"It has reached this point with the Washington Redskins and their quarterback situation: No one knows who will start one week to the next. Coach Mike Shanahan may or may not be forthcoming with such a decision as he prepares his team for an opponent. And the reasoning behind making a choice might seem convoluted.

What is certain, at this point, is it hasn't made any difference, because neither John Beck nor Rex Grossman has won a game in a month-and-a-half, and a once-promising season now appears beyond repair.

So it was Sunday at Sun Life Stadium, where Grossman made his first start in four games, Beck looked on wearing a baseball cap, the Redskins endured a nearly unwatchable 20-9 loss to the Miami Dolphins, and a new week with the same stale questions about quarterback play began.

"Well, we're still going to do the same thing," Shanahan said when asked how he would approach the situation going forward. "We're going to look at the scenario, what gives us the best chance to win, and make the decision based on that."

Last week unfolded this way: Beck managed to produce only two touchdowns over the previous two weeks. Though Shanahan said following a Nov. 6 loss to San Francisco that he would stick with Beck for a fourth straight game — "That was my intention," he said Sunday — he rethought the situation over the course of the week. "