When to start Beck?

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At what point do you want to see Beck start, if at all this season?

My honest answer after week 1 was I hope we don’t see him play at all this year.

But considering we just saw the worst game by a Cardinals QB in 40 years (to Shawn Halloran’s credit he was an NFL replacement player for the 1987 Cardinals and only played in 3 games) I’m open to change.

Personally, if things continue to be rough offensively for the next few games I think debuting him for the next home game in week 5 against Detroit is as good a time as ever.

To me it really is a win/win. JB is an old career backup, he is not the future. Let’s find out if Beck has a chance of being the future. Worst case he’s terrible and we solidify a high pick to draft the next QB. Best case we end up liking him and this year isn’t a wasted year for his development.

I stand by the idea that a young player can only get better by actually playing games.

Unpopular opinion- Let him play against elite defenses in our division and take his lumps so he can actually learn.
 

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You start Beck probably sometime after week 10 if at all. These players put their bodies at risk to try to win games and put good film on tape. They don't want to throw it away or waste it for some rookie who is not ready. As a coach, there is an obligation to try to win games and reinforce your message. If Beck ends up showing enough between now and the end of the season, he will get a shot. If he doesn't, he won't.
 

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What is this obsession with starting Beck? He lasted into the third round for a reason or reasons. He had one pretty good preseason game and suddenly people are thinking he's ready to play in the NFL. He needs to sit and learn similar to what they are doing with Allar in Pittsburgh. Beck should only start if both Brissett and Minshew go down with injuries.
 

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The only legitimate answer is not until we’re mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
Yes, and even then I would wait until the last two or three games of the season. We are going to be eliminated by the end of October but no way I play him half the season.
 

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Yes, and even then I would wait until the last two or three games of the season. We are going to be eliminated by the end of October but no way I play him half the season.
We’ll see. Definitely if that’s the case then you have to make a strategic adjustment and just sub in Minshew—especially if the offense is as flaccid as it was last week.

But if the offense is cooking and it’s just that Rallis can’t stop anyone I don’t think you can make a change until after Thanksgiving.
 

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We’ll see. Definitely if that’s the case then you have to make a strategic adjustment and just sub in Minshew—especially if the offense is as flaccid as it was last week.

But if the offense is cooking and it’s just that Rallis can’t stop anyone I don’t think you can make a change until after Thanksgiving.
Yes, if the offense lays a few more eggs like the last game, then you play Minshew. Get Beck more practice reps running our offense in the meantime. Right now, they have him running the scout team. So, he is actually simulating the other team's offense.
 
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YGet Beck more practice reps running our offense in the meantime. Right now, they have him running the scout team. So, he is actually simulating the other team's offense.
Actually, LaFleur said that Minshew and Beck are splitting both backup and scout team duties.
 
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The Giants were 5-4 and ready for a playoff push, when Coughlin and the FO benched Warner for Manning. I think they lost every game after that, but they were committed to seeing what Manning could do. They wanted to get him going, so year 2 wouldn't be a shock.
 

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The Giants were 5-4 and ready for a playoff push, when Coughlin and the FO benched Warner for Manning. I think they lost every game after that, but they were committed to seeing what Manning could do. They wanted to get him going, so year 2 wouldn't be a shock.
Yes Carson Beck is the same prospect and investment as Eli Manning.

Good point well reasoned.
 

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JB gets two more starts. If the offense isn’t competitive you have to make a change. Beck will be 25 in November he doesn’t need the JJ McCarthy development plan.
 

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