How far can Beck take us?

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Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

I am not closed to the thought Beck can turn it around and Shanny can mentor him or give him the shot he needs. Right now, I am going by the guy's history of being 3rd string everywhere he goes. Matty made a point on how both Chase and Colt haven't made a mark after we let them loose, but they were drafted by us and never could unseat JC, but we did think highly enough of them to draft them. At the time we drafted them, most of us were enthusiastic about each of them and were begging for them to get a shot at starting. Alas it all was for not, but with Beck, he was a FA journeyman QB, when we acquired him. All my Lions fan friends are asking me WTF? You just have to hope the guy works hard and sees this at a shot at redemption.

Honestly, I don't blame them. I mean last year I laughed at the Cards for cutting Leinart and starting Anderson, and in retrospect I was right. Now the Skins seem to be doing the same thing by trading McNabb, except in this case the only thing keeping the Beck experiment from being a complete laughing stock is once again, Shanny's track record with these types of players.

A young Brian Griese, a statistical pariah in Jake Plummer, and even INT king Jay Cutler who despite being a first round QB was an afterthought after Young and Leinart in 06. Between the two Shanny's you have 5 pro bowl QB's that made it to Hawaii/Miami under their tutelage.

I don't know, I guess I don't want to be a Beck apologist just because he's the favorite to be the starting QB this year. I want to be able to do it for the right reasons. From what I've seen a Kool Aid drinker can easily be just as annoying as a doom and gloomer.