Weeden was horrible

[windjc]

Whatever. We can say the defense wasn't great. Well actually the defense scored 7 and held a good Cardinals offense to 21 additional points. Dallas' defense was suppose to be horrible and they are not. They aren't elite either, but they gave us a chance to win.

Special teams wasn't great, but that only cost us 3 points. Our punting was pretty good and returns not bad either.

So why was this game not competitive? WEEDEN.

He sucked big time. The first interception was inexcusable and the 2nd one was predictable - stare down your receiver type of bad. Meanwhile his throws to wideouts were horrid all day. Miscommunications, misreads, etc. etc. It was like the bad news bears out there.

Weeden is a smart guy and has an arm. There is no excuse to be that bad. Weeden wasn't a leader out there and he costs us a chance to win. 75% of the quarterbacks in this league could have made this game competitive and at least given the team an opportunity. Weeden failed on all accounts.

 

[Eddie]

Yes, we know ...

 

[CyberB0b]

He looked the same as he did in Cleveland. He's a bum.

 

[a_minimalist]

That's putting it nicely.

 

[windjc]

He looked the same as he did in Cleveland. He's a bum.

If he was this bad in Cleveland he should have never been signed. We'd done just as well with Dunbar playing option quarterback out there.

 

[SDCowboy]

You don't say...

 

[endersdragon]

Anyone on the free agent market? How about Tebow?

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

What's john kitna up to ?

 

[yentl911]

After last week I thought he might at least keep us competitive but he was way off on even short simple throws. He was really bad today - I was bummed when Orton rolled and even though he is not spectacular he is much better than Weeden. He wasn't looking anyone off, poor accuracy, limited mobility and didn't seem to have any fire. We need to move on. We might be better off with Vaughn - I'm being dead serious.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

What bothers me is that there have been many instances this year already where backup QB's and backup to backup QB's have played well and helped their teams. No so much here.

 

[Idgit]

He was bad.

Normally, I'm not one to throw a guy overboard for a bad game, but, depending what you see in Vaughan on the side, I'd consider it here. Your backup QB should be able to step in and help you be competitive for a week or two if you need him. Let's not forget that Weeden did a nice job of that last week. This week, he was awful. But if you can't count on him to play with less volatility than that, he's not really a whole lot of help to you. I'd rather have the developmental guy get the reps in a loss than watch a veteran who's too old to develop into a starter for you helplessly put on an ineffectiveness clinic for me when all you need him to do is to hand the ball off and throw the ball deep downfield every 5-10 offensive snaps.

 

[YosemiteSam]

You would think he had a few weeden filled bong hits before the game.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Seems Weeden can't play baseball OR football. He's still young enough to figure out what to do with the rest of his life, though.

 

[Avery]

Title should include 'Breaking News...'

 

[xwalker]

He was bad.

Normally, I'm not one to throw a guy overboard for a bad game, but, depending what you see in Vaughan on the side, I'd consider it here. Your backup QB should be able to step in and help you be competitive for a week or two if you need him. Let's not forget that Weeden did a nice job of that last week. This week, he was awful. But if you can't count on him to play with less volatility than that, he's not really a whole lot of help to you. I'd rather have the developmental guy get the reps in a loss than watch a veteran who's too old to develop into a starter for you helplessly put on an ineffectiveness clinic for me when all you need him to do is to hand the ball off and throw the ball deep downfield every 5-10 offensive snaps.

Agree.

I'm often the last person to give up on a player with potential; however, I just didn't see anything about Weeden in this game to make me think that he can be a decent NFL QB. Considering that this is his 21st NFL start and he's been getting way more practice reps this season than most backup QBs, I just don't see him getting better.

If Romo can't play, I wouldn't be opposed to seeing the #3 guy start over Weeden.

 

[xwalker]

What bothers me is that there have been many instances this year already where backup QB's and backup to backup QB's have played well and helped their teams. No so much here.

Colt McCoy >>>>>>>> Brandon Weeden

 

[ghst187]

check out phillip rivers stat line today, people were talking MVP about him just two weeks ago

 

[YosemiteSam]

Colt McCoy >>>>>>>> Brandon Weeden

heh that's bad. ....and we got beat by both QBs in back to back games.

 

[NeonNinja]

What's Quincy doing these days? I imagine Jerry could get him cheap for a game. $ not required, just a white powder.

 

[bark]

I think weeden thought he was back at okie state. You know where all he had to throw to was dez. Geez Beasley was wide open most of the game running right in the middle of the field