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JWsleep · 10-19-2011, 01:26 PM

Had to be done.

What I like about this move is not that Beck is going to be the next coming of Theisman or even Dilfer, but it's that Shanahan made the correct call. Imagine the shit storm if he had backed Rex for another week? This is what a decently run organization does. My feeling is that back in the Vinny/Zorn days, something bizzare would have happened at this point. We trade for Mark Brunnell. We get Randel-el as a QB. Etc. Something to make us look even worse than we are with Rex and his 4 ints.

As for the state of the QB position for the skins, my feeling has always been that this year's QBs are place-holders. Do you really think Shanny believes that Rex or Becks is going to lead us to the superbowl? Trust me. He does not, barring a miraculous transformation of Becks into Brees. This year is about building, about finding the right blue-collar guys to take you forward. And it's about putting a system in place on offense and defense. Once we do that, we can fill the slots we need. We were not in a good position to get the QB of the future last year. It will happen next year, unless we revert to Vinny-Zorn style craziness (not impossible, given our history under Danny).

Much more worrisome to me is the loss of 2 starting OL and Cooly--as it applies to the run game. Shanny is all about the run. If we can't run the ball, it doesn't matter all that much who is QB. To think that losing Kory L would be the big blow this year? Whod a thunk it?

10-19-2011, 01:26 PM	#11
JWsleep Propane and propane accessories Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston, TX Age: 57 Posts: 4,719	Re: John Beck Era Begins Had to be done. What I like about this move is not that Beck is going to be the next coming of Theisman or even Dilfer, but it's that Shanahan made the correct call. Imagine the shit storm if he had backed Rex for another week? This is what a decently run organization does. My feeling is that back in the Vinny/Zorn days, something bizzare would have happened at this point. We trade for Mark Brunnell. We get Randel-el as a QB. Etc. Something to make us look even worse than we are with Rex and his 4 ints. As for the state of the QB position for the skins, my feeling has always been that this year's QBs are place-holders. Do you really think Shanny believes that Rex or Becks is going to lead us to the superbowl? Trust me. He does not, barring a miraculous transformation of Becks into Brees. This year is about building, about finding the right blue-collar guys to take you forward. And it's about putting a system in place on offense and defense. Once we do that, we can fill the slots we need. We were not in a good position to get the QB of the future last year. It will happen next year, unless we revert to Vinny-Zorn style craziness (not impossible, given our history under Danny). Much more worrisome to me is the loss of 2 starting OL and Cooly--as it applies to the run game. Shanny is all about the run. If we can't run the ball, it doesn't matter all that much who is QB. To think that losing Kory L would be the big blow this year? Whod a thunk it? __________________ Hail from Houston!