Sturm: Cowboys' loss shows Brandon Weeden is out of his league

Cowboysrock55 said:

No but Weeden is physically capable of making the difficult throws. That's not the issue. So when a team is stacking the box Weeden should be fully capable of delivering the ball down field.

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Cowboysrock55 said:

No but Weeden is physically capable of making the difficult throws. That's not the issue. So when a team is stacking the box Weeden should be fully capable of delivering the ball down field.

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Genghis Khan said:

Whether he has the physical tools is only part of the issue. You have to have the head for it too. That's a large part of the equation and I think it's mostly what separates the bad from the good from the great. And that's the part Weeden clearly struggles with.

It's all well and good to be able to make all the throws and throw bullets, but you also have to understand your formations and read defenses and process information quickly and recognize disguised coverages and blitzes. And something Romo has mentioned that I think often gets short shrift, recognizing and processing spatial data.

In many ways the mental aspect is way more important. Yet people see guys with big arms and figure, well he has the tools to do it. And yes, you need a certain amount of arm talent. But we can't forget the brain talent too. And I don't think Weeden has that.

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Genghis Khan said:

Whether he has the physical tools is only part of the issue. You have to have the head for it too. That's a large part of the equation and I think it's mostly what separates the bad from the good from the great. And that's the part Weeden clearly struggles with.

It's all well and good to be able to make all the throws and throw bullets, but you also have to understand your formations and read defenses and process information quickly and recognize disguised coverages and blitzes. And something Romo has mentioned that I think often gets short shrift, recognizing and processing spatial data.

In many ways the mental aspect is way more important. Yet people see guys with big arms and figure, well he has the tools to do it. And yes, you need a certain amount of arm talent. But we can't forget the brain talent too. And I don't think Weeden has that.

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L.T. Fan said:

All true. Still he is all they have at the moment so you put a muzzle on him and lose or you take a shot and try to win. They picked him so play him or pay the price. At this moment there are no other options.

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boozeman said:

I don't know if our system is the best one to evaluate QBs to begin with.

Every single QB not named Romo has struggled in Garrett's system. I think it is overpowering to your every day schlub and he will not make it easier by dumbing it down.

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Genghis Khan said:

That's a pretty good point. It's probably not an easy system to just plug and play QBs. As opposed to the WCO for instance.

That said Kitna was pretty good here.

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boozeman said:

And Kitna was a pretty smart QB.

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boozeman said:

What mystifies me about Weeden personally is what exactly did Holmgren see in him?

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