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| The Starter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Carolina
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft Quote:
The thing I have realized about Campbell after watching him this year is that he lacks a refined sense of timing and anticipation. He has all of the tools, but he too often throws only to open receivers rather than anticipating routes. He also is not very good with the nuances of the position, like manipulating safeties. He is very much like David Garrard in that way. Both have physical tools, both can spin the rock, both actually put up good statistical numbers, but both have inconsistent mechanics, lack timing and anticipation, and are not elite players at the position. Garrard has a QB rating of 84.8 for his career, is a 60% career passer, and has 23 more TDs than INTs, but he is not a very good quarterback (there are actually many QBs that do not possess superior timing and anticipation, but Campbell's deficiencies really crystallized for me when I was watching Garrard last week against Arizona ... for instance you could throw Brady Quinn's name in there, but Quinn is not as good an analogue because his statistics are horrible). Garrard is "just a guy" and that is what Campbell is too. They both are capable of having great games (see Garrard in the 2007 Divisional playoffs or Campbell in the first Cowboys game last year) but neither will do so consistently. Hell, Campbell could light up the Lions defense as he did last year. The bottom line, though, is that while you can probably win some games with Campbell, he will not consistently make your team better. Campbell's lack of timing/anticipation also leads him to hold the ball too long and I think it is really the heart of the Redskins struggles in the red zone. You can say that Sellers and Thomas dropped TD passes against St. Louis, which is absolutely true, but that does not answer why the Redskins have an endemic problem scoring inside the 20. If Campbell completes those passes it just means that he can defeat a very bad defense, which I expect, but it does not solve the larger issues in his game. Inside the 20 is where the importance of timing and anticipation (I know I am overusing that, but I take it from Greg Cosell and I think it is the best way to describe that quarterback attribute) is heightened due to the condensed field. Campbell has still not shown that ability and with this many snaps in the NFL he probably never will. I know this post will be read, if it is read at all, as just another attack on Jason Campbell and we know he has taken plenty. I certainly would not want to pile on, and I really like the guy as a person (or at least as the persona that I am familiar with). Not being a great quarterback does not make him a bad person or anything, but it does mean that the Redskins most likely will have to find another solution after this season. On a positive note, it does suggest that the Redskins actually did properly evaluate Campbell in the off-season and were correct to pursue other opportunities, even if the opportunity costs were perhaps too high. Maybe they are not totally clueless after all. Although that does not absolve them of the Devin Thomas and Jason Taylor moves. As for this thread. Well Snead clearly is not an answer either.
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft SCSkins, I think you make some strong points. And that's all I'm going to say about that
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| The Starter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Carolina
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft Quote:
I also like your distinction between JC supporter and JC believer. Good one.
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| Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft yeah real good post SC. you did a really good job of summarizing (atleast imo) how I and im sure others feel. it doesnt have to be so polar, so black and white, so hater or believer on JC. there is a gray area, a middle ground that feels hes decent/good but not a franchise qb that will win you games. JC is our best option this year to win games, i support and cheer him on. i really want the guy to do well given all the criticism hes taken here but its on him. for the record, i would much much rather have JC over leftwich. i just threw him out there to hint that favorable stats do not automatically equal a great qb. go skins!!
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| MVP ![]() Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pasadena, Md Age: 45
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft I think the point of anticipation is a good one. Question, can that be taught? I think about the failure to step up in game 1, and in game 2 he did a much better job, like Zorn said ok this is how you do it and stressed it enough that there was visible improvement. Can he do the same about "anticipation"? |
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| Special Teams Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Queens Village, NY Age: 32
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft Let's just be honest Campbell can only be a good quarterback and not an elite quarterback we want him to be. In the offseason we just need to cut our losses. Campbell is a Gibbs quarterback who is just a game manager. Zorn needs west coast quarterback. When you change your offensive philosophy then you need the roster to make it work. Once we get that particular quarterback and offensive lineman will be alright. It just seems the FO tried to build the outside first instead of building the inside (O-line)and that's why we are behind in the offense. |
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| Impact Rookie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ellicott City, MD
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft I'd rather have Jake Locker than Jevan Snead. But I'll go on record now and say COLT MCCOY in 2010! We need a winner and he's it! Period!
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| Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 25
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft In other words: Campbell is to winning as irish is to logic?
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft I hope we get the 32nd pick!!! |
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| Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 25
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft Quote:
And I've always said: you can make an argument that Campbell holds the ball too long. But, I believe there are extenuating circumstances that have contributed to a rising sack rate. I also maintain that if I am correct about Campbell, his sack rate will drop significantly in the future (and currently, it's at a career low 4.7% in a SSS). As for the statistical argument, I would suggest that Quarterback play more than any other position can be measured inclusively by the statistics. Your point that there are critical elements of quarterbacking (as opposed to other positions) that can not be measured statistically is on the surface, valid. But I think it's a somewhat misleading point. Not wrong, but I question the assertion that quarterback play, specifically, has intangible aspects that other positions do not have. That small part seems false. I would suggest that the argument of route anticipation exists in a more direct sense for both Corners and Receivers. The question is: how do you explain the statistical studies that suggest that in the history of the statistical record, no quarterback has a skill known as "red zone ability". That, of course, is to say that: the best red zone passers in history were also the best passers in the rest of the field as well. Again, I have nothing that suggests your points about Campbell's anticipatory ability are necessarily wrong. Not one shred of evidence. But if, over the season, Campbell's red zone numbers normalize to the rest of his numbers, and the offense scores more points as a product, I would at that point suggest that yes, he has answered all the questions. Until then, I thank you for contributing yet another element to my game reviews that I can analyze, because, though completely subjective, finding a few instances per game where Campbell's incompletions are attributable to throwing the ball later than the play design suggests should be pretty easy. And I'll bet a whole lot of money we will find evidence that points in both directions.
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| Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 25
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| Re: Redskins No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft I think you can also have a really, really good debate on whether Campbell can blossom into a GREAT quarterback, or if the end game for him is simply a little bit better than he already is. Maybe that's the one we are already having. I'd conditionally agree that if Campbell doesn't have great anticipatory ability, he probably can't be more than a one or two time pro bowler at best. Aaron Brooks also never had any sort of anticipatory ability, but that's just the thing: once his personnel went through a minor overhaul and once the league got some film on him, he stopped producing. I think we can all agree that Campbell is not another Aaron Brooks, but I still have to question the assertion that either Garrard or Leftwich can't get it done in this league. Leftwich has a very measurable deficiency: he's never going to play 16 games in a season. Garrard's in a pretty similar situation to Campbell in that, you can look at the people on the offense around him and wonder exactly how that 2007 season happened. I think this season will tell us a lot about Campbell, and I'll just suggest that what you want to know about him probably could be measured statistically, and fairly easily I would suggest, although sample size will be an issue.
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