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44Deezel · 09-26-2009, 07:42 PM

Campbell hasn't even been close on any ball that has had to travel longer than 20 yards in the air. I don't necessarily blame Zorn, although he's not earned even the benefit of the doubt at this point. But it's not like he only calls plays where every route is 5-10 yards deep. There's an intermediate to deep route on just about every pass play, but Campbell is not one to force a throw into a tight spot. That's good and bad. Good in that he doesn't turn the ball over often and bad in that it forces his team to put together excruciatingly long drives in order to get into the scoring zone. This leads to less possessions, higher degree of difficulty (more plays = more chances for something to eventually go wrong) less pass interference calls (they were last in the league last year) and abysmally low scoring. Bad becomes worse in the end zone, where precision, accuracy, touch and a little aggressiveness is required. Hard to expect a guy who plays it ultra-safe between the 20s to all of a sudden change who he is in the red zone. And the red zone problem is nothing new. The Skins were 4th worse in the league in red zone scoring last year. Yes, Suisham was part of the problem, so spare me the retort.

We've seen Campbell in multiple systems now, and in each he's a plodding down the field 5-10 yards at a time kind of QB. The fact that he protects the ball is AWESOME and would be especially awesome if he played on a team with a dominant running attack and a nasty, all-time great Defense. In that scenario, he would be Trent Dilfer on steroids. The Skins could go undefeated. But as it stands, he plays for a team that needs him to do more, and up to this point, he's proven incapable or unwilling to step up.

And like I said, don't blame Zorn or even the receivers. Even in the Rams game Campbell missed an EASY TD pass on the first play of the game, threw a ball 5 yards out of bounds to Devin Thomas and on his longest throw attempt of the day almost knocked the beer out of a fans hands. Same in the Giants game. His bomb to Santana Moss wasn't within 15 yards of him. Seems like all he's comfortable with right now is the 5-15 yard pass down the middle of the field. Don't tell me Zorn wouldn't have opened up the playbook if Campbell hit Kelly on that first play of the game. Campbell's got to give the coach a reason to have faith in him.

As for Receivers, a lot of teams do exponentially more with shittier receivers. Show me the jump balls they're not getting to first, and then I'll start to believe they're the problem. Tight, single coverage is OPEN to most QBs in the league. Not to JC. If you don't have at least 2 steps on the Defender, you're not getting the ball. Period.

PS - File this under RE-HASH

09-26-2009, 07:42 PM	#114
44Deezel The Starter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Davidsonville Posts: 1,783	Re: The Redskins Are Close Campbell hasn't even been close on any ball that has had to travel longer than 20 yards in the air. I don't necessarily blame Zorn, although he's not earned even the benefit of the doubt at this point. But it's not like he only calls plays where every route is 5-10 yards deep. There's an intermediate to deep route on just about every pass play, but Campbell is not one to force a throw into a tight spot. That's good and bad. Good in that he doesn't turn the ball over often and bad in that it forces his team to put together excruciatingly long drives in order to get into the scoring zone. This leads to less possessions, higher degree of difficulty (more plays = more chances for something to eventually go wrong) less pass interference calls (they were last in the league last year) and abysmally low scoring. Bad becomes worse in the end zone, where precision, accuracy, touch and a little aggressiveness is required. Hard to expect a guy who plays it ultra-safe between the 20s to all of a sudden change who he is in the red zone. And the red zone problem is nothing new. The Skins were 4th worse in the league in red zone scoring last year. Yes, Suisham was part of the problem, so spare me the retort. We've seen Campbell in multiple systems now, and in each he's a plodding down the field 5-10 yards at a time kind of QB. The fact that he protects the ball is AWESOME and would be especially awesome if he played on a team with a dominant running attack and a nasty, all-time great Defense. In that scenario, he would be Trent Dilfer on steroids. The Skins could go undefeated. But as it stands, he plays for a team that needs him to do more, and up to this point, he's proven incapable or unwilling to step up. And like I said, don't blame Zorn or even the receivers. Even in the Rams game Campbell missed an EASY TD pass on the first play of the game, threw a ball 5 yards out of bounds to Devin Thomas and on his longest throw attempt of the day almost knocked the beer out of a fans hands. Same in the Giants game. His bomb to Santana Moss wasn't within 15 yards of him. Seems like all he's comfortable with right now is the 5-15 yard pass down the middle of the field. Don't tell me Zorn wouldn't have opened up the playbook if Campbell hit Kelly on that first play of the game. Campbell's got to give the coach a reason to have faith in him. As for Receivers, a lot of teams do exponentially more with shittier receivers. Show me the jump balls they're not getting to first, and then I'll start to believe they're the problem. Tight, single coverage is OPEN to most QBs in the league. Not to JC. If you don't have at least 2 steps on the Defender, you're not getting the ball. Period. PS - File this under RE-HASH __________________ I am a system poster.