London Fletcher on Weeden INT: Like 'I was playing catch with my kid'

CBS NFL analyst London Fletcher is not impressed with Brandon Weeden.

By Will Brinson

Sep 24, 2015 at 11:05 am ET • 1 min read

With Tony Romo out at least 8 weeks after breaking his collarbone against the Eagles last week the Cowboys are forced to turn to Brandon Weeden under center.

Everyone's painting as rosy as picture of Weeden as they can, with Jerry Jones calling Weeden's passes "a thing of beauty." CBS analyst London Fletcher heard Jerry say that line and, having personally caught a pass from Weeden (as a defensive player), told CBS Sports Radio's "Gio and Jones" he does not, um, agree.

"I almost crashed my car,” Fletcher said of hearing Jones' compliment. “Listen, we played against Brandon Weeden when he was in Cleveland, and man, he threw me an interception – I thought I was playing catch with my kid in the park or in the backyard, man."

Fletcher's referring to a 2012 game when, while playing for the Redskins, he picked off Weeden, then the Browns quarterback, in the third quarter on an 18-yard pass attempt to Greg Little.

“I’m serious,” Fletcher added. “That’s how easy it was. When he threw the football, I’m standing in the zone and I’m thinking, ‘Oh, my god, no he didn’t just throw this football to me.'"

In defense of Weeden, he was a rookie at the time. And rookies make mistakes.

But Weeden's career, outside of some good preseason games, doesn't provide a whole lot of reason for hope. Maybe he looks good slinging the ball around but it's irrelevant if he can't complete passes to guys on his own team.

We actually went looking for the pick in question. Unfortunately the worst interception OF ALL TIME takes up too much Google space for anything else involving Weeden.