"The last time John Beck started a regular-season NFL game was 2007, when he was a strong-armed 26-year-old rookie from BYU with the Miami Dolphins.

In the lonely years since, Beck threw 15 passes and played in one game. That came in the Washington Redskins' loss to the Philadelphia Eagles last week, when he replaced the ineffective and interception-prone Rex Grossman.

And Sunday at Carolina, Beck joined the Redskins' starting quarterback merry-go-round. But the fourth starter 22 games into coach Mike Shanahan's stint with the Redskins couldn't ignite the team's offense.

"Winning is the only thing that really matters," Beck said, after finishing 22-for-37 for 279 yards. "That's the only thing I really wanted to do today. I wasn't trying to go out there and be too perfect.""