For Derek Anderson, the future is bright. It's just not brown and orange

By Joe Tone on Fri, Feb 8, 2008 at 11:37 am

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After Derek Anderson expressed disappointment in the Browns’ initial contract offer, I’m betting a deal won’t be done anytime soon. Cleveland reportedly offered Anderson a three-year deal in the neighborhood of $15 to $20 million. Anderson is reportedly seeking a five- or six-year deal in the zip code of Tony Romo’s $67.5 million or Matt Schaub’s $48 million. And Phil Savage reportedly thinks that last reportedly is a bunch of Made-in-Fantasy-Land crap. Two things are clear: First, Savage is not going to give DA anything more than three years. And second, Savage is completely comfortable tendering Anderson for one year at $2.562 million, which would mean that if he got an offer from another team that the Browns weren’t willing to match, Cleveland would receive a first- and third-round pick as compensation. ...