Browns QB Brandon Weeden gets caught under American flag [Video]

By Chuck Schilken

Sept. 10, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT0015007”&amp;gt;Brandon Weeden&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; didn’t start his &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000007”&amp;gt;NFL&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; career quite the way he would have wanted.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Even before the four interceptions and the 5.1 quarterback rating, the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000038”&amp;gt;Cleveland Browns&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; rookie quarterback found himself in a bit of a mess on the field Sunday afternoon.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;While warming up prior to the Browns’ 17-16 loss to the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000211”&amp;gt;Philadelphia Eagles&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;, Weeden somehow got himself trapped under a giant American flag that was being unfurled for the national anthem.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;”I was expecting to get a little warning,” Weeden said. “I was playing catch. I always stand on the 35- or 40-yard line. Next thing I know there’s about a 100-yard flag over the top of me. I sat on my hands and knees and kind of waited -- me and one of the equipment managers. I looked at him and said, ‘This [stinks].’ “&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;As one commenter on YouTube suggested, Weeden may have wished he had stayed under there. He completed just 12 of 35 passes for 118 yards and ended with the sixth-lowest quarterback rating in a season opener by any quarterback passing at least 15 times, according to STATS LLC.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;“I take a lot of pride in playing better than that and I put our team in some difficult situations,” Weeden said. “Our defense gave us every chance to win and offensively, myself included, took away from that. I’m down right now. I expect to play better than that.”&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-david-akers-video-20120910,0,7336688.story”&amp;gt;David Akers makes history with 63-yard field goal [Video]&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-nfl-female-official-20120909,0,5261379.story”&amp;gt;Shannon Eastin: First female official in NFL regular-season game&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-google-hangout-sam-farmer-mark-thompson-20120910,0,2630190.story”&amp;gt;Join us for an NFL Google+ hangout with Sam Farmer, Mark Thompson&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

Browns QB Brandon Weeden gets caught under American flag [Video]

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