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This past weekend, Washington Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan made fishing games enthusiast from around the NFL question if he is going senile, when he named Rex Grossman as his team’s starting quarterback for week one. One the one hand, the last time Rex Grossman was name the starting quarterback, was 2006, when he guided the Chicago Bears to the sports betting Super Bowl. On the other hand, if Grossman were a good quarterback, he wouldn’t have had to wait this long for his next starting opportunity. Thus posing the question, are the Washington Redskins planning on tanking this season?

Rex Grossman and John Beck are the most recent make shift tandem of pivots in Washington, which has been entrenched in a quarterback carousel since the late 1980s. Grossman has nine years and Beck has five years, with neither having much starting experience. Thus posing the question, if Mike Shanahan and his coaching staff can’t put together a solid offense, does Shanahan get fired?

Last season, the Washington Redskins under the aforementioned Shanahan, managed to alienate former Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb, in order to justify letting Rex Grossman start during the 2010 season. Meaning to say, Shanahan is staking his reputation on Grossman returning to 2006 form this coming season.

On the other hand, however, football fans and experts alike, can’t help but consider that the Redskins may be attempting to tank the 2011 season, in hopes of landing highly regarded Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck in the 2012 Entry Draft. Luck, the former Heisman Trophy winner, elected to stay in school for his senior season. Many people, we included expect, that barring any injury, Luck should be able to remain the consensus number one pick in next season’s entry draft. What’s more, Luck is considered to be one of those once a decade franchise changing quarterbacks. This in turn suggests, that if Washington is planning on tanking, Luck could help the team turn its fortunes around.