Let's Discuss the 2007 Schedule

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Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Nobody said getting big plays was easy casue it's not. But like I said, why would our offense, with new wr's that can all run, lead the league in sideline passes the 1st 9 weeks? Sorry but that's on the Qb, and for that matter the coaching staff too. Even Madden and Aikmen pointed out our problems at QB. Sorry but I think Troy Aikman and John Madden know more about NFL quarterbacking than you or I.

I would justify the 51% to alot of things.

1. Playing in 6 different offenses in 6 years.
2. A lack of work with the 1st team wr's for the first 1 1/2 years.
3. No real game experience since 2004.
4. Needs to work on his mechanics
5. He's a young QB.

Do you know that we led the league in sideline passes, or are you just speculating that we did? Either way, is that a good or bad thing? What is it's significance?

Look, Madden and Aikman are probably the elite of their class (of color analysists), but both probably don't get to watch the Redskins play more than once or twice a year. We, as fans of the team, should be far more knowledgable about our own players because we follow the team religiously. I wouldn't put too much stock into the opinion of a member of the television media, even if that person happens to be one of the better analysts. It's pretty outlandish for anyone to make a statement concerning the effectiveness of a single player who they do not get to see often without at least consulting statistics to see if their claim can ever remotely be justified. Having a big name doesn't excuse idiocy.

As far as those 5 reasons you gave, I would agree that they all contribute to Campbell's in experience and I believe that Campbell's inexperience is the problem. We all know that Campbell is not even close to his prime yet, and that we can expect a steady improvement from him until then.

I'm just saying that it doesn't take an experienced player to complete more than 51% of his passes. He was making A LOT of mistakes concerning where to go with the football, and put simply wasn't completing passes during his first 5 starts. I can assure you he would have completed more passes and moved the ball/sustained drives better had he not tried to take the most difficult route option every other play, and setting himself up for failure.

In the last two games, he seemed to stop forcing the ball downfield, took what the defense gave him, and improved his completion % considerably. It certainly isn't his fault that we didn't win those games.