How far can Beck take us?

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Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

I am all for giving Beck a fair shake and I really hope he does make me eat crow, but common sense based on historical precedent, doesn't bode well for MR. Beck. I also think that Shanny and the FO know what they are doing. They know drafting a QB this season without shoring up the O line and upgrading the WR corp with tall, physical athletes would have been a waste. We need a massive upgrade in all positions. I think Beck is just there to backup Rex and possibly get the fans excited about something in what might be a .500 type record year. For the record, I think Shanny is a very good coach, but I don't think you can use the two SB titles as an example of how good he is since that team was built already before he was HC.

...Yeah, no it wasn't. The Broncos were in no way "built" before Shanahan was there. Shanahan was the one who put Rod Smith on the field. Shanahan drafted Terrell Davis. Mike Shanahan added McCafferty. Shanahan helped build the o-line with guys like Mark Schlereth, Shanahan bought in guys on the defensive guys on the ball.

The Broncos had been surviving on the talent of John Elway alone for years. There's a reason the Broncos got blown out in every single Super Bowl before Shanahan got there; they did a crappy job putting any sort of team around him. No run game, bad wide receivers.

Shanahan helped build a team around Elway that helped him win those two Super Bowls. The idea that Mike had little or nothing to do with those Denver Broncos teams winning is patently false and wrong headed.

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No one knows what Beck can do, rookie year doesn't count. I'm all for giving him a chance. He was great in college, is athletic, has a couple of years on the bench learning and just might surprise a lot of people. I would love to see him win the starting QB position.