PRESS RELEASE & Ryan O'Halloran tweet - Ravens QB Beck traded to Redskins

[Mickalino]

I don't know if it's been mentioned already, but in only 107 pass attempts, Beck fumbled SEVEN times (5 were lost)

[darrelgreenie]

This the article i was looking for earlier:

http://www.testsportsclubs.com/cms/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=lY3poMskCsg%3D&tabid=94& mid=682

MAXIMIZING MOTION

BY JENNY VRENTAS

AND ANDRE MALOK

When quarterbacks do their position drills at the

NFL Combine, team scouts and personnel

are eager for a live look at how they

throw the football. Quarterbacks are

taken through a battery of drills that

assess attributes such as their grip on

the ball and their footwork.

They are also clocked with a radar

gun to measure the velocity with

which they throw on an out

route. Basic physics can

show us how velocity

translates to the

football field, using

the 20-yard out as a benchmark for a

quarterback’s pro-readiness.

At the 2008 NFL Combine, Ravens first-round

pick and TEST client Joe Flacco — who had a

meteoric rise up the draft boards last spring —

set the mark for throwing velocity at 58 mph.

“He separated himself from just about

everybody by the velocity of the ball,” said

Flacco’s agent, Joe Linta, “though it’s really one

factor in the whole process.”

The flight of a football can be calculated using

equations for projectile motion, if air drag is

neglected.

John Beck's arm strength was tested at 61.1

He recorded the 2nd highest velocity of any quarterback at the 2007 combine, whistling the pigskin at 61.1 miles per hour.

http://www.craveonline.com/sports/article/brigham-youngs-john-beck-63171

I'm glad we brought Beck on board, i was actually hoping for/predicted it:

The Ravens have 4 QBs on their roster

Flacco, Bulger and Troy Smith and John Beck

I would rather have Troy Smith or John Beck then Rex Grossman

Hell yes.

Rex Grossman scares me.

I hope we bring in someone that's a legitimate threat to him for the back-up spot.

I was hoping that guy was Colt Brennan; but i don't know seeing Colt as the No.2 kinda scares me too.

My wishful thinking:

Troy Smith or John Beck is about to get released by the Ravens b/c they signed Marc Bulger.

I would love to see Troy Smith or even Beck as battle Rex.

Eric Ainge or Kevin O'Connell could also be avaible b/c the Jets signed Brunell.

[Est.1974]

I'm glad we brought Beck on board, i was actually hoping for/predicted it:

I thought of your post's when I heard about this trade. Good call..

Sounds like Beck is someone Kyle Shanahan is high on & was chasing a while back.

[Destructis]

Zorn basically ruined Colt.

Of course it had nothing to do with being drafted in the 7th round. Most GM's didn't think Colt would ever make it in the NFL. He had college success because of the offensive scheme. He played in June Jones run-n-shoot. Colt had a lot of mechanics problems going into the NFL without the leadership intangibles of someone like Tebow. I have no idea if Tebow will make it in the NFL either, but he does have some intangibles that at least gives him a chance.

I am not anti Colt, he just didn't have what it takes in my opinion.

[bulldog]

Brennan by all accounts wasn't even close to Bartel and Grossman in the offseason work.

Shanahan is methodically weeding out guys that don't perform with a degree of consistency.

That's why I think Kelly and some other former Cerrato picks could be close to done here.

You don't make the team from the training table.

[Oldskool]

This the article i was looking for earlier:

He recorded the 2nd highest velocity of any quarterback at the 2007 combine, whistling the pigskin at 61.1 miles per hour.

Great. He may have a career in the MLB after he washes out of the NFL. :evilg:

The more telling aspect of Beck is his INT's. He throws one INT for every ~36 passes, which isn't something that inspires confidence. He also hangs onto the ball too much, as he's been sacked 69 times and fumbled 7 times in 5 career games. Also hasn't thrown a pass in 2 years...

Yeah I really hope Bartel wins a roster spot over this guy.

[Oldskool]

Rex Grossman-QB-Redskins Aug. 2 - 4:08 pm et

Updating previous items, the Washington Post reports that Rex Grossman is "entrenched" as the Redskins' No. 2 quarterback.

We admittedly jumped the gun when saying newly acquired John Beck might push Grossman to be Donovan McNabb's primary backup. Beck, a former second-round bust, will compete with Richard Bartel to be third string.

Source: Washington Post

Related: John Beck, Richard Bartel

[Redskins Life]

Excuse my ignorance; I am new here (as a poster, not a visitor), but I don't understand the animosity towards a player on all of our favorite team. Colt is a member of the Washington Redskins, and he may possess the talent to take our favorite team somewhere in a positive direction one day, yet so many fans around here trash the guy.

