Article On Nfl.com: Weeden Most Improved Qb For 2013

thenew23

Wow! A positive article about the Browns. About time.

I believe everything written here to be true. Weeden has all the natural ability in the world to be a great QB. Will he turn that ability into results? That's the question...

Can Norv turn Weeden, Richardson, Gordon into the Aikman, Smith, Irving trio? I guess we'll find out.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

@thenew23 said:

Wow! A positive article about the Browns. About time.

I believe everything written here to be true. Weeden has all the natural ability in the world to be a great QB. Will he turn that ability into results? That's the question...

Can Norv turn Weeden, Richardson, Gordon into the Aikman, Smith, Irving trio? I guess we'll find out.

Calm it down, buddy. Lets get more than 7 wins before we start throwing around Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith comparisons.

Shep

Wait... Weeden is the best player on our roster? Why do you say that? Joe Thomas has played in five Pro Bowls. Haden is one of the top five or so corners in the NFL. DQJ has two Pro Bowl Alternate years and led the NFL in tackles once. Weeden ranked 30th in PR, right?

I'm not being coy. I just don't know how you came to that conclusion.

thenew23

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:
Calm it down, buddy. Lets get more than 7 wins before we start throwing around Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith comparisons.

Never compared them, other than it's 3 guys who play the same positions. I was merely hoping for something great to happen in Cleveland. I can hope, right?

calfoxwc

I took it as Weeden is the best qb on the roster...

The Cysko Kid

@shep said:

Wait... Weeden is the best player on our roster? Why do you say that? Joe Thomas has played in five Pro Bowls. Haden is one of the top five or so corners in the NFL. DQJ has two Pro Bowl Alternate years and led the NFL in tackles once. Weeden ranked 30th in PR, right?

I'm not being coy. I just don't know how you came to that conclusion.

I'm pretty sure he was only referring to the QB position. Sheesh.

OldDawgCliff

@calfoxwc said:
I took it as Weeden is the best qb on the roster...

That is the way I took Jrb's comment too.

As for the article, about the only thing I didn't care for was the predicted completion percentage that Brooks assigned Brandon. If Brandon isn't in the 65% range or better, I will be disappointed. Otherwise, it was nice after the La Camfora article and the LeBron thing. If we can just get Josh into training camp with only the two game suspension, things should be looking up.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

@thenew23 said:
Never compared them, other than it's 3 guys who play the same positions. I was merely hoping for something great to happen in Cleveland. I can hope, right?

As a Cleveland fan you should have learned long ago that they're is no such thing as hope. Only disappointment.

thenew23

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:
As a Cleveland fan you should have learned long ago that they're is no such thing as hope. Only disappointment.

That's where you're wrong my friend. You literally can't have disapointment without some hope; therefore, they must co-exist. I have 2 choices, 1) expect bad to happen only to meet my expectations if the team stinks, and be surprised if they win, or 2) hope for something good, and be disappointed.if they lose or feel very justified in my relentless optimism and faith that eventually this team will turn it around.

Unsympathetic

Most Improved will go to either Weeds or Tannehill.

sisky fringo

if Flash is up to the task Weeds laser is gonna achieve Aaron Rogers level play this season.

..but if Josh doesn't get a clue soon the city will run him the fuck outta town and dub him the next ModellaBron. bank it. wake up kids! or itll be more easy come easy go.

miktoxic

@unsympathetic said:
Most Improved will go to either Weeds or Tannehill.

well with weeden there is no way to go but up.

thanks for the insight, bucky.

Comeonman

@cvcanedy said:
I'd take those numbers in a second. If think we'd get one or two more wins with them, though.

if Weeden puts those kind of numbers up we are a playoff team. Sorry to be "that guy", but I seriously doubt that happens

miktoxic

even though i didn't like the weeden pick, i think he's the best we got right now. if he becomes more accurate with his deep balls, quits telegraphing the pick six screen and learns to read the defense they throw out there against him, i think we could see an .500 season.

if the defense can put it together in horton's first year and actually win us a couple more, i'm smellin playoffs.

not for nothing and i know it's weird, but with the new ownership (please let that flying j shit go away) and the new staff and our sophmore guys with the young talent on d...................i haven't been this optimistic since our first year back.

nickers

Its all up to Weeden to own the 2nd and 4th quarters of games..I couldnt give 2 shits about QB rating/percentage...its about W's and thats the bottom line...

sisky fringo

i hope Weeds main focus is to continue to work on executing the two minute. once he has that long drives can be achieved through effective play calling.

a fast start and early lead is more important than anything though. strike hard and fast in first half, then let Tr3nt and Obby take it home in the 2nd. if they can do that they will win games easier...the alternative will be struggling to win down to the last second.

Shep

Oh, my bad. Came from a board with some REALLY insane hyperbole about any number of things, have to recalibrate my reactive instincts (!).

For the sake of honesty, I pimped Tannehill/Martin a ton before the draft and I'd still do that in a heartbeat. But that ship has sailed and I do have a reasonable amount of hope for Weeden. Didn't really hate the pick but I thought a lot more of Tannehill than most Browns fans and still do.

If this regime was in charge then, I have zero doubt that would've been the draft.

Sez.EJ

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/7480/brandon-weeden

Jaworski has reviewed all the film on Weeds and believes he will be a "rock solid starter" in the NFL. I believe Jaws is a solid evaluator of mechanics etc.. Weeds just needs to improve on his reads and he's on the way. Said Weeds "showed uncommon poise and calm in the pocket".

hoorta

@sez.ej said:

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/7480/brandon-weeden

Jaworski has reviewed all the film on Weeds and believes he will be a "rock solid starter" in the NFL. I believe Jaws is a solid evaluator of mechanics etc.. Weeds just needs to improve on his reads and he's on the way. Said Weeds "showed uncommon poise and calm in the pocket".

Just saw the Jaws report on ESPN. He did have a lot of nice things to say about Weeden, but only ranked him #26 of the starting qbs- mainly because of rookie mistakes.

calfoxwc

I wonder how many of Weeden's mistakes resulted from the Shurmur systems in place?

Shurmur had a hell of a time trying to get the plays in quickly enough. That's a very bad sign...

My guess is, Weeden will begin to be very successful with people that really know what they're doing.