Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs. Dolphins)

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Maybe that's the case, but I refuse to believe Grossman and Beck were the best we could have done. Add in the McNabb debacle and you really have to question the decision making that's been done with the QB position, especially for a QB "guru" like Mike Shanahan.

It may not, but the alternatives were not that good. Maybe Garcia, Gradkowski, Bulger, Orton? There are too many to list, but the scrapheap QBs don't look that good. We might be sitting at 5-4 or 4-5 and be in the running for 8-8.

But you also have to consider that a FA QB this season would be very behind due to lockout. Unlike Carson Palmer, he probably would have not had any previous contact with Shanahan. Hence, the pickup might struggle in a manner similar to how Kerry Collins struggled.

Here's a fairly comprehensive list to look at: KFFL - 2010 NFL Free Agents