Mike Shanahan

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Paintrain:

I think the reason the Redskins did not use a late pick in the draft to get a QB to try to develop is because both Mike and Kyle thought that John Beck was "the guy". Both raved about his college career; so if that was not pure and unadulterated bulls[p]it, why draft another guy when you have "the guy" under contract already?

Bottom line here is both of them were dead wrong about John Beck and his viability as an acceptable NFL QB - - let alone a good NFL QB. And if they were dead wrong about the QB that both of them had at or near the top of his draft class, why would you think they would be "closer to correct" in evaluating some guy that everyone else has passed on for 6 rounds?

Agreed about Beck, although he wasnt in house before the 2010 draft. They see what he is now and we move on.

[REDSKINS4ever]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Agreed about Beck, although he wasnt in house before the 2010 draft. They see what he is now and we move on.

Beck wasn't the answer by a long shot and neither was Grossman. It would have been better had Shanahan not traded McNabb away. But how could you keep a QB that didn't want to work hard? Shanahan could have promoted Jonathan Crompton before the season to enter him in the QB mix at some point, but that would have caused more instability at the QB position. So after Mike Shanahan staked his reputation on John Beck, there was no direction to go with other than what he had.

In year 3, Mike Shanahan has to get it right for the quarterback position since he's made 3 huge mistakes that has contributed to his 11-20 record going into the final game of the season.