Jason Campbell pulled his hammy

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Originally Posted by Paintrain

My question to the Campbell bashers-what games did he COST us last season? I've watched all of our games at least 3 times from last year and I can't pinpoint one where he just f-ed it up so badly we had no chance to win.

I will grant that he didn't outright win any games for us yet (though the 1st Philly game is close), but he put us in position to win 4 more games (NYG-terrible playcalling 2nd half, TB-6 turnovers, Dallas-the TO show, Philly-Reggie Brown long TD & Westbrook screen) that by virtue of turnovers or defensive collapses we were in need of him bailing us out.

Before I begin, let me just say I'm one of the biggest Campbell fans in this board and with another year of proper devolopment in Zorn's system I really think he can be an elite quarterback in this league, but I also feel there were 2 games that he directly attributed to the loss at last year.

The first game was the Dallas game, let's just say percentage wise our defense giving up 4 touchdowns to Dallas was probably the biggest reason we lost the game, but don't forget that on our final drive Campbell drove us down the field into the red zone, and then threw a direct pass to Terance Newman who got the pick and that ended the game. That was Campbell's mistake and had he not thrown that game ending interception there was probably a 50/50 shot that we get a touchdown and win the game.

The second was the Tampa Bay game. Again, the biggest reason we probably lost was 6 turnovers, but let's not forget that we were in the game until the end. Once again, Campbell drove us down the field, managing the clock and picking up yards, and then we got into the red zone and he threw a pick to Ronde Barber. That's the second game where you could say he directly cost us, because that effectively ended the game and we lost again, and again, there was probably a 50/50 shot had he not thrown that interception that we get a touchdown and we win the game.

I'm not trying to say Campbell sucks here, because right now I do believe that he is a manageable quarterback in this league and with Zorn's help he can become elite, but I do believe that those two plays cost us the chance to win both games last year. Personally, I attributed those game-ending interceptions to the fact that he's young and very inexperienced when it comes to game winning drives, and once he gets more experience with that it shouldn't be much of a problem.