Frye injured, Anderson does well... wrist could be broken (1 Viewer)

[Tommy Collins]

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Browns quarterback Charlie Frye may have broken his right wrist during Sunday's win over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Frye got hurt on Cleveland's first offensive series when he braced himself while being knocked down. He stayed in and threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Braylon Edwards before being taken to the locker room for X-rays.

Frye returned with 5:53 left before halftime, and drove the Browns to a tying score with 19 seconds left.

However, when Cleveland came out for the second half, Frye was wearing a large brace on his wrist and an orange jacket but no shoulder pads.

"I tried to fight it off for a while," said Frye, who also hurt his left ankle on the same play. "At halftime, the trainer pulled the plug on it. I should know tomorrow just how serious it is."

Tight end Kellen Winslow blurted out that Frye's wrist was broken, but later backtracked on his claim.

Backup Derek Anderson, who had only taken one previous snap in his two-year NFL career, took over for Frye and threw two TD passes in the final nine minutes of regulation to rally the Browns to a 31-28 overtime win. Anderson was Cleveland's third-string QB last season, behind Frye and Trent Dilfer.

Coming off a four-interception performance against Cincinnati, Frye went 11-for-13 for 122 yards. In his first full season as a starter, Frye has taken a beating behind an injury-depleted offensive line, but has not missed any significant time.

That will change if his wrist is broken, and even if it's not, Frye will not likely be ready to play Thursday night when the Browns (4-8) visit the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Browns coach Romeo Crennel said Frye will be evaluated Monday at the Cleveland Clinic and the club will have more information on his injury after more tests are completed.

Frye was still wearing the brace when he left Browns Stadium after the game.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-b...p&type=lgns

 

[mld530]

This is probably of particular interest to Winslow owners, given that he was incredibly quiet with Anderson in the game. Oddly, it seemed that Steve Heiden was getting all of the looks at TE. Perhaps some CLE homers can chime in as to why, but I for one am already thinking about going with Watson at TE next week if Anderson is the starter for CLE.

 

[shadyridr]

This is probably of particular interest to Winslow owners, given that he was incredibly quiet with Anderson in the game. Oddly, it seemed that Steve Heiden was getting all of the looks at TE. Perhaps some CLE homers can chime in as to why, but I for one am already thinking about going with Watson at TE next week if Anderson is the starter for CLE.

This is complete an utter nonsense. Its not like Anderson is gonna ignore their best offensive weapon. Come on man. And if you wanna get technical Winslow played the whole first half with Frye throwing without a catch and got his only catch of the game with Anderson.

 

[SofaKings]

Broken wrist per Fox Sports.

 

[mld530]

This is probably of particular interest to Winslow owners, given that he was incredibly quiet with Anderson in the game. Oddly, it seemed that Steve Heiden was getting all of the looks at TE. Perhaps some CLE homers can chime in as to why, but I for one am already thinking about going with Watson at TE next week if Anderson is the starter for CLE.

This is complete an utter nonsense. Its not like Anderson is gonna ignore their best offensive weapon. Come on man. And if you wanna get technical Winslow played the whole first half with Frye throwing without a catch and got his only catch of the game with Anderson.

I'm not sure you can call it "utter nonsense." Heiden grabbed two TD, while Winslow would have been held catchless had there not been an overtime. Why wasn't the "best offensive weapon" getting targeted for most of the game today?

 

[Ned]

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[3C's]

Broken wrist per Fox Sports.

That would figure. McNabb. Leftwich. Frye. I'm going through qb's like Larry King goes through wives.

 

[redman]

Broken wrist per Fox Sports.

That would figure. McNabb. Leftwich. Frye. I'm going through qb's like Larry King goes through wives.

I hate to break it to you, but you're only halfway home in that department.

 

[messinwithu]

Backup QB throwing to backup TE

 

[3C's]

Broken wrist per Fox Sports.

That would figure. McNabb. Leftwich. Frye. I'm going through qb's like Larry King goes through wives.

I hate to break it to you, but you're only halfway home in that department.

There's still a few weeks left. :(

 

[walkwithme]

Damn I have no backup now just in case but realistically how many people were playing Frye consisently? I guess in a two QB league he would have got some playing time.

 

[Gamblor]

This is probably of particular interest to Winslow owners, given that he was incredibly quiet with Anderson in the game. Oddly, it seemed that Steve Heiden was getting all of the looks at TE. Perhaps some CLE homers can chime in as to why, but I for one am already thinking about going with Watson at TE next week if Anderson is the starter for CLE.

This is complete an utter nonsense. Its not like Anderson is gonna ignore their best offensive weapon. Come on man. And if you wanna get technical Winslow played the whole first half with Frye throwing without a catch and got his only catch of the game with Anderson.

I'm not sure you can call it "utter nonsense." Heiden grabbed two TD, while Winslow would have been held catchless had there not been an overtime. Why wasn't the "best offensive weapon" getting targeted for most of the game today?

You can call it utter nonsense to assume Anderson had anything to do with this. You are forgetting Winslow did not have a single target in the first half with Frye in the game. He at least had three targets with Anderson.

 

[mld530]

This is probably of particular interest to Winslow owners, given that he was incredibly quiet with Anderson in the game. Oddly, it seemed that Steve Heiden was getting all of the looks at TE. Perhaps some CLE homers can chime in as to why, but I for one am already thinking about going with Watson at TE next week if Anderson is the starter for CLE.

This is complete an utter nonsense. Its not like Anderson is gonna ignore their best offensive weapon. Come on man. And if you wanna get technical Winslow played the whole first half with Frye throwing without a catch and got his only catch of the game with Anderson.

I'm not sure you can call it "utter nonsense." Heiden grabbed two TD, while Winslow would have been held catchless had there not been an overtime. Why wasn't the "best offensive weapon" getting targeted for most of the game today?

You can call it utter nonsense to assume Anderson had anything to do with this. You are forgetting Winslow did not have a single target in the first half with Frye in the game. He at least had three targets with Anderson.

Hey -- if this is the case, great. I didn't see the game, and was looking for some insight from CLE fans as to what happened. Without doing a great deal of research, I noted that Heiden had more catches, two touchdowns, and that Kellen had probably his worst game of the season in a game where Anderson took a significant number of snaps.

 

[chris1969]

This is probably of particular interest to Winslow owners, given that he was incredibly quiet with Anderson in the game. Oddly, it seemed that Steve Heiden was getting all of the looks at TE. Perhaps some CLE homers can chime in as to why, but I for one am already thinking about going with Watson at TE next week if Anderson is the starter for CLE.

This is complete an utter nonsense. Its not like Anderson is gonna ignore their best offensive weapon. Come on man. And if you wanna get technical Winslow played the whole first half with Frye throwing without a catch and got his only catch of the game with Anderson.

I'm not sure you can call it "utter nonsense." Heiden grabbed two TD, while Winslow would have been held catchless had there not been an overtime. Why wasn't the "best offensive weapon" getting targeted for most of the game today?

You can call it utter nonsense to assume Anderson had anything to do with this. You are forgetting Winslow did not have a single target in the first half with Frye in the game. He at least had three targets with Anderson.

Hey -- if this is the case, great. I didn't see the game, and was looking for some insight from CLE fans as to what happened. Without doing a great deal of research, I noted that Heiden had more catches, two touchdowns, and that Kellen had probably his worst game of the season in a game where Anderson took a significant number of snaps.

KC gameplanned for KWII which gave opportunities to the other TE's (Dinkins had a catch too BTW)I don't think Frye targeted KWII once.<-------Cleveland homer