Campbell to NFC Beast: Don't sweat the preseason

skinsfan69 · 09-03-2008, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamaican'Skin

How can you tell after only two preseason games?

I'm just gettting a bad feeling about this guy. He only had one good season, the season before that he barely caught any balls, he had no production at all. Now he's all of a sudden thrown into an NFL training camp and he's just not ready for the NFL game. This looks like Taylor Jacobs. I hope like hell I'm wrong.

Jamaican'Skin · 09-03-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I'm just gettting a bad feeling about this guy. He only had one good season, the season before that he barely caught any balls, he had no production at all. Now he's all of a sudden thrown into an NFL training camp and he's just not ready for the NFL game. This looks like Taylor Jacobs. I hope like hell I'm wrong.

I don't think its fair to expect that he is going to contribute significantly in his first year. You can't call him a bust when you haven't seen him in a real game situation. Wait it out

GTripp0012 · 09-03-2008, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamaican'Skin

I don't think its fair to expect that he is going to contribute significantly in his first year. You can't call him a bust when you haven't seen him in a real game situation. Wait it out

I must, once again, defend the distinction between "Devin Thomas was a bad selection" and "Devin Thomas is a bust."

The first statement is something I made less than 5 seconds following his selection. The second is something that I (and skinsfan69 and everyone else who has any patience) would not even consider saying until sometime into the 2009 season.

We'll wait it out as fans, because there's no other real option. But I think there is something to be said when your decision maker chooses the worst prospect out of all the players being considered with his first selection. We'll live, as long as this doesn't become a trend. Bad selections are made all the time in the NFL, and apparently, the Redskins are not above that.

Jamaican'Skin · 09-03-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I must, once again, defend the distinction between "Devin Thomas was a bad selection" and "Devin Thomas is a bust."

The first statement is something I made less than 5 seconds following his selection. The second is something that I (and skinsfan69 and everyone else who has any patience) would not even consider saying until sometime into the 2009 season.

We'll wait it out as fans, because there's no other real option. But I think there is something to be said when your decision maker chooses the worst prospect out of all the players being considered with his first selection. We'll live, as long as this doesn't become a trend. Bad selections are made all the time in the NFL, and apparently, the Redskins are not above that.

He was a top WR prospect expected to go in the first round, how is that a bad selection?