Edwards had one standout season in 2007, but then absolutely crashed and burned after that. Fans booed him because, well, that's what fans tend to do when you're not only not doing your job, but appear to not even be trying to.
Edwards, however, didn't see it that way. In what was, for all intents and purposes, a hysterical tantrum worthy of a four-year-old, Edwards whined and screeched that Browns fans didn't like him "because he went to Michigan".
It seemed that Edwards forgot that a) he played for an NFL team called the Browns, not an NCAA team called the Buckeyes, and b) that the Browns have had many players on their roster who were beloved by fans despite Michigan being their alma mater.
He also went on to further embarrass himself by punching a friend of LeBron James at a downtown Cleveland nightspot. At the time, James was king in Cleveland, and attacking anyone associated with him was grounds for an angry mob of Clevelanders to hunt you down.
Obviously, no matter who took their talents where, this is never OK, though many Clevelanders are now probably wishing he'd socked LeBron instead. Either way, it was more embarrassing evidence of what a problem Edwards was.
And sadly, Edwards still couldn't let it go after being traded to the Jets. When New York came to town to play the Browns in 2010, Edwards still couldn't shut up, tweeting that he was coming to Cleveland and that the fans should "bring ya damn popcorn". Amazingly, Edwards made it out of Cleveland alive that weekend. 
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