Monday, October 6, 2008

Is Jason Campbell the Next Doug Williams?



Okay, lets avoid the obvious comparison of Jason Campbell being a black QB for the Redskins and wearing #17.

Dude is cool under pressure, utterly ridiculous. The way he's played in his last two games has been remarkable for the 3rd year QB out of Auburn. Campbell led the Redskins offense with a savvy gameplan from rookie head coach Jim Zorn to rattle off 23 unanswered points as they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 23-17 in a tough NFC East matchup on the road.

from ESPN's Matt Mosley Campbell didn't put up great numbers (16-of-29 for 176 yards), but he made two clutch plays on the Redskins' final drive. As the official driver of the Campbell bandwagon (seats no longer available), I thought his pass to Antwaan Randle El with 5:50 left was one of the best of his career. Campbell stepped away from pressure while still looking downfield and then calmly delivered the ball to Randle El for a key third-down conversion. Three plays later, he raced for 15 yards on third-and-9 to extend the drive.

With the next three games against St. Louis, Cleveland, and Detroit, Washington's primed to be 7-1 going into a nice matchup against the AFC North leading Pittsburgh Steelers. With that said, if you watched Dallas yesterday, they mailed it in. They played a horrible Cincinnati team and the Bengals should've won, except they have some really inept players their squad. If Reggie Kelly didn't have stone hands on the first play of the game, and Chris Perry carried the football like he carries his weed then the Bengals have their first win of the season. Dallas looks shaky, and that's hard to say for a team that's 4-1. It'll be interesting to see when the Giants step to the Dallas and see how Romo and the boys handle a big game. By the way, is it me or does Romo makes a hella bogus throw at least once a game? Like at this point I'm not even surprised that this happens. Don't you have to be concerned about this if you're a Cowboys fan? I mean, I DOG ON THE COWBOYS, but as many accolades as they receive, they still haven't won a playoff game with Romo at QB. I dunno.

Campbell hasn't thrown an interception since December 2nd of 2007. If he keeps it up, It might be another black QB wearing #17 in Tampa, Florida in January 2009.

**NOTE - Please be aware that on Wednesday I will be devoting 72 hours of Red River Shootout Coverage. You know where I'm from (Oklahoma) and you know how I feel about the Sooners. Texas is starting to look really good, and I'm sure I'll have some sh*t talking from you Longhorn fans. Gotta love it. Get ready, 5 days and counting to OU-Texas...

-Ed.

Comments

11 Responses to "Is Jason Campbell the Next Doug Williams?"
  1. Antone said...
    Monday, October 06, 2008 1:06:00 PM

    I couldn't agree more about Campbell and Romo. Romo makes at least one shakey play a game and I think if Dallas doesn't make the Super Bowl it will be because of him.

    Here is what I had to say about Campbell after last week's game in my NFL Weekly post:

    I couldn't talk about the NFC East without dedicating some time to Jason Campbell, who continues to impress me this season. Now maybe Jim Zorn's west coast offense has helped Campbell, but I couldn't help but watch him during the game yesterday and start to think that he is maturing into a star QB for the Redskins. Campbell has been phenomenal this year completing 65.3% of his passes, while throwing for 878 yards and 6 touchdowns. Most importantly, the Redskins as a team haven't turned the ball over once in four games and certainly that is credit to the maturity of Jason Campbell. Campbell is getting little publicity right now for the way he is playing and I have to wonder why? Right now he is the best QB in the NFC East, not Romo, not Manning, not even McNabb. Sure, those guys are playing well, but Campbell is playing better than all of them right now and he deserves some shine.

  2. SoulOnIce said...
    Monday, October 06, 2008 3:36:00 PM

    Jason Campbell is nice, but it also helps that he's getting HUGE ASSISTANCE from The Phenomenal Clinton Portis. He's quietly having a tremendous year.

  3. ~Shiona~ said...
    Monday, October 06, 2008 4:28:00 PM

    Thank you for talking about the Redskins. I love reading all this stuff. I was saying the same thing about 7-1 once I saw the schedule. Portis deserves some mention as well. Actually, everyone does Cooley, Moss, Randle-El, okay I'm done. I was so worried when this coach was named but it seems like these "rookie coaches" are getting the job done. *See yesterday's spanking of my other team by the Dolphins.

  4. mrsFAB said...
    Monday, October 06, 2008 10:20:00 PM

    Team Romo... *Go Cowboys!*

  5. Don said...
    Monday, October 06, 2008 11:16:00 PM

    Campbell has definitely come-of-age, but I don't know if I'd group him with Doug Williams. They both display Big Game capabilities, though. The entire Redskins team have grown up a bit. Sean Taylor's death might have sped up that inevitable process.

  6. Gamerz Unlimited said...
    Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:17:00 PM

    Campbell is the quarterback for the future of the Redskins. Running game is helping keep pressure off of him but still underrated quarterback. Everyone will notice him pretty soon.

  7. MilesPerHour said...
    Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:38:00 PM

    I liked Campbell coming out of college. I must say I do get tired of comparisons being a GBP fan and all. For 5 years they were saying someone was the next Brett Favre. Right.

    Sad year for me as a stockholder. Ted Thompson the GM must go. I picked the Pack to 8-8 this year and was getting shouted down bigtime after they won their first two games. Not pretty sitting 2-3 atm.

  8. CCGroovy!!! said...
    Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:26:00 PM

    Personally, I think they should retire the #17. But; that's because I'm a Doug Williams fan, and I'm from Louisiana; and although I went to SOUTHERN, I will rep anything from the BOOT (Louisiana)!!!

  9. and1grad said...
    Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:21:00 PM

    I think if the Cowboys actually make the Super Bowl, it'll be b/c of Romo...but there's too many headcases on that team for me to believe they can win it. Cant say I believe in the Redskins either. They remind me of last year's Jags.

  10. J. McFly said...
    Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:27:00 AM

    Romo is starting to scare me but I have faith.

  11. Hookem63 said...
    Friday, October 10, 2008 3:20:00 PM

    Romo does have questionable throws but the reason they didn't win against Washington was because they didn't run the ball enough. It wasn't because Jason Campbell is so spectacular. True enough Dallas lost that game but other than that they win.....THE COWBOYS WIN!!! Dallas won ugly against Cincinnati but they win!! There's other teams who haven't won a playoff game in some years too. That fact is highly overrated. Keep in mind we just left the Dark Age of Dallas Cowboys football which lasted from '97 to about '05. And say what you want about how shaky Dallas looks but last year at this time we looked great but look what happen. If you are on fire in the beginning the flames might get snuffed out in the cold of January. Instead this year Dallas is warming up until January when they become red hot. Super Bowl Champions vs either Tennessee or Denver

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