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Originally Posted by SBXVII
Totally agree with the getting younger. Just pointing out that if they want a WR that should already know the routes (not the terminology though) T.O. might should get a look. Older Vet to support the young guys. Thats what Moss was.
I get this bad feeling I watched the wrong Redskins game last weekend cause I'm totally suprised hearing people thinking Beck did well? He did no better then Grossman and committed the same mistakes. and the best answer to that is .."he did well for not having played in 4 yrs." Come on folks, unless I missed it he has practiced for 4 yrs and he has played in the preseason in the last 4 yrs and played rather well in our preseason games. He was not sitting on the couch at home waiting for a call, I'd definitly feel sorry for him if that was the case and probably feel like others feel that his outing was not too bad.
Lets call it what it is.... fans didn't like Grossman, didn't want Grossman, and found every reason in the book to blame the "teams" performance on him. Every single misque was Grossmans fault. Now that he's out, and the favoured QB (Beck) is in and the performance is exactly the same, fans come up with excuses.
"Oh, he was rusty"
"Oh, he was off balance"
"Oh, it was the WR's fault"
"Oh, the OL caused the fumble for not blocking"
"Oh, the WR's are dropping balls"
"Grossman did bad against bad or injured teams"
etc. etc.
Hello, Beck did just as bad, 1 INT (should have been 2) and 1 fumble. Against probably the worst defense.
Grossman is not the long term answer especially at 31yo. Beck having a similar outing against a bad defense is not the long term answer either at 30yo. So, if you want to start the young guns and see what they got and can do ya might as well throw in Jonathan Crompton at QB who's only 24. Lets see what he's got in order to decide if we definitly have to draft a QB next yr.
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I hate getting lumped in with "fans". Fact of the matter is (regardless of my avatar sig) I would support Grossman if he is in, and Beck if he is in. Neither is a top 10 qb, and each gives some positives the other doesn't have. The one difference, is we don't know that Beck can be a starter or backup. Rex is a definitely a quality back up. Since this is the 2nd year in what should be a 3 year plan, as I see it, and next year we will bring in the "true qb", it's more important to me at this point, without entirely giving up on catching lightning in a bottle, that we know who will be the 2nd string qb next year, and if we can count on any of these young receivers to step into a spotlight role.
As for TO and bringing in a vet presence, well Gaffney clearly can be that player, he is a aged vet with apparently good locker room skills, and a good attitude. Moss isn't on IR so he is going to be in the meetings, working with the young WR's, and hopefully encouraging them. Honestly I could see this being a great opportunity for him to step up and be a serious mentor especially to TA (I think) who has said often that he wants to model himself after Santana.
Rex is Rex, Beck is Beck, neither are awesomeness incarnate.