Brady Quinn and JaMarcus Russell Don't Like Each Other

This comes from Peter King's the latest edition of Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback on SI.com. King was effusive in his praise of both JaMarcus Russell and Brady Quinn, but dropped in this note about how they don't really get along.

I think the NFL rookie version of A-Rod and Jeter is JaMarcus Russell and Brady Quinn. Being around Russell at the combine, I got the feeling he won't be inviting Quinn to any of his pre-draft soirees. Seems he thinks Quinn was a bit stuck-up when they worked out in Tempe over the last couple of months. And Quinn doesn't know exactly what happened, but he saw he was scheduled to work alongside Russell when the two first got to Arizona, and the next day he saw Russell had been switched out of the group. Coincidence? Maybe. But they're not destined to be best buds.

That's great, but we need this to escalate. The NFL's had these kind of individual quarterback draft rivalries before ... Mirer/Bledsoe, Manning/Leaf. But they're usually not contentious ... even Ryan Leaf claimed that he and Peyton Manning were friends (though I bet Peyton would deny it at this point).

Imagine a QB race like that with the parties actively campaigning against each other. I would love that ... say Quinn starts a press conference one day to make fun of Russell for being out of shape, and then Russell's agent responds by starting a rumor that he saw Quinn making out with Clay Aiken ... and then it culminates with Quinn responds by telling the press that Pacman Jones made it rain on JaMarcus's mother.

Come on, fellas. Make it interesting. Escalate the hate.