Matt Moore led his team to their first victory last week with a +6.5 passing grade as he put 244 yards and three touchdowns on the Chiefs’ secondary. Not to take away from a solid performance, but much of his success can be attributed to the fact that, through the entire game, he was never pressured and only hit once. Moore’s decent 87.9 QB rating when not pressured drops to 57.2 when the heat gets there, which is a concern because the one thing the Redskins’ defense does exceptionally well is getting after the quarterback (+16.1 pass rush grade).
John Beck will be facing off against the team that drafted him in the second round of the 2007 draft. Since taking over for a benched Rex Grossman in week six against the Philadelphia Eagles, Beck has a 60.6 completion percentage, completing 80 of 132 passes for 858 yards, two touchdowns and four picks. With the loss of top weapons Tim Hightower and Santana Moss, along with injuries to the offensive line, Beck has been mostly trying to dink-and-dunk down the field; despite trailing for much of last week’s game, he only threw two passes +20 yards down the field, completing neither, and nine passes in the 10-19 yard range, with one of those being intercepted. The Dolphins as a unit are dead last in our pass coverage ranking (-49.9, with the Colts’ -47.9 the only unit that comes close to such ineptness), so if there were ever a game for Beck to take chances down the field, it’s this one.
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