A Story About a Man Named Brady

Well, I nabbed Quinn off of the waiver wire. With Peyton playing much better as of late and having a history of durability, I'm not sure I see Quinn starting much, if at all, for me this season. Quinn's most promising matchup probably comes this week against a Broncos team that has given up the fifth most fantasy points to QBs. Given that Manning faces a Pittsburgh defense this week, it's tempting to pencil Quinn in, but I'd feel more comfortable seeing him play a whole regular-season game before I trust him in my lineup.

It may be quite presumptuous to look that far ahead, but Quinn's playoff schedule isn't doing him any favors, either.* He faces Tennessee, Philly, and Cincy in the three weeks of our playoffs, while Manning gets Cincy, Detroit, and Jacksonville, so there's not much chance he starts in any of those weeks.

*This is even more presumptuous considering I'm not even a playoff team right now. I still feel good about my chances, but that's for a different post.

No, this move isn't likely to pay many immediate dividends.* But my thinking was several-fold. First, given the Browns' weapons (which I think are still there, even if they haven't performed well this year), Quinn could be a really good QB this year. In a league where depth at QB is thin, it would be nice to have a contingency plan.

*I suppose I do have until the end of the week if I want to move him in a trade, so he might bring an immediate dividend were that to happen.

Quinn is also a decent keeper candidate now. If he performs as well as Anderson last year, getting him at the cost of a 10th round pick is a bargain.

The move was a bit of defense as well. Some of the leading teams might be in the hunt for QB help, and I viewed this as a way of blocking potential moves. Below is the current QB situation for some of the top teams in the league:

• The Assassins are waiting out the Romo injury, but he'll probably be back after the bye, so help is on the way. The Cowboys have not been good without him, but there's little reason to believe they won't right the ship when he returns. If they don't, Quinn would have been an attrative option.
• The WOP have been successful playing the matchups, but the team is carrying four healthy QBs right now (and one on IR) and might like to pare that down with one competent QB (which we are admittedly not sure Quinn is, yet).
• Hoof Hearted is skeptical enough about Eli Manning that they started Ryan Fitzpatrick a few weeks ago. Fitzpatrick is no longer on the team's roster, but JaMarcus Russell, he of the 2.2 point game last week, still is.
• Estelle Getty's Boobs have the inconsistent Brett Favre on the roster, and as of now, the team has Matt Ryan starting this week. Both of those QBs are fine options, but both are inconsistent.

I don't know if any of these other teams put in waiver claims for Quinn, but I'd like to think that it was worth using my #2 waiver priority to grab him.

Finally, if Quinn does make a splash, I have the Quinn-to-Edwards connection that can make for some sweet fantasy scores. One of my first seasons in this league I had Manning and Harrison, and it was fun to watch those two put up big scores together.