During an extensive Q&A interview with CBSSports.com, Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini made a seemingly implausible claim that is extremely hard to believe.

He claimed that he was ignorant of quarterback Brady Quinn's escalator clause that would have allowed him to earn an additional $10.9 million in 2010 and 2011 if he had taken 70 percent of the snaps this season.

It just doesn't make sense given that Mangini was being asked about the clause all the way back in training camp during the quarterback competition between Quinn and Anderson.

Here is Mangini's complete answer when asked whether Quinn was parked on the bench for so long while Anderson stunk it up because of the contract language:

"No, absolutely not," Mangini said. "With all the different contracts ... I don't know what the incentives are. But that wouldn't make my decision [even if I did]. In New York, being involved with draft picks, and here being involved with draft picks, my philosophy is if you're right you're right.

"But if you're not right you can't compound a decision by playing a guy who doesn't give the team the best chance to win because the players see that, and everybody knows."

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