2012 QB Prospects (Part 2)

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Originally Posted by SkinzWin

I agree it was a bad decision to not have a developmental QB. However, I feel that the reason for this was Shanny had a win now mentality when he got here, and when that didn't happen, he went into rebuild mode and didn't like anyone he saw last year so chose to improve other badly performing positions.

I think there is a big difference between getting McNabb (which costed the team a 2nd rounder) and going after some of the free agents that were available this past offseason. I don't think anyone was expecting MS to trade for a veteran QB this offseason, but I just find it hard to believe that Rex and Beck were the best options out there.

Granted, that there is always the possibility that maybe none of these vet QBs wanted to come here. But I think the starting QB position was wide open here in Washington, and I find it hard to believe that the likes of Matt Leinart, Vince Young, and possibly Tavaris Jackson would not have wanted to compete for a starting position. I'm not saying that these guys would have meant playoffs for us, but I think they are slightly better than the two QBs we have on roster.

In the end, many things could have happened, but I just hope MS' decision to go with these two guys were truly the result of the lockout and what not, and not an actual decision by the coaching staff to depend on these guys. We will never know, since MS would never go out and said that he had to settle for these guys.