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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
Beck was a 25 year old senior playing against 18-21 year olds in the MWC. His attributes were more developed and defined than anyone he was playing against at that level. That's an advantage he will never have at the NFL level.
Beck has the raw physical tools to succeed in the NFL, but he's been on an NFL roster longer than (to put a name out there) Tony Romo was before he was put in the starting lineup. I wouldn't put too much stock in the 2007 season in Miami: Beck was worse than Cleo Lemon, but again, it was three years ago. But also: it was three years ago. And Beck, with all his advantages (second round pick, live arm, college productivity) wasn't able to make positive progress on an NFL depth chart in a very long period of time.
So it's not like we know nothing about John Beck. We'll learn more if we play him, but you kind of already know what to expect.
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Preach.
And people like to talk about how Beck got screwed over because the Dolphins brought in Pennington. But forget that even before that Beck had been demoted because Miami felt journeyman QB Josh McNown was worth signing in free agency in naming the starter. So he was already on the bench when Pennington arrived.
I hope he proves me wrong and turns out to be a total stud if he's our starter, but I really just don't see it. I'd rather just sign a guy like Matt Moore who at least is 3 years younger than Beck