Wilson: Cribbs said he has no regrets final play of game

Carted off the field and hospitalized briefly for concussion symptoms and neck pain, Cleveland Browns wide receiver and kick returner Joshua Cribbs said that his injury on the final play of Monday night's 16-0 loss to the Baltimore Ravens wasn't a result of coach Eric Mangini or his staff's orders to run a hook-and-ladder.

Instead, Cribbs said the play resulted from an audible at the line of scrimmage from quarterback Brady Quinn.

"It was a call at the line,' Cribbs told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "It wasn't a call that came in from the coaches. Brady had let us know to keep the ball alive, that he was going to throw the slant to me at the line and to keep the ball alive. He gave the signal to keep it alive, but it wasn't a call that came in from the sideline.'

Cribbs, who didn't practice today and is regarded as a question mark for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions, noted that Mangini apologized for calling a pass on the last play with the game far out of reach.

"He told me it wasn't personal and he did apologize to the team,' Cribbs said.. "It wasn't nothing like he needed to apologize to me personally. It's football and injuries happen in football.'

Cribbs has no regrets about being involved in a play that amounted to garbage time.

"They put me in position to make plays and to play well in the football game and I wouldn't want to come out of the game,' Cribbs said. "A lot of people say 'why are you still out when you have no chance to win the game?' but I wanted to be out there, so I can't put no blame on anyone.'

Cribbs also said that he isn't holding a grudge against Ravens defensive lineman Dwan Edwards, who forearmed him in the face, a hit that has drawn a $5,000 fine.

"A friend of Derek Anderson's put me in touch with him," Cribbs said of Edwards, who went to Oregon State with Anderson. "He tried real hard to reach out to me and let me know that it wasn't at all meant to happen like that. It wasn't on purpose at all.'

Edwards told National Football Post that there was no malicious intent behind the hit, emphasizing that it wasn't done out of revenge for quarterback Brady Quinn injuring Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs' knee on an illegal block that drew a $10,000 fine.

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