09-28-2009, 02:31 PM
Mike Wrote:their defense is still atrocious, unfortunately. jcampbell was throwing deep... 340 yards. as much hate as there is on campbell, he does have a 96.x passer rating so far. each week i think less and less that he's the problem. is he top-tier? no, but he doesn't make mistakes.My concern with that statement.. is the same problem I have with the people that defended him at the end of last year... or that said Romo had a great game in week 1.
Those stats might look great, but he didn't play a great game. There /should/ have been at least two more picks in that game against Campbell, he's just lucky defensive players have no hands. Campbell still lacks a soft touch preventing him from doing any sort of decent endzone corner fade. He's hit or miss at leading a receiver down the sideline. He throws the ball at roughly the same height/speed regardless of what receiver he's throwing it to, so he doesn't take advantage of the difference options Moss or Kelly gives him. He doesn't make mistakes because he checks down so quick, which tends to cause him to not have high yardage games, or when he does he gets them because of the receiver (yards after catch). Campbell so far as a starting QB averages less than 1 TD per game and 172 yards per game. He's (more or less) on pace to have a "break out" year if he can get more TDs... maybe that's in the future.. and maybe Zorn will become a decent coach.. maybe I'll be a Chinese jet pilot..
(for those that watched the Dallas/Tamp game in week 1.. Romo had a shit ass day. For 3 quarters he threw the ball behind his receivers, f'd up a TD fade to Martellius Bennett, and in general sucked. Fortunately, the TB defense fell apart in the 4th quarter and Romo's stats skyrocketed).