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Originally Posted by Southpaw
This is a big one. Not as much for this particular forum, since I think about 90% of Warpath members realize this, but a lot of the general Redskins fanbase(at least the vocal fans that call in to Redskins radio shows) are talking about drafting Quinn because Campbell hasn't shown anything. That kind of thinking is just plain stupid...
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You are so right here, and I posted to this effect earlier, but take a look at Peyton Manning's first season:
+----------+--------------------------+----------------+
| WK OPP | CMP ATT PYD TD INT | RSH YD TD |
+----------+--------------------------+----------------+
| 1 mia | 21 37 302 1 3 | 0 0 0 |
| 2 nwe | 21 33 188 1 3 | 0 0 0 |
| 3 nyj | 20 44 193 0 2 | 3 26 0 |
| 4 nor | 19 32 309 1 3 | 1 7 0 |
| 5 sdg | 12 23 137 1 1 | 2 0 0 |
| 6 buf | 20 41 235 2 2 | 0 0 0 |
| 7 sfo | 18 30 231 3 0 | 0 0 0 |
| 9 nwe | 30 52 278 2 2 | 0 0 0 |
| 10 mia | 22 42 140 1 2 | 0 0 0 |
| 11 nyj | 26 44 276 3 2 | 4 21 0 |
| 12 buf | 14 29 164 1 2 | 2 0 0 |
| 13 bal | 27 42 357 3 1 | 1 2 0 |
| 14 atl | 19 27 159 2 2 | 1 7 0 |
| 15 cin | 17 26 210 3 0 | 1 -1 0 |
| 16 sea | 23 39 335 1 1 | 0 0 0 |
| 17 car | 17 34 225 1 2 | 0 0 0 |
+----------+--------------------------+----------------+
| TOTAL | 326 575 3739 26 28 | 15 62 0 |
+----------+--------------------------+----------------+
And he came in as the starter! Look at some of the truly awful games there, and note that the Colts went 3-13 that year.