Post Rams Analysis Analysis, Brandon Weeden

Some Canadian guy pretended to ask and answer this question before the Rams game:  Which team would improve more in 2013?

Now, in the military an analyst can't screw around.  They sometimes have to tell their superiors things they don't want to hear.  If they're wrong, stuff gets broken, people die, and for that matter the analyst himself is in deep doodoo.  

For this reason, they are taught emotional detachment and a form of scientific theory.  That is, you step outside of yourself, and...ok let's put it this way: Imagine Mister Spock standing over your shoulder.  Imagine you did a mind-meld or something, and you are observing yourself through Spock's eyes.

As Spock, you are going to grade your analysis.

So, are you, as Spock, going to ask you:

You seem to feel that a fourth year quarterback will improve more than a second year quarterback.  Why?

Why do you mention Austin, but not Travis Benjamin, who is a similar player also entering his second season?

Did you research?  Schwartze, Gordon, Benjamin, Richardson, Roberts, Hughes, Winn, Skrine, Bademosi, and several others are entering their second seasons.  Which year during a players' career shows the greatest growth?  

Why did you not consider the acquisitions of Kruger and other key free agents, or the fact that the Turner system is pre-tailored to Weeden?

Why are each and every one of these omissions anti-Browns and pro-Rams?

Shaun Heidrick of yahoo sports did a much better job, as he systematically cited the many reasons why he believed that the Browns would go "over" the projected win/loss proposition of six games.

Many Cleveland fans confuse realism with optimism, but Shaun's appraisal was realistic. Some of you will just need to get used to that.

Now, as my bro pointed out, the Rams ran a vanilla defense, and Weeds was not subjected the the pressure he'd get in a real game.  While many of you were surprised by how good he was sans pressure, those of us who see what we look at aren't.  To us, this performance was sort of neutral, since our biggest questions about Weeden have to do with his performance under pressure.

But he did answer some secondary questions: his footwork was much improved, and he decided and delivered the ball quickly, rather than holding it for five seconds, seemingly oblivious to wide open receivers, then running and throwing a wounded duck somewhere.

That was great to see,

What was great to hear was Weeden discussing the deflection off Cameron which Little came down with.  Weeden saw a defender maneuvering to jump the route, so he threw early and hard to get it there before the guy had a chance to mess the play up.

That was just outstanding!  Way above average, even for a veteran quarterback.

Cameron had barely turned his head to look for the ball before it was in his face.  He probably won't be caught unprepared again.

I'll feel more confident in Weeds after I've seen him get beat up a little.  I want to see if he keeps his cool, and takes short choppy steps to re-set rather than to flee.  If his brain continues to work smoothly and he remains decisive and aggressive.

Let's just hope that Suh, the second dirtiest player in the NFL, doesn't manage to deliberately injure him.