Moss makes no bones about where he stands. He says there's "no question" Grossman should keep the job and that "you just can't give up on somebody because they had a bad outing."
2011 STATSAtt165Comp92Yds1132TD6Int9Rat66.5I find this interesting because I remember doing a phone interview with Moss two days before the Redskins' first game of the season, and he said more than once that the players on the team supported the decision of Shanahan and the coaching staff to go with Grossman over John Beck as the starting quarterback. Moss echoed Shanahan's belief that the offensive system in Washington is the important thing, and that Grossman had shown in his late-season action last year that he knew how to run it. Therefore, the players trust him to do so. Moss said he wasn't knocking Beck, but rather standing behind what he believed Grossman had shown them all last season. The problem is that Grossman hasn't been playing well, and the four interceptions Sunday certainly merited a benching in favor of Beck. And the fact that Beck led a late scoring drive that cut Philly's lead to a touchdown works in his favor in the short term. But I wonder if the Redskins players who support Grossman will be annoyed if Shanahan picks Beck, and whether that possibility will factor into the decision.
The plain fact is, the injuries to starting left guard Kory Lichtensteiger, starting left tackle Trent Williams and tight end Chris Cooley are likely to make it much more difficult for whoever the Redskins' quarterback is to perform optimally. With all of those guys missing, the offense isn't likely to run as smoothly as it did early in the season, and whoever the quarterback is will likely endure undue blame if the team continues to struggle.
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