campbell is culpepper clone?

[jermus22]

I'd prefer to compare Campbell to a young Doug Williams, although from all I've heard, Campbell has already developed a nice touch on his long passes that Williams lacked early in his career. Both have (had) rocket arms able to throw any pass in the book, both excelled on medium to long range passes, and both were good scramblers with excellent mobility (Williams scrambled far less in his later years, when he played in Washington). However, Williams was often maligned for overthrowing receivers; the papers said he was the only person who could overthrow the regime in Iran. It wasn't until after a few years in the USFL that Williams improved on his touch, allowing him to torch secondaries once he joined the 'Skins. Expect Campbell to have his share of growing pains, but also expect him to contribute sometime in the next two or three years.

[firstdown]

It will be intresting to see who ends up as our second string QB. I would say that skip it to him Brunell would be listed as our 2nd starting off but as thing progress that could change.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I'd prefer Campbell to win the backup job. It's only going to stunt his development to have him as third string...

...unless they ARE planning on replacing Ramsey and I'll forego beating an already dead and decomposing horse.

[MTK]

Brunell in all likelihood be the backup this year.

I'm actually kinda interested to see how Brunell looks this preseason.

[Paintrain]

I expect Campbell to be the backup no later than midseason and if the Redskins struggle he will play (assuming QB is part of the problem) once the playoffs are out of reach.. Obviously hoping that we don't have to worry about that as we roll towards the postseason!

[Davnpurt]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Brunell in all likelihood be the backup this year.

I'm actually kinda interested to see how Brunell looks this preseason.

Me too. I haven't heard a thing about him this offseason; did he/does he have any lingering injuries, what are his feelings on PR being the starter, etc...

This Campbell kid is an interesting cat. Because of the success of African-American QBs like McNabb, Culpepper, Vick et al in the passing game (maybe not Vick yet) he won't be dogged with questions about him being a scrambling QB who occassionally passes which can only bode well for his attitude and confidence. As for comparisons size wise btw himself and Culpepper thats wholly unrealistic. Daunte looks like a d tackle.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Brunell in all likelihood be the backup this year.

I'm actually kinda interested to see how Brunell looks this preseason.

Amen. It would be interesting to see how much of Brunell's crappy play was attributable the players around him last year. He had to play with guys who had no idea what was going on.

Then again, there's no excuse for his 1-8 performance against the Bengals (that was the Bengals game, right?). I remember Ramsey coming in and playing much better that day.

But the point remains, Brunell probably wouldn't be nearly as bad this year as he was last year. That said, I'd still prefer PR of course. But I don't mind having Mark Brunell as my backup QB, not one bit.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Amen. It would be interesting to see how much of Brunell's crappy play was attributable the players around him last year. He had to play with guys who had no idea what was going on.

Then again, there's no excuse for his 1-8 performance against the Bengals (that was the Bengals game, right?). I remember Ramsey coming in and playing much better that day.

But the point remains, Brunell probably wouldn't be nearly as bad this year as he was last year. That said, I'd still prefer PR of course. But I don't mind having Mark Brunell as my backup QB, not one bit.

Agree with all your points here...but what really concerns me is this. If we release Rod Gardner, then which wide receiver will throw the touchdown passes on our trick plays? If Gardner could do nothing else, it was throw ducks into the end zone

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I just want to see Campbell in for mop up duty after Portis has run for 200+ yards and our receivers have caught a couple touchdown passes.

[Defensewins]

We will see alot of Campbell in the scrimages and preseason. Should be interesting because Campbell ran the same offensive terminology and system in his senior year at Aubrun that Gibbs will run this year. He excelled in this offense and it has to speed up his development. I think that is part of the reason Gibbs liked what he saw in Campbell.
There should be less of a learning curve for Campbell than tere was for ramsey his rookie year. Ramsey had to learn a new offense while Campbell does not. I believe Ramsey played in the shotgun offense most of the time on Tulane.

[Duffman003]

I don't think it's fair to compare Campbell and Culpepper. Campbell isn't as mobile as Culpepper is he? and also he doesn't have Randy Moss to throw to.

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Duffman003

I don't think it's fair to compare Campbell and Culpepper. Campbell isn't as mobile as Culpepper is he? and also he doesn't have Randy Moss to throw to.

Neither does Culpepper, Moss is a Raider.

[illdefined]

whoa, whoa, Culpeper is 268 lbs (yeah i know, like Charles Mann taking snaps). if Matty says Campbell is 228, then 40 lbs (on a freaking QB) makes a big difference in mobility, poise and how he'll be played.

[SmootSmack]

players are just getting bigger and bigger. Our kicker is 6'3", 240, and our punter is 6'5", 225.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

players are just getting bigger and bigger. Our kicker is 6'3", 240, and our punter is 6'5", 225.

Jesus, I knew Hall was big, but 240! Maybe we should move him to DE.