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http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ss...t_river_defaultBrandon Weeden Report Card, Week 3: Breaking down every pass in the Buffalo Bills game
By Dennis Manoloff, The Plain Dealer
on September 24, 2012 at 12:46 PM, updated September 24, 2012 at 1:11 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Quarterback is arguably the most important position in pro football. Of the quarterback's many responsibilities, throwing the ball is by far the most important -- especially in today's NFL. The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com will track the Cleveland Browns' passing plays this season using a series of categories. The objective is to search for clues/patterns/tendencies that can help explain why rookie Brandon Weeden -- or, if the need arises, a sub -- performed the way he did.
Week 3
After an awful performance in Week 1 and a good one in Week 2, Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden was mediocre, at best, in Week 3. He went 27-of-43 for 237 yards and one touchdown in a 24-14 loss to Buffalo in Cleveland Browns Stadium. He threw two interceptions.
Weeden is not solely to blame for Cleveland's ninth straight loss over two seasons. His receivers again seemed to struggle coming out of their breaks and dropped at least three. His line gave up four sacks and was guilty of a hold that nullified a third-and-long conversion in the fourth quarter. But Weeden missed on numerous opportunities to overcome whatever mistakes his teammates made, and he failed to capitalize on a Bills defense that is far from dominant.
Upon further review on dvr, here is a capsule look at Weeden's shortcomings in Week 3:
1. Weeden sputtered in the fourth quarter. In four possessions, with a deficit of no more than 10, all he could muster were six completions for 40 yards. He was sacked twice and intercepted twice -- the picks ending the last two possessions. On the first interception, he over-shot Josh Gordon; on the second, he telegraphed his intention to throw to Ben Watson. Accounting for the 21 yards lost to sacks, Weeden's offense generated 19 net yards passing in the fourth while attempting a comeback. That is unacceptable even for Charlie Frye.
Stat: He was 6-of-10 for 40 yards and two interceptions in the fourth.
2. Weeden relied too much on the dink-and-dunk. He completed just six passes that were in the air more than 10 yards from the line of scrimmage. Bills linebackers and safeties, knowing the Browns' tendency to throw short, pinched up and took away extensive yards after catch off the short stuff.
Stat: He was 6-of-12 on passes that were in the air more than 10 yards from the line of scrimmage. He averaged a pedestrian 5.5 yards per attempt overall. More than a few passes had no chance for significant gain as soon as they left the hand.
3. Weeden continued to struggle on longer throws to the right. He threw four passes to the right that were in the air 21+ yards from line of scrimmage to receiver; none was completed. He threw low to Josh Gordon; underthrew Mohamed Massaquoi; underthrew wide-open Travis Benjamin; and barely overthrew Jordan Cameron. (A fifth long pass to the right over-shot Josh Gordon at the 17-yard mark and was intercepted at the 21-yard mark by Bills corner Leodis McKelvin.) On his long balls to the right, Weeden has been unable to get the trajectory quite right.
Stat: He has not connected on a "deep'' ball to the right in three games.
4. Weeden did not make enough high-caliber throws. On a scale of 1 (lousy) to 3 (expected from NFL quarterback) to 5 (superb), he averaged 2.8 on 43 passes. For a realistic chance to beat even an average team, a quarterback likely needs to average at least 3.25.
Stat: After making five '5' throws against Cincinnati, he had one against Buffalo -- a 22-yard strike to the left to Travis Benjamin for a touchdown.
5. Weeden and Greg Little continue to have trust issues. Little, the Browns' leading receiver last year, had four passes thrown to him against Buffalo. He caught two, for 17 yards, and dropped one.
Stat: Little has been targeted 15 times in three games, catching seven passes for 74 yards and one TD.
Analyze it yourself! Here is a database of all the Browns passes Dennis Manoloff and a squad of assistants have tracked this season. You can select them by the criteria in the form below and get all the matching throws.
How to use the database
•First, choose a quarterback.
•After that, choose one or more of the other options for comparisons, such as Receiver, or Pressure, or Direction of throw. (Tip: Don't choose too many.)
•Click search. You will need to scroll right and left to see all the matched results.
You can sort the results and look for more patterns by clicking on the heading of any. Click on "Throw #" at far right to put the throws back into their original order.
Here is all our homework as a spreadsheet.
You can drag and move the dialog box to see it better, and you can copy and paste the spreadsheet into one of your own if you wish.
Weeden's bottom line
27-of-43, 237 yards, one touchdown, two interceptions, four sacks
Here is a link to the spreadsheet
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ss...t_river_default
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