Found March 08, 2013 on Cleveland Sports 360: Yardbarker Blogger Network
When players reach a certain plateau it becomes clear that their struggles to get better aren’t going to work unless they put the time in. In the case of Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden, you can tell from the onset the guy is lazy. He hasn’t had a history of working hard to get better and he isn’t a student of the game. People think they know all  about football and when they see Weeden’s ability to throw a ball down field, they start to think, man  this is the guy the Browns needed for years. Boy, are they wrong. The Browns need a guy who can be a student of the game. they need a guy that goes in early and stays late studying game film searching to find the one little thing they missed to get better the next time they go out to play. That guy isn’t Brandon Weeden. He has a history of doing the least he can to get by. His natural talent the Lord blessed him with is good. it isn’t the only thing he needs to become successful in the NFL.  It is interesting to hear the way Jake Spavi...
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  • He can't be that lazy if he made it thru college and now the pros.Does he need to apply himself more and strengthen his body, maybe? Causing a turnover to make something happen?? That can be said about a lot of quarterbacks- Joe Flacco a couple of seasons ago is one example.
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