Big C's "Is It the Talent" Poll

Coaches play to win. In essence, they are "win now" entities and that is completely understandable. That, along with the fact that we have not gotten consistent above average QB play for well over a decade, (MB definitley included), are some of the main problems with our team. Joe Gibbs and the coaching staff help the pro scouts and Vinny Cerrato decide who can help us win. The problem I see, and people outside and inside Redskins' Land have been commenting on it for a number of years, is that who is responsible for setting the long term goals of this team? We consistanly overlook long term decisions for the team by making choices in the name of "win now". Honestly, even though most fans are praising our offseason, the Baker and Smoot signings scream of this. Hey, I understand that Joe came back to save the franchise, but because he got lured in to thinking he could do it through FA and not the draft, Redskins are gonna have even more hell to pay down the road. Now, for the Joe II era at least, we don't have time for the draft.

Also, have you ever noticed that everytime we have a high draft pick since Heath Shuler we for whatever reason are not looking at QB. It is really frustrating. You get high draft picks because your team sucks, simple as that. If I took over the Skins, the first thing I would do is make sure we have a QB who is going to truly give us a "best chance to win", year in and year out. That's why picking up players like Brad Johnson, Jeff George, and MB really sucks to me, and those are the best one's we've had around. They make you think you have a fighting chance with them, and you do. But they won't really take you there unless the perfect storm happens around them like it did for Dilfer in Baltimore, and Johnson in TB. And were are they now? The Ravens have another aging guy in McNair. TB has the so so prospect of Chris Simms and now Jeff Garcia. If you don't fix the QB situation right, it comes back to haunt you year after year, and in order to "win now" you end up taking expensive flyers on these aging pros. QB is a constant problem for us, and always will be until we find someone who can give us a legitimate "best chance to win". If it's not Campbell, I hope we don't turn to another guy like Mark Brunell. Yeah, we might get lucky with a guy like that for a season or two, but where is that gonna put us long term?I think Campbell is the solution to what you desire. He's the closest thing to a sure fire superstar that the college ranks had produced in awhile (excluding Carson Palmer, of course).

Since then there have been 4 great QB prospects in Cutler, Leinart, Young, and now Quinn.

I guess my point is that great QBs are few and far between, but the quantity of them in the NFL is increasing now a days. We may have stumbled upon a great prospect in Campbell.

Eventually though, winning goes beyond QB play. A QB can put up great numbers by virtue of his own skill, but wins are as much a part of every other unit than the QB.

You have to build a team around a guy you trust at QB. We don't have time to draft another great QB prospect everytime our current guy has a setback. Campbell may not make the league forget Dan Marino, but I think he's going to give us solid to great numbers in the future. We need to give him a defense if we want to be a perrenial playoff team under him though.

"The perfect storm" that you suggest is hardly perfect. Just the combination of a great team and timely luck. Luck will fluctuate for us, but a great team will get us deep into the playoffs. A great QB makes a team better, but he does not win games by himself.

Look at Payton Manning before he won this year. I'm sure every offseason Indy fans would wonder why they didn't win it all with him at QB. Heck, look at Dan Marino; he never won. No, getting a legitimate QB who is going to grow with the team doesn't garauntee you anything. It is just the best place to start. It seems like the Skins didn't get the message. Would you like some John Friez with that?