The Cleveland Browns suffered their 8th
loss of the season with Brandon Weeden as the teams starting
quarterback. For many they are still waiting to see the highly accurate
throwing arm Weeden is suppose to possess, Weeden did lead the Browns
into the end-zone in the first quarter in Dallas.Anyone who says Cleveland doesn't have a good crew of receivers must not have watched this game. The Browns receivers were reeling in every wild pitch Brandon Weeden threw on that touchdown drive. Greg Little went high into the air and made a fantastic grab using his finger tips, Ben Watson made a great leaping catch in the end-zone to get the score and Josh Gordon made a grab that no one his size should have been able to catch.
Brandon Weeden is showing signs of improvement as the Browns starting quarterback, there
is no doubt about that. The doubts come into play as to whether or not Weeden is the guy that can lead the Cleveland Browns to the top of the AFC North. The Cleveland Browns played a not so good Dallas Cowboys team today. Brandon Weeden missed on 15 of his throws. The receivers are doing a better job at catching Weeden's passes but it is Brandon Weeden's accuracy that needs improvement. If the Cowboys defense was able to hold on to the football Weeden would have thrown 3 interceptions today. He is lucky they couldn't otherwise Weeden would be leading the NFL in pics this season.
The other thing that bothers me about Brandon Weeden is the fact he couldn't capitalize on the lead the Browns had over the Dallas Cowboys. Weeden failed to find the end zone again for the Cleveland Browns until the 4th quarter. If the Browns were able to move the ball up and down the field and find the end-zone the way they should with an ace quarterback they would have been able to bury the Cowboys today. The Cleveland Browns couldn't even get a field goal in the 3rd quarter today. Brandon Weeden couldn't move his Cleveland Browns team into field goal range for an entire 15 minutes in a game the Browns were leading in. Why Not?
Brandon Weeden continues to miss wide open receivers with throws we see every other quarterback make in the NFL. Why can't a guy who was suppose to have such an accurate arm make those throws? There are times when Brandon Weeden looks like an NFL quarterback who can move his team and there are times he look terrible. When can we expect Brandon Weeden to become the kind of quarterback we see winning teams have?
If the referees didn't blow the call when they called the Cowboys for a horse collar on Cribbs in the 4th quarter to put the Browns into great position to score, I wonder if Weeden would have been able to ever find the end-zone again in the game. The guy has to do a better job getting his team up and down the field. The Browns are not going to win many football games unless Weeden can become more consistent.
Weeden's final numbers for today's loss to the Cowboys were 20 of 35 for 210 yards and 2 touchdowns. That is 15 in-complete passes he threw. Weeden is not clutch at all. He can't get it done when he has too. He is nothing special and at the very best will have an average career in the NFL at best. His average yards per completion is only .1 better than Colt McCoy's. Now listen people I am not saying McCoy should be the starter, I am simply using his stat from last season as a comparison. Being only .1 yard per completion isn't that good for a guy to take another s job in my book.
Now for the Browns defense. Today they looked like the old Oakland Raiders defense with all the penalties they took in the game. The Browns defense did one heck of a job in the first half holding the Dallas Cowboys to nothing. You cannot expect a defense to get your team every win on the season. The Browns defense did what they could today to get a win for the team. The secondary is short-handed and the team has no depth in the secondary. The Browns offense needs to be able to control the football game a lot better than they do at times. The Cleveland Browns almost got it right today. Weeden needs to be able to make clutch plays if he wants to continue in the NFL.
70% of Browns fans aren't sold on Brandon Weeden being the Browns future. The Browns president Joe Banner came out during the bye week and said the team will look at Weeden's last 7 games to make a decision on Weeden's future. The team can't win a game that they held a 13-0 win over a team that isn't very good. The Browns aren't showing much promise as the season starts winding down. The Cleveland Sports fans just got to witness another losing season. What else is new.
Larry Glicken is the owner of www.clevelandsports360.com and the host of the Cleveland Sports 360 Show, an online streaming sports video show at www.streamingsportstalk.com
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