Whose QB Should We Choose?

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Yeah, most ideal is someone they could all agree on. But reality is consensus picks rarely happen. There's always someone who makes the tie-breaking call. Or you agree that to defer your choice this time around to get yours next time around.

This is usually between the coach and general manager, not the coach and offensive coordinator.

But, here's another way to look at it I guess. Should Mike Shanahan, with ultimately the tie-breaking power, defer his opinion to Kyle Shanahan. Or should he go with his opinion and his guy because-as I said earlier-ultimately he's accountable for everything

Well, if it wasn't Kyle, Mike wouldn't be deferring his opinion to anyone else. I don't think that's inherently good or bad -- they can do what they want since either they turn this thing around relatively quickly, or the Redskins are going to have to tear down and rebuild again in a couple years when they are both gone.

Because of the above, if Mike Shanahan really thinks that Kyle can/should win with Jake Locker, there's no reason to defer and pick Dalton. But this has the smell of the Russell/Quinn Raiders pick of 2007: if the guy in charge makes the call and he's wrong and ultimately responsible, you're still nowhere good three years from now. People will get fired, and the organization will not have a direction.

It probably makes a difference if Kyle is more pro-Dalton or anti-Locker.