Player Spotlight: Jason Campbell (1 Viewer)

[LHUCKS]

Number 2 or 3 FF QB in 2007

3000 passing

15 TD's

16 INT

200 rush with one rushing TD

 

[fatness]

I think he meant QB2 or QB3 on a fantasy team.

 

[redman]

I think he meant QB2 or QB3 on a fantasy team.

Yeah, 2nd or 3rd string. It took me a couple of reads too.

 

[BigJim®]

It's just OTA's, but sounds like Campbell is looking pretty good. Could be a late round sleeper and dynasty buy.

A CAMPBELL SPECIAL

At this time of year, during organized team activities, many players are said to look good.

But Washington quarterback Jason Campbell is said to look especially good.

After two years in the league as an understudy, and four hours each day this winter and spring in Washington's training facility simply studying, Campbell is said to look like a different quarterback, Redskins officials said this week.

One observer even predicted, boldly, that Campbell would go to the Pro Bowl this season.

Of course it's a long way from Washington in May to Hawaii in February, but Campbell has demonstrated improved technique, understanding and confidence. And after a week of OTA's, he has been the most talked about player in the Redskins organization.

"It's unanimous from everybody," one Redskins official said this week. "You can definitely see it. He's like a totally different quarterback. The receivers have been like, 'Wow.' "

http://nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/10184868

 

[redman]

Redskins' Campbell making believers out of teammates

By Jim Corbett, USA TODAY

ASHBURN, Va. — Jason Campbell has spent so much of the last three months sharpening his footwork, rhythm and timing, it seems he's been prepping for an Emmitt Smith-like run on Dancing with the Stars rather than his first full season as the Washington Redskins' starting quarterback.

By speeding up his mechanics, Campbell has slowed down what he's seeing around him. Slow and grow.

From his decision to commit two vacation weeks this July — they'll be spent throwing to his receivers at wideout Santana Moss' Miami home — before training camp to his sharper reads and passes, Campbell has made impressive sacrifices and strides this offseason.

"He's been like my son," associate head coach Al Saunders says. "Every time I look over my shoulder, he is here."

The 6-4, 230-pound Campbell radiates a poised presence evidenced in those tight spirals zipped to all the right places during organized team activities at the team's training complex.

He exudes a leader's demeanor in every way.

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"We talk a lot more about character in this league. Jason Campbell is the epitome of character," says former Redskins quarterback Doug Williams, who gave his blessing to Campbell to wear his old No. 17. "He's going to represent the Redskins well."

The biggest positive during Washington's dismal 5-11 season was the invaluable starting experience Campbell gleaned. He went 2-5 after replacing veteran Mark Brunell.

The renewed hope for a Redskins postseason renaissance springs from Campbell's offseason growth spurt, which is exactly what coach Joe Gibbs and Saunders sought.

"He's there," Moss says of his quarterback. "His confidence level has risen. And his game, his arm, his decisions, his accuracy — all have risen with his confidence.

"This offense is about timing. You have to be at a spot, and his ball is there on time with good zip on it."

Moss said the results would be different if the improved Campbell could replay his seven 2006 starts. But the preseason and duress of the 2007 season will better indicate Campbell's progress.

"Joe Gibbs won Super Bowls with three quarterbacks," says Williams, now a Tampa Bay Buccaneers personnel executive. "He's been around enough quarterbacks to know what he wants in one. When Joe decides this is the guy, there isn't any doubt.

"But Jason is just like anybody else. Just give him time."

The Redskins liked Campbell enough to acquire Denver's first-round selection in the 2005 draft and grabbed him with the 25th pick.

But Campbell didn't play so much as a down before Gibbs promoted him to starter against Tampa Bay on Nov. 19.

"He has really paid the price this offseason," Gibbs says. "He is quicker, much more confident. He is just more comfortable."

Everything appears more effortless. It belies all of Campbell's hard work.

"I've been here since the beginning of March," he says.

"You have to sacrifice a lot of trips to stay here and put the time and effort in, watch film and go on the field, practicing drops and throwing. One day you'll be glad you did it."

Campbell is ever more fluent in Saunders' voluminous playbook and handles his attendant responsibilities as the new face of the franchise with unassuming ease.

"I couldn't have a better coach or a better teacher than coach Saunders," Campbell says. "He does it all and knows it all. He was in Kansas City and turned Trent Green into a Pro Bowl quarterback year in and year out."

It's remarkable that this is the first time in seven years the former Auburn star has been in the same offensive system.

