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[MTK]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I would say there are good reasons for that.

Sure maybe if we're talking 5-6 years ago.

[backrow]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I would say there are good reasons for that.

The liberal media always wants a change in Washington.

[BrunellMVP?]

its all speculation, but if your bring leftwich back home, you are effectively saying FU to Jason campbell. if that happens, i will consider the redskin's management to be worthless. honestly, you don't trade 2 picks to move up to select "your guy" and then never give him a shot. you also don't trade for TJ- and never use him. you also don't sign archuleta when he's a terrible fit and this should not have surprised anyone. you dont' let pierce and clark go when they are GREAT/ PROVEN fits. and you certainly don't sign (large contract) and trade for an aging QB that nobody wants. I'm sure people will talk about the some moves the skins did do- ie Moss- but lets remember Coles DEMANDED at trade and the jets, being his old team, were the best fit.

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

I think that would be the craziest thing ever for Leftwhich to replace Brunell again. It wont happen though. I will officially call Gibbs a retard if something like that happens. The only way it happens is if the start playing Campbell and he shows a complete inability to function. Then maybe they find a vet to come in. I wonder if this is Brunell's last year?

hahah...i think after something like that, he just might kill himself but lets not get our hopes up here.....hahahaha

ok ok...im sorry Mark, i dont hate you...its just...i dont LIKE you very much......lol

[Oakland Red]

I'm confident that Jason Campbell was a great draft choice and will be an excellent starter for the Redskins at some point. That point should start when he is the player who gives the Redskins the best chance to win at the qb position. Players should advance in rank according to that reality and not an arbitrary decision to want to play a younger guy, or out of fear that he will leave once his contract is up, or to appease fans, etc.

If players know that the coaches will support them as long as they are being evaluated on their actual ability to perform and their overall effect on the team's performance, then players are motivated to perform better. If players know that they are going to be pulled because there is an agenda to play someone who you have a lot invested in, then that is anti-motivational.

Case in point - TJ Duckett. Gibbs answer to why he isn't playing? "Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts." Thank you! Whatever the investment in Duckett, if he is the third most ready to contribute running back, then he will be in the third string role.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Oakland Red

I'm confident that Jason Campbell was a great draft choice and will be an excellent starter for the Redskins at some point. That point should start when he is the player who gives the Redskins the best chance to win at the qb position. Players should advance in rank according to that reality and not an arbitrary decision to want to play a younger guy, or out of fear that he will leave once his contract is up, or to appease fans, etc.

If players know that the coaches will support them as long as they are being evaluated on their actual ability to perform and their overall effect on the team's performance, then players are motivated to perform better. If players know that they are going to be pulled because there is an agenda to play someone who you have a lot invested in, then that is anti-motivational.

Case in point - TJ Duckett. Gibbs answer to why he isn't playing? "Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts." Thank you! Whatever the investment in Duckett, if he is the third most ready to contribute running back, then he will be in the third string role.

I really didn't want to push this thread back up the board, but there's one point I would like to make, and one question I'd like to ask relevant to your "Case In Point".

If Gibbs's answer to TJ Duckett not playing is because of Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts, plus Rock Cartwright, personally, I see no reason why we could not have relied on the two backup's to share the load until Portis's injury situation was no longer a concern. If Gibbs had so much confidence in his backup's, then why the panic because Portis was unable to play?

What other GM in the league do you think would trade a 3rd round DP for a player in the last year of his contract (about to become a FA) to be a 3rd string RB whom you obviously have no intention of playing? A 3rd round pick, depending on the player and his position could be a potential starter on many teams, so I'm just wondering if this really makes sense to you?

[That Guy]

just by numbers alone, every 1st through 3rd rounder would have to be a starter to keep the NFL stocked. of course, some second day and UDFA guys also end up starting, but yeah, 3rd rounders are worth keeping.