It’s about time that the people in Cleveland come to grips
with the fact that Geno Smith is a legit possibility to be the Browns next
QB. It’s time we all set our personal
emotions and attachments aside and look at what is realistic, what makes sense
for this franchise and how it can get better.
For starters look at the Cleveland Browns front office - Joe
Banner and Michael Lombardi. What do we
know about these guys, what are their trends and what have we heard from them
in the past?
Joe Banner – He doesn’t like aging players. Look at Brian Dawkins, Donovan McNabb and
Brian Westbrook all players who he let walk away after having amazing careers
in Philly. Why should we think he wants
to sink his teeth into a 30 year old unproven QB? Because he deserves a chance? C'mon man!
Michael Lombardi – He called it a “panicked disaster” when
the Browns selected Weeden in the draft.
Does anybody really think his opinion of Weeden changed after his inconsistencies
in 2012? Lombardi hasn’t and doesn’t
like Weeden, period.
Put 2 and 2 together and what do you get? New regimes typically want to bring in “their”
QB, even more so when the QB already in place hasn’t proven a thing. Weeden is up against it, no matter how you look at it.
In the long run, you need a good to great QB to win in the
NFL and Brandon didn’t show us that he could win last year, he was very inconsistent
from game to game.
The days of giving a
QB multiple years to win are over. With
high school programs and college teams running pro-style offenses these days,
NFL QB’s are expected to come in and win immediately. No team has time to sit around and wait for a
30 year old 2nd year QB to learn the NFL and see if he can be the
guy. It makes zero sense.
Brandon has an NFL arm, I will give him that but he lacks
vision, mobility, smarts and the will to put in the extra work. He is also a ginger, and that doesn’t work
for me.
I personally liked the draft pick last year, at the
time. Mainly because Colt McCoy had
already proven that he was incapable of being a starter in the NFL and at that
point in the draft Brandon was the smartest pick and we were still looking for that franchise QB. But I, unlike many others have enough sense
to admit it was a bad pick and it’s time to move on.
Is Geno Smith the answer?
Nobody really knows but what we should realize is that Brandon Weeden
isn’t. Put aside your emotions and look
at the facts, look at the front office and look at Brandon’s past. The bottom line is if you don’t have a top 10
QB, chances are you won’t have a top 10 team so until you find that guy you
need reach, steal, beg and borrow until you do find him.
What a bunch of horse muffins.
ReplyDeleteYou will come around. Hopefully its not too late.
DeleteI'm intrigued by Smith. Please also note that I was intrigued the same exact way about Brandon Weeden this time last year. Of course we all thought we were going to get RG3 until Uncle Mike blew the trade. Weeden's age doesn't bother me as much as it does you apparently. He's 30. So what? If he ends up proving himself we might only get 5 or 6 good years out of him before he hits the wall? Bummer.
ReplyDeleteHis age wouldn't bother me if he showed he was a winner.
DeleteShurmur
ReplyDeleteFor real. I know Weeden didn't help himself in spots last year but I think we have to see him with a playbook that isn't chiseled into slate. When your head coach looks like a deer in headlights 99.9% of the time there's going to be some trickle down. I do like the idea of Campbell and Smith competing in camp though more than Weeden and Campbell. Ok, I'm a flip flopper.
ReplyDeleteAny chance that Weeden was the reason Shurmur had a limited playbook? Any chance that Weeden is too dumb to be an NFL QB?
ReplyDeleteWeeden is not a WCO guy. Shurmur tried to force it.
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