Impressed with Jason Campbell

him and espy were the only bright spots on offense

The starting O-line looked good. The pressure the bengals got was from blitzes not getting picked up. I didn't see anyone get beat straight up. That first drive looked great, then brunell flailed on his attempt at a throw away.

JCam is definately ready for some mad playing time in the league. Can't count out Brunell, he just looked crisp and comfortable during his whole time in, except for the intercept of course, that was a pretty crappy throw...but for a veteran in the system, Todd Collins looked like a rookie, honestly. JCam opened some eyes...and I watched him all four years at Auburn. Yeah he had different playbooks every year, but the way he picked up on all them so quickly shows his talent. Hope Saunders lets him run some bootlegs and play action so everybody can see his talent for real...it ain't just that deep ball.

One thing I can say after looking at the replay of the Clinton Portis tackle, he sure did his best impression of the Rock's "rock bottom!"
ole boy laid him down didn't he! i was like "DAAAM! he just stopped him completely"

I don't know if Gibbs/Saunders will do it but I'd like to see Campbell get a half with the starters (maybe in the 3rd pre-season game) to see how he looks against starters on defense.

They said in the postgame that even before last night's game, Gibbs was going to swap he and Collins for Game #2, so Jason would be running with the second team.

Everyone is salivating to see this kid hook up with Moss, Lloyd, or Randle El...

The one negative I can say about JC, which may not be negative, is his throwing motion. His drawback looks slow. His release is very fast but I wonder if the slow drawback will allow the defense to read his intentions by a step.

I beleive he played well and is progressing. The pass to Espy in between 2 defenders backed up against your own goal line was nice. I see promise and progress. It is the guys 6th new offense (and cordiantor) in 6 years so I know he has the smarts.

What do you think will happen with ESPY. Practice squad player or cut. I would like to see us keep him around.

Battlecatt

I could see Espy being a practice squad guy.

I was happy with Campbell's performance. As has been said, beyond having a strong arm he had really good pocket presence. No happy feet.

I'd like to see him struggle for a drive or two. Not that I want to see him struggle, it's that I want to see how he'll bounce back from it. What kind of leader will he be when he's missing throws, or his receivers are dropping passes, or he has to lead a 2-minute drill.

I thought JC looked good, it will be interesting what happens next year whenthey give him the keys to the car.

JC looked great in my opinion. I can't really think of any reason that he will not be the number two guy. Collins may understand the playbook, but lets be real. He threw a pick to a lineman. As a matter of a fact he threw it to a lineman on his first snap and hit him right in the numbers on what was supposed to be a screen pass.

Brunell plays eight games gets hurt and campbell takes over from there. Not that I wish mark to be hurt or anything I love him but that is the way I see it going down.


I don't think JC will be the # 2 man this year because Collins was brought in as saunders guy so he will get the nod. Keep in mind Collins was playing against mostly starters while JC was playing against scrubs. We'll see how he does against real players over the next few weeks.