Brandon Weeden

May 23, 2013 5:04 pm ET

The popular opinion around here is that Brandon Weeden is Cleveland’s quarterback for the short term and will be cast aside the minute the Browns find his replacement in a future draft. Maybe, but Weeden has a year to prove himself, and there’s one compelling reason to think he just might make it.

Norv Turner.

He’s the Browns’ offensive coordinator, but he’s more than that. He’s Brandon Weeden’s best hope of sticking around. Because when I think of Brandon Weeden I immediately think of Alex Smith and what Turner did for him in San Francisco — namely, make him a credible quarterback in his second year as a pro.Well, Brandon Weeden is in his second year, and he’s coming off a season that was more productive than Smith’s rookie turn with the 49ers. The problem is that he’s with a different head coach and a different administration, guys who didn’t draft him and who imported Jason Campbell and Brian Hoyer as competition.

So let’s just say his shelf life doesn’t appear long.

But that’s why I bring up Smith. He flat-out stunk as a rookie. Then Turner arrived, and Smith responded by producing more victories at any time in his career before Jim Harbaugh arrived in 2011. He cut down on his interceptions. He threw far more TD passes. He jacked up his completion percentage. And he nearly doubled his passer rating.

Bottom line: He became a quarterback. So if it could work for Alex Smith, it could work for Brandon Weeden, too, and that’s not lost on the quarterback as he goes through this month’s OTAs.

“He’s a guy you want on your side,” Weeden said of Turner. “He’s going to put you in the best position possible because he’s done that for years with a lot of great quarterbacks — and Alex Smith is a perfect example, with what he was able to do from Year One to Year Two.

“I’m very aware of the transformation. What he did the second year was pretty impressive, but Norv demands that. He wants you to be perfect every single play, whether you’re throwing routes (with no defenders) or throwing seven-on-seven (drills). It doesn’t matter. He demands to be perfect at all times. He puts a lot on his quarterbacks and expects us to be 100 percent all the time.”

Of course, that’s not going to happen, but I look at what Turner did with others — from Jim Everett to Troy Aikman to Trent Green to Brad Johnson and on to Smith, and think maybe, just maybe, he can do the same for Weeden.

I know, the people in power in Cleveland today didn’t choose him; they inherited him. But they didn’t draft a quarterback, either, when they could have, and they demonstrated their willingness to give Weeden every opportunity to lock down the position … by pairing him with Turner.

“He’s the best I’ve been around,” said coach Rob Chudzinski, who worked with Turner in San Diego. “The best I’ve ever seen developing quarterbacks and understanding what that position requires and what it takes to be good and great.”

Weeden doesn’t have to be great, but he does have to be good. Cleveland doesn’t go anywhere until or unless it fixes on a quarterback, and Weeden is the favorite to start this season.

But he should be. The Browns invested a lot in the guy, and he’s been on the job only one season. It’s the next two to three years I wonder about, and that’s where Turner comes in. He has a history of developing young quarterbacks, and lucky for Weeden. He might be in the right place at the right time.

“Brandon’s a young player with a lot of ability,” Turner said. “The hardest thing for him last year was that he was surrounded by a lot of young players. You had Josh (Gordon) on one side, Greg (Little) on the others and Trent Richardson in the backfield — and they’re all learning at the same time.

“What we have to do is get all those guys to grow up real fast, and Brandon’s off to a good start. But it’s a two-way deal. He’s got to fit to what we do, and we have to fit our offense to the things he does best.”

What Weeden does best is throw deep with accuracy, something he demonstrated Thursday when he lobbed a perfectly thrown bomb over defensive back Buster Skrine and into the hands of Travis Benjamin. Weeden has confidence in his arm, good pocket awareness and the ability to throw the 15-yard out. But he needs to play with more urgency, and he needs to refine his footwork, with Turner working on both at practices. And so far, so good.

“If you watch last year’s tape vs. this year he’s really speeding everything up … with pretty much everybody,” Weeden said. “He’s all about getting the ball out of your hands and not getting comfortable. Last year I was real slow and drawn out, and this year it’s bam-bam, get the ball out! That’s one thing he’s harped on.

“As far as this system goes, it fits me as well as any system in the league as far as what I’ve done in the past and the X’s and O’s part of it. I haven’t talked to Alex (Smith) about it, but I have talked to Aikman and Brad Johnson, and they love him — and I can see why. I have a ton of trust in what he does, and I’m a sponge when he talks.”

He should be. Turner is Weeden’s greatest ally, and if he’s going to make it as Cleveland’s quarterback it will be with the aid of an offensive coordinator with a proven record of straightening out quarterbacks.

“He’s awfully good at what he does,” Weeden said. “Nothing against what we did last year, but being a rookie and having young guys around you is tough. But as far as the X’s and O’s, this is a good opportunity for me to go out and put up good numbers and put our team in position to win games.”

And that’s what it’s all about.

from: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/clark-judge/22290379/turner-gives-weeden-best-chance-to-stick-as-browns-quarterback

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[Saturn/Pluto = Juno]

Brandon Weeden was born on October 14th, 1983 (time of birth unknown) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Weeden

October 14th, 1983

10 + 14 +1+9+8+3 = 45 = his life lesson = Intense. Focused. Playing through pain. Expectations > reality = disappointment.

Five of Cups Tarot card

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October 14th, 1983

14 +1+9+8+3 = 35 = his “secret” number = Quarterback.

Nine of Wands Tarot card

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October 14th, 1983

October 14th

10 + 14 +2+0+1+3 = 30 = his personal year (from October 14th, 2013 to October 13th, 2014) = Having a lot to be thankful for.

Four of Wands Tarot card

30 year + 11 (November) = 41 = his personal month (from November 14th, 2013 to December 13th, 2013) = Things can get ugly.

Ace of Cups Tarot card

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using the number/letter grid:

1      2    3       4       5       6     7    8     9
A      B   C      D      E       F      G     H      I
J   K    L      M      N     O   P    Q R
S     T      U      V     W     X      Y    Z

Where:

A = 1 J = 1 S = 1

B = 2 K = 2 T = 2

C = 3 L = 3 U = 3

D = 4 M = 4 V = 4

E = 5 N = 5 W = 5

F = 6 O = 6 X = 6

G = 7 P = 7 Y = 7

H = 8 Q = 8 Z = 8

I = 9 R = 9

Brandon Weeden

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