennel said Tuesday he’s not worried about rookie Brady Quinn’s early misfires in organized team activities (OTAs).

“It’s not a concern yet,” Crennel said. “In September, it’ll be a concern if they’re not on target, but right now, he’s still learning the system, learning the defense and learning the receivers he’s trying to throw to.”

Crennel said Quinn “is a willing student and he’ll be OK.”
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When the Cleveland Browns’ general manager, Phil Savage, visited Notre Dame to watch a football practice last August, he was offered a special vantage point: Charlie Weis’s guest-of-honor chair.

Weis — Notre Dame’s head coach and a former assistant with the Giants, the Jets and the Patriots — regularly invites former associates for chats. With a laugh, Savage described it as “The World According to Charlie.” On that day, Weis had a pointed sales pitch for his old friend about quarterback Brady Quinn.

“He said: ‘This kid has a chance to be really good in the N.F.L. He’ll be one of the top such-and-such quarterbacks within three years. He’s smart. He’s got intangibles. We’d be a .500 team or less without him,’ ” Savage recalled. “I said, ‘Charlie, if we have a chance to get him, that’s going to mean we’ve lost a lot of games.’ ”
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