NatCyn
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I know that as I was literally jumping up and down in anticipation of the Dolphins selecting who I thought would be Brady Quinn at nine I heard Chris Mortensen say that as soon as Miami drafted a QB in the first round that "13" would get slapped on his jersey and he would immediately be compared to Dan for the rest of his career.
Well obviously I was outraged and then crushed and now I'm beginning to at least stomach the Ginn pick (which is another issue altogether) but I kind of started to think about this. In Beck, Cameron has a player who is intelligent and very capable of learning and running a professional system, is hard-working and seemingly a level-headed, intelligent guy, and who is incredibly accurate. That's exactly what Cameron wanted in Trent Green. I think that Cameron has the QB to run his system in Beck, and by picking a player in the 2nd instead of taking a high profile first rounder, Cameron can sign the player cheaper so we don't pay first round money to a player that will probably sit all year, and he won't be immediately put in the shadow of Dan Marino.
Because think of how much harder it would be for a first round QB to step on to the field and face all the hype and expectation from day one, versus a guy from BYU at 2 who can get some coaching and fly below the radar for a bit. Once the draft buzz dies, Beck will go back to having some semblance of anonymity and he'll be able to focus on learning.
I don't like the pick, but I understand it and I feel like ol' number 13 may have been a consideration. The pyschological make-up of a QB is important and that would weigh on a QB's pysche. And I know Quinn had to live up to being a QB at Notre Dame, but be realistic how successful was he, really? He got blown out in two BCS games and never brought it in big games. I think maybe this just wasn't the optimal situation for him. Thoughts? This is probably getting merged...
Well obviously I was outraged and then crushed and now I'm beginning to at least stomach the Ginn pick (which is another issue altogether) but I kind of started to think about this. In Beck, Cameron has a player who is intelligent and very capable of learning and running a professional system, is hard-working and seemingly a level-headed, intelligent guy, and who is incredibly accurate. That's exactly what Cameron wanted in Trent Green. I think that Cameron has the QB to run his system in Beck, and by picking a player in the 2nd instead of taking a high profile first rounder, Cameron can sign the player cheaper so we don't pay first round money to a player that will probably sit all year, and he won't be immediately put in the shadow of Dan Marino.
Because think of how much harder it would be for a first round QB to step on to the field and face all the hype and expectation from day one, versus a guy from BYU at 2 who can get some coaching and fly below the radar for a bit. Once the draft buzz dies, Beck will go back to having some semblance of anonymity and he'll be able to focus on learning.
I don't like the pick, but I understand it and I feel like ol' number 13 may have been a consideration. The pyschological make-up of a QB is important and that would weigh on a QB's pysche. And I know Quinn had to live up to being a QB at Notre Dame, but be realistic how successful was he, really? He got blown out in two BCS games and never brought it in big games. I think maybe this just wasn't the optimal situation for him. Thoughts? This is probably getting merged...