Joe Gibbs: "Campbell is ready to play"!

[redskins5044]

lets say on brunells first drive tomorrow we go three and out. lets also say it was a 3rd and 8 and he dumps the ball off to a rb out of the backfield the crowd at fed-ex will be booing there guts out bottom line. we dont know what campbell has to offer us yet. i can understand gibbs thinking by not starting him to we are officaly out of contention but the fans dont want to see brunell play not to lose the game anymore this year it worked last year because we had a great defense and portis was running well. we are a different team this year

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by redskins5044

we are a different team this year

this is a very accurate statement that maybe some on our coaching staff do not understand. but i still believe we could be a running team if Al Saunders would stick with it. its almost like he has to get his finger prints all over this team. i personally only care about wins, not how they are achieved

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by dmek25

this is a very accurate statement that maybe some on our coaching staff do not understand. but i still believe we could be a running team if Al Saunders would stick with it. its almost like he has to get his finger prints all over this team. i personally only care about wins, not how they are achieved

I think in order for us to be a running team we have to be able to establish the run on first down, which so far this year we have been unable to do. It's easy to get away from the run when it's not productive on the early downs, and more so when your defense is constantly in retreat, and you're behind on the scoreboard. Further, on more than one ocasion Al Saunders has voiced his displeasure at Portis taking himself out of game when he has set up certain sequences in the running game that calls for him to be in the game. There could be a gap in communication between Portis and Saunders.