"Jason's a very talented guy who's got all of the qualities you want in a quarterback in terms of intangibles," Saunders says. "He's a hard worker — very, very dedicated — and wants to be good.

"His character is impeccable. And he's really respected and admired by his teammates."

And the hard work seems to be paying off.

"One thing we've done with his mechanics is we've tried to quicken everything up for him," Saunders says. "That's from the waist down — the speed of footwork — and the neck up — the quickness of making his decisions.

"The thing Jason was able to demonstrate last year, that really gives him an opportunity to be successful as a quarterback in the NFL, is he has great poise under stressful situations," Saunders says.

If the Redskins are to reach the NFC Championship Game — something running back Clinton Portis guaranteed during a cable television appearance in which he unveiled his latest alter ego, "Broadway Joe Namath" Portis — Campbell is the key.

A healthy Portis, combined with the emergence of Ladell Betts, promises the potential of a top-flight backfield tandem to ease pressure on Campbell. Saunders' offense funneled through running backs Marshall Faulk in St. Louis and Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson in Kansas City.

"Our offense is built on the running back, and what and how much we can do is predicated on the quarterback," Saunders says. "Jason's growth is extremely important to how much we can do offensively.

"That remains to be seen, and that's why we're working in the offseason."

Year two under Saunders has historically signaled an offensive quantum leap.

The Chiefs registered a league-high 467 points in 2002, 143 more than 2001. And when he served as the Rams' associate head coach in 2000, St. Louis amassed a league-record 7,075 yards, 663 more than in 1999.

Williams urges Campbell to play his role and manage and maximize the talent around him.

"I saw him down at the Super Bowl, and we talked for three hours," Campbell says of Williams. "I got a chance to talk to him before my first start, and it was huge. Doug told me, 'Just play football. Don't put any pressure on yourself, and everything else will fall in place.' "

Mentored by the late Eddie Robinson at Grambling, Williams helped debunk stereotypes about black quarterbacks, throwing four touchdown passes in the Redskins' 42-10 Super Bowl XXII victory against the Denver Broncos, earning MVP honors. He now takes pride in seeing Campbell play the position.

"Let's be honest — no sense in me sugarcoating," Williams says. "We're talking about a young African-American quarterback, and we know they're still not judged the same way all the time.

"We've come a long way. But the media has got to let the kid grow up. He hasn't started a full year yet. If you're going to judge where Jason Campbell is headed, it has to be judged on this entire year, provided all his guys stay healthy."

If Campbell can consistently beat eight defenders in the box with darts to his receivers and keep his interception total below 15, the Redskins should have a shot at that postseason return.

"The one thing you can never teach is experience," Saunders says.

"We're excited about where he is right now and where we think he's going to be."

Find this article at:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nf...ll_N.htm?csp=34

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I'm not sure how well he'll do (I expect he'll be a middle of the road fantasy & NFL QB this year) but I am rooting for him. Sounds like a reall classy guy.

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Even as His Profile Rises, Campbell Stays Grounded

By Jason La Canfora

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, June 15, 2007; Page E01

On a lazy Sunday afternoon two weeks ago, with no practice the following day and a world of temptation beckoning downtown, the Washington Redskins' 25-year-old starting quarterback never left his neighborhood. Instead, Jason Campbell took his girlfriend to a barbecue down the street before challenging some local kids at a nearby bowling alley.

You can take the millionaire quarterback out of Taylorsville, Miss., but taking Taylorsville, Miss., out of the millionaire quarterback is another matter entirely.

Campbell enters the Redskins' three-day minicamp, which begins today, as the team's undisputed leader on the field and an in-demand presence on Washington's black-tie circuit, yet remains an unassuming, polite Southerner. Whether playing video games with neighborhood kids in Loudoun County or accompanying his girlfriend -- Miss District of Columbia Mercedes Lindsay -- to an event at the Versace mansion in Miami Beach, Campbell remains modest. He seems incapable of declining any autograph request and is accommodating with the media and the team's community relations department.

"Jason is too nice. He really is," said tackle Chris Samuels, who often ventures out with Campbell. "He just can't help it. He doesn't know how to say no."

The whirlwind of NFL fame, after spending his first season-and-a-half inactive as the No. 3 quarterback, has left Campbell unfazed. Teammates and coaches praise him for his progress as a quarterback this offseason and his character. Campbell is acutely aware of how crucial his development is to the team as Coach Joe Gibbs enters his fourth season since coming out of retirement.

