Did anyone see Brian Griese last night? He looked pretty good. I bet most of us would love to see that kind of play out of our QBs. I only remind people of that because it seems to be the cool thing to do to pile on Beck and want to send him on his way just like we did Griese.
I think Beck did ok seeing as how he played against a very hungry and outstanding defense. I think Tampa was ranked 2nd last year in total defense and makes a lot of QBs look bad. I think Henne looked better but then again ... he wasn't playing the starting defense in the 2nd quarter and was playing even less in the third. I have no excuses for McCown other than he just didn't add anything to the no talents around him.
I think it's really funny how many times I read today that Henne played awesome and Besk sucked balls. Henne got us 6 points with the help of a running game. I don't think we had that to start the game.
Let's look at stats.
Chad Henne 5 /10 for 67 yards, 50% comp 1 sack 0 TD 0 INT
John Beck 5/9 for 45 yards, 55.6% comp 1 sack 0 TD 0 INT (One incompletion was to avoid a bad play ... great decision)
Not a whole lot of difference even though one played the 1st quarter against starters and the other the 2nd and third against whatever. I'm not saying Beck rocks and Henne sucks but I am saying that perception is certainly skewed by some underlying issues and not the results of play last night. It's a long preseason so I feel the need to advise som of you to relax.
I had the pleasure to watch this game on the NFL network today, and to be brutally honest I do not think Beck played well at all. He through little dink and dunks to the fullback where Henne went down the field more. Beck also fumbled the ball but recovered it himself. It is sad to say Becks best play was a 9 yard pass to Ginn. Beck could not and did not move this team. Henne was good but not drop your jaw impressive, his awareness in the pocket was outstanding, where Beck looked rushed and panic. I am expecting McCown to be cut within the next week. To me it makes sense to keep two young QB's and a veteran in Pennington on the team. I do hope Henne keeps showing us progress in the preseason.
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