Braylon Edwards sat out the first day of mandatory minicamp Thursday with an unspecified injury, but he said it’s nothing serious. Coach Eric Mangini also said Edwards will be fine for the start of training camp in late July or early August. Edwards said he was “slightly” injured at some point this off-season, but “I’m physically fine for the most part. Coach Mangini is taking precaution, so I’m just enjoying my time right now, doing some things on the side and following coach’s orders.”
Rumors have surfaced that the injury that caused Edwards to miss practice last week was sustained while playing a pickup basketball game. The Browns refused to comment on this or any injury, but sources close to the team describe it as accurate.
Eric Mangini gave quarterback Brady Quinn a slight edge heading into voluntary practices last month, but neither Quinn nor Derek Anderson will have an advantage heading into training camp Aug. 1. “That was based on the off-season program leading up to that point,” said Mangini at the conclusion of mandatory minicamp Saturday, signaling with a level hand that the competition was essentially even. If either Quinn or Anderson did emerge as a frontrunner from minicamp and voluntary practices, Mangini isn’t letting on. “You’re right — I’m not going to say it,” he said. Only one thing is certain: Mangini will have more film of Quinn from the mandatory camp than Anderson, who missed the final two of five practices with an apparent calf injury.
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