John Beck Era Begins

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BigHairedAristocrat
10-19-2011, 01:41 PM
Starting Beck is the right decision. We need to find out now just how high we need to take a QB in next years draft. As it is now, we're probably going to have a pick in the middle of the 1st round, and all the other teams will KNOW we want a QB, so there is a strong possibility that teams will jump ahead of us to take the QB we want.

If Beck surpises us and plays pretty well, teams wont know with 100% confidence that we're taking a QB (especially given our poor oline depth and lack of a true #1 wide receiver). therefore, seeing what beck can do is extremely important ot the long-term success of the franchise.

SirClintonPortis
10-19-2011, 01:45 PM
So, Mike Shanahan is not only racist against black people, he's also an anti-Semite. Tar and feather him!!!!

XD

Chico23231
10-19-2011, 01:50 PM
Hey what happened to that turd who did nothing but spout off about how great Rex was?

think his name was johnnylildick? im sure he's crying

SirClintonPortis
10-19-2011, 01:56 PM
think his name was johnnylildick? im sure he's crying

johnny5dicky was his name.

sportscurmudgeon
10-19-2011, 02:12 PM
Some people don't stand for anything but, yet they beat others up for doing so [sigh].

Sorry, but I don't understand...:confused:

sportscurmudgeon
10-19-2011, 02:14 PM
A better question: does McNabb make the HOF? If you only look at his body of work at Philly you could make a case.

A simple answer: No.

sportscurmudgeon
10-19-2011, 02:20 PM
Um...what he's missing is...no Colt Brennan!! **runs and hides**

You had better run and hide. That comment is like the guy in the "Revenge of the Vampire" movies who discoveres the corpse and decides to pull the stake out of the vampire's heart. You are going to awaken the Cult of Colt... No one will be safe.

JWsleep
10-19-2011, 02:26 PM
Had to be done.

What I like about this move is not that Beck is going to be the next coming of Theisman or even Dilfer, but it's that Shanahan made the correct call. Imagine the shit storm if he had backed Rex for another week? This is what a decently run organization does. My feeling is that back in the Vinny/Zorn days, something bizzare would have happened at this point. We trade for Mark Brunnell. We get Randel-el as a QB. Etc. Something to make us look even worse than we are with Rex and his 4 ints.

As for the state of the QB position for the skins, my feeling has always been that this year's QBs are place-holders. Do you really think Shanny believes that Rex or Becks is going to lead us to the superbowl? Trust me. He does not, barring a miraculous transformation of Becks into Brees. This year is about building, about finding the right blue-collar guys to take you forward. And it's about putting a system in place on offense and defense. Once we do that, we can fill the slots we need. We were not in a good position to get the QB of the future last year. It will happen next year, unless we revert to Vinny-Zorn style craziness (not impossible, given our history under Danny).

Much more worrisome to me is the loss of 2 starting OL and Cooly--as it applies to the run game. Shanny is all about the run. If we can't run the ball, it doesn't matter all that much who is QB. To think that losing Kory L would be the big blow this year? Whod a thunk it?

Ruhskins
10-19-2011, 02:27 PM
Interesting the different QB decisions The Genius Shanahan Brain Trust has made since they've been here:

1) Decides not to re-sign Campbell
2) Trades a 2nd round pick (and another pick, I forget which round) for Donovan McNabb
3) Trades for John Beck
4) Signs Rex Grossman
5) Benches Donovan McNabb (then has a disastrous presser explaining why)
6) Starts Rex Grossman the remainder of 2010
7) Trades Donovan McNabb for a side of rice pilaf
8) Praises John Beck in the offseason like he's God's gift (Kyle wanted him 10th overall in Houston, etc etc)
9) Starts Rex Grossman after an open competition in camp
10) Benches Rex Grossman 5 weeks into the season (I agree with this decision wholeheartedly)
11) Names John Beck the starter.

WHEW!! Let's hope he starts hitting on some of his quarterback decisions.

You can change this to "Decides to bench Rex after 4 INTS and almost at the end of a very important divisional game."

Lotus
10-19-2011, 02:28 PM
A ray of hope Beckons every time he drops beck to pass. He completes our offensive beckfield.

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