Campbell's numbers dont lie

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Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

No, two bad halves and one throw to Moss after he beat his man on a double move. He was not seeing the field at all. I have no idea what was happening downfield without the All-22, but it is obvious that the guy is not making quick decisions, has no timing to his game, and is unable to get a clear picture of the defenses he is seeing. That Tampa team was the worst pass defense in the NFL coming into this game. It is also a complete fallacy to think that this was the first poor game that Campbell has had this year. He has had these problems seeing the field all year, it just showed up more blatantly in the stat line today.

I think you're making a lot of generalizations to try to fit a games-worth of evidence into a single neat storyline, and it's costing you some accuracy. On the whole, you're right, Campbell wasn't really diagnosing coverages most of the game, and it led to a bunch of errors. But not all of Campbell's errors fit into this blanket critique.

A lot of his problems in this game were just due to plain old inaccuracy with the football. And the statistics suggest that he was one of the most accurate passers in the league last year. So that screams aberration.

He was also somewhat indecisive with the football at points where he stepped up in the pocket, and that's the thing he corrected in the second half. He made his decisions much quicker in the second half than the first. Which is what he needs to be doing.

And no, I simply don't agree that you can extend these mistakes back to the first two games of the season. Agreed on the poor quality of the Tampa pass defense, but if you're just going to be a revisionist, then we can't be friends. The context is absolutely critical. We've seen Campbell look bad for two-game stretches before, and put together darn good years overall.

So in conclusion, though I feel like a lot of your criticisms are legit, the "I've seen enough" attitude is peculiar at best.