Alex Tanney signed as backup QB

[Tim Couch Pulls Out]

Alex Tanney is famous for his trick shot video that went viral.

He's 6'4 220.

I hope he starts Sunday.

[Zombo]

I love it ... the Monmouth Fighting Scots.

Bet he could beat Jacksonville with three days of practice and some notes scribbled on a wrist band.

Alas, we will get Weeden, which means a lot of drinking and prayers.

Zombo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Tanney

[utzie]

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:

Alex Tanney is famous for his trick shot video that went viral.

He's 6'4 220.

I hope he starts Sunday.

I want to see him do some tricks on the field. It sure as hell would be more interesting than watching Weeden throw the ball into the dirt 5 yards away at 100 mph. We could be the Harlem Globetrotters of the NFL.

[DaBrowns]

[The Gipper]

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:

Alex Tanney is famous for his trick shot video that went viral.

He's 6'4 220.

I hope he starts Sunday.

Isn't that what Weeden was famous for? Trick shots where he hit clay pigeons with a football. Do we really need another trick shot artist...or a quarterback?

[USFBrown]

@the-gipper said:

Isn't that what Weeden was famous for? Trick shots where he hit clay pigeons with a football. Do we really need another trick shot artist...or a quarterback?

I thought the same thing but who else is left? You can't deny that the video is impressive. But what other options beside bottom of the barrel washed up old timers or Tebow?

[The Gipper]

@dabrowns said:

Can he put a ball into the hands of a Rb coming out of the backfield..... BW3, like Derek ZooLanderson before him seems not to be able to do that.

[gftChris]

Fuck it, start him, how bad can he be? Plus, isn't it kind of a right of passage for any QB coming in to Cleveland this season to take Weeden's job?

[Westside Steve]

shit!!! Just when I finally formed a bond with Hanie.....

WSS

[calfoxwc]

I hope he starts. He seems like he could at least beat

Weeden in a game of "pig"... every time.

Just a qb that isn't stupid, and wants to win....

and doesn't think that losing and making turnovers is funny.

Dammit.

[Tim Couch Pulls Out]

@the-gipper said:

Isn't that what Weeden was famous for? Trick shots where he hit clay pigeons with a football. Do we really need another trick shot artist...or a quarterback?

Weeden wasn't famous for anything.

[Zombo]

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:

Weeden wasn't famous for anything.

'cept this ...

and this ...

[utzie]

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:

Weeden wasn't famous for anything.

Gipper is referencing the the Sports Science episode of Weeden prior to the draft. A lot of people made a lot of buzz about him hitting a clay pidgeon from 10 yards away traveling 45 mph, apparently meaning he has a "super accurate, cannon for an arm".

I think Weeden thinks he has to hit his receivers like he hit those clay pidgeons. Nothing less than 100 mph from 10 yards away will suffice.

[Canton Mike]

We need a backup/soon to be starter for the rest of 2013 & why not try this kid? With all his college stats, only 30 career picks, extremely accurate (albeit D3 school). As opposed to 3TD, 10 picks Haney, Sure worth a look see & would surely draw at least SOME Fan interest.

Mike

[gftChris]

"For the preseason, Tanney completed 40-of-73 passes for 423 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions"

Well. Meh.

[BrownsKidd]

@the-gipper said:

Can he put a ball into the hands of a Rb coming out of the backfield..... BW3, like Derek ZooLanderson before him seems not to be able to do that.

Does the guy in the beginning of this video look like his face is getting sucked into the middle of his head by some type of vacuum?

[Kosar_For_President]

[Tim Couch Pulls Out]

@utzie said:

Gipper is referencing the the Sports Science episode of Weeden prior to the draft. A lot of people made a lot of buzz about him hitting a clay pidgeon from 10 yards away traveling 45 mph, apparently meaning he has a "super accurate, cannon for an arm".

I think Weeden thinks he has to hit his receivers like he hit those clay pidgeons. Nothing less than 100 mph from 10 yards away will suffice.

I know what he was referring to. I was being facetious.

If I'm not mistaken, the Sports Science episode featuring him debuted after we drafted him, however.

[Kosar_For_President]

First career trick shot.

[Kosar_For_President]