Skins/Falcons goat of the day

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Big C

im not letting the D off the hook. im making sure campbell doesnt get off easy, which it looks like so far he has. the defense was bad, but so was campbell and i havent seen anyone discussing that yet. again, if this was brunell he would have been slaughtered but everyone here is too enamoured with campbell

Of course the big difference is Campbell is making his 3rd start while MB was a 500 year vet. I think that's why people are willing to cut him some slack.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Of course the big difference is Campbell is making his 3rd start while MB was a 500 year vet. I think that's why people are willing to cut him some slack.

He deserves some slack, but all Big C and I are saying is that since he replaced Brunell, his performance should be graded on the same standard. We can cut him slack after we identify what he needs to improve on.

No one (well no one reasonable anyway) thinks this is a sign he will bust, it's just a bad game.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

He deserves some slack, but all Big C and I are saying is that since he replaced Brunell, his performance should be graded on the same standard. We can cut him slack after we identify what he needs to improve on.

No one (well no one reasonable anyway) thinks this is a sign he will bust, it's just a bad game.

That makes no sense, how can you judge a QB making his 3rd start vs. a 14 year vet and judge them on the same standard??

If that's the case why shouldn't we bench JC now too?

[Big C]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

That makes no sense, how can you judge a QB making his 3rd start vs. a 14 year vet and judge them on the same standard??

If that's the case why shouldn't we bench JC now too?

a young qb with little experience can still be the main reason we lost the game. just because he is learning doesnt mean he cant be blamed for the loss. forget that he is a young qb, look at how he played. he was a main reason, if not the main reason that we did not win the game, but he wont be benched for it because the rest of this season is just to groom him

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

That makes no sense, how can you judge a QB making his 3rd start vs. a 14 year vet and judge them on the same standard??

If that's the case why shouldn't we bench JC now too?

Don't take what I said the wrong way.

Grading them on the same standard simply means if 13/27 for 149 and 1 INT is bad for Brunell, its ALSO bad for Campbell. If 16/21 for 149 and 1 TD is good for Campbell, its also good for Brunell. Assuming there wasnt an event or two that completely skewed the stats, QB performance is standard.

After you reach that point, then you factor in that Campbell is your future and there is more important things at this point in the year than playing your best player. Once you replace your vet with the future, you don't go back, it sends a horrible message. So after this loss espically, I think going back would be a terrible decision. It's more acceptable for Campbell to have a bad day, but it's also acceptable for ALL QBs to have bad days.