JC is not what I thought.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

So it would be totally unreasonable to expect any competance from Jason Campbell for another two years?

No, but it's totally unreasonable to expect him to be quick, efficient and fully comfortable in the system in 6 weeks.

If he consistently improves all season, the wins will come. If he DOES take 2 years to get to a Pro Bowl level then we're winning a lot. I'll take that long term prospect of winning over a pretty performance one night.

[Jamaican'Skin]

Aww, did I miss out on all the irrationality? Damn, I wanted to add in my two cents. Well better late than never:

Fire Zorn, NOW!!!! Hire the Ole Ball Coach again.

Trade JC and our next two 1st round picks for Charlie Frye. Wonder what Danny Wuerful and Shane Matthews are up to.

[Redskin]

Originally Posted by Jamaican'Skin

Aww, did I miss out on all the irrationality? Damn, I wanted to add in my two cents. Well better late than never:

Fire Zorn, NOW!!!! Hire the Ole Ball Coach again.

Trade JC and our next two 1st round picks for Charlie Frye. Wonder what Danny Wuerful and Shane Matthews are up to.

We ran to much against a great d-line and didn't pass until we had too and the D knew it, plain and simple.

[21 Forever]

HESITATE?!?!?! Didn't Zorn get on him all training camp and preseason to stop patting the ball before he threw? no INT's but shit man, any DB that studies campbell enough knows that ball is coming! I mean, if we threw at all there would've been picks!

[That Guy]

one game, new offense... some people just jack their expectations up way too high.

[SOUL-SKINS]

Great news guys....Our starting QB is 1-5 in his last 6 starts. Thats pretty good right?
LOSER!!!

[joethiesmanfan]

He hates Campbell he wants Colt we know the story. Colt is another Jeff Garcia he is too little and too slow.

[CRedskinsRule]

I really have gone from being a Campbell supporter in the OTA's and last year to being on the fence. So for my 2cents:

.01 -- Please stop saying 7 new systems in 8 years. If anyone doesn't know this fact by now, then what can they really bring to this discussion.

.02 -- Zorn has committed to JC, much like Gibbs committed to Theismann before they went 0-5, if Zorn doesn't give JC the chance to succeed, at the possible cost of his first season, then he WILL lose the team.

[Paintrain]

One more thought on Campbell, for his first 4 years he was taught by Gibbs to be cautious, cautious, cautious and don't take chances to turn the ball over. What we've heard from Zorn is that JC has to trust himself and cut the ball loose. He's got to overcome 4 years of one way of thinking in 6 months. It's going to take time to not only get comfortable in the WCO but also take time trusting himself to take the chances that he was coached against taking before.

After the 4th down checkdown to Betts at the end of the game, you can see Zorn telling him 'I don't care, you have to throw it.' On the replay you can see that he was trying to get it to Randle-El who was somewhat covered but was beyond the first down sticks. Basically he's got to give his WR a chance to make a play in that situation, but his 'instincts' have been taught for him not to throw that ball. One thing about WCO QB, they have good stats, but also can have some high INT numbers. He's got to get over the fear of the turnover with the expectation that more good will come than harm.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

One more thought on Campbell, for his first 4 years he was taught by Gibbs to be cautious, cautious, cautious and don't take chances to turn the ball over. What we've heard from Zorn is that JC has to trust himself and cut the ball loose. He's got to overcome 4 years of one way of thinking in 6 months. It's going to take time to not only get comfortable in the WCO but also take time trusting himself to take the chances that he was coached against taking before.

After the 4th down checkdown to Betts at the end of the game, you can see Zorn telling him 'I don't care, you have to throw it.' On the replay you can see that he was trying to get it to Randle-El who was somewhat covered but was beyond the first down sticks. Basically he's got to give his WR a chance to make a play in that situation, but his 'instincts' have been taught for him not to throw that ball. One thing about WCO QB, they have good stats, but also can have some high INT numbers. He's got to get over the fear of the turnover with the expectation that more good will come than harm.

I think that's a good point and Madden touched on it as well. Along with all the different offenses he's worked in, along with those offenses comes different philosophies and ways of doing things. It's going to take some time for JC to unlearn the way he's been doing things the last couple of years and buy in to what Zorn wants him to do.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I think that's a good point and Madden touched on it as well. Along with all the different offenses he's worked in, along with those offenses comes different philosophies and ways of doing things. It's going to take some time for JC to unlearn the way he's been doing things the last couple of years and buy in to what Zorn wants him to do.

If this is the case, I think Zorn should take some blame for doing this to him. Zorn should be helping to build on what Gibbs/Lazor/Saunders were teaching, not tearing Campbell down to rebuild him again.

If it's the latter, it's much ado about nothing, and will only slow down his progression a bit before he reaches his prime.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

One more thought on Campbell, for his first 4 years he was taught by Gibbs to be cautious, cautious, cautious and don't take chances to turn the ball over. What we've heard from Zorn is that JC has to trust himself and cut the ball loose. He's got to overcome 4 years of one way of thinking in 6 months. It's going to take time to not only get comfortable in the WCO but also take time trusting himself to take the chances that he was coached against taking before.

After the 4th down checkdown to Betts at the end of the game, you can see Zorn telling him 'I don't care, you have to throw it.' On the replay you can see that he was trying to get it to Randle-El who was somewhat covered but was beyond the first down sticks. Basically he's got to give his WR a chance to make a play in that situation, but his 'instincts' have been taught for him not to throw that ball. One thing about WCO QB, they have good stats, but also can have some high INT numbers. He's got to get over the fear of the turnover with the expectation that more good will come than harm.

I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. By that I mean that I don't think Campbell has to start throwing caution to the wind now to please Zorn. I'm sure Zorn isn't looking for a wholesale INT increase.

On 4th and 13, JC did what he could. Ultimately, the best chance to get the first down was to get the ball to Betts in space and ask him to break two tackles. There's a reason that 4th and 13 is a very low rate of conversion.

I'll buy the fearing the turnover argument (although I would argue that this is a good thing to have in the back of your mind), but I won't buy that the WCO has a higher INT rate than other systems. The traditional WCO is QB friendly: higher completion percentages, higher touchdown rate, lower intercepton rate -- all at the expense of the backs and receivers ability to make plays after the catch.

But then again, no one ever said we were going to a traditional WCO from Zorn

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

One more thought on Campbell, for his first 4 years he was taught by Gibbs to be cautious, cautious, cautious and don't take chances to turn the ball over. What we've heard from Zorn is that JC has to trust himself and cut the ball loose. He's got to overcome 4 years of one way of thinking in 6 months. It's going to take time to not only get comfortable in the WCO but also take time trusting himself to take the chances that he was coached against taking before.

After the 4th down checkdown to Betts at the end of the game, you can see Zorn telling him 'I don't care, you have to throw it.' On the replay you can see that he was trying to get it to Randle-El who was somewhat covered but was beyond the first down sticks. Basically he's got to give his WR a chance to make a play in that situation, but his 'instincts' have been taught for him not to throw that ball. One thing about WCO QB, they have good stats, but also can have some high INT numbers. He's got to get over the fear of the turnover with the expectation that more good will come than harm.

Very well said.

[doughtydoubter]

i just dont think he had the opportunity from the blocking schemes or from the wideouts to succeed in any facet. Perhaps he could have chucked it up and given it on his WRs but i dont blame him for not trusting them to make those catches...they are all midgets...

[JoeRedskin]

One game and I am already tired of the haters.