How Will Campbell Be Handled?

It wouldn't be a platooning situation for the entire season. Did you not understand that when I spoke of working Campbell in gradually?

Campbell and the Skins represent a unique situation. Not too many young QBs have been in a position to take over control of a good offense ala Rothlesburger.

You did mention working him in gradually, but then I said

How do you suggest they do this? By having a QB platoon?

And you responded with:

Why not? The Frye/Dilfer platoon worked out well. When you have to pay the price for inexperience sooner or later, this is a way to minimize the disadvantage.

So from the sounds of that, you seemed to be in favor of a platoon. Did you not understand what you were saying?

That's a pretty safe assumption IMO.

all of my assumptions are safe :)

Mattyk72

Didn't we have a rookie QB in 2002 by the name of Patrick Ramsey??

Yes but the rotation we had was not designed to prepare Ramsey for the NFL. It was not platooning with a plan to make it easier for him to adjust.

Besides, Campbell is not a rookie so comparing him to Frye is irrelevant as you would say.

That Frye didn't spend a year holding a clipboard strengthens my argument. Campbell should do even better.

The Browns had the luxury of making their preparation of a young QB a primary goal because the Browns had nothing else to play for. The Skins have a playoff caliber team and a team that is potentially a Super Bowl contender. So the Browns are in a completely different situation than the Skins, so your Browns example is completely irrelevant. Unless you're suggesting we should strive for a sub-par season with zero chances of making the playoffs.

The Ramsey point has already been made by Matty.

Playing a rookie qb may mean a sub-par season, but there's too much evidence of young qbs succeeding to hold Campbell back just because "the stakes may be too high." The longer we hold Campbell back, the longer it will take for him to adjust to playing qb. I could see holding him back if the offensive line couldn't protect him, but our line is a team strength and our qb isn't going to have to carry our offense anyway.

Mattyk72



Yes but the rotation we had was not designed to prepare Ramsey for the NFL. It was not platooning with a plan to make it easier for him to adjust.



That Frye didn't spend a year holding a clipboard strengthens my argument. Campbell should do even better.

Irrelevant

Right, and if he doesn't get a lot of game experience, how will we ever know?

Mattyk72

So from the sounds of that, you seemed to be in favor of a platoon. Did you not understand what you were saying?

You seem to be saying that platooning can't be done gradually. Is that it?

Playing a rookie qb may mean a sub-par season, but there's too much evidence of young qbs succeeding to hold Campbell back just because "the stakes may be too high." The longer we hold Campbell back, the longer it will take for him to adjust to playing qb. I could see holding him back if the offensive line couldn't protect him, but our line is a team strength and our qb isn't going to have to carry our offense anyway.

Where is all this evidence of young QBs succeeding?

Roethlisberger is the exception to the rule. For every Roethlisberger there are is a Joey Harrington, David Carr, Patrick Ramsey, etc.

QBs don't typically take their teams to the Super Bowl in year 2.

Playing a rookie qb may mean a sub-par season, but there's too much evidence of young qbs succeeding to hold Campbell back just because "the stakes may be too high." The longer we hold Campbell back, the longer it will take for him to adjust to playing qb. I could see holding him back if the offensive line couldn't protect him, but our line is a team strength and our qb isn't going to have to carry our offense anyway.

good points, but I'm not so sure Campbell is actually ready. I mentioned before that there were concerns with him in college regarding his ability to pick up offenses and the need to simplify the offense for him to grasp it. In that situation, I think he's actually helped by holding the clipboard for another year. Of course I'm speculating........but if he's listed as the #3 QB at the start of the season, I'd have to think that's why. We'll see.

Mattyk72



You seem to be saying that platooning can't be done gradually. Is that it?

I don't want to speak for Matty, but personally I would just like a little more detail as to what you're proposing they do.......because everything you've said so far sounds like the same type of platooning that has been attempted and failed in the past. So what is different about your gradual platooning from what we've seen fail before?