Either you're sarcastic, incredibly inept at judging talent or just plain retarded.
Masaki, I watched this guy suck up 5 years of our franchise, and I've had to beat it into people's heads that the guy sucks, that the guy is the QB version of Zach Randolph (guy who puts up seemingly good stats but is a loser), and is not a legitimate starter on a good team.
May I remind you Campbell hasn't played with any talent on offense his entire career outside of Chris Cooley and MARGINALLY Santana Moss.
haha you're joking right?
Until the last half of 2008, our offensive line was solid, and until Samuels got hurt mid-season, was basically dominant for a 10 game stretch. Sure, it collapsed in 2009, but it was solid up until then.
I do remember people bitching about the line in 2007, and then what do you know? 37 year old career backup from Kansas City who knows the playbook comes in and the offense looks like, well, the Kansas City Chiefs.
And lack of talent? Portis was a stud until 2009. Moss looked like a star with fucking Mark Brunell throwing to him, but when it was Jason Campbell all of a sudden he looks done. Cooley is an elite TE. Randle El is okay, though he should have been in the slot.
May I remind you that he has had a different offensive coordinator each and every single year of his career.
No he has not.
2005 season: Don Breaux
2006 season: Al Saunders
2007 season: Al Saunders
2008 season: Sherman Smith/Jim Zorn
2009 season: Sherman Smith/Jim Zorn
And the Breaux/Gibbs system is fundamentally similar to the Saunders/Martz system (both descend from Air Coryell).
The fact is, the reason why this has been a huge problem for him is because
he is slow in learning playbooks.
May I remind you that he has played behind one of the worst offensive lines EVER FIELDED.
The Packers and Steelers gave up more sacks last year than the Redskins. How'd that work out for Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers?
May I remind you that despite constant criticism, constant pressure and a lack of supporting cast, Campbell as took it stride, remained professional AND Improved EVERY year AS the team around him became progressively WORSE.
No he didn't. I've refuted these idiotic arguments time and time again - Campbell's "bread and butter" is the 2 yard screen pass to Moss or Cooley (or sometimes Randle El) that they turn into a 10 or 15 yard gain because
they are that damn good. Cooley is a solid top 10 TE, who is barely below the top 5 guys, and he also had Davis, who was productive last year as well. Oh and, until the last half of 2008, Campbell had a star RB. Remember when Campbell hadn't thrown an INT for the first 8 games? Portis was on pace for 2000 yards.
For the entirety of Campbell's career, Moss, Randle El, and Cooley have run free all over the field. Campbell has either missed them because he can't read defenses for shit, or overthrown them because he has virtually no accuracy past 30 yards. His deep balls look pretty, but they never actually get to the receiver. Just ask Santana Moss, who has bitched about Campbell's inability to throw for years now.
May I remind you Campbell threw more TDs last year than Russell has thrown HIS ENTIRE CAREER.
Give Jamarcus a real team and a gameplan designed to hide how much he sucks and he'll probably put up good numbers at least for one season. Does that make him a good QB? Nah, that just means the coaching staff was able to get him to do things even college quarterbacks can do and had some nice skill position players to make him look good.
More time, effort and energy was invested to justify the huge investment we made in him than in most other quarterbacks, and he did just enough to give people hope that he could improve, similar to how a D average kid in school boosts his score from 61 to 64 to 67, making people think he can actually get better. But the fact remains, he's still a D average kid.
If Russell is a 30/100 QB, Campbell is a 50/100 QB, but the fact remains that they are still failing QBs.
Campbell is not a legitimate starter in the NFL, and the Raiders will realize this about week 8.
