• AOL FANHOUSE takes a chill pill, as Chris Berman makes reference to one of his YouTube videos during ESPN’s NFL Draft coverage.

• Speaking of Boomer, THE LEGEND OF CECILIO GUANTE believes that the big guy’s absence in Day 2 of the Draft makes it easier viewing than Day 1.

• It’s RANDBALL’s turn to get to know the real Erin Andrews - in a two-part heart-to-heart, even!

• JOE SPORTS FAN catches Brady Quinn giving #2 pick Chris Long a Hummer.

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He’s never started an NFL game, and yet Brady Quinn already has cashed in on big endorsement deals with Subway, Hummer, and…what’s the name of that special energy drink of his? Discharge?

Of course, when those deals were done last spring, everyone thought it was only a matter of time before Quinn became an everyday starter for whatever horrible team decided to pick him up. But now Derek Anderson, who led the Browns to a 10-6 record last fall, has resigned with the team, inking a three-year deal that would make him the clear-cut starter heading into training camp for the 2008 season. Clear-cut, as YAHOO! SPORTS reports, to everyone except Quinn. Read more…

With the Browns locking in 24-year-old slow-footed mastodon and Pro Bowl alternate Derek Anderson to a 3-year deal, their quarterback situation would seem to be settled for at least a few years to come. Not so to the handsy Brady Quinn, ever the optimist.

According to Michael David Smith at FANHOUSE, cocksure Quinn said he welcomes the competition that Horse Balls offers until he inevitably unseats him as the Browns’ starter, of course of course.

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Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com has a piece this weekend that we thought might be satire, a least for a second: “Player weigh-ins will no longer air as part of the NFL Network’s Combine coverage, FOXSports.com has learned.”

Combine director Jeff Foster said, “There was concern from current NFL players that the participants would be more comfortable if they were not paraded around without their shirts on. It was an entirely appropriate suggestion. The weigh-ins should never have been televised.” Read more…

Just like Tim Hardaway, Brady Quinn says he doesn’t hate gay people. The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that the Cleveland Browns QB denied he was involved in a New Year’s Day fight and that he made a gay slur.

Police had received a 911 call that Quinn & friends were yelling insults at gay passers-by and getting into altercations at a Columbus, OH, restaurant. But Brady released a statement Wednesday saying it was untrue: Read more…

No crosstown trips necessary for USC football fans - for now.

• In case you didn’t know, Roger Clemens was in Washington today.

• Those crazy Chris Berman clips have been booted off YouTube.

• Is Michael Wilbon swiping NBA All-Star ideas from bloggers?

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The CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER reports that Brady Quinn has been accused of using a gay slur in