"You're always worried, at least for me, when you get that many young guys together on a team and you know that anything can happen at any time," Gibbs said. "But I can honestly say that Jason, what he's done around here in the community and the hours he's spent in preparation and what he's done on the field and in the conditioning room, you get a snapshot of people.

"And you keep adding to it and adding to it and over a period of time you get a real strong feel, and certainly I don't know of anything else he could have done in preparation, and I don't know of anything more he could have done as a person."

So no one was surprised when Campbell and Lindsay accepted an invitation to a neighborhood cookout (Campbell, a bachelor who disdains leftovers, is a frequent dinner guest around his housing development). There, the 25th overall pick of the 2005 draft boasted good-naturedly about his bowling prowess with some high school students.

"After a while we decided to go hang out for a second and put all the trash talking to rest and see who won," Campbell said. "So we went to the bowling alley and settled it. One of the kids whupped everybody -- I can't take credit for beating him -- but the kid who was talking trash, yeah, I took care of him."

Tight end Chris Cooley happened to walk into the establishment in the midst of it all.

"There's all these families and kids, like a neighborhood bowling party, and there's Jason bowling with them," Cooley said. "It was hilarious. That's Jason, him and Miss Washington, D.C., out there bowling with, like, 12 kids from the neighborhood. He's just such a down-to-earth guy."

Campbell, who cemented his starting status with a promising showing in the final seven games last season, has proven equally at ease at the other end of the social spectrum. While he'd prefer to spend every night watching movies on the couch, sometimes there are more pressing engagements. Like Redskins owner Daniel Snyder's Super Bowl party at the Versace mansion, where NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon, Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes and other celebrities watched as Cruise peppered Campbell with questions for 20 minutes.

"He asked me what you look at as a quarterback from the first point when you go to the line," Campbell said, "and I tell him everything you're looking for and everything you're looking at, and he's like in awe, you know? And I'm like, 'Shoot, I don't know why you're in awe, with all those movie lines you've got to learn and all the stunts you have to do.' "

Campbell was a hit at Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's inauguration party as well. Thus far, nothing about his newly minted celebrity status has left Campbell starry-eyed or muddied his judgment.

"Nothing ever gets to him. He's always the same person," Shannon White, Campbell's high school coach, said by phone from Mississippi. "I wish I could tell you something bad about him, but I really can't. He's not a guy who is going to get a big head or get in trouble or throw out a lot of controversial quotes. He's very loyal to his coaches and teammates, and always puts the team first."

The work ethic Campbell has displayed during the offseason -- almost never leaving town, meeting with coaches and watching film at Redskins Park -- speaks to his priorities. He won over teammates by leaving the practice facility hours after everyone else and staying home to study defenses.

"His dedication should really pay off for us this year," running back Rock Cartwright said. "I'm sure you'll see at minicamp the way he just has that confidence, calls the plays, knows what's going on. If the play is miscalled by the coaches, he's correcting them. He knows this offense and what it takes to help us win. "

The responsibilities that come with the quarterback job -- and the intense pressure to perform -- are nothing new to Campbell.

In Taylorsville (population roughly 1,300, with a single traffic light), Campbell, a coach's son, loomed large; his high school accomplishments drew an ESPN film crew to town. At Auburn, the football-crazed area flipped during the Tigers' undefeated 2005 season. Campbell and roommate Ronnie Brown (a tailback who was also selected in the first round of the NFL draft), had people routinely hanging around outside their apartment, waiting for them to leave for class, and following them to restaurants.

Campbell could barely take a bite without being swarmed, and some places put up makeshift partitions for Campbell and his teammates. "He got noticed all the time and it got out of control sometimes," said cornerback Carlos Rogers, a college teammate.

Campbell accepted the hysteria at Auburn and is relishing the chance to lead a winning team again. Stopping to chat, being open and outgoing, and living his life in public are the least of his concerns. Campbell is more worried about improving on his 2-5 record as a starter and getting Washington's offense back among the league's elite.

"The Redskins have great fans, so you know the people are going to know their players," Campbell said. "Anytime I go downtown they're always there and supporting me, telling me they're rooting for me and saying they look forward to me being here a while. All of that gives you confidence and you enjoy it.

"I don't ever let being recognized bother me, and you'd better enjoy it now, because if they're not rooting for you then you've got a problem. Even if I've only got a minute while I'm on my way to do something, I always want to be as friendly as possible."