I have seen some posters say that it isn't Colt, but his fans or the "Cult" that bothers them and therefore they want to see the kid fail. Why? Why would anyone want to have a player on their favorite football team fail because of the opinions of other fans, which that player has no control over and cannot be held accountable for them? That doesn't make much sense to me.

Personally, I'm not a Colt fan; I'm a Washington Redskins fan and he is currently a member of that team. Therefore, I want him to succeed. I want him to be the next Brett Favre, John Elway, Joe Montana, Sonny J. (Sonny said he saw a lot of himself in the kid). Why wouldn't any Redskins fan want that? It isn't like we are talking about Michael Vick, which I could understand the polarization of fans if we were.

Colt could be gone soon due to this trade today, but if he re-emerges elsewhere as the next Favre, I bet many who talked the guy down will get mad at management for letting him go, though you've been asking for it for some time. We should all be happy that we have such an array of competition and talent at what is probably the most important position in all of team sports. So, let's all try to be cool headed about this. Remember the old adage: be careful of what you wish for, because you just might get it.

Just my two cents. I apologize if that offended anyone.

[JustAfan47]

Rex Grossman-QB-Redskins Aug. 2 - 4:08 pm et

Updating previous items, the Washington Post reports that Rex Grossman is "entrenched" as the Redskins' No. 2 quarterback.

We admittedly jumped the gun when saying newly acquired John Beck might push Grossman to be Donovan McNabb's primary backup. Beck, a former second-round bust, will compete with Richard Bartel to be third string.

Source: Washington Post

Related: John Beck, Richard Bartel

Not a fan of sexy rexy as our number 2 he is just god awful. They could keep it open for the best man.

[Stew]

Great. He may have a career in the MLB after he washes out of the NFL. :evilg:

The more telling aspect of Beck is his INT's. He throws one INT for every ~36 passes, which isn't something that inspires confidence. He also hangs onto the ball too much, as he's been sacked 69 times and fumbled 7 times in 5 career games. Also hasn't thrown a pass in 2 years...

Yeah I really hope Bartel wins a roster spot over this guy.

Wow... when you put it like that, the only thing I can say is.... +1

[msak24cardss]

NOOOOO we don't want a QB. We need a WR. Wake up !!!!

[SKINchiefer]

I wasn't a big Colt fan, but I think he is better than Beck although Shanny may prove otherwise. Well see.

[NavyDave]

Zorn basically ruined Colt.

Naw, If you going to blame anybody but Colt, then Blame the Georgia Defense for exposing him and the run and shoot from the Wack.

[daNattyFatty]

Excuse my ignorance; I am new here (as a poster, not a visitor), but I don't understand the animosity towards a player on all of our favorite team. Colt is a member of the Washington Redskins, and he may possess the talent to take our favorite team somewhere in a positive direction one day, yet so many fans around here trash the guy.

I have seen some posters say that it isn't Colt, but his fans or the "Cult" that bothers them and therefore they want to see the kid fail. Why? Why would anyone want to have a player on their favorite football team fail because of the opinions of other fans, which that player has no control over and cannot be held accountable for them? That doesn't make much sense to me.

Personally, I'm not a Colt fan; I'm a Washington Redskins fan and he is currently a member of that team. Therefore, I want him to succeed. I want him to be the next Brett Favre, John Elway, Joe Montana, Sonny J. (Sonny said he saw a lot of himself in the kid). Why wouldn't any Redskins fan want that? It isn't like we are talking about Michael Vick, which I could understand the polarization of fans if we were.

Colt could be gone soon due to this trade today, but if he re-emerges elsewhere as the next Favre, I bet many who talked the guy down will get mad at management for letting him go, though you've been asking for it for some time. We should all be happy that we have such an array of competition and talent at what is probably the most important position in all of team sports. So, let's all try to be cool headed about this. Remember the old adage: be careful of what you wish for, because you just might get it.

Just my two cents. I apologize if that offended anyone.

It's because he was a long shot to make it in the league in the first place. 7th round draft picks, are 7th rounders for a reason. Sure, there are guys drafted late, or undrafted for that matter, that end up making a team, but it's usually because they played their tail off during training camp and gave the coaching staff a reason to keep them around.

Colt had potential, as a project, but what did he do with it? Nothing. If he had just blown Campbell away during his first two camps, he would've been starting. But obviously, he didn't. During last year's training camp, he was arrogant, and as a few posters have pointed out in other threads, nearly lost his spot to Chase Daniel.

