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I'm with everyone in hoping that he totally turns the ship around. Again though, I'm going to say what I've said before, I HATE this parity thing. I'd love for ONCE, just ONCE for the NFC East to be weak and the Skins to dominate it for years. Now there are all young, talented QBs and it's going to be tough every damn year.

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Hey, there's a thought....

Just like the Niners had when they went on their SB romps. They won their Div most seasons from '81 - '98. Makes the post-season a little easier when you play a crappy Div.

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Yes. :(

Everyone is all pumped how the NFC East is competitive again. Screw that. I'll take going 6-0 against the division every day of the week!

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[QUOTE=Southpaw;246974]The only reason I'm worried about Campbell getting yanked is because when Gibbs was doing his radio show on Monday, and someone asked about Brunell's future he said that "Mark will sit back in the backup spot, rest up and get healthy, and we'll see where it goes from there". Maybe he was just trying to lessen the blow for Brunell, but that doesn't sound like he's done for good to me.[/QUOTE]

I don't think he would flat out say, 'Oh yeah, he's done..' Nice generic he's still a part of the team quote.

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[quote=That Guy;246867]
the thing about campbell - alex smith threw 1 td and 11 ints, and had a million fumbles last year... and this year he's actually playing alright, so 7 games might not be enough to judge campbell fully. hopefully he shows flashes though.[/quote]


I'd had that thought in my head since he was first named starter...that I hope the team or fans don't get impatient and give up on him right away. He has the body, the brains, the skills (from what we've seen) and the desire to be a sucessful NFL QB. All he needs is the experience and we can't ignore that. Even Peyton Manning threw 8 INTs in his first 7 games, so we can't expect the world from him at first. Favre threw 37 TDs and 37 INTs in his first 2 years. Elway's rookie season had 7 TDs and 14 INTs and 47 TD/42 INT in his first 3 years!

We need to give him at LEAST 2 full seasons in my opinion. If by then, he still looks like a rookie, we'll need to get a "new" QB of the future. We've invested a LOT in Campbell...timewise and otherwise, so we can't give up if we don't like what we see immediately.

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[quote=Southpaw;246974]The only reason I'm worried about Campbell getting yanked is because when Gibbs was doing his radio show on Monday, and someone asked about Brunell's future he said that "Mark will sit back in the backup spot, rest up and get healthy, and we'll see where it goes from there". Maybe he was just trying to lessen the blow for Brunell, but that doesn't sound like he's done for good to me.[/quote]

I think Brunell would make a fine backup both this season and next (if he agrees to a pay cut). The other players like him and I think he could play really well in short stretches when 100% healthy. Remember what Doug William brought to the table as a seldom used backup who won us a Super Bowl off the bench. Doug was the same way, when they tried to make him full time starter at that stage of his career, he couldn't cut it. Brunell could prove valuable in a backup role. I am not sure anyone wants to rely on Collins as our only hope if Campbell gets hurt.

As far as Campbell getting yanked for Brunell, if Campbell is that bad that JG would consider this down the road then we have got some problems.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;247077]I'm with everyone in hoping that he totally turns the ship around. Again though, I'm going to say what I've said before, I HATE this parity thing. I'd love for ONCE, just ONCE for the NFC East to be weak and the Skins to dominate it for years. Now there are all young, talented QBs and it's going to be tough every damn year.[/quote]

what parity? the skins always seem to suck :( right now i'd love me some parity.

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HA. Touche.

We got our parity last year. We used it all up.