Unseen, Monday in Cleveland: Sometime after Romeo reversed course and notified Brady Quinn that he’d be the starter against Denver, the former Notre Dame QB sought out Braylon Edwards and silently nodded his head and mouthed “thank you.”

Two fourth-quarter drops by Edwards – one seemed like a certain TD – led to Derek Anderson forcing a bad pass under duress that turned into a pick six, sealing Cleveland’s loss to Baltimore and vaulting the second-year pro Quinn into the starting job. It’s been a mystifying season for Edwards, who leads the NFL with 13 dropped passes. (Unrelated: Is this his girlfriend?) Tough year for Michigan. Tough year for the Michigan grad. But in an ironic, unintentional twist, a Michigan guy helped a Notre Dame guy get a job, which is something Dana Jacobson could probably do to get in the good graces of Charlie Weis.

Did Anderson get shafted? Well, he had recently beaten the defending Super Bowl champs and he won at Jacksonville, but the Quinn fans will say that Eli lost the game for the Giants, and the Browns survived the Jags because Matt Jones couldn’t haul in a TD pass with less than 10 seconds left. What’s undeniable is Anderson’s completion percentage, which is a laughable 49 percent, otherwise known as “JaMarcus Russell territory.” JT O’Sullivan is having a better season. So is rookie Joe Flacco. And Kerry Collins. And Gus Frerotte.

Gosh we hope Brady Quinn outplays the overrated Jay Cutler this week. That would be fantastic. A solid 20-for-30 for 275 yards and two picks TDs and no interceptions would totally make our weekend. Here’s hoping Cutler has as good of a game as he did at home against Miami (ha) or Eli had in the Dawg Pound.