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[irish]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

There's no comparing Leinart to Campbell. Leinart played 4 years at USC which is basically as big of a stage as you can get outside of the NFL. He also didn't have a different offensive coordinator every year like Campbell, and unlike Campbell, Leinart was a star throughout his college career and didn't take until his senior year to blossom like Campbell.

Leinart is very polished for a rookie QB, Campbell was much more green as a rookie and even in his 2nd year he's probably not as polished as Leinart is as a rookie. I'm not saying that Campbell couldn't come in right now and play well, but I really doubt he would have been ready last year as a rookie.

Didnt Campbell play at Auburn? I'm pretty sure Auburn is inthe SEC? That's at least as big a stage in college ball as the PAC 10.

I dont think it has anything to do with polish, (How polished can TB's Grabowski be? What big college stage did he play on?) and almost everything to do with a coach that just cannot get up to speed with how things are done in the 2006 NFL.

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Originally Posted by irish

Didnt Campbell play at Auburn? I'm pretty sure Auburn is inthe SEC? That's at least as big a stage in college ball as the PAC 10.

Yeah, in fact it's bigger and with much more competition than the PAC-10 had when Leinart was playing. The PAC-10 was nothing during Leinart's time at USC.

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Originally Posted by irish

Didnt Campbell play at Auburn? I'm pretty sure Auburn is inthe SEC? That's at least as big a stage in college ball as the PAC 10.

I dont think it has anything to do with polish, (How polished can TB's Grabowski be? What big college stage did he play on?) and almost everything to do with a coach that just cannot get up to speed with how things are done in the 2006 NFL.

Philip Rivers played one (maybe two, can't remember) game his first two seasons. Having sat out the first two years hasn't hurt him in year three. There are countless other examples of QBs who sat the first couple of years and went on to be successful (Delhomme and Rypien for example. Two who played in Super Bowls)

[irish]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Philip Rivers played one (maybe two, can't remember) game his first two seasons. Having sat out the first two years hasn't hurt him in year three. There are countless other examples of QBs who sat the first couple of years and went on to be successful (Delhomme and Rypien for example. Two who played in Super Bowls)

Rivers was sitting behind another young 1st rnd pick (Breese) not a has been. Delhomme was a backup to Favre (HOFer) and went to Carolina so he could play. Rypien was in 1991, thats ancient history in the NFL, things are not done that way anymore.

Sure none of these guys were hurt sitting out a few seasons but they were sitting out because they were behind real starters. Campbell is not backing up a superior QB he backing up a has been.