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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
His excuses for the recent losing streak is that the supporting cast is consistently failing his hand picked QBs.
Whether that's accurate or not (and since I'm not doing game reviews...), Shanahan is wrong one way or another. Either he failed to build even an adequate supporting cast that can support Rex Grossman or the next QB, or he's excusing poor quarterback play by miscasting the blame.
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I think it's a bit of both. I'll admit Grossman is not the franchise QB we want him to be because his track record proves that. Looking back at how he was in Chicago and how he was second string in Houston tells it all. But I do see a lot of the INT's as not being his fault and is why I said Beck would not fair well either. Tipped passes, routes not being finished, receivers not going up after the ball and instead letting the defenders do it, receivers falling down on their routes, etc. etc.
We need a QB, one who's young and can be groomed for the future, but if we had any of the QB's taken in last yrs draft I doubt there would be a major difference. Look at it this way.... experience wise we have Moss (who now is injured) and Stallworth (who really doesn't have a clue). You can mention Armstrong but he's only got one year under his belt, Austin is getting more time this year then last, Paul is being used for his blocking ability, Hankerson finally see's the field and gets injured. Yea they picked up the ex Texan who caught a pass or two Sun but otherwise no one has experience other then Moss and Stallworth.
TE wise Cooley has been out, and Davis really only has about 1 yrs worth of playing time since Cooley got hurt last year up to now. So he's kinda learning also. The young guys are getting playing time like we wanted but this is what we have to deal with until they get better.