Romo is supposed to lead the Cowboys to victory, he's the starter and was the #1 rated passer last season. He had been on the team for a decade, the offense is designed for his strengths. I concur that Romo is more productive than his backup, isn't that the whole point to being the starter? I'm saying Weeden did not do poorly, He is not the reason those games were lost. The team failed to provide him any support whatsoever.
You keep wanting to compare Murray with the Eagles to Randle with the Cowboys, it's apples and oranges. Murray is playing with a new O-line, a new QB, a new offense, and a new coaching staff. Of course he is struggling. Their whole team is struggling with the lack of familiarity.
What annoys me are opinions based on nothing,
The suggestion that Brandon was awful just contradicts the facts. I'm going to go over the facts again and I'm going to make those stats relevant by breaking them down into the specific situations.
The guy completed 23 of his first 24 passes for 251 yards, a 11 yard average. In the Falcon game two of Randle's TD's are from the 1 yard line, both after 20 yard passes by Weeden, one on 3rd down. It's 28-14 Cowboys when the defense goes to sleep wit 46 seconds remaining in the half.
In the 2nd half the Cowboys start ahead 28-17. On their first possession of the half Witten draws a 5 yards penalty, then Free gets a 10 yard penalty. It's 2nd and 26, then 3rd and 23. They punt. The defense gets lit up by Julio and now its 28-25. Weeden's INT sets up one TD, but he led them to 28. That makes him awful in his first start as a Cowboy?
On the next drive, Randle's three carries nets -4 yards. Weeden is a freakin' backup, is it too much to ask for a little help? The defense is getting molested by Julio Jones, Randle can't even find the meat on the bone.
There's an offensive penalty every other play. Weeden didn't lose this game and I even have to question what good Romo might have done. In the prior two weeks before his injury, Romo led the Cowboys to 33 points in six and a half quarters, or an average of 5 points a quarter.
Anyway, the Cowboys punt and the Eagles proceed to take seven and a half minutes off the clock. They end the drive with a TD and its now 28-32.
The next drive starts out with a 1 yard run so its obvious the next two plays are passes. Nobody open so he dumps it to Beasley for six instead of doing what the other three quartebacks have done this season. He could have thrown it in panic, every other quarterback this season threw more INT's in one game than he did in three games. He could have tossed the INT on 3rd down but he takes the sack.
With no pass rush, no Hardy, no Gregory, no McClain, the defense folds as the Falcons go down the field again and scores, it's 28-39 with three minutes in the game.
The Falcons score 39 points and Weeden is supposed to match that? A backup quarterback is expected to carry the team with a depleted defense, their All Pro WR hurt, and a pathetic running game? And he's the one who sucks?
Three minutes left, the WR's can't get open so he has to complete 4 passes in a row to his RB and TE, the game is over, the guy is getting zero help from his team. On 3rd and 1 he is sacked.
Against the Saints Weweden is 16-26-246-1TD-0INT. It is one of only two games this season without a single turnover. Seven of his ten incompletions were to Terrance Williams.
The defense gives up 335 yards passing and 438 total offense. What is Weeden supposed to do, play cornerback for them too?
But with 4 minutes left and down by 7 in the game Weeden has the ball on the Cowboys 9 yard line thanks to Beasley's fair catch. Game over, right? Weeden sucks, right?
Wrong. He drives them all the way down the field with passes of 24, 28, 19, and 17 yards for the tying TD.
Not that it matters. During the combined 1:57 of the 4th quarter, the Cowboys defense gives up 148 yards in two drives on 9 plays. Weeden never gets back on the field.
Where was the defense? Where was the running game, Randle and McFadden combine for 57 yards on 21 carries, a 2.7 yards average...half the Saints defense is a bunch of rookies.
What was Weeden supposed to do when he can't even get on the field? He went 91 yards at the end of the 4th quarter, every yard from his arm, he did his job. He was the only guy that day that didn't suck.
So now a fourth of the season is done and after 4 games:
Weeden is the 5th rated passer in the NFL, behind Dalton, Roethlesberger, Rogers and Brady.
He's averaging 9.3 yards per attempt, 3rd best in the league.
He has completed 76.3% of his passes, 2nd best. He has thown more passes than Roethlesberger who is 1st.
McFadden and Randle combine for a 2.8 yards average carry after the 1st quarter.
The defense has been scored on more than any other team.
Terrance Williams, now the primary WR, has caught 12 of the 27 passes thrown his way, a 44% rate.
The Cowboy defense is 2nd to last in takeaways.
This is the help Weeden gets going into the 5th game against the defending Super Bowl champions.
"Weeden didn't do enough to help win"......Gimme a break.
In the Patriot game:
Weeden is 26-39-188-0-1.
He is also the 2nd leading rusher with 18 yards. Randle leads with 60 yards.
Williams catches 2 of the 6 passes thrown his way.
The Cowboys keep it close until a few minutes left before the half when Edelman and Brady take over.
Weeden's 2nd and last INT as a Cowboy comes in the 4th quarter with the game out of reach 27-6.
The following week McFadden is named the new starter after running for 152 yards. The Cowboys finally get a running game, not that it helps Weeden. He is benched in favor of a quarterback that throws three consecutive 2nd half INT's.
That's what happened.
Many of you don't like stats. You prefer to "trust your eyes." Your eyes aren't the problem. You beleive that Weeden stinks when, in fact, it's your memory that stinks.
