Video Time!

Now it may seem that I am being hyper-critical of Beck. Let me say that I do like him and his abilities. He can be very accurate on the short passes, and I've seen some glimpses of accuracy down the field. I wanted him to play immediately after the bye week last year and let him ride out the year, hits to the ego and all. This "kid" doesn't have a lot of time to show he can be a good starter.

What do I need to see more of to see if he's the answer to our QB problem? I need to see if he has consistent accuracy on the passes that are more than 10 yds. If he isn't consistently accurate down the field, he's another Jay Fiedler. What that means is that the team CAN win with him, but will NOT win because of him. It means he will be a middle of the pack QB at best. Without that accuracy down the field, he is just another caretaker of the QB position for us.

We'll know what BP thinks of him by how he drafts. If he picks one of the 2nd tier QB's, Henne, Flacco, etc.. its my opinion that he doesn't view him as a longterm solution. If he waits until the later rounds to draft a QB, then that tells me that BP thinks Beck can get the job done. We'll see.

You see a great array of passes, all with touch and accuracy.

The shuttle pass

Throwing on the roll out

Dump off with touch to Booker over the blitzing LB in his face.

Slicing passes over the middle between coverage.

Cinci had not given up and was challenging the receivers in nickel and dime formations.

Rather than picking Ryan, stick with Beck and pick Jake Long to bookend with Carey to give Beck the kind of time he saw in the Cinci game.  I promise you will be happy with the results.

At some point the comparisons to Howie began to fade. Even though they both played defensive end in a 3-4, Chris is clearly quicker with his feet and his hands, so much so that he's capable of becoming an outside linebacker in the NFL. Steve Rosner, who represents Howie and used to represent Lawrence Taylor, turned to Howie during a game at Virginia last fall and told him, "Chris is as close to Lawrence Taylor as anybody I've ever seen."

The Miami Dolphins, who have the first pick in the draft, will have all the intelligence they need on Chris. Their new executive vice president is Bill Parcells, under whom Groh worked as an assistant during Parcells's stints with the New York Giants, New England Patriots and New York Jets. Groh has told Parcells, "He's your kind of player."