Redskins WR Moss on if QB Grossman should keep his job: “No question”

Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss made it crystal clear who he wants under center throwing him the football.

Moss, when asked if quarterback Rex Grossman should keep his starting gig after a shaky four-interception performance against the Eagles on Sunday, said: “You just can’t give up on somebody because they had a bad outing.”

The former Hurricane standout also said there’s “no question” that Grossman should remain the team’s starting signal caller, despite being benched for John Beck in the fourth quarter.

The Redskins, who lost to the Eagles 20-13 in Week six, travel to Carolina to face the 1-4 Cam Newton-lead Panthers next week.

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Do Redskins players prefer Grossman?

While Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan continues to say he'll wait until Wednesday to name next week's starting quarterback, the team's top wide receiver, Santana Moss, has gone on record as saying he believes it should still be Rex Grossman, in spite of the four interceptions Grossman threw in Sunday's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles:

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."

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Att165Comp92Yds1132TD6Int9Rat66.5I 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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Redskins Stunner; Grossman to Step in for McNabb at QB Sunday vs Dallas

Various reports are beginning to surface, indicating that Rex Grossman will be starting this Sunday versus Dallas, ahead of Donovan McNabb.

Per Kelli Johnson, the Redskins beat reporter for the local Comcast SportsNet:

Just learned that Rex Grossman is starting over McNabb Sun in Dallas; I’m told Redskins Lockeroom is divided and guys are extremely upset

If this holds up to be true, then consider “Pandora’s Box” to be fully opened. For a team that’s already sick and tired of losing, could Mike Shanahan lose the locker room in just his first season as the Redskins coach? And what does this say about the future of Donovan McNabb in a Redskins uniform?

It’s going to be an interesting weekend, to say the least.

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