[Schneed10]

On certain things, you can't put any stock in the preseason. For example, how free our WRs were running, even ARE on that TD pass. If Bob Sanders was playing I highly doubt that happens.

But certain things you can judge and put a lot of stock into, and I thought Campbell graded really well:

- In Zorn's offense, which is basically very similar to Holmgren's, you look for the QB to drop back, plant, and throw. If the throw doesn't come out right away, you look for the QB to make his progressions quickly. I saw Campbell move his head from target to target very quickly. His decision making seems quick already. That's a sign that sacks (and hence turnovers) could be lower this season.

- Campbell's most impressive throw wasn't the floating TD to ARE. It was the little 7-yard hitch to Moss. Campbell dropped back, planted on the 3rd step, and gunned the ball out. Moss hadn't even broken his route off yet. When he did, he turned around and the ball was in his gut. This was despite pretty tight coverage from the CB. The guy wasn't playing press, but he wasn't giving a cushion either. JC quickly read that Moss was not getting pressed, hence his route would be clean, and when he broke off the route he'd create adequate separation. This showed excellent rapport with Moss, good timing, and that Campbell has great confidence in his reads already. While the aggressive style of play is great and everything, I'm more concerned about our ability to sustain drives. Quick decisions on quick-hitting passes are paramount to moving the chains in the WCO. Well-executed.

- I thought our starting offensive line run-blocked well, even if they didn't pass protect that well.

- I think we're deep. Our reserves kicked the crap out of the Colt's reserves. I'm not going to say our reserves can beat other teams' starters, but at a lot of spots we can get by if we get hurt.

- I don't care about Brennan's stats because it came against chumps. But man was he accurate. It's hard to teach accuracy, technique helps, but Colt just has a knack for getting the ball in there. Yeah his WRs were open, but he was still hitting them right in stride in very catchable locations, and fitting it into a few tighter windows. We got no sense of how good his decision making was, because it's easy to make decisions against chumps. But we did see accuracy, which is a very good building block.