Does Campbell end the 'Cover 2' excuse?

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Your carefully selected three game sample size (out of 9 I might add), is stirring but really paints the picture that you want to see. Doesn't look on the season as a whole.

I picked the three divisional games because they were the most important. If you want to get technical, I blamed the defense for the Titans loss, even though Brunell's rating for that game was around 69. And how is it that when the defense performs exceptionally bad, it's entirely the defense's fault that Washington lost, but when Brunell looks like a frail old man and puts up three points in a game, it's a team loss?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I picked the three divisional games because they were the most important. If you want to get technical, I blamed the defense for the Titans loss, even though Brunell's rating for that game was around 69. And how is it that when the defense performs exceptionally bad, it's entirely the defense's fault that Washington lost, but when Brunell looks like a frail old man and puts up three points in a game, it's a team loss?

Because the defense played bad then too. Brunell has pretty much gone as the rest of the offense has. Inconsistent at times, but if you really analyze things (look past just points, and into why points were scored), not bad overall.

The defense has been quite consistent this year.

[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Because the defense played bad then too. Brunell has pretty much gone as the rest of the offense has. Inconsistent at times, but if you really analyze things (look past just points, and into why points were scored), not bad overall.

The defense has been quite consistent this year.

I've said this before...

Brunell is as good as his team. He cannot lead a team like a Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. He cannot make something from nothing. 2005 for example, with healthy players and a solid defense... He leads the team on a huge 10-6 season. When does the criticism start to reign down on him?

When he's in the play-off game, with no receivers. No timing, nothing. He looked miserable.

Same can be applied to this year, however he has one more year added on him. He looked good against JAX, and played some pretty solid games. But when your "X factor" running-back is hurt... theres not much you can do.

I think Campbell is probably going to be more successful in this offense, once he gets that crucial element of timing down. Don't expect a 400YD performance on sunday. It'll be humbling, but not humiliating.