 

[cscmtp]

Campbell will be on Total Access tonight, I'll be tuning in. Kid is gonna surprise a lot of people this year IMO.

 

[fatness]

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Even as His Profile Rises, Campbell Stays Grounded

By Jason La Canfora

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, June 15, 2007; Page E01

..............Tight end Chris Cooley happened to walk into the establishment in the midst of it all.

"There's all these families and kids, like a neighborhood bowling party, and there's Jason bowling with them," Cooley said. "It was hilarious. That's Jason, him and Miss Washington, D.C., out there bowling with, like, 12 kids from the neighborhood. He's just such a down-to-earth guy."..............

I like Jason Campbell.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

This isn't particularly scientific, but one of the things Campbell seems to have going for him is a total lack of self-awareness. I think that's what Parcells was talking about when he used to say he didn't like his players "too smart." Not stupid, just sort of naturally zen -- simple and uncomplicated.

I'm not saying that very well, but Campbell's got it. And I think he's going to be a good, or very good NFL QB in the next couple years.

 

[fatkid]

3200 yards24 td's 300 rushing2 td's

Here's the thing . . . those numbers account for 298 fantasy points in the FBG scoring system prior to deductions for interceptions (-1 per INT). If we give him 18 INT, that would give him 280 fantasy points. Last year he would have ranked as the #7 fantasy QB.Now, I'm not dissing on Jason Campbell, but do people really think of him as a Top 7 fantasy QB?

that's an average of 200 yards/game and 1.5 td passes/game. 8 games he'll go 180/18 games he'll go 220/2doesn't seem to be the stuff of a #7 qb to methen again, I'm a homer

Well, it sure SOUNDS easy enough, right?In 2006:- 11 QB had 3,200 passing yards- 6 had 24 passing TD- 2 had 300 rushing yards- 13 had 2 rushing TDSo basically, Campbell would have been above average in ALL of those areas. As a Campbell owner in at least 3 leagues, I hope you are right because I won't need to look for another QB.

The problem with season totals is that QBs get injured. McNabb would have hit most of these marks, but he got hurt. Since we can't predict injuries, my projections may make Cambell the 7th rated QB in 2006, but still make him the 15 th rated QB in my projections. (For the record, they don't this was just an example)Here are the combined #s for Brunell and Cambell from 2006 (Thanks Data Dominator!). I think this is a reasonable starting point for Campell.272 Completions468 Attempts3087 Yards18 Tds10 IntsHe had a better TD % than Brunell last year, but TDs are more random than simple yards. I don't feel comforatable projecting those with the same confidence I project YPA or attempts. Further, Cambell is in a Similar offense to the one Green, Bulger and Kitna were all in last year. Bulger turned in the best YPA in that offense with a 7.3, Kitna was 7, and Green was 6.8. I think a really good YPA for Cambell this year is 6.8. 6.8YPA * 470 Attempts = 3200 Yards. A decent YPA would be 6.5.I just don't see the same massive upside for Cambell that others do. I see room for improvement, and I expect he will. But I also see a run first offense, limiting his attempts. I don't believe is TD ratios from last year are predictive of what he will do this year. Here are my predicitions.290 Completions500 Attempts3200 Yards20 Tds12 Ints6.5 YPA

 

[David Yudkin]

3200 yards24 td's 300 rushing2 td's

Here's the thing . . . those numbers account for 298 fantasy points in the FBG scoring system prior to deductions for interceptions (-1 per INT). If we give him 18 INT, that would give him 280 fantasy points. Last year he would have ranked as the #7 fantasy QB.Now, I'm not dissing on Jason Campbell, but do people really think of him as a Top 7 fantasy QB?

that's an average of 200 yards/game and 1.5 td passes/game. 8 games he'll go 180/18 games he'll go 220/2doesn't seem to be the stuff of a #7 qb to methen again, I'm a homer

Well, it sure SOUNDS easy enough, right?In 2006:- 11 QB had 3,200 passing yards- 6 had 24 passing TD- 2 had 300 rushing yards- 13 had 2 rushing TDSo basically, Campbell would have been above average in ALL of those areas. As a Campbell owner in at least 3 leagues, I hope you are right because I won't need to look for another QB.

