Joe Chaffin--Analyst C.B.R.
This isn't anything new to the average Cleveland Browns fan, but Brandon Weeden will start on September 9th against Mike Vick and the Phillidalphia Eagles. There has been plenty of speculation on whether this QB competition was "real" or not. And it's totally 100% not "real". Yes, Colt McCoy took the first initial snap of the OTAs this morning but that means absolutely nothing. 
Whether you agree with it or not, they're going to make Weeden "earn" his starting role. Even though the entire front office and coaching staff knows he's starting Week One. It doesn't make that much sense to me to have an open competition with two guys when you already know who's going to win it regardless of the production in the off-season.
Weeden and McCoy have been taking snaps back and forth throughout the first OTA but don't expect that to last too much longer. We need to have Weeden take as many snaps with the first team as possible just like Andrew Luck in Indy, RGIII in Washington, and Tannehill in Miami. We didn't draft a 28 yr old in the first round if we didn't think he was the guy.
Even our own GM Tom Heckert said "We fully expect Brandon to be the guy." So there's obviously no reason in thinking about a competition anymore. Brandon Weeden is the starting QB for the Cleveland Browns. Period. And I still wouldn't be surprised if Colt McCoy was no longer a Cleveland Brown come opening day.
But this "competition" is garbage and I don't buy it even a little bit . Go Browns!
http://www.clevelandbrownsreport.info/2012/05/browns-fans-dont-kid-yourself-brandon.html
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