Redskins 2011 Starting Quarterback: John Beck?

[Schneed10]

Bring back Grossman. The INTs are aggravating but he was fairly prolific in those last five games last season.

He definitely won't win us any Super Bowls but at least he'll give the young WRs we just drafted a chance to develop.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Bring back Grossman. The INTs are aggravating but he was fairly prolific in those last five games last season.

He definitely won't win us any Super Bowls but at least he'll give the young WRs we just drafted a chance to develop.

If we can get a couple of FA O-line types who can do some business...AND if our additions to the WR/RB stable pan out, Rex will look much improved (although probably not SB MVP material).

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Bring back Grossman. The INTs are aggravating but he was fairly prolific in those last five games last season.

He definitely won't win us any Super Bowls but at least he'll give the young WRs we just drafted a chance to develop.

I could totally hold my nose and live with Grossman. If he can get us to 8-8 or 9-7, I could live with that.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I could totally hold my nose and live with Grossman. If he can get us to 8-8 or 9-7, I could live with that.

I'm with you and Schneed. It's going to be Grossman because he knows the system better than anyone else. Beck will be the backup, or 3rd stringer for whoever else they decide to bring in.

It won't be anything splashy.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I could totally hold my nose and live with Grossman. If he can get us to 8-8 or 9-7, I could live with that.

I'd rather go 2-14 then 8-8.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I'd rather go 2-14 then 8-8.

Not interested in making some progress eh?

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Not interested in making some progress eh?

As you probably know by my statements, I want nothing but young guys out there next year. That may mean only winning a few games next year but I'm ok with that. This is a rebuilding job, and by the way the draft went Shanahan and co. realize that too.

[skinster]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I'd rather go 2-14 then 8-8.

THANK YOU, finally someone who shares my sentiment. I know its not gonna happen, but I hope shanny starts beck in an attempt to throw the season so we can get luck next year.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I'd rather go 2-14 then 8-8.

Originally Posted by skinster

THANK YOU, finally someone who shares my sentiment. I know its not gonna happen, but I hope shanny starts beck in an attempt to throw the season so we can get luck next year.

I don't get this way of thinking at all. It is like hoping that that someone rapes your wife so that you can then earn brownie points by being there to console her.

A fan, by definition, roots for his team to do well.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I don't get this way of thinking at all. It is like hoping that that someone rapes your wife so that you can then earn brownie points by being there to console her.

A fan, by definition, roots for his team to do well.

GMs have to adopt the attitude though, if there's a player that will be a game-breaker to be obtained and the current roster isn't worth preserving. However, rather than ask the coach to tank, they blow up the team so that it can't win that many games. The Caps, while in a different sport, did adopt this strategy.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

GMs have to adopt the attitude though, if there's a player that will be a game-breaker to be obtained and the current roster isn't worth preserving. However, rather than ask the coach to tank, they blow up the team so that it can't win that many games. The Caps, while in a different sport, did adopt this strategy.

And so do the Wizards.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

GMs have to adopt the attitude though, if there's a player that will be a game-breaker to be obtained and the current roster isn't worth preserving. However, rather than ask the coach to tank, they blow up the team so that it can't win that many games. The Caps, while in a different sport, did adopt this strategy.

There are several differences between that example and the posts above:

1) GM's take economic factors into account when blowing up a team, not just performance factors. "Fans" above are simply accounting for performance and praying that the Skins do not perform, just like Cowboys fans do.
2) Football is dramatically different from hockey and basketball in that there are more moving pieces and less of an emphasis on purely individual performance. Therefore there is greater sense in completely blowing up a team in other sports than there is in football.
3) The fans above are not rooting for a rebuilt team. Instead, they are rooting for an entire team to tank so that we can draft just one guy, and a guy at a position with high bust potential no less.

There are ways to acquire a franchise QB other than the draft. You need not look beyond our division (Eagles and Cowboys) to see this. So to root for your team to lose because that is the only way to get a franchise QB is traitorous lunacy IMO.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I don't get this way of thinking at all. It is like hoping that that someone rapes your wife so that you can then earn brownie points by being there to console her.

A fan, by definition, roots for his team to do well.

What is 7 or 8 wins going to accomplish for a team that needs an overhaul? When it's all said and done we need a franchise QB, someone that when they walk on the field can make everyone around them better. I don't know who that person is, but he's obviously not on the roster.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

What is 7 or 8 wins going to accomplish for a team that needs an overhaul? When it's all said and done we need a franchise QB, someone that when they walk on the field can make everyone around them better. I don't know who that person is, but he's obviously not on the roster.

They will accomplish winning...which is, after all, the point.

But if you want to root for the Redskins to lose just like Cowboys fans do, go ahead. Just change your screen name to Cowboysfan69 please.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by skinster

THANK YOU, finally someone who shares my sentiment. I know its not gonna happen, but I hope shanny starts beck in an attempt to throw the season so we can get luck next year.