Waiting for Next Year?

The old saying “wait until next year” is getting over used at this point.  It seems that we’ve come to a point where this little saying is coming into play before the current year has even started.  

From what I’m gathering, Weeden gets this year to prove that he isn’t the QB of the future because he isn’t good enough to prove that he is the man.  So what i'm concluding is we kept him to tank the season?  C’mon at what expense?  The fans?

Quarterback – The most important position in all of sports.

Guess what, the Browns haven’t had one since the return in 99’ and they also haven’t had a playoff team either, coincidence?  They’ve had 7 different head coaches though, so why couldn’t one of them get this position right?  

So what is the answer to the problem?  I wish I knew.  I can tell you this, the answer isn’t sitting back and watching guys fail for multiple years.  The answer isn’t ignoring upgrading the position during the off-season.  The answer isn’t hoping the guy you have tanks so you have a good draft pick the following year.  And the answer definitely isn’t Brandon Weeden.  

What do you need to be an NFL QB

1.       Accuracy

2.       Vision

3.       Leadership

4.       Poise

5.       Size

6.       Arm Strength

7.       Mechanics

8.       Anticipation

After looking at that list and watching Brandon Weeden play can you honestly say he has anything more than size and arm strength?  If you said yes, you are kidding yourself.   I HATED Pat Shurmur but you don’t need coaching to teach accuracy, vision, leadership, poise or even anticipation.  Coaches can fix mechanics but everything else on that list is solely on the QB.  You either get it or you don’t.  There is no in between.  

In the end, it doesn’t take a genius to see that Brandon locks onto his receiver before even getting the snap.  The only time he checks his second target is when he gets flushed out of the pocket and by then it’s usually too late because let’s face it, we’re happy when Brandon can run onto the field and not trip over the flag. 

It’s obviously too late to do anything about the position this year unless the Browns pull a Charlie Frye trade out of their butt and get rid of Weeden before next week but we couldn’t be that lucky.  So here we are, once again WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR, and it’s only week 1.  God forbid if we can’t get a top prospect in the draft, it’s worth the chance right?  Not in my opinion.   You don’t wait on a QB, see the Browns draft in 2012.



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