It's amazing how quickly 10 minutes of a football game can change your opinion of a Quarterback and a Coach. Sitting in the endzone section of a blisteringly hot match between the Saints and Redskins, the offense led by Jason Campbell and brought to DC by Jim Zorn was once again floundering. I know I wasn't the only one who was approaching near-certainty that this West Coast offense could never work for JC. I was truly convinced that we were going to be among the worst offenses in the league, a crime considering the talent on the roster. And then Jason Campbell put together a 94-yard scoring drive capped off with a Clinton Portis touchdown run! Not bad. And then, a 67 yard bomb to Santana Moss for the go-ahead score. Two convincing ways to score: a long, arduous march down the field, followed by a 1 play explosion. And then the game was finished off with a nifty 8 yard quick slant pass to Moss.
West Coast Offense
17 September 2008
8 May 2008
Really for no other reason than to say "I told you so" in the future, I want to express my firmly held belief right now that Jason Campbell is the real deal. He's the second coming of Donovan McNabb, but with more of a competitive fire within (something you can develop playing at Auburn, as opposed to Syracuse). I am fully confident that he will be an elite quarterback for the better part of the next decade, which will keep the Skins in the division and conference race almost every year. Really it's good we have someone to match the suddenly impressive Eli Manning. Nothing Campbell showed in 06 and 07 has led me to think otherwise.
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