The problem with season totals is that QBs get injured. McNabb would have hit most of these marks, but he got hurt. Since we can't predict injuries, my projections may make Cambell the 7th rated QB in 2006, but still make him the 15 th rated QB in my projections. (For the record, they don't this was just an example)Here are the combined #s for Brunell and Cambell from 2006 (Thanks Data Dominator!). I think this is a reasonable starting point for Campell.272 Completions468 Attempts3087 Yards18 Tds10 IntsHe had a better TD % than Brunell last year, but TDs are more random than simple yards. I don't feel comforatable projecting those with the same confidence I project YPA or attempts. Further, Cambell is in a Similar offense to the one Green, Bulger and Kitna were all in last year. Bulger turned in the best YPA in that offense with a 7.3, Kitna was 7, and Green was 6.8. I think a really good YPA for Cambell this year is 6.8. 6.8YPA * 470 Attempts = 3200 Yards. A decent YPA would be 6.5.I just don't see the same massive upside for Cambell that others do. I see room for improvement, and I expect he will. But I also see a run first offense, limiting his attempts. I don't believe is TD ratios from last year are predictive of what he will do this year. Here are my predicitions.290 Completions500 Attempts3200 Yards20 Tds12 Ints6.5 YPA

I suspect that we are saying the same thing but using different approaches to get there.The Skins had 3174/19 last season as a team, ranking them 23rd and 17th in those categories. If we go back to 2005, they posted 3346/25, ranked 22nd and 7th.We can debate what percentage of the production Campbell will get and how much better he may be able to do than the past two seasons, but IMO that's the baseline to start with.

 

[mlball77]

Being that I drafted Campbell in one of the two leagues I participate in and now have Portis in both, I have my fingers crossed that Saunders will get that offense firing on all cylinders. I do like the odds of things improving at least a small amount on offense for WAS in 07 though... a healthy Portis, a more experienced Campbell and another year for all involved to properly learn Saunders' system should all be positive in my view. But no, I have Campbell nowhere near #7 at QB on my board.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I suspect that we are saying the same thing but using different approaches to get there.The Skins had 3174/19 last season as a team, ranking them 23rd and 17th in those categories. If we go back to 2005, they posted 3346/25, ranked 22nd and 7th.We can debate what percentage of the production Campbell will get and how much better he may be able to do than the past two seasons, but IMO that's the baseline to start with.

I think it's reasonable to project that the offense as a whole will improve in year 2 of the Saunders project.

 

[cscmtp]

I think even the biggest Skins hater would have a hard time thinking the Redskins offense would do anything BUT improve after the 2nd year in Saunders offense. Especially with a healthy Portis and Betts, an improving Cooley, and Campbell and Santana Moss being MUCH more in sync (they have reportedly been working out all off season together). To me, the only question about this team is the defense, specifically the pass rush.

 

[Keg]

It's just OTA's, but sounds like Campbell is looking pretty good. Could be a late round sleeper and dynasty buy.

A CAMPBELL SPECIAL

At this time of year, during organized team activities, many players are said to look good.

But Washington quarterback Jason Campbell is said to look especially good.

After two years in the league as an understudy, and four hours each day this winter and spring in Washington's training facility simply studying, Campbell is said to look like a different quarterback, Redskins officials said this week.

One observer even predicted, boldly, that Campbell would go to the Pro Bowl this season.

Of course it's a long way from Washington in May to Hawaii in February, but Campbell has demonstrated improved technique, understanding and confidence. And after a week of OTA's, he has been the most talked about player in the Redskins organization.

"It's unanimous from everybody," one Redskins official said this week. "You can definitely see it. He's like a totally different quarterback. The receivers have been like, 'Wow.' "

http://nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/10184868

i bought a few weeks prior to him becoming the starter last yr in one of my dynasty leagues

 

[redman]

I think even the biggest Skins hater would have a hard time thinking the Redskins offense would do anything BUT improve after the 2nd year in Saunders offense. Especially with a healthy Portis and Betts, an improving Cooley, and Campbell and Santana Moss being MUCH more in sync (they have reportedly been working out all off season together). To me, the only question about this team is the defense, specifically the pass rush.

all around.All I'll add is that everyone should pay attention to this situation. Time and again this offseason observers have been unanimuous in their high praise for his development. If you're looking for a good breakout candidate at QB I think you look here.

 

[Jason Wood]

I think even the biggest Skins hater would have a hard time thinking the Redskins offense would do anything BUT improve after the 2nd year in Saunders offense. Especially with a healthy Portis and Betts, an improving Cooley, and Campbell and Santana Moss being MUCH more in sync (they have reportedly been working out all off season together). To me, the only question about this team is the defense, specifically the pass rush.

all around.All I'll add is that everyone should pay attention to this situation. Time and again this offseason observers have been unanimuous in their high praise for his development. If you're looking for a good breakout candidate at QB I think you look here.

