How far can Beck take us?

[Monkeydad]

Last year's WR camp invites.

Staying Medium: Redskins position preview: Wide receivers

Santana Moss, Devin Thomas, Malcolm Kelly, Bobby Wade, Mike Furrey, Terrence Austin, Joey Galloway, Brandon Banks, Roydell Williams, Shay Hodges, Anthony Armstrong.

That's 11!



(Glad that guy had no clue what he was talking about with his predictions)

[CultBrennan59]

John Beck can take us onto the field, thats about it.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

John Beck can take us onto the field, thats about it.

Says the guy with Cult Brennan as his WP Name -

[mooby]

You know, even if Beck does have a great season this year, or Grossman for that matter, I still see this team going into the draft next offseason and getting our long term answer at QB. We might even flip one of these two qb's for picks or a player, since they're both over 30 and clearly not the future.

[over the mountain]

Dont know much about beck apart from watching a handful of his games with miami.

For this year i have no prob heading into week 1 with a unheralded qb (beck, grossman) whom the shannys think fits their system best.

Unless the D does an about face, the W-L record isnt going to look pretty imo this year.

The biggest thing i want is a qb who can run their system to some degree. I really want to see what the shannys system looks like b/c apparently with mcnabb freestyling and not picking up the playcalls, we didnt see it last year.

[wilsowilso]

We need a really big step forward from the O line this year.

Speaking of the big boys in front of Beck or Grossman did anyone see the Trent Williams interview today?

That guy is really articulate and it seems like his head is in the right place for him to continue to grow and grow into a top flight player. Hopefully.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by wilsowilso

We need a really big step forward from the O line this year.

Speaking of the big boys in front of Beck or Grossman did anyone see the Trent Williams interview today?

That guy is really articulate and it seems like his head is in the right place for him to continue to grow and grow into a top flight player. Hopefully.

I'm very impresed with TW. The knock on him has been discipline. So the fact that he worked out all off-season on his own (well with Vince Young and Andian Peterson), and basically said "I don't need teammates or coaches breathing down my back. I'll be ready" and he is is a testament, I think, to how much he's grown.

I know people want to say well what about our OL? Why are we ignoring it. But really, there's only so much depth you can have at OL because those guys don't play teams. And in the past year we've added Williams, Brown, Kory L., Eric Cook, Selvish Caper, and Chris Chester (among a few others). That's a good amount of youth and guys entering their prime. With the possible exception of Jammal Brown, depending on your view.

[Shadowbyte]

I don't know if this has been posted yet but this doesn't give me a shred of confidence that our offense won't remain stagnant.

John Beck’s Saturday practice - DC Sports Bog - The Washington Post

[rbanerjee23]

Originally Posted by Shadowbyte

I don't know if this has been posted yet but this doesn't give me a shred of confidence that our offense won't remain stagnant.

John Beck’s Saturday practice - DC Sports Bog - The Washington Post

Yeah Beck's struggling, was that a surprise? It will take time and if he manages to develop a rhythm with the receivers that will happen less and less. Beck is not the savior and is a stop gap at best.

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

Yeah Beck's struggling, was that a surprise? It will take time and if he manages to develop a rhythm with the receivers that will happen less and less. Beck is not the savior and is a stop gap at best.

Exactly. Stop gap at best. Not trying to overuse the Frerotte thing, but that is what you get with Beck, if that. Beck might be decent enough to be behind center and execute a basic offense, but that is it. He might be good enough to get us at 8-8, but no playoffs. I think our FO knew this QB class was overrated and decided to take a pass on Mallet and Locker. I don't think we will be lucky to get Luck next draft, but there will be fine QBs just the same. Luck is good as gone unless we really suck, but good guys like Dan Persa, Kellen Moore, Nick Foles, etc will be out there. I put Dan Persa out there because I think we know Luck will be taken, along with Moore probably. Persa and Foles should be there for us if we have a mid number pick in the first round.

[Fireox]

This year has shown a profound departure from recent years gone by. In the old Snyder/Cerrato days we'd have Franklin, Jenkins Holmes and Namdi watching scrubs till Thursday, wondering about the well-paid ass whupping they'd signed up for.
This years signings have almost all been well thought out and address needs and character, aside from the curious obsessiveness at WR and RB (Donte Stallworth? Really?).
My biggest worry is O-line depth (please, just say no to a Stephon Heyer re-signing) One or two injuries leads to whomever suits up at QB landing in a body bag. I've no great faith in Grossman, but at least he knows the system - Clements, not so much. If the line can stay healthy and keep Beck upright I see no reason we can't win 8 this year.

[JoeRedskin]

I thought I asked it somewhere but really would like to hear how Capers is looking. Anyone heard/seen anything about him?

[SmootSmack]

I heard he struggled on Saturday, but that's second hand info so I don't really know.

[tomsawyer]

heard beck looked good,but was struggling on the long throws.

[GusFrerotte]

I sure hope Beck does rise to the occasion and freaks us out by becoming maybe a Joe Flacco type, meaning a good game manager, making few if any mistakes. I can't see him really lighting it up for some massive passing yards, but it would be nice. We have a stud WR corp on paper now. I would like to see Paul really step it up and win a spot. I would like to have a set of wideouts that will be around for awhile. Get a new posse going!!!!!