With that all being said, the CoC sure didn't help his image with the more down to earth members here. I'm sure the hate is there more to stick it to the cult.

[The Tris]

Not a fan of sexy rexy as our number 2 he is just god awful. They could keep it open for the best man.

Rex Grossman – Grossman logged his best day in what has been a series of good days for him. He has a high comfort level with this offense, is moving well in the pocket, being decisive, completing a high percentage of passes, and making the big plays as well. If Grossman was not playing behind a player of McNabb’s pedigree, and did not once have a game with a 1.3 QB rating, there would be a quarterback controversy raging.

The disjoint between perception and reality is no more clearly demonstrated than in the cases of Colt Brennan and Rex Grossman.

[Spartacus87]

I really don't get why everyone's so down on Grossman for right now.

He knows Kyle's system from last year, he has experience, and he's the 2nd string QB.

If your 2nd string QB is seeing a lot of action, that either means you're blowing teams out, or it's bad news for your 1st string QB, and that's rarely a good situation no matter who your 2nd string guy is.

For the first season under the Mike/Kyle program, we could do a lot worse than Grossman as our backup.

[mossomo]

sitting on his knees from the 47 yard-line John Beck once tossed a ball through the uprights in BYU’s indoor practice facility! If that doesn’t demonstrate his freakish arm, then maybe the fact that he can throw the ball 75 yards regularly while standing on two feet does!

Incredible.

And Becks clocks at throwing 61.1 miles per hour...

Nice article DG.

[daNattyFatty]

I really don't get why everyone's so down on Grossman for right now.

He knows Kyle's system from last year, he has experience, and he's the 2nd string QB.

If your 2nd string QB is seeing a lot of action, that either means you're blowing teams out, or it's bad news for your 1st string QB, and that's rarely a good situation no matter who your 2nd string guy is.

For the first season under the Mike/Kyle program, we could do a lot worse than Grossman as our backup.

It's ES, the members need to b**** about something

[darklight1216]

Excuse my ignorance; I am new here (as a poster, not a visitor), but I don't understand the animosity towards a player on all of our favorite team. Colt is a member of the Washington Redskins, and he may possess the talent to take our favorite team somewhere in a positive direction one day, yet so many fans around here trash the guy.

If you hang aroung long enough, you'll find that many people simply hate the hero worship that he hasn't earned.

NOOOOO we don't want a QB. We need a WR. Wake up !!!!

The wr equivilant of John Beck wouldn't be of much help. That would be like if Baltimore had traded Eron Riley, I suppose, or Marcus Smith.

[mossomo]

The more telling aspect of Beck is his INT's. He throws one INT for every ~36 passes

You miss read oldskool. 36 TDs to 8 INTs. 8 INTs while throwing for 3,885 yards - not bad.

Beck ranked in the top five quarterbacks in the NCAA in nearly every major offensive category: points responsible for (19 ppg.), total passing yardage (3,885 yards), and passing yards per game (323.75 ypg.). That is not even mentioning Beck tossed an eye gouging touchdown to interception ratio (32 touchdowns: 8 interceptions) and a hair-raising completion percentage of 69.3 percent. The guy nearly averaged a first down every time he completed a pass this season (9.3 yards per completion)!

[darklight1216]

Originally Posted by article

sitting on his knees from the 47 yard-line John Beck once tossed a ball through the uprights in BYU’s indoor practice facility! If that doesn’t demonstrate his freakish arm, then maybe the fact that he can throw the ball 75 yards regularly while standing on two feet does!

Kyle Boller, is that you? O.o

[Oldskool]

You miss read oldskool. 36 TDs to 8 INTs. 8 INTs while throwing for 3,885 yards - not bad.

My stats are from the NFL. You know, where such things matter? Not from the NCAA where, if such things did translate, Colt McCoy's Canton bust would almost be ready...

[gutlead74]

I was scared when I saw this announcement, I had flashbacks of draft picks just flying out of redskins park. Then I found out we just gave up Doug Dutch, he wasn't making this team anyway, to get anything for him is an absolute steal. Don't really have a strong feeling about beck but hell for doug Dutch I'll take it all day long.

[bulldog]

You don't need a gun for an arm in running the WCO. Accuracy and consistency are much more important factors in determining success.

As the OC, Kyle Shanahan, should have the right to tell Allen and his father what kind of quarterbacks he thinks he can develop.

[SWFLSkins]

My stats are from the NFL. You know, where such things matter? Not from the NCAA where, if such things did translate, Colt McCoy's Canton bust would almost be ready...

Sorry I can't help myself, but here is an early preview of the bust....;