Wanted: Playmakers

[diehard]

Originally Posted by diehard

Moss? Check.
Cooley? Check.
Randle El (now known as Santonio Holmes)? Check.
Jason Campbell? Hmmm.

I too am warming up to the idea that if we want to get to the promise land it may take drafting Sanchez or probably giving Colt Brennan a shot. Why? It's no secret that Campbell has had a lot of instablility as far a OCs go but, look at his game. Even at Auburn his impressive W-L record and national championship title was helped much by a strong defense and running game (Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown). This reveals Campbell strengths. He does a great job making safe reads and takes very few chances with the football. The Skins have had a top 5 defense for most of the years he's started and a very effective running game so, we can afford to be more risky in that regard. Also, even though we have had great defenses, we are not one that have a lot of takeaways, or points off of, as the 2000 Ravens did. And before you say the WR corps was the culprit, Moss, Randle El, and Cooley are better than Cutler's Brandon Marshall, Eddie Royal, and Daniel Graham/Tony Sheffler. I believe Cutler's big numbers are a result of his ability to let it fly (watch what he does in CHI under his new OC and former FA bust Brandon Lloyd and REL-like Devin Hester). Something Campbell doesn't risk doing often. That's why Jay Cutler or a Brett Farve will have a eye-popping number of INTs to go with thier impressive TD stats. Who's to argue that Farve isn't a winner? A franchise QB? A team can surely win with Jason Campbell or a Trent Dilfer but, you have to make sure other attributes of the team make up for the lack of risk taking.

Whistling...

[redsk1]

This is a good thread to jump start. We need to make some plays, period. I'm not going to get into the JC bashing of this week (much of which is undeserved). We need some folks to step it up though.

Playmakers for week 2:
Moss, Kelly- I'd like to see both have a solid game here
CP- I love the guy, but when was the last "wow" play that he's made. Where's our change of pace guy, like a Bradshaw or a Spruill? CP is solid though and he should be looking at a 100 yard game.
Laron Landry- He made a great play on the int last week, but does stupid stuff almost every week, step it up.
Zorn- it's time to light up the scoreboard. Call a good game.

[SmootSmack]

Why is the thread in NFL Draft Central?

[JoeRedskin]

Because it started as a draft thread - i.e. "we need to draft playmakers".

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Because it started as a draft thread - i.e. "we need to draft playmakers".

It sort of does, but not entirely. Oh well