I think this picture sums up opening day for the Cleveland Browns. Of course Brandon Weeden didn't ever look comfortable in the pocket... there was no pocket to be comfortable in. How is a quarterback supposed to perform at all in the conditions that our offensive line gave him? But I hear people pinning everything onto Weeden. Now I'm no Weeden fanboy, but I can tell when a guy isn't getting any support on the field. Against the Dolphins, Weeden took dozens of hits, but when he got a ball to someone they couldn't seem to catch it.
This has been an alarming trend since the return of the Browns. We draft wide receivers who can't catch. And I noticed that Brandon Weeden just simply stopped looking to Greg Little, yet he remained in the game. And Miami picked up on the fact that Little wasn't being targeted, and simply moved their coverage to Devone Bess. It was a simple formula to beat an offense that was barely executing, cover the only guy they have in that can play. It also doesn't hurt when Oneil Cousins ruined every other drive where we were actually moving the ball.
But this final picture will summarize what happens to any quarterback that has zero support from his teammates.
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