"Jason Campbell struggles against the Steelers"

Uhh, several intelligent football analysts(including Ron Jaworski and Sean Salisbury) were throwing Campbell's name around as a candidate for league MVP at the midway point of the season last year. I think that's a bit higher praise than "he doesn't turn the ball over".

And I still can't figure out why it's so hard for people to correlate the fact that the offensive production went downhill last season, when the line started falling apart. Portis' production fell off significantly too. It's hard to produce any kind of offense behind a beat up offensive line.

It's easy to want to defend Jason Campbell as a person, but defending his play on the field is a lot harder to do. Everyone wants to root for him, but his production and consistency just isn't good enough. I want to be a homer just like everyone else, but I think it hit me this preseason that Campbell is just not good enough. If his offseason didn't motivate him enough to have a good showing in preseason to this point (to prove himself to the team), I don't know what will.

Why you feel the need to cuss and make personal attacks, I'm not certain, but I'll answer your question to the best of my knowledge.

Jason Campbell was playing decent to begin the season, he wasn't lighting the world on fire, but he didn't have to. I believe that during the Saints game he showed that if they needed the deep ball, he could get it done. There are lots of reasons offenses struggle, not the least of which was a porous offensive line at the end of the season.

As Clinton Portis goes, so go the Redskins and I think we all saw what happened when he got bottled up, the offense couldn't move the ball. I tend to think the whole O struggled to adjust to a new system. Receivers weren't positive where they were supposed to go and Jason wasn't sure where they were going. I also think that having small receivers in the WCO is a bad idea, it's easier to throw slants to bigger more physical players, not shrimps like Santana and Antwan

so i guess it's just preseason, so it doesn't matter that Campbell is still struggling even though he has a decent line and protection in front of him. It's just preseason and the wins and loses don't matter, but the performances still do.

I'm worried about Campbell. I think hes one of the 5 worst qbs in the league. Our O line starters looked good and so did our run game on the first series, but teams will stack 8 in the box on us and we'll be screwed. Our D can't keep teams scoreless. My only hope is if we miss playoffs that we get rid of Zorn and JC and convince Cowher (a real football coach) to man the ship. I hope I am wrong though. I definitely wouldve been happy if we got Cutler, but two first rounders wouldve been a steep price given our other weaknesses.

I want to be a homer just like everyone else, but I think it hit me this preseason that Campbell is just not good enough.

Your ability to analyze the 13 passes he's made this preseason must be superhuman if you're already able to determine that he won't succeed.

Your ability to analyze the 13 passes he's made this preseason must be superhuman if you're already able to determine that he won't succeed.

On the contrary, he's had more than just these 13 passes to analyze. These 13 passes were just an opportunity for him to prove the judgments on him were wrong (that were made before the preseason began).

I absolutely love how some people are just freakin the F out over just a handful of plays. I guess there are a few fans who are writing the season off already based on less than a full quarter from the starters. I for one will withhold my judgement of Jason and the rest of the team until after a few games that actually matter.

I'm worried about Campbell. I think hes one of the 5 worst qbs in the league.


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I'd be interested to hear the other four worst quarterback in the league...

...whatever the redskins front office were feeling about him in trying to get another qb to replace him, campbell's so far proving their feelings to be correct.

so i guess it's just preseason, so it doesn't matter that Campbell is still struggling even though he has a decent line and protection in front of him. It's just preseason and the wins and loses don't matter, but the performances still do.

Yes, that is absolutely my feeling. I couldn't care less what he's doing right now because you play preseason games to work on different things. They're glorified practices. If this carries over into the season I'll start to doubt him. I'm prepared for whatever happens at this point. I want him to succeed and it's got little to do with Jason. I like him because if he is good, that will mean the Skins found their QB for several years (not one or two like Collins or a pipe dream like Colt/Chase (I loved both of them in college, btw, no bias against them)).

I do think it's unfair the revolving door of coaches and systems he's been in, but the bottom line he has to prove he can play this season or he's gone and I've accepted that.

That said, I don't know that he was dealt a fair hand here, but that doesn't mean he should get a 2nd contract.

Finally, I'm confident he will prove that he can get it done this season, but I don't have a crystal ball and I don't know.

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I'd be interested to hear the other four worst quarterback in the league...

Better yet, name the other 27 who are better.