The acquisition of Travis Daniels via trade kind of shows where the Browns secondary resides at the moment. Daniels does not seem to be the kind of guy who will be a major contributor, but he's probably all that was realistically available at the moment. The trade for Daniels indicates the secondary's struggles are real, and the depth is a concern. Daniels is neither a star, nor a stiff. He was very big with the Dolphins secondary when Nick Saban was coach, probably because Saban coached him at LSU. Bill Parcells didn't want him. Hardly a ringing endorsement, eh? The Browns got a guy Saban liked and Parcells didn't. Parcells can be wrong, though, and Daniels has started in the NFL, and he is a Florida guy, which means he has some credentials. But Deion Sanders, Mike Haynes or Hanford Dixon? Don't think so. Heck, he might not even be Anthony Henry. Daniels will probably fight to be a third or fourth corner. If he unseats Eric Wright or Brandon McDonald, things are not exactly going well in Peoria.

Meanwhile, the injury list for the third preseason game — the one that is supposed to really matter — includes some big names: QB Derek Anderson (concussion), KR Josh Cribbs (ankle), RB Jamal Lewis (hamstring), S Brodney Pool (concussion) and LB Willie McGinest (groin). It is doubtful any will play against Detroit. This is significant only in that the third practice game is supposed to be the last chance for a team to get its act together. It will be tough for a team to get its act together with all those players on the sidelines.

One does not want to be an alarmist after two preseason games. But some of these injuries are concerning, especially Cribbs' ankle sprain and the concussions sufferd by Anderson and Pool. There's no telling how long they will affect the players. It's entirely possible all could be playing by opening day, but if the Browns had a choice I'm sure they would prefer to have them on the field this Saturday in Detroit, and would very much prefer not heading toward the season opener with this kind of uncertainty lingering.

Here's what Romeo Crennel had to say about the injured guys:

"As far as our injuries, D.A. (Derek Anderson), Brodney Pool, Willie McGinest, Jamal Lewis, (Josh) Cribbs were not out here and those guys are resting, taking care of their injuries. Now with D.A. and Brodney it’s concussions and sometimes with concussions you’re a little sensitive to light so we’re going to let them rest for a day or so and then see where they are and when they get their baseline back then they’ll be out and they’ll start practicing again. Cribbs has an ankle that he’s working on, trying to get that right, Jamal has a hamstring and Willie has a groin. So those guys, all of them, I know they want to be out here, they’ll work to get out here and that’s what we’re dealing with there."

On Braylon Edwards:

"Braylon (Edwards) is doing OK. We’re trying to keep Braylon off his feet so that he doesn’t re-open that wound. So he’s making progress, the wound is healing but we’re going to be a little cautious with him to try to get it healed up because at his position where he runs and cuts, the thing that we don’t want to happen is we don’t want him to break it open. And then continually, we have to work through that and probably he’ll have to miss more time if it gets to that point, so we’re going to let it heal and then get him back out here. But he’s in a good frame of mind and he’s doing good.”

Who is the third quarterback?

“We’re auditioning tonight (joking). No, we’ll come up with some kind of plan to take a look at it. We’ve got several guys on the team that have been quarterbacks in high school so we’ll get an emergency plan ready so that if we need it, we have it.”

On if the injured players will play on Saturday

“It will be tough for them to make Saturday because if they missed today, which they did, and they’ll probably miss tomorrow, then they’re probably not going to be ready to play. So they’ll sit out Saturday and we’ll see what happens after that.”