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Being a Redskins fan is like being in Greek hell. Year after year you root for them and hope they will win, but it is a futile effort; the boulder always rolls back down the hill. You know your team is in bad shape when they are seriously considering switching back to Rex Grossman at...

Record Prediction for the Washington Redskins

I am looking through the Schedule for the Washington Redskins this coming season and to me besides the Jets, Patriots, and the NFC East the Redskins have a good chance at winning almost every other game this season. I think that the Redskins will go 3-3 in the NFC East this year and loose to the Jets and Pats but have a good chance at winning season. I would say just from seeing them in the preseason this year that they will go 11-5 or 10-6. I know people will probably disagree with this prediction but I have faith in John Beck, Mike Shanahan, and the D-fense.

It will pretty much come down to the Redskins O-line being able to establish a running attack that will set up the play action and get John Beck out on the edges where he can make smart, accurate throws or pull it down and get first down with his feet. I have been pleasantly surprised with how well the running backs have looked along with the rest of the offense. Heck the whole team has looked like one of the best teams in the preseason. I know the preseason doesnt count for anything but it does show you how far along a team has come in understanding the system that they will run. From the looks of it the Redskins have shown a great understanding of the system on offense and defense and I believe the Redskins will have a great season.

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LaVar, Tracee Hamilton and Tarik El-Bashir joined Jonathan Forsythe on this week’s webcast to discuss what Mike Shanahan’s decision to start Beck or Grossman at Baltimore on Thursday will mean for Week 1 of the NFL season.

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John Beck vs. the Indianapolis Colts (8-19-11)

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The (immediate) future?

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Redskins Vs. Colts: John Beck Gets His Chance To Shine In Indianapolis

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Rex Grossman put it up 26 times for over 200 yards in only two quarters of play against the Steelers, so everyone relaxed a little about our QB situation.

That’s fine. I think the panic was overblown. But don’t assume Rex is a lock to start the season. He showed us an important trait—some...

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I knew it wasn’t going to happen overnight. One thing I told Dan Snyder was: ‘If you don’t plan on me being here for five years to do this the right way, then you shouldn’t hire Mike Shanahan. But I’m going to do it the right way. And if you believe in my background and you believe in what I’ve done, then you should hire me. But if you’re going to ask me to take shortcuts, I’m not going to take shortcuts. I’m going to do it the right way.’ And he said he would… And when we do have this thing turned around, people will see it, and say, ‘Oh my God, that’s the way you do it.’

Mike Shanahan, recently, to Mike Wise of the Washington Post (via burgundyblog)

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In Shanahan's eyes, John Beck is the Washington Redskins starting quarterback according to the Washington Post's Jason Reid. Click on the picture to go to the Washington Post to read the article. I agree and think that the job is Beck's for one simple reason; he is a good quarterback right now that has the potential to become a great quarterback in the NFL. There are people who say that he can't succeed because nobody has ever done what he is trying to do which is become a starting quarterback for basically the first time at the age of 30. But Beck has done a lot of things that people have never done since his high school days. In Beck's senior season in high school he won the Arizona 5A state championship while setting the state record for touchdown passes, and winning the player of the year award. One might think well Arizona isn't known as a powerhouse for highschool football but his senior season at Mountain View (the same school that Todd Heap and Max Hall of the Arizona Cardinals went to) in Mesa, Arizona he played against many future NFL players such as the Buffalo Bills starting QB Ryan Fitzpatrick. He also played against the Baltimore Raven's stud outside linbacker Terrell Suggs. Suggs rushed for over 2,000 yards as a running back his senior year at Hamilton in Chandler Arizona. Both of these players have been successful in the NFL as any football fan knows. Then after serving a 2 year Mormon mission in Portugal where he learned Portuguese and Spanish he went to BYU where he started as true Freshman. He was only the second true freshman to start for the Cougars. Then he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round number 40 overall. By being drafted at #40 overall Beck was the highest drafted Quarterback who went on a Mormon mission ever. The point I am trying to make is that Beck has done things his whole life that other players have not done, and I believe that he will continue to do break ground and do things nobody else has ever done. He has never taken the easy path and has never been given anything, he has blazed his own trail while proving the doubters wrong. I am extremely excited that Beck is playing for a coaching staff that believes in him and I am confident that he will be a successful Quarterback for the Washington Redskins.

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Click on the link to watch John Beck talk about getting back into the groove, playing in the next preseason game, and what he expects out of this week in practice.

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Legend will continue until Beck's on field

By: Thom Loverro | Examiner Sports Columnist | Follow Him | @Thomloverro

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John Beck has not thrown a regular-season pass since he played for the Dolphins in 2007, but some media reports have the Redskins'quarterback job as his to lose.The best thing that can happen to the legend of John Beck is for him not to take a snap Friday night in the Washington Redskins' preseason opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In fact, nothing will further the legend of Beck -- the greatest lockout quarterback in NFL history -- more than never stepping on the playing field for the Redskins.

What might have been has a better chance of enhancing the Beck legacy than what might be.

Obviously, Beck has different priorities. He wants to get on the field to win the Redskins' starting quarterback job.

He may have to wait for that since he is still nursing a groin injury and his playing status is in question for the first preseason game. Rex Grossman -- his so-called competition -- likely will get the starting nod Friday night.

Playing only can endanger Beck's place in Redskins history as the greatest quarterback this franchise has ever not seen.

Beck had a few minutes in the preseason last year and five forgettable games for the Miami Dolphins in 2007, completing 60 passes and throwing one touchdown and three interceptions in 107 attempts.

Beck didn't throw a pass for the Dolphins in 2008 and then was released by Miami. Baltimore picked him up for the 2009 season, but Beck didn't throw a pass for the Ravens, and he was traded to Washington in August 2010 for Doug Dutch.

One month later, the Redskins signed Beck to a two-year contract extension worth $2.25 million.

As soon as last season ended, Beck began talking his way into the favored position as the Redskins' starting quarterback.

"That's what I'm hoping for. That's what I'm working for," Beck said then. "When I go into this offseason, that's what I'm preparing for. I want to compete to start."

Beck kept talking to whomever would listen until finally people noticed that, yes, John Beck was on the roster and, yes, he may be an option for Mike Shanahan at quarterback.

"What I want to accomplish is I want to be the guy," Beck told reporters after an April players workout during the lockout.

Soon -- particularly after Shan?ahan didn't draft a quarterback -- it was in everybody's head. ESPN reported that going into training camp it was Beck's job to lose. Sports Illustrated's Peter King came to Redskins Park last week and wrote, "It'll be a surprise if John Beck doesn't win the starting quarterback job."

And so here we are, crowning a 29-year-old third-string Eagle Scout quarterback as the leader of the Washington Redskins without ever throwing a pass. It's too good a story to be ruined by Beck actually having to play quarterback.

It's a football version of Roy Hobbs -- with a twist. They will say about John Beck, "He's the best that never was."

Examiner columnist Thom Loverro is the co-host of "The Sports Fix" from noon to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday on ESPN980 and espn980.com. Contact him at [email protected].

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