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Midway through training camp, OC Norv Turner envisions Weeden starting the season, but he's been impressed with second-teamer Jason Campbell. "We're getting Brandon ready to be the starter,' Turner told The Plain Dealer this week. "He's getting a big chunk of the work, but we're getting the other two guys (including Brian Hoyer) ready to play. As we know, you better have all three of those guys ready to play in this league.'
Reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer
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But Turner doesn't expect that Weeden will struggle in the preseason games and lose the job. "I don't envision that happening because of the way he's playing,' said Turner, who added that Weeden is operating efficiently from a mechanical standpoint, but is still sometimes thinking a bit too much. Turner also said Campbell, who had some familiarity with the system, is adapting well. Campbell's challenge is that everything is foreign to him here, whereas Weeden has spent a year with his supporting cast. "When you come into a place like this and you don't know anyone, you're getting used to the style of running game, you're getting used to the new tight end,' said Turner. "We have a lot of young players and it's a new system. ...' And right now, there's no reason to believe Weeden won't be the Week 1 starter.
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