Who's the Starting QB next Season?

[colkurtz]

This is the year of the QB. Shanahan and Allen have tried to build a team, by dumping the old guys, doing a pretty good jobs of drafting hard-working, good character players (except Williams, cough, cough).

Who will be the main starter next season? Keep building the rest of the team with another Rex year? Trade away a boatload of draft picks and a player or two to get Luck or RIII? Trade down and go for the next level of QBs? Flynn" Peyton Manning? Someone not on the radar right now? Take your pick and let us know why you made the choice. Right before the draft I'll run this again and we'll eventually compare it to the real winner. Then you can crow or eat crow all you want. What say yee now?

[Lavar703]

RGIII

In my honest opinion we will luck out and the Rams will be willing to deal with us. We will most likely send our first, second and fourth this year and a third next year to St.Louis as we will be bidding against ourselves. While many think the Browns would sacrifice two first round picks to move up two spots I disagree. Peyton Manning has no business being a Redskin and he will most likely get hurt immediately and I honestly can't believe people consider this a serious option after all of our other debacles with aged free agents?

[colkurtz]

We do what it takes to trade draft picks to get RGIII. We may even hedge the choice by getting Flynn into the mix. We have a no kidding, true, QB competition in TC and PS. The best man starts on game one.

[wide_awake]

Flynn signs with Miami, and the Browns bail out of the bidding and we move up to #2 to take RGIII!

Browns are a conservative team, I don't seem offering their 1st round pick(s). I think they take Tannehill mid 1st round.

[colkurtz]

Originally Posted by wide_awake

Flynn signs with Miami, and the Browns bail out of the bidding and we move up to #2 to take RGIII!

Browns are a conservative team, I don't seem offering their 1st round pick(s). I think they take Tannehill mid 1st round.

Either way we will have to trade up to #2 to make sure we get RGIII!

[colkurtz]

Bringing in a player like RGIII will add a huge amount of fan excitement this year. Mt Dan will not have to cut up a big chunk of seats again to keep the myth of 40+years of sold out games.....

[IH Brave]

What? No Grossman on the list?

[shally]

Too early to get a fix on the pick because we havent entered free agency yet

I dont think it will be Flynn because we could have traded for him last year, and I dont think we made any effort

I think the lure of Manning will be so great that I think Snyder would want him, but I think that Shanahan was soured enough by the McNabb experience that he wont go there

So Flynn goes to Cleveland and Manning goes to Miami

I think Rex gets re signed one way or the other to start the year.

Who does Shanahan draft ?
I think it is NOT going to be RGIII for a couple of reasons
A. Shanahan doesnt like pillaging the draft to move up a lot. Yes, he moved up about 4 spots to get Cutler, but that isnt like trading 2 number 1's and other picks to move up to the second overall pick..
B I think thatRGIII likely goes at the second overall, but I am also going to say that I think that Shanahan decides he likes one of the QB's he sees while coaching the SB and drafts that guy to groom behind Rex. I also think that if Tannehill has a private workout and wows Shanahan , he could be the pick, but I think that working with a guy for a week will give Shanahan a better feel and that is where the pick will come from..

I think it is either going to be Foles or Weeden, and that means we better be prepared to see a trade back from the number 6 slot because neither of those guys is going at #6

[hail2skins]

It looks like a lot of wishful thinking in here. I also believe Grossman should be on the list. I don't think we get RG III and we. If we do somehow get him, he needs to play from day 1 and not sit. That's too much to give up for a guy to have him sit. Especially if it's behind Grossman.

I don't think the Redskins should just select a QB that excites the fan base from Day 1. They need to select one that will be consistently good and that will excite the fan base over time.

I don't think Shanny goes after Manning even if he Danny throws a tantrum. Shanny has already come out and said we don't have the depth so he can't say that and then surrender a lot of picks to move up. Yeah there's free agency but we need to brew our own talent.

Is this a make or break season for Shanny in terms of the QB position. You bet your @ss it is.

I would be careful with the RG III talk.

[AustinSkin]

Originally Posted by shally

Too early to get a fix on the pick because we havent entered free agency yet

I dont think it will be Flynn because we could have traded for him last year, and I dont think we made any effort

I think the lure of Manning will be so great that I think Snyder would want him, but I think that Shanahan was soured enough by the McNabb experience that he wont go there

So Flynn goes to Cleveland and Manning goes to Miami

I think Rex gets re signed one way or the other to start the year.

Who does Shanahan draft ?
I think it is NOT going to be RGIII for a couple of reasons
A. Shanahan doesnt like pillaging the draft to move up a lot. Yes, he moved up about 4 spots to get Cutler, but that isnt like trading 2 number 1's and other picks to move up to the second overall pick..
B I think thatRGIII likely goes at the second overall, but I am also going to say that I think that Shanahan decides he likes one of the QB's he sees while coaching the SB and drafts that guy to groom behind Rex. I also think that if Tannehill has a private workout and wows Shanahan , he could be the pick, but I think that working with a guy for a week will give Shanahan a better feel and that is where the pick will come from..

I think it is either going to be Foles or Weeden, and that means we better be prepared to see a trade back from the number 6 slot because neither of those guys is going at #6

I went with RGIII, but only because that's what I would like to see.

Alternatively, I could handle Rex starting, but ONLY if we had a stud O-Line, a money receiver (Colston, Jeffery, etc.) and promising backup prospects in Tannehill/Foles/Weeden/Keenum/Moore.

As much as I hated Rex's performance this year, he might fare better if he had a monster O-Line that gave him the extra couple of seconds to make better decisions. A great O-Line makes mediocre QBs look stellar.

[shally]

Iam also going to predict that if we DO end up with RGII it will be because he either falls to us at #6
or we trade with someone other than the Rams at 2.. My guess is that the Rams will want the moon and stars and Shanahan simply wont pay it..The Rams will put the pick out for bids and if Cleveland doesnt give them what they want they will likely end up taking Khalil or Blackmon
With each pick that ensues, the cost will drop, so my guess is that it will either be Minny or Tampa that we do trade with if we move up for RGII

My guess would be that if he lasts until #5 at Cleveland we could even be trading with them IF they have already signed Flynn, or if they think that McCoy is good enough, or they want another specific player.. We could trade with Cleveland to keep a team like Miami or Seattle from moving up, and the cost wouldnt be that bad to move from 6 to 5

lots of intrigue to come.. in the end, I just have a gut feeling it will be someone other than RGIII that Shanahan adds..again, I still think we re sign Rex one way or the other..

[akhhorus]

Grossman.

[shally]

Originally Posted by akhhorus

Grossman.

?? with or without a draft qb ??

i think Grossman will begin the season as starter.. but the real question is whether Shanahan actually drafts someone credible to replace him.. what's your call ??

[Redskin4Life]

I'm still sticking with my #6 pick for Bradford so the Rams can give the Colts the #2 and #6 for #1 (Luck). Colts then flip #2 for #4 and #22 from Cleveland (they take Blackmon). Colts then get RG3 and Claiborne/Kirkpatrick with 4 and 6. Or trade the 6 pick for more. Either way, I think the Colts have Manning on the team next year along with the QB of the future (other than Luck).

[SkinsfaninNJ]

Tannehill in a trade down or with the second round pick. I think another place holder could be signed to start game one though. I don't think it will be Grossman, but it will be a Grossman type.