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McCown looks sharp; Beck looks even better

With today's OTA now complete, the media reports are slowly trickling in.  And one of my favorite reports is from Omar Kelly.  Omar tells us that the offense is beginning to kick into gear as more and more of the offense gets installed.

And he tells us that both quarterbacks, Josh McCown and John Beck, looked sharp today.  He also says that if he was forced to choose, he would "begrudgingly" say Beck looked best.  Why "begrudgingly"?  In my view, it's probably because Omar has been against Beck for some time now.  He wanted the Dolphins to take Brady Quinn in 2007 and he was praying to god for Joe Flacco to fall to Miami back in April.  He was also a big Cleo Lemon supporter.  Omar has also come out and predicted that it will be McCown starting come opening day.  Therefore, for him to admit that John Beck looked the best today, John must have really looked impressive.

An excerpt of Omar's report is below:

Basically, the offense was humming, and to be honest I was very impressed.

Now, this doesn't mean the Dolphins are going to have an amazing offense come training camp, or the regular season. But it does indicate that there MIGHT be a quarterback in this batch, and the Dolphins MIGHT score more than 26 touchdowns in this upcoming season.

If you forced me to pick the quarterback who looked the best I'd begrudgingly say it was Beck because the how effective he looked thrown slants, and his accuracy when he was rolling out of the pocket.

Beck hit David Kircus, a star of Wednesday's practice, in full stride during one drill, beating Scorpio Babers for what would have been a touchdown.

As I said it was hard to determine which QB looked the best because McCown usually responded to something Beck did. A couple of plays after that nice pass to Kircus, McCown bulleted a intermediate pass along the sidelines to Ted Ginn Jr., who beat Will Allen on the skinny post.

He then hit Kircus with a touchdown catch in the redzone.

Beck followed it up by hitting Justin Wynn on a nice roll out for a decent gain, and he threw a rope to Selwyn Lymon, who caught it between Babers and Yeremiah Bell for another chunk of yardage.

I think it's interesting to note that Beck looked more impressive than McCown despite today apparently being McCown's turn to work with the first team.  All of Beck's impressive throws seem to have been passes completed to the likes of undrafted free agents or David Kircus (who is battling for the 4th or 5th WR spot).

Again, though, it's important to note that it's just one day.  Plenty of things can and will happen between now and September.  But it's a good sign that the offense seems to be coming together.

Omar closed his report by saying:

The one thing Wednesday's practice shows is that the vertical game Bill Parcells likes is alive, and coming.

Finally!!  No more dinking and dunking like Cam Cam had us doing!

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Funny, I was just going to post this :)

I think Omar is pretty fair, and I like his reports better than most of the local beat guys. I don’t think he has been as down on Beck as you make him out to be, but he absolutely did want Flacco and expect McCown to start.

I am most interested to find out who steps up at TE. With a power running game, and speed on the outside WR spots, a good TE should be able to exploit a seam route all day long. Who do you think it wil be? Do you think it will be one of the guys on the roster?

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Jun 4, 2008 2:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think this coaching

Staff will do a good job getting Martin to block better and with his speed I think those two will be a good 1 2 punch. This offense will use a lot of two TE sets which they will be able to pass out of or run without to many personal changes.

by jvw on Jun 4, 2008 3:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What is it about Beck

that a lot of bloggers and analysts dont like?? i mean, he hasnt even had a chance to fail yet…and nobody outside of this site gives him a chance. Dude is high second round pick…he can make all the throws, is clutch down the stretch…i know he needs some more live snaps but i just find it annoying that all these so called experts think that we should start McCown and that Henne is the “future” of the team just becase he was drafted by parcells. i know that beck is a huge student of the game and he has been practicing year round for this opportunity so i know he doesnt need any more motivation, but i really hope he comes through and shuts up all the haters and proves us right here at the phinsider!

by dlux2561 on Jun 4, 2008 3:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm right there with you

If I could pick which of the 3 QBs becomes a solid starter, I hope it’s Beck if only for the fact that many people want to just write him off already. And I love pulling for the underdog.

by Matty I on Jun 4, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My guess is

folks can’t get over the fact we didn’t draft Quinn so they are hating on Beck because cam felt he was as good as Quinn. Stupid reason. His Success is happy days for all of us on Sundays.

by jvw on Jun 4, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good point

People who really dislike Cam Cam probably tie Beck in with Cam and those fans likely want nothing to do with Cam’s 1 year here. Bad memories, I suppose.

by Matty I on Jun 4, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not here

I liked the Ginn the pick. I blame Cameron for not starting Beck when he should’ve (which was after the bye week) and keeping him in there. When he was in there he showed nothing for me to continue to be high on him (like all you with man crushes). He is now basically a 27 yr old rookie that was a disaster when he played last season.

Its as you are all pretending he didn’t play at all last year (or trying to forget it). Let him be a hard worker, a student of game the game all he wants (makes for a good coach). I wanna see results, and being considerably older than other rookies he has to show them quicker. This man can’t be 29 and still trying to show us something. Reminds me of a Chris Winke cast off.

Again I don’t blame John, I blame Cameron for my distaste for Beck.

Are you picking up what I'm putting down?

by Neo on Jun 4, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh no...

...I remember his play last year.

But I just have a “good feeling” about him.

by Matty I on Jun 4, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude, how can you honestly pretend that the guy got a fair shake last year.

I don’t say he’s “the guy”... the reality is that he is unproven, but you can’t really hold last year against him either. If he plays this year behind our improved line and takes sacks, then you can label him a bust.

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Jun 5, 2008 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hooray for a non JT post :)

It is way too early to determine this race for QB.

Give it a few months and things will start taking shape. Especially during the preseason.

As for Beck, remember that in the eyes of many he is last year’s flavor, sort to speak. So that alone will make some people doubt him.

I don’t see how anyone can give up on him but at the same time, I don’t see how anyone can be sold on him.

He, like the 2 other QB’s on the roster, has a lot to prove.

He has his chance, let’s see what he does with it.

by Natalya on Jun 4, 2008 5:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ah ha!

there you are!

;)

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Jun 4, 2008 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice reply

I agree. Geez, I’m so sick of hearing about JT.

Are you picking up what I'm putting down?

by Neo on Jun 5, 2008 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hate minicamp reports like these....

when we all get excited about the defense or offense playing really well…
because you never know if its because our O is great and our D is just below great or our D is just awful. For the past 8 years or so our O has looked horrible cuz our D was so damn good. so lets try to keep things in perspective here!

by YatilGinnJr on Jun 4, 2008 6:43 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Name of the year

I just hope Scorpio Babers makes the team.

"I'm not as deep and complicated as people think." -Mike Tyson

by seamusfurr on Jun 5, 2008 12:54 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Heh...

hi guys, nice that my absence was noticed, even if I wasn’t missed ;)

Mostly I’ve been riding my new motorcycle and relaxing in the summer.

Looking forward to the QB contest and how the new guys develop.

by Natalya on Jun 5, 2008 3:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

who says your weren't missed? :)

you are the voice of reason. Without your sage input, it has been total choas around here. Just look at Neo’s posts! Absolutely crazy!

;)

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Jun 5, 2008 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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