Dolphins Give the Ball to Rookie Beck

[Hostile]

This is the guy I wanted so bad. But not in the 2nd round.

Report: Cameron decides to start Beck over Lemon

Associated Press

Updated: November 14, 2007, 11:29 AM ET

DAVIE, Fla. -- The winless Miami Dolphins have decided to find out whether rookie John Beck is their quarterback of the future.

Beck



Beck will make his NFL debut when he starts Sunday at Philadelphia, replacing Cleo Lemon with the first team. Coach Cam Cameron told the quarterbacks of the change Wednesday, a person familiar with the conversation told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Cameron planned to wait until after practice to announce his decision.

Beck, a second-round draft pick from BYU, will become the 12th quarterback to start for the Dolphins since Dan Marino retired following the 1999 season. He'll be the third starter at QB this season for winless Miami, following Trent Green and Lemon.

Green started the first five games but went on injured reserve Oct. 20 following his second severe concussion in 13 months. Cameron decided to promote Beck after the Dolphins lost the past five games with Lemon as the quarterback.

The Dolphins are only the seventh team to start 0-9 since 1990.
Beck was the first quarterback drafted in the first or second round by the Dolphins since Marino. Giving him a tryout now will help them decide whether they need to acquire a quarterback in 2008.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

With their current record, with virtually no shot at the post season plus honestly almost no showing of being on the cusp of something positive....not much else you can do.

You only hope that it does not ruin a young player being put in an almost impossible situation. Sure it gives the young player exp for the future but in some situations it can ruin a player.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Cameron's saving his job at the expense of Beck. He can now defend a truly gawdawful season by saying he was building for the future.

There's no way Beck benefits from playing this early this season on a team this bad. To this day I'll still argue that the pounding Aikman took his rookie year cost him a few more quality season at the end of his career.

 

[03EBZ06]

They can't get any worse with Beck and if they believe Beck has any future of being a starting QB then it certainly can't hurt him by getting him some real game experiences.