People can all talk about his age since hes only 25 but if you think thats old he can play more than 10 seasons if hes that good but overall being a year or two older than quinn gives him that poise beck has over quinn. He will probabbly be back up next season but i have some strange feeling that hes gonna start a few games in the season im exicted.
Let's not forget, Beck played better than Quinn against common opponents such as USC and Air Force .. Both BYU and Notre Dame played those teams .. I watched the tapes, and Beck executed with much better precision (and mechanical and methodical) rate than Quinn against those common opponents ..
......... There are loose ends to Quinn's game that you just don't feel with Beck when studying both of them .. You just feel safe with Beck guiding your team when watching .. It's kinda like in hockey when you have an ace goalie, you aren't worried when the other team brings the puck into your zone because your confident in your great goalie to stop the puck.. With a shaky goalie, you get more worried... I got the same feeling watching Beck and Quinn.. With Beck being the sure handed goalie and Quinn the shaky one ..
That's really the best analogy I can think of ..
I'm sure Cameron felt the same way when studying them ..
2004 Stats:
Beck: 7-10 for 96 (long of 50), 0 TD and 0 INT
Quinn: 26-47 for 265 (long of 54), 1 TD and 0 INT
2005 Stats:
Beck's stats: 26-45 for 317yds, 2 TDs, and 2 INTs (1 for a Pick-6)
Quinn's stats: 32-41 for 467yds, 6 TDs, 0 INTs
Totals:
Beck: 33-55 (60%) for 413, 2 TD, 2 INT (1 TD return)
Quinn: 58-88 (65%) for 732, 6 TD, 0 INT
Against Air Force in 2006:
Beck: 23-31 for 258 (74% 11.2per), 3 TDs, 0 INT
Quinn: 14-19 for 207 (74% 14.8per), 4 TDs, 0 INT
Just remember what age steve young started at.. And remember Roger Staubach started at age 27 since he was in the military.. All he did was lead the cowboys to multiple super bowl titles ..
Yeah , bit Beck can read defenses better, and he thinks faster than Quinn.. Those little extra miliseconds in the brain can be the difference between a very good QB to a below average one..
Beck is a much more accurate passer than Quinn .. Beck is just plain smarter and a quicker decison maker .. Quinn gets rattled when he gets hit .. Beck doesn't .. Beck plays much better in tough situations .. Beck is cool under fire .. Whereas Quinn gets hot which makes him rattled and plays worse..
Beck sure didn't look very cool under fire last year and definitely looked rattled. This is ridiculous. You can't crucify Quinn for struggling under pressure and then absolve Beck for the same thing.
This was posted before the season if I'm not mistaken.