4. Brandon Weeden
Here is your “What the heck” stat of the day: Brandon Weeden, 32, is older than Aaron Rodgers, Alex Smith and Matt Ryan.
So, while he’s only been in the league five years, the upside-factor isn’t really an argument you can use with Brandon Weeden.
For me, though, if worse comes to worse, this is a guy who has at least some semblance of starting experience, and I think he’s one of the few quarterbacks in the league better than Matt Schaub — again, I never said this would be pretty.
I’ll use the same argument I did with Schaub and say that Weeden could be an expectable backup if Elway finds a way to bring Osweiler or a young quarterback into the fold. As a full-time starter, though, we might as well just give up now.
Weeden is capable of doing certain things, like throwing the ball down the field to wide-open receivers, but that’s about it; ask him to read a defense or throw a man open and you’re going to find yourself out of luck.
