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Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon
It is a bit of a stretch to say that as an assistant coach with the Broncos in the early 90s that Shanahan drafted Shannon Sharpe. But if you want to say that he was at least a part of the decision process that selected Sharpe, fine.
The fact remains that when he took over the Broncos as the head coach, he had a Hall of Fame QB already there and a Hall of Fame TE already there and a rookie RB who might someday get into the Hall of Fame because he did have one season with 2000+ yards gained.
That is a far cry from what Mike Shanahan found here in Washington at the end of the Jim Zorn/Vinny Cerrato era. He had a ton of work to do; he still does have a ton of work to do. There is progress - - but the Redskins are not yet close to being an elite team in the Shanahan era.
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I think the bottom line in regards to our situation, which you pretty well cover in your posts, is that Mike hasn't developed a franchise QB. Montana and Elway were waiting for him, and I don't see Cutler as a franchise type that could lead his team to a championship. That's not to say he can't do it, and who knows maybe Kyle is great w/ QBs.
Now that Beck is the starter it'll be very interesting to see how he progresses under Mike and Kyle.