D.C. Examiner: Zorn's job in jeopardy? (not so fast he's coming back)

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Campbell may have improved in the start of the season from his performance last year, but his performance this year has dropped to where it used to be.... I think he got hot for a while, but the guy we saw last year and the guy we see now is the true Jason Campbell. He is a guy who isn't horrible, but he's not great either. A friend of mine who's not a skins fan said Campbell reminds him of Trent Dilfer - he won't make many mistakes, but thats about all you can say about him.

If I were Vinny, I would talk to some other teams (discretely) about trading Campbell. If we could get a 2nd rounder for him, i'd take the deal and sign Jeff Garcia. If not, id have an open competition in camp for the starters spot between Campbell, Collins, and Colt. If its a tossup between Colt and either of the other two, Colt should get the nod because of his potential.

Funny, I was thinking a more appropriate comparison to Campbell would be Kyle Orton of the Bears. Then I saw that he's thrown 16 TDs this year.

One of the things that has to happen between Zorn and Campbell is an expansion of trust -- allow Jason to play more loose, and don't think so much that it causes pseudo-paralysis in QB play. Sometimes I think Campbell plays as though there is a miniature Jim Zorn is sitting on his shoulder barking orders in his ear.

As to trading JC for draft picks and picking up Jeff Garcia, the clock has to be winding down on that guy. His pocket presence is so jittery, it would make Zorn go bonkers just watching him play. Then we'd have just about the same problem we have now.

You do bring up a question that's been swirling around in my head recently: What's the best player we have right now that we'd be willing to trade away for picks? Assuming they were reasonable, say, a 1st and/or a 2nd. With as much rebuilding as we need to do, there aren't nearly enough draft picks in '09 to help. I don't think it would be out of the question to consider shopping someone around.