I'm not saying Campbell hasn't improved...but we're hearing the same things all around the league; it's that time of year. The Vikings are "confident" in Tavaris Jackson. Matt Leinart looks "great", Jay Cutler has "command of the offense", Vince Young is "in unbelievable shape", and so on and so on.

 

[Harjiran]

Jason sounds like a great guy but here's what I care about, and keep hearing about (from Jason LaCanfora's minicamp blog):

"... In the personnel department, Jason Campbell looked very sharp in team drills, moving the ball and threaded tough passes in the red zone. It was pretty impressive."

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/

It looks like I'll be forced to go into the upcoming season with JC as QB1 in my main keeper league, so I'm hoping this is the beginning of something good.

 

[Harjiran]

3400 yards passing

22 TDs, 14 INTs

250 yards rushing

2 TDs

 

[fatness]

I'm not saying Campbell hasn't improved...but we're hearing the same things all around the league; it's that time of year. The Vikings are "confident" in Tavaris Jackson. Matt Leinart looks "great", Jay Cutler has "command of the offense", Vince Young is "in unbelievable shape", and so on and so on.

That's true of praise given in no context. What's being said about Campbell, however, is in the context of being harder working and more improved than any other player on the Redskin team. This is being said by both coaches and players. Gregg Williams, talking about Rocky McIntosh

"If I had to choose a person that has worked almost as hard a Jason Campbell, it's Rocky," Williams said. "

That does not mean Campbell will have a great season, but it says more about where he is now than the fluff pieces we see so often this time of year.

 

[Pygmy Marmoset]

Drafted him as my QB3. Really think he'll have a solid year.

 

[dgreen]

I heard a local sports reporter today on the radio. He was asked how minicamp was going. He said he went into minicamp wanting to report on anything other than Jason Campbell because that's pretty much all he's reported on so far this offseason. He then said Campbell didn't let him report anything else because he looked so good.

 

[redman]

LMAO!

 

[Pygmy Marmoset]

LMAO!

I'm sorry - Jason Campbell describes himself as "Mediterranean"?

 

[fatness]

"Mediterranean ---you know, All-Metro."

 

[Pygmy Marmoset]

"Mediterranean ---you know, All-Metro."

I may have to put him back on the trading block in my dynasty league.

 

[fatness]

You'll never win your league's Mediterranean Bowl without him.

 

[redman]

"Mediterranean ---you know, All-Metro."

I may have to put him back on the trading block in my dynasty league.

Make sure to trade for a sense of humor. YWIA.

 

[Pygmy Marmoset]

"Mediterranean ---you know, All-Metro."

I may have to put him back on the trading block in my dynasty league.

Make sure to trade for a sense of humor. YWIA.

Oh, sorry. I forgot I was in the Shark Pool. I meant:I may have to put him back on the trading block in my dynasty league.

 

[rzrback77]

Jason Campbell is no doubt an "under the radar-sleeper" QB candidate for 2007. He played in only seven games last season, but averaged 15.6 fantasy points per game. He averaged under 200 yards per game, but threw for 10 TDs and only 6 ints.

He was a parade all-american in high school and the Mississippi player of the year. His senior year, he passed for 2,884 yards and 24 TDs and also rushed for over 500 yards and 6 TDs. He also was All-State basketball.

At Auburn, he was a four year starter at QB and learned a new system each and every year as he had four different offensive coordinators. He was the guiding force for Auburn's undefeated season in 2004. Despite playing in four systems and starting all four years, he is the all-time career percentage leader at Auburn with a completion percentage of 64.6%. In addition to having good accuracy, he has a very strong arm, has good mobility, and is an excellent leader.

All reports out of Washington during the off-season are that he is working extremely hard and looking forward to a good year. He has excellent weapons available including Portis, Betts, Santana Moss, and Cooley. I think that he is an excellent late pick up for 07 and expect him to easily outperform his ADP.

Jason Campbell 300 completions 480 attempts (62.5%) for 3400 yards (7.08 ypa) 22 TDs and 15 ints adding 240 yards rushing and 2 TDs

 

[redman]

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The Redskins have worked long and hard on making QB Jason Campbell's delivery more compact, and the results appear obvious early in camp. Campbell is making determined throws and is doing so with a far shorter throwing motion. Also saving time is Campbell's improved knowledge of the offense, which has been clear throughout the summer.