BR1986FB;1376656 wrote:Yeah, he was. Weeden brought a different dynamic/threat that McCoy could never bring....the ability to throw the ball vertically. He may have sucked, at times, but at least teams had to gameplan for the threat of a vertical attack.
People got spoiled with the rookie seasons of RGIII & Russell Wilson. Those guys are exceptions, not the norm, as far as rookie QB stats go. Weeden's stats, although far from great, were not all that abnormal for a rookie. He just gets shit on because he's 29 years old and people expected him, at that age, to step in and be Peyton Manning as a rookie.
Unfortunately, as was mentioned by COA, Shurmur was a big reason for the QB issues. I used to think McCoy was an absolutely shitastic QB but I wonder what both he & Weeden will look like in Chud's offense (should McCoy still be here). I'd bet the farm that with the likely elimination of these short slant patterns that both McCoy & Weeden's batted down passes decrease significantly.
Let Weeden play in an offense that's more suited to his strengths for another year and if he sucks, next. Grabbing an Alex Smith is just a stopgap for when the next QB comes along. Why waste the money?
Honest question for you--watching these NFL playoffs. Do you really think Weeden will have the capability of doing anything these guys (Flacco, Kaep) are doing? Would you "believe" in Weeden to win on the road in the playoffs? How about just win a football game in the playoffs?
You KNOW your gut feeling says no...so why not just cut ties with the guy and go another route? I just don't understand how some Celveland fans latch onto QBs so easily. I, and others, were perfectly fine when they said "next" to McCoy after 1 year of playing. We thought he could be okay, and we were wrong-so we moved on. Why this fascination with Weeden? Is it because he was a 1st round pick? Do you need 3 years out of a 1st round pick to be able to fully say he's not good? Whereas you just need 1 year for a 3rd rounder?
