Coupled with the excitement of joining a prestigious class of NFL players, coaches and general managers was the realization that Joe Jacoby -- Beathard’s prized and undrafted find that became the foundation for the Redskins’ decade-long run -- wouldn’t be joining him in the final year of his eligibility.
“I was really disappointed,” Beathard said recently on the Talk of Fame Sports Network. “I couldn’t believe it. I thought, if Joe doesn’t make it then why would I make it? But he’s special. I know a lot of the guys who’ve made the Hall of Fame and Joe certainly deserves to be in there, in my opinion.