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Published September 12, 2007 01:21 am - The city of Willard saved money when it posted a proud, but innocuous sign at its outskirts reading: “Home of Charlie Frye, NFL quarterback.” Frye, the kid who grew up with a poster of Bernie Kosar in his bedroom, achieved his childhood dream of playing quarterback for the Browns. But that dream ended Tuesday, when the former University of Akron standout was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a sixth-round draft pick. Soon, another Ohioan who dressed in Browns garb as a youngster, Dublin’s Brady Quinn, will attempt to lead Cleveland’s struggling franchise back to respectability. Sorry, Charlie: Frye sacked again, dealt to Seahawks Browns tab Anderson as starter, for now; Dorsey brought back MARLA RIDENOUR Akron Beacon Journal The city of Willard saved money when it posted a proud, but innocuous sign at its outskirts reading: “Home of Charlie Frye, NFL quarterback.”
Frye, the kid who grew up with a poster of Bernie Kosar in his bedroom, achieved his childhood dream of playing quarterback for the Browns. But that dream ended Tuesday, when the former University of Akron standout was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a sixth-round draft pick. Soon, another Ohioan who dressed in Browns garb as a youngster, Dublin’s Brady Quinn, will attempt to lead Cleveland’s struggling franchise back to respectability. For the short term, general manager Phil Savage said Derek Anderson will be the starter when the Browns (0-1) host Cincinnati (1-0) on Sunday, and Quinn will move up to No. 2. Ken Dorsey, who served as Quinn mentor’s until he was released Sept. 1, was re-signed to resume tutoring Quinn, the 22nd overall pick from Notre Dame. “If we waited another week, we might lose out on Ken Dorsey; there was a lot of talk he was going to Seattle,” Savage said Tuesday. “The value of what we got was about the same as it would have been on draft day, in June or August.” Frye, a third-round pick in 2005, went 6-13 as a starter and emerged from a competition with Anderson this summer as No. 1 on the depth chart almost by default. The stronger-armed Anderson was perceived as ahead when camp began, but he appeared unable to handle the pressure. But Frye was merely a stopgap until the Browns could get Quinn ready, a process that slowed after Quinn’s holdout cost him 11 days and 16 training-camp practices. Now it is Anderson, 0-3 in his career as a starter, who must cope with that uncertainty. “By making Brady the backup, it obviously ramps up his preparation in terms of the number of reps and keeping him on course with the potential opportunity to play at some point this year,” Savage said. Asked why the Browns won’t start Quinn against the Bengals, Savage said: “We’ve had those discussions, we’ve talked about it a lot. There is a feeling that he’s certainly closer to being ready to play. But we want to be able to give him a full gamut of plays and give him a chance to have some success. I don’t know if that happens in two weeks, four weeks, six weeks. We feel good about what he’s doing. There’s some things that he needs to get some experience on the practice field with. “The important thing in the big picture is we develop Brady Quinn in the right way... and win.” On Tuesday afternoon, Frye was headed to Seattle, which reached the Super Bowl after the 2005 season. He’ll learn the West Coast offense under coach Mike Holmgren and be No. 3 behind Matt Hasselbeck and Seneca Wallace. The Seahawks want to use Wallace as a wide receiver and punt returner, especially after receiver D.J. Hackett sprained his ankle in the opener. “I know the best of my career is still ahead of me,” Frye said in a statement released by the Browns. 
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