Browns cornerback Brandon McDonald posted an obscene message in late July about wide receiver Terrell Owens signing with the Cincinnati Bengals.

Owens responded by mocking McDonald and saying he didn't know who McDonald is.

During his press conference Monday afternoon, Browns coach Eric Mangini said he is aware of the Twitter controversy. Mangini said he talked to his players Monday morning about their use of social media.

"With social media, it's a great way to connect to the fans, and (players) have a responsibility to do that in a way that represents the organization the right way," Mangini said. "And that's their responsibility, and they're accountable for it. If they don't do it, there are consequences to those actions. We talked about that as a group.

"I don't expect people to stop using. I think it is a good way to communicate to our fans. … But like with anything else that you do, you have to do it in a right way and a way that represents the organization the right way."

Another hot and sultry day – reminiscent of summer days in the great state of Alabama – out at Berea today.

Just when Coach Romeo Crennel offers some praise for Brady Quinn, the Cleveland Browns second string quarterback goes out and has – shall we say – an uneven day. Looking at Quinn in the team's lone practice today it was obvious that the passer wasn't accurate on deep routes today, often overthrowing the ball. 

Some of that can be attributed to blanket-like coverage of the Browns DBs on some occasions, but Quinn, for whatever reason, was off.  To his credit, however, he spent a significant amount of time after practice throwing balls to a member of the Browns staff.  Might he be pushing?  Possibly.

But Quinn needs to learn something right now:  for the time being, this isn't his team.  No matter how much he and his legions of fans want it, it's not happening this year unless starter Derek Anderson starts to look like Spurgeon Wynn.

Speaking of Mr. Anderson….With wide receiver Donte Stallworth able to go full speed after a slight hamstring issue, he and Anderson seem to be developing the all-important sense of timing and chemistry.  Anderson hit Stallworth on a nice bomb that the receiver laid out for drawing some serious applause from fans in attendance.  Yes, it was that impressive.

That would be one of the few times that Browns defensive backs would get burned all day, however. For the most part they attacked the ball, slapping passes away and creating turnovers.  Corner brothers Eric Wright and Brandon McDonald, the season's likely starters, draped themselves on receivers.  McDonald had one sweet interception and dropped another.  Wright proved consistent throughout.

Right now, McDonald's play gives Browns' management reason to hope that they won't end up with egg on their face for trading cornerback Leigh Bodden during the offseason.  Of course, looking good in practice and in playing situations are two different situations.