Sedrick Ellis sacks Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn – Image from http://www.USCfighton.com

Brady Quinn has nowhere to go but up. That’s really the only place you can go when you start where Quinn has: at the bottom of the barrel. David Kendrick of the San Antonio Express News recently ranked his Top 30 quarterbacks for the upcoming NFL season. Guess who’s right behind Peyton Manning at the top? No other than former USC star Carson Palmer. Now guess who’s dead last at number 30? Yes, Charlie Weis protege, Brady Quinn.

But lets not be too hard on him. Quinn’s a victim of the Notre Dame system that owns the NCAA record for most consecutive bowl losses, nine to be exact, by an average of loss 17 points a game. And to be fair, only four of those consecutive bowl losses belong to Quinn. And yes, the kid had great stats during his regular season with the Irish. That is except for losing every single game he played against USC. But whatever…let sleeping dogs lay. I mean Brady Quinn’s got great results in everything else BUT the big games. And that’s all you can ask for, right?

That is unless…I don’t know, maybe you want to win a Super Bowl or something.

Persons of Interest on the Top 30 list:

2. Carson Palmer, Bengals 4,035 yards, 28 TDs If he passed for 28 TDs after having off season knee surgery, just imagine what he’ll do in 2007.

10. Matt Leinart, Cardinals 2,547 yards, 11 TDs Gained experience as a rookie. Now, it’s time to make use of Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin.

16. Vince Young, Titans 2,199 yards, 12 TDs Young can still run (552 yards, 7 TDs in 2006), but the team doesn’t have many proven receivers around him.

30. Brady Quinn, Browns ——Expect Quinn to beat out Charlie Frye, but he’ll likely struggle in his rookie season.