Looks Like Someone Has a Sixpack of the Mondays

but I am still internally divided on the issue. If Beck continues to look good in pre-season, I’m going to say go with him because we know what Rex will give us. But, I just want to see Beck do what he did Friday, another time before I am ready to declare him the starter.

Start Beck and let the chips fall where they may.

First play of the Giants game, play action, they all bite on the Hightower fake handoff and Armstrong goes 72 yards for the score. Boo-Yah

This season belongs to him until he plays so utterly terrible over a prolonged stretch that the Shannys are forced to put him out of our his misery, Old Yeller style. If Mike and Kyle really have the man-crush on Beck that they seem to say they do, then they need to see if he’s the sort of guy that they can commit to or if we need to spend our first next year to find Mr. Right.

I think if you’re in a semi-win now while rebuilding mode (oxymoron I know) then you go with Rex Week 1. But maybe Beck is a diamond in the rough. I think his performance is being pumped up a little much from Friday and his rhythm never reached what Rex’s was against the Steelers. I liked Beck on rollouts but his arm angles kind of scared me throughout the game.

I think Rex is lil Shanny’s guy and Beck is big Shannys.

Side note: Is the 500 bootlegs we are running helping to disguise our O-lines weaknesses?

Clay Matthews v2.0

The O-line held up very well against Pittsburgh, and Rex hardly came under any pressure at all (which makes me think that the Steelers were being very conservative with their blitzes). Against Indy, Beck was constantly under pressure. He escaped the pocket and made lots of plays with his legs.

Rex also reminded us against Indy that the only thing he’s consistent about is inconsistency. 7 for 12 and a pick is awful, even if you’re not playing with the first team.

I just wonder how Beck could possibly throw the ball more than 30 yards with that weird sidearm dodgeball-style delivery.

May reach the Cult of Colt status, esp. if he becomes The Guy.

It would be wise to not read to much into a performance against a team who has proven to not give a damn about the preseason.

Beck gets high marks for tripping over himself, but I’m not going to declare him the guy based on one preseason game.

I’m very much looking forward to how he does against the Ravens

Read an article the other day, but I don’t have the link. Last two seasons, the Redskins have been middle of the pack in scoring touchdowns in the red zone. And that about 8 of the playoff teams from last season were below the NFL average in scoring TD’s in the red zone. The main point of the argument was that is was more important to be getting into the red zone more often than they have in the past, less important to be extremely efficient in scoring TD’s once you get there.

both guys performed as the offense dictates. I believe rex can connect at a higher percentage on the deep ball than beck, but that may be the only difference between them. They both are good, not great, QBs who, if they avoid turnovers, can produce adequately. That, coupled with a better defense, might get us a few more wins.

I think beck will take care of the football better than rex. So that alone can win us more games. I’m also curious to see what beck can become if given some real playing time with talent around him. Right now rex knows the offense better but that is offeset by his penchant for turnovers. Give the keys to beck, even if he goes out and lays an egg against the ravens.

The ravens seem to be playing preseason with a nastyness and motiviation I haven’t seen from many other teams.

Indy defense is about 3x better than our defense last year, and is way worse than PIT. I still voted Grossman. He did face some jailbreak pass rushers but got rid of it fast enough where it wasn’t so noticeable. Need to see Beck vs BAL.

where he had to dive back a couple yards away from moving the chains. I didn’t see anything special out of Beck, but he did impress me with his ability to hit players 5 yards downfield which McNabb couldn’t do. I still think Rex gives us the best chance to win but it’s nice knowing we have options, which made me laugh when Carriker said it.

Couldn’t agree more about the Redzone, and yes it’s mental now. Maybe an Ayahuasca trip is in order, free their minds of the redzone demons!

Our running game looks like it’s going to be exciting to watch, Helu was brilliant. I’m loving the depth and options we have here.

Just two weeks ago, we apparently (according to the media) had no QB on our roster capable of winning ball games, now we have two who can both win and are ok with either of them leading us to victories. Marshall Faulk called us the surprse team and that he expected us to carry this momentum into the season. Still waiting on Jamie Dukes…….

Over rated!
Quarterback who can’t win.
Super old defense.

Mike Shanahan:

The thing that you don’t want to do, if you do go downfield is you don’t want to lose the football game. You’ve got to be patient. Sometimes when they do give you a big play, you’ve got to take advantage of it. But [the Colts] are the type of team that you’ve got to execute your way down the field. They’re a zone team and about 90 percent of the time, if you go to the big play you’re going to get intercepted or get sacked. Next team we play, they may give you big play opportunities because they take chances on the field with blitzes and things. But week in and week out, you have to take what the defense gives you and manage the game."

There is always a fascination of the unknown (Beck) because we know what Rex will give us. But even Rex also is adjusting his game to this team, though this can be said about anyone.

Kyle shanahan said both qbs will get time with the starters thursday. #redskins

I wouldn’t say he played great, I’d say he managed the offense while playing off of a steady running attack. I heard a stat on the radio saying that 11 of his 17 throws were in the air for 7 yards or less. He took what the defense gave him. That’s not a knock, because I think we would all agree he’s not going be some elite, franchise guy. But he made maybe 2 throws where I said good job, everything else were throws I would expect of him. This was one half of play, his performance against Baltimore needs to be what we all look forward to in terms of better evaluation.
Now, I’m not hating on Beck as our starter, I think a Jake Plummer look-a-like would serve us well if we are to continue molding a solid running game. My ideal situation is that Beck pans out as a guy who can hold down the position for 3 seasons and we still draft a guy next April who can then ride the bench until he himself is ready.

He pled “no contest” for simple assault and was give 160 hours of community service. I think his best service to the community is simply being absent from it.

I hope to see more deep balls from both of them. I can’t truely decide on who would start but I’m leaning toward Beck. He looked accurate, had some zip on the ball, and scrambled pretty well. The running game should help whoever is our QB because Hightower and Helu look incredible. I also agree points seem hard to come by but I think we will get our TDs on a more consistant basis soon.

against the ravens first team D and watch him when after he gets sacked or people in his face… thats when rex turns into a turnover machine… and this will make it clear to both kyle and mike that john beck should be our starter week 1 against a blitz happy giants team

After losing their prize draft pick in practice, the Giants have now lost starting CB Thomas to a torn ACL.