Brady Quinn outplayed Derek Anderson in Cleveland's preseason win over Tennessee on Saturday night. Quinn went 11-for-15 with 128 yards and a touchdown in the 23-17 win, while Anderson finished 7-for-11 with 77 yards. The pair entered the team's third preseason game in a dead heat and while many believe Quinn is the favorite, coach Eric Mangini says he's no closer to a naming a starter. "I'll look at the tape tomorrow, talk to the coaches and continue to evaluate it," Mangini told the Associated Press. "When the decision is made, I'll let everyone know."

Boomer Esiason witnessed the second start of Brady Quinn's career last year in Buffalo and still believes the 2007 first-round pick is "the real deal." But Esiason fears that the "environment of insecurity" created by Browns coach Eric Mangini will plague whichever quarterback wins the job.

Braylon Edwards believes that the Browns are starting to buy into new coach Eric Mangini's system. "We're in shape, that's first and foremost," Edwards told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "We've put the new system in, we got used to the coaches, we definitely got used to coach Mangini and his thought process, what his views are, his goals, his mission statement, the things he lives and dies by. We've memorized those and agreed to them. Now we're just ready to play football." Edwards also believes that the new system gives Cleveland a chance at a new beginning. "With that said, we're going to come out and give it our all under this new system," he added. "And we're going to go out there every day with those values, those characteristics he's instilled in us, that we've bought into every day, and try to utilize those and put those to work and let those show up in our game play."

Derek Anderson looked good against the Lions on Saturday night, but the Browns still haven't decided on starting quarterback. Anderson went 8-for-13 with 130 yards and an interception, and led Cleveland on their first touchdown drive in seven games. "I thought things went well," Anderson told the Associated Press. "I played all right. I made some good throws and a couple I wish I could have back. It was an opportunity and I was happy to go out there and play well while I was in." Quinn was just 3-for-5 with 29 yards in limited duty. "I'm really not going to assess it that way now," Browns coach Eric Mangini said of the team's quarterback battle. "We'll keep rolling along and move into next week and see where it goes."

A league source told Pro Football Talk that receiver Donte Stallworth doesn't plan to join the UFL. Stallworth has been suspended for the entire 2009 season by the NFL following his involvement in a fatal DUI incident. He remains under contract with the Browns, and the standard player contract contains clear prohibitions against playing football in other leagues.

Browns receiver Braylon Edwards doesn't understand why a big deal is being made of all the passes he dropped in 2008. "It's just part of football. I felt good in the game for the most part. Just making sure I felt good and felt healthy, that was the biggest thing I was concerned about. That felt good. That said, I feel good about this game and the rest of the season," Edwards told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He says that he dropped more passes than usual last season because he was leaving his feet unnecessarily. "I jumped the gun," Edwards added. "It is what it is. I think we're making too much here about that play."

Brady Quinn appears to hold an early lead over Derek Anderson in the race to be named Cleveland's starting quarterback. Quinn went 7-for-11 with 68 yards and an interception in the team's 17-0 loss to the Packers. However, he was close to producing 10 points. Braylon Edwards dropped a touchdown pass and a holding penalty brought the Browns out of field goal range on another series. Anderson was 0-for-2 with an interception, getting in for just five plays against the 17 that Quinn saw.

The Browns won't release Donte Stallworth in order to save money towards the salary cap. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Stallworth without pay for the 2009 season this week. If Cleveland released Stallworth now, it would cost them $7.6 million on their salary cap because of the seven-year, $35 million deal he signed in 2008. The Browns will receive $745,000 in cap relief, Stallworth's base salary for 2009.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell notified Donte' Stallworth of the Cleveland Browns on Thursday that he is suspended without pay for the 2009 season for violating both the NFL's policy on substances of abuse and the personal conduct policy. On June 16, Stallworth pled guilty to DUI/Manslaughter, a second degree felony in Florida, resulting from a March 14 incident in which he struck and killed a pedestrian while driving under the influence of alcohol. Stallworth will be reinstated after the Super Bowl in February 2010. He may not participate in any team activity during the 2009 season. Commissioner Goodell had suspended Stallworth indefinitely on June 18. On August 5, the Commissioner conducted a hearing and met in person with Stallworth, his representatives and NFLPA officials. He also met privately with Stallworth on August 10 at the player's request. Following are excerpts from Commissioner Goodell's letter to Stallworth: "As you recognized both at and following the hearing, guilt or innocence as a matter of criminal law is not the same as a violation of NFL policies. Here, longstanding league policies make clear that discipline is warranted "if a player is convicted of or admits to a violation of the law?relating to the use of alcohol." The degree of discipline may take into account "aggravating circumstances, including but not limited to felonious conduct or felonious injury or death of third parties?" All of those factors are present here. There is no question that your actions had tragic consequences to an innocent man and his family, and that you have violated both the Substances of Abuse and Personal Conduct Policies. In that respect, you are clearly guilty of conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the NFL." "Nor do I find that the outcome in the Florida courts is controlling in terms of determining disciplinary consequences within the NFL. The considerations that applied in Florida, particularly with respect to criminal standards of proof, claims of contributory negligence, consideration of crowded court dockets, and the like, do not enter into this decision. Without regard to the merits of the disposition of the criminal case, I believe that further consequences are necessary."

Browns receiver Donte Stallworth said in an interview that will air on Tuesday that he'll never forget the moment when he stuck and killed a man in Miami. "I'm coming around the bend at about 40 mph and I see Mr. Reyes in the bus lane to my right and suddenly he runs into the street," Stallworth told ESPN. "I flicked my lights and honked my horn in an approach to try to warn him and I applied my breaks. We collided. That's one of the one of the many vivid things that still plays in my head to this day is the sound of that accident and you know, that's something to this day I can still hear as clear as it just happened." Stallworth spent 24 days in jail on a DUI charge associated with the March 14 incident. He has been suspended indefinitely by the NFL and met with commissioner Roger Goodell last